The London District TA & Army Boxing Club Website

HISTORY

In the Autumn of 2006 three former Irish Guards Warrant Officers, currently serving as Non Regular Permanent Staff (NRPS) Officers with TA Units in the South London area, got together in order to explore the possibility of starting a combined boxing club for the TA soldiers in their respective Units.

As the initiative was explored in more detail it soon became apparent the club would need to be made available to the wider military community in the Greater London area.

With the ‘One Army’ concept becoming more familiar it was finally decided to form an amateur boxing club in order to cater for any member of either the TA or Regular Army.

Work was soon underway to get the club established and a suitable site for a gymnasium was made available in a disused vehicle shed at the Grove Park TA Centre.

A club committee was formed and an application was made to the Amateur Boxing Association (ABA) to have the club formally recognised.

Charity status was later granted on the grounds that the club would be a non profit making organisation. Advertising literature was then dispatched around the various Units in the District and the first interested recruits started to make enquiries. By mid-April 2007 more than 50 personnel from TA Units across the capital had expressed an interest in joining the club.

Training was soon underway and is currently ongoing. Regular training sessions are conducted on Monday and Thursday evenings from 7-9pm and on some Saturday mornings. Members of the club take part in intense circuit training sessions combined with boxing skills coaching from qualified and experienced instructors in a safe and controlled environment.

Many members have had no prior boxing experience and some are still in the recruit training phase of their TA careers but all are enthusiastically taking on the pressures of this highly demanding but equally rewarding sport. Fitness levels have quickly risen and with regular attendance can be maintained at a high standard.

New members both male and female are welcome to join the club from any TA or Army Unit in London. Anyone wishing to visit in order to have a look before they make a commitment can do so on any training night. For more details make a call or send an email to any of the listed contacts on this site.