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THE group hoping to establish a boxing club in the town are to arrange a boxing show as an example of what it would bring to the town.
The group has also formalised as a committee, with the aim of opening the Basin Amateur Boxing Club in Montrose by September.
However, they are still searching for a building to site the club and are continuing their appeal for anyone with free premises.
Chair of the committee, Roy Greig, said: "We've now formed a committee and we've got five members. It's an encouraging step forward.
"We're now trying to arrange a boxing show in the town to let people see what it's all about. I had a positive discussion with the Arbroath Boxing Club and they suggested it, saying it would be a good way of generating interest.
"Hopefully that can be arranged for September time, by which time we're hoping to have the club open in Montrose.
"But we're still on the hunt for premises. I've got a list of about 15 or 16 places in the town that might be suitable and I am going around asking people but no luck so far."
Roy, who owns Castlegait Upholstery on Castle Street, has been offered the use of a building in Dun, but said that sourcing a central location is the priority.
However, with only five months remaining before the club's targeted opening, Roy and the four other trainers have a gruelling schedule ahead of them.
Roy said: "We're all pretty out of shape so we're going to have to get fit by then. We have to set an example. If we say to someone to do so many press-ups we've got to be able to do them, so we've got a bit of work to do!"
If you'd like more information about the committee, you can email Roy on castroy@ukonline.co.uk.
12 April 2007
Courtesy of The Montrose Review |
