Monkstown BC complete tough Training Camp in London

Monkstown Boxing Club's 25 boxers (aged from 9 to 17) returned on the last flight out of London on Sunday night 22nd January 2017. The boxers completed a team building & training camp for up coming Dublin and All Ireland Championships.  

On Friday 20th Jan - the boxers arrived in London at 10am and did a light running session around their base in Stratford London. At 3pm they headed to Bethnal Green to visit the famous Repton BC Club. Long been regarded as the best club in England - churning out champion after champion year on year. They successfully re-wrote their own record in 2015 by coaching 13 English Schoolboy Champions. Monkstown BC arrived there at 4pm and after six hours of really competitive training/sparring, the Monkstown boys headed for home.  

On Saturday 21st Jan - the boxers were on the road early to visit The Ring Bracknell BC. One of the more recent successful clubs boasting 4 European Gold Medallists in there team of top class talented boxers. Sparring started at 11am, with over 70 boxers in total taking part - the Monkstown boys training until 3pm. Another Brilliant days training.  

On Sunday 22nd Jan - the boxers were back in Repton BC at 10am for their last training session of the weekend. Again another very successful days training for the Monkstown Boys.     This training camp will put all the Monkstown Boxers in good stead for the upcoming Dublin and All-Ireland Championships.

We have been nominated for Ireland's best club of 2016 by the IABA (Irish Athletic Boxing Assoc) after we successfully won TEN All Ireland Championships in 2016. This will be a hard feat to follow in 2017 - but we have started the correct way with this training camp, so fingers crossed we can do same again if not better.    

Photos:
1. Monkstown BC light session in Stratford, London
2. Juniors Sparring at Repton BC
3. Big Crowds for Sparring at Ring Bracknell BC
4. Monkstown BC Kenneth Doyle Sparring English Champion from Repton BC
5. Monkstown BC team at Repton BC