{"id":633762,"date":"2026-04-27T09:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T09:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/633762\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T09:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T09:18:09","slug":"goole-amateur-boxing-club-seeks-expansion-to-create-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/633762\/","title":{"rendered":"Goole Amateur Boxing Club seeks expansion &#8216;to create champions&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The club opened in 2021 and has more than 225 members ranging in age from eight to over 60s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In a statement, chair of trustees Andrew Horncastle MBE said GABC &#8220;does not just aim to create champions in the ring, but champions in life&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;To continue doing the great work it does, GABC needs a permanent home,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Having the opportunity to buy both buildings is exactly what we need, but it is a huge financial undertaking.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Local farmer Richard Longthorp, who has the condition, regularly trains at the club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He said the club &#8220;does fantastic work for all of its members whatever their age&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Everyone can benefit from boxing training, whether you simply want to get a bit fitter and lose a bit of weight, or you&#8217;ve set your sights on being the next Olympic champion,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;There is already waiting list of people who want to train at the club and that will only get longer. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Without this expansion, they could miss out.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The club opened in 2021 and has more than 225 members ranging in age from eight to over&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633763,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-633762","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}