What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Local boxer Danny Knee travelled across the Pennines for the Manchester Box Cup and returned with a gold medal from the tournament which had all the ingredients of a spectacular amateur boxing event. Boxers from home and abroad showed grit, determination and courage as they competed in 200 exhilarating amateur
South Leeds boxing fans were treated to two memorable nights of action as Hunslet’s Golden Team Boxing Gym hosted both an amateur and a semi-professional show at Belle Isle Working Men’s Club. Organised by head coach Padraic McDonagh and his dedicated team, the events showcased the depth of talent emerging
Three boxers who hope to join the paid ranks over the next couple of years joined twelve others from Hunslet’s Golden Team gym on a show at the Aria Suite in Woodhouse attended by upwards of four hundred people. Middleton’s Nicola Aldred, 31, faced Manchester fighter Frankie Taylor. “I did
Nicola Aldred from Middleton was urged by one of her three sisters to give boxing a go to help her cope with her PTSD and now four years after having walked into Padraic McDonagh’s Golden Team Gym in Hunslet and now the mother of a boy of twelve is the
Brothers Thomas and Aidan Winstanley train together at Hunslet’s Golden Team gym and are looking forward to representing their club on Golden Team’s March home show fittingly themed as ‘Brothers in Arms’. Thomas, 17, admits that until he started boxing training eighteen months ago “I was going off the tracks
Pupils at St Mary’s CE Primary Academy in Hunslet had a great time when Padraic McDonagh, previously two times British Thai Boxing Champion and world Bronze medallist, came into school to speak, launching a new programme at the school called Inspiring Young Lives. Padraic, who owns local boxing club Golden
Inner city boxing clubs have long provided a focus for young men keen to better themselves and show what they’re made of and now in 2024 Golden Team gym in Hunslet continues to perform this role with boxer Ryan Winstanley grateful to the club and coach Justin Newell. “I’ve been
A twenty-four-hour sponsored boxing ‘Padmarathon’ staged at Padraig McDonagh’s Golden Team Boxing Gym in Hunslet has raised £1,820 for Hull boxer Connor Coghill who recently had to retire from professional boxing following an injury sustained in a contest with Leeds boxer Hopey Price on the undercard of the Josh Warrington