{"id":742556,"date":"2026-06-17T15:07:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T15:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/742556\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T15:07:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T15:07:12","slug":"scarborough-boxing-club-expansion-set-with-700000-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/742556\/","title":{"rendered":"Scarborough boxing club expansion set with \u00a3700,000 funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A boxing club in Scarborough is set to expand with a main training hall, full-sized boxing ring and gym space after \u00a3700,000 of funding was secured. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Westway Boxing Club had already been given \u00a3350,000 for the project from Broadland Properties but North Yorkshire Council agreed to provide the remaining amount at a meeting earlier. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The council said it marked a major step forward for grassroots sport and laid the foundations for the site&#8217;s plans to strengthen its home and impact in the community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Boxing coach Ryan Ashworth, a long-time member of the club, said: &#8220;This investment is a fantastic opportunity to strengthen grassroots sport and secure the club&#8217;s future for the next 100 years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He added: &#8220;We&#8217;re excited not only to double our capacity, but to expand the support we offer to young people and vulnerable adults, giving them a safe, positive space to build confidence, discipline and life skills.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;And this is just the start. With members aged from nine to 86, Westway is a true community club and with a bigger, better facility, we&#8217;re ready to grow our impact even further.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A boxing club in Scarborough is set to expand with a main training hall, full-sized boxing ring and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":742557,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-742556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742556","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=742556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/742557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=742556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=742556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=742556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}