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Alex Arthur MBE the former British, European & Commonwealth champion was in attendance
Hampshire Cricket Chief Executive David Mann, Mayor of Eastleigh Cllr Jane Welsh and Alex Arthur MBE the former British, European, Commonwealth and WBO Super Featherweight Champion officially opened the extension to Poseidon Boxing Club at the The Ageas Bowl.
Poseidon Amateur Boxing Club was established at the The Ageas Bowl in 2013 in a partnership between Hampshire Cricket in the Community and Eastleigh Borough Council and these state-of-the-art training facilities will enable the club to offer a safe and effective learning environment for those wishing to get involved in boxing.
Since opening in February 2013 Poseidon Boxing Club has been a phenomenal success. It now has around 480 members many members try to attend training more than once per week but due to maximum class sizes the weekly throughput is limited to 265 participants.These new facilities will allow Poseidon to increase the total club membership to around 1600 and in addition, it will help us to increase the number of sessions we run in the community
Lucy O’Connor, Former Great Britain boxer and Poseidon Boxing Club Chairman
The English Amateur Boxing Association is supporting the initiative and it is planned that it can develop into a regional boxing centre.
Poseidon is leading the way in inclusive boxing having already hosted and run workshops for disabled participants in partnership with Coaching Hampshire and Isle of Wight and The Amateur Boxing Association (England). The extension would also allow more space for wheelchair access.
We are proud to host such a magnificent sports and fitness facility and are grateful to all those who worked so hard to help make this development possible. Poseidon at the The Ageas Bowl will enable continued growth of our community programme and we are looking forward to working with everyone at the boxing club to develop new offers that help more people get active and live well.
Greig Stewart, Hampshire Cricket in the Community Manager
The Council’s Hedge End, West End & Botley Local Area Committee (LAC) contributed £360,000 to enable the extension of the hugely successful Poseidon Boxing Club to be developed.
The project is part of the Council’s priority of developing a healthy community; active and lively with a spirit of togetherness, health and wellbeing.
These fantastic facilities will also benefit local sporting groups who could relocate to this venue, along with local athletes and local coaches. These are exciting times and I am sure that the Poseidon club together with other future projects will help to inspire local people to enjoy and or participate in a range of sport and leisure activities
Rupert Kyrle, Chair of the LAC Cllr
For more information about Poseidon Amateur Boxing Club visit www.poseidonabc.co.uk.
Poseidon Amateur Boxing Club are hosting their annual dinner show on Friday 30th October at Hilton Southampton – The Ageas Bowl - to purchase tickets please CLICK HERE.
