Press Release

29th February 2008

CATs funding for punchbags and gloves

Fareham Boxing Club has secured £987 from the Fareham Community Action Team to purchase new equipment, including practice punch bags and gloves. The club, which meets two evenings a week, on Mondays and Thursdays, is open to people aged 10 and above. It is currently based at Neville Lovett School and was established in 1964.

 

Chairman of the Fareham Community Action Team, Councillor John Bryant, said: “It is great that we can offer funding to this club, as they provide excellent opportunities for people of all ages in our communities. I look forward to visiting the club which will remind me of my school days when we all had to have a turn in the ring.”

 

Executive Member for Performance & Improvement and CATs Champion, Councillor Trevor Cartwright, added: “Community Action Teams were set up to enable us to work more closely with our residents, both in understanding their needs and concerns and helping them to develop facilities that provide a sense of belonging in Fareham. Helping groups to develop is a significant part of the CATs agenda and this award will enable this to happen.”

 

David Spencer, Chairman of the Fareham Boxing Club, said: “Fareham Boxing Club is well established within the Borough.  Awards like this one enable us to develop our facilities even further and to provide even better opportunities for people of all ages in the Fareham area.”

 

Ends

 

Photo opportunity:

7:30pm – 8:00pm Monday 17th March 2008, Fareham Boxing Club, Neville Lovett School, St Anne’s Grove, Fareham.

 

Cllr. Bryant, Chairman of the Fareham Community Action Team visits Fareham Boxing Club to meet the young people who will benefit from the award.

 

For further information contact:

Mel McKeown, Head of Communications, tel: 01329 824507

fax: 01329 821518, e-mail: publicity@fareham.gov.uk