The Dale Youth boxing club is an amateur boxing club that operates from a gym on the Lancaster West Estate. It successfully nutured dozens of champions including the young Olympic gold medal winner James DeGale and current world champion George Groves (boxer).
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History
Before moving into the Grenfell Tower the club used a church hall, affectionately called "The Morgue".
Since 1999 or 2000 the club had occupied a 190 sq m gym on the Ground Floor in the podium of the Grenfell Tower, during the two year refurbishment it moved into temporary accommodation in a section of the basement garages of the "finger blocks". That done, in November 2016 it moved to its new 287 sq m venue on the Walkway level of the tower. Everything was lost in the Grenfell Tower fire, 14 June 2017, and the gym is moving back to its former temporary accommodation.
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Coaches
There have been many coaches over the club's history. Mick Delaney has been with the club since 1978 and Gary McGuiness since 2000. (date approximate)
References
Source of article : Wikipedia
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