Dale Youth boxing club

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 {{convert|190|sqm|sqyd|adj=on}} 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"; in November 2016 it then moved to a new {{convert|287|sqm|sqyd|adj=on}} venue on the walkway level of the tower.{{cite news|last1=Bunce|first1=Steve|title=Lost to the Grenfell Tower flames but the spirit of Dale Youth boxing club lives on|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/boxing/grenfell-tower-fire-dale-youth-boxing-club-spirit-perseveres-a7801831.html|accessdate=8 July 2017|work=The Independent|date=21 June 2017}}[https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/idoxWAM/doc/Other-960664.pdf?extension=.pdf&id=960664&location=VOLUME2&contentType=application/pdf&pageCount=1 Grenfell Tower regeneration Project] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617013611/https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/idoxWAM/doc/Other-960664.pdf?extension=.pdf&id=960664&location=VOLUME2&contentType=application%2Fpdf&pageCount=1 |date=2017-06-17 }}

Everything was lost in the Grenfell Tower fire on 14 June 2017, and the club moved back to its former temporary accommodation. Volunteers are helping prepare new premises for the gym and a community centre through the television programme DIY SOS.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-44125296 |title=Duke of Cambridge joins DIY SOS Grenfell crew |publisher=BBC News |date=15 May 2018 }}

There have been many coaches over the club's history. Mick Delaney, who runs the club, has been with it since 1978 and Gary McGuiness since approximately 2000.

Boxers trained at the club include Olympic gold medal winner James DeGale, super middleweight world champion George Groves and heavyweight Daniel Dubois.{{cite news |first=Matt |last=Christie |url=http://www.boxingnewsonline.net/dale-youth-abc-will-rise-again-after-the-grenfell-tower-fire/ |title=Dale Youth ABC will rise again after the Grenfell Tower fire |newspaper=Boxing News |date=16 June 2017 }}

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Category:Boxing clubs in the United Kingdom

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