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Paul Murray said the club had no choice but to build a new home<\/p>\n
Building a new home for Cornwall’s oldest boxing club would help encourage more young people to take up the sport, coaches have said.<\/p>\n
Camborne and Redruth boxing club has drawn-up plans to knock down its existing home of 60 years and replace it with a purpose-built facility.<\/p>\n
The club said it had submitted the proposals to Cornwall Council and a decision was now due to be made this autumn. It hopes to then secure about \u00a3750,000 of funding, with the intention of completing the work by the start of 2028. <\/p>\n
Coach Paul Murray said: “We need to make sure we keep going – not just for the youth of Camborne but for the history of boxing in Cornwall.”<\/p>\n
The club currently operates out of a 1940s pre-fabricated building on an industrial estate on the outskirts of Camborne.<\/p>\n
Mr Murray said the current building was no longer fit for purpose and they had no choice but to build a new one. <\/p>\n
“Our changing rooms and facilities are not up to the modern standards our governing body expect – so it’s now time for us to replace the building with a modern, vibrant building that will be sustainable,” he explained.<\/p>\n
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Kyros, 15, says boxing at the club helps with his mental health<\/p>\n
The new gym would be two storeys high and include a ring with spectator seating to allow the club to host competitions. It would also have community space and a cafe to bring in additional revenue.<\/p>\n
The club hosts training sessions for under-10s, juniors and adults most weekday evenings. <\/p>\n
Josh, 14, from Camborne, said he was excited by the plans for the new gym.<\/p>\n
“I think loads of people would come here if it looked like that. I want to be a boxer. Having a better facility will help people get better,” he said.<\/p>\n
Kyros, 15, also lives in Camborne and admitted that without the club he would probably just stay at home and be on his phone.<\/p>\n
“I think it’s a really good place and it’s better than going out and making trouble,” he said.<\/p>\n
“It helps me mentally and if I have any anger during school it helps me get it out.”<\/p>\n
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An artist’s impression of what the new boxing club in Camborne would look like <\/p>\n
Tegan, who is 16 and from Redruth, hoped more modern facilities would attract more girls to the club. <\/p>\n
“The new building would give us female changing rooms, female toilets. I think it would be great to have more facilities to train and progress,” she explained.<\/p>\n
Mr Murray said they have had conversations with the Department of Culture, Media, and Sport and hoped to access government grants for the new building.<\/p>\n
He said: “Having a more modern club will bring in more children, more young adults and give them more things to do – to keep them off the street, to get them out of trouble, to stop being on their iPads and computer games. <\/p>\n
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