Camborne boxing club hopes new home will secure its future
The club currently operates out of a 1940s pre-fabricated building on an industrial estate on the outskirts of Camborne.Mr Murray said the current building was no longer fit for purpose and they had no choice but to build a new one. "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.
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.The club hosts training sessions for under-10s, juniors and adults most weekday evenings. Josh, 14, from Camborne, said he was excited by the plans for the new gym."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.Kyros, 15, also lives in Camborne and admitted that without the club he would probably just stay at home and be on his phone."I think it's a really good place and it's better than going out and making trouble," he said."It helps me mentally and if I have any anger during school it helps me get it out."
Tegan, who is 16 and from Redruth, hoped more modern facilities would attract more girls to the club. "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.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.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. "It'd give the youth of Camborne and the surrounding area somewhere that they're proud of."
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