.Patricia Glavin (left) and Deirdre Power (third left) from St Margaret’s Boxing Club present the cheque for €700 to Dermot Crowley, Maureen O’Brien, Phil Stack and Kenneth Reynolds accepting on behalf of Recovery Haven. Photo by Dermot Crean
AN entertaining night of boxing at the The Ashe Hotel last November raised €700 for Recovery Haven.
Organised by St Margaret’s Boxing Club, the ‘Fight Night’ event on November 19 saw members of the club and others taking to the ring, with two of the bouts even being contested blindfolded.
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There were 14 keenly contested fights and a good crowd in the room to cheer on the participants. On Wednesday, two of the organisers were at Recovery Haven to present the cheque.
Recovery Haven expressed their thanks to the club for their efforts which will go towards continuing the great work at the centre in Killerisk.
.Tracy Heaphy and Celia Keane in action at the Boxing Night in aid of Recovery Haven on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
THERE was no holding back at a very entertaining night of boxing matches at the The Ashe Hotel on Saturday in aid of Recovery Haven.
Organised by St Margaret’s Boxing Club, the event saw members of the club taking to the ring, with two of the bouts being contested blindfolded. There was 14 fights in all and they were all keenly contested with some participants coming from the Legacy Club in Cork for the bouts.
There was a big crowd in the room to cheer on the fighters, some of whom were new to the sport. Amy ‘Angel Face’ Crean and Conagh ‘Cutie Pie’ Forbes fought each other blindfolded, as did Dea ‘The Devil’ Power and Celia ‘Scissor Hands’ Keane.
Well done to St Margaret’s Boxing Club for organising the night which raised much needed funds for Recovery Haven. Scroll down for photos…
Rob Byrne and Charlie Collins in action at the Fight Night in aid of Recovery Haven on Saturday in The Ashe Hotel. Photo by Dermot Crean.Niall Fitzgerald and Tara O’Halloran Cronin at the Boxing Night in aid of Recovery Haven on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot CreanBecky Nelligan, Emma Nelligan, Laura Smith and Sarah Douglas at the Boxing Night in aid of Recovery Haven on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.Patricia Glavin, Joanie Kissane, Sarah Lou O’Donoghue and Deirdre Power at the Boxing Night in aid of Recovery Haven on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot CreanAine Holmes, Patrick Collins, Emily Crowley Holland, Charlie Collins, Tony Walsh, Siobhan Collins and Patrick Collins at the Boxing Night in aid of Recovery Haven on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.Giles McCool and Selica McCool at the Boxing Night in aid of Recovery Haven on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot CreanSarah O’Leary, Maurice Crean, Nathan O’Leary, Megan Crean, David Dennehy and Ciara McCaughley at the Boxing Night in aid of Recovery Haven on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.Niamh Curley, Olivia Martin, Jessica Ryle, Niall Fitzgerald and Tara O’Halloran Cronin at the Boxing Night in aid of Recovery Haven on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot CreanBarry O’Connor at the Boxing Night in aid of Recovery Haven on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.Caroline Harrington about to receive one on the nose from Nicole Treanor at the Boxing Night in aid of Recovery Haven on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot CreanSeanie Leary declares it a draw between Charlie Collins and Rob Byrne at the Fight Night in aid of Recovery Haven on Saturday in The Ashe Hotel. Photo by Dermot Crean.Tracy Heaphy gets the decision over Celia Keane at the Boxing Night in aid of Recovery Haven on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot CreanThe crowd at the Boxing Night in aid of Recovery Haven on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.Aaron O’Keeffe at the Boxing Night in aid of Recovery Haven on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot CreanFrom the Legacy Boxing Club in Cork were Stephen Cairns, Jamie Griffin, Lee Cairns, John Roche and Kieran Roche at the Boxing Night in aid of Recovery Haven on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.Caroline Harrington and Nicole Treanor at the Boxing Night in aid of Recovery Haven on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
.(click to enlarge photo) Maureen O’Brien of Recovery Haven (holding poster) with Tommy Noonan and Patricia Glavin (right) and members of St Margaret’s Boxing Club looking forward to the Fight Night event. Photo by Dermot Crean
THE gloves and blindfolds will be on in The Ashe Hotel on Saturday week when a ‘White Collar’ boxing night will take place in aid of Recovery Haven.
Organised by St Margaret’s Boxing Club, the event will see members taking to the ring with two of the bouts being contested blindfolded on November 19.
There will be 14 fights in all on the night said Patricia Glavin from the club.
“Everyone’s eager to take part and it should be a brilliant night. Two fights are blindfolded which should be fun,” said Patricia.
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She said the club chose Recovery Haven as the beneficiary of the fundraiser because of the amazing support they give to cancer patients and that they constantly need funding to provide their services.
Maureen O’Brien of Recovery Haven thanked the club for organising the event and said all fundraisers are greatly welcomed to support the service.
The doors open at 7pm with the first bout starting around 8pm. Tickets at €15, which are already selling well thus far, will NOT be sold on the door on the night and can only be bought from members of St Margaret’s Boxing Club or by calling Recovery Haven on 066-7192122.
