Commencing on the 22nd July for 4 weeks the Brendan Ingle Foundation holiday club is a great opportunity for local young people to engage in sport activities, meet new friends and improve team working skills. The sessions will be delivered by first aid trained qualified coaches. Focusing on boxing, gymnastics and dance amongst other activities it is sure to involve something you are interested in. Share this post if you think you may know anyone interested. Spaces are limited so please get in touch. Any questions send them by email to regan@brendaningle.com Mon-Fri: 1-4pm Ages: 8-16 If spaces available, exceptions can be made for younger children. Cost: Free to 14 years and above and £20 a week for 13 years and under Location: Ingle Gym, Newman Road S9 1LP What to wear/bring: Sport clothing, comfortable trainers and a bottle of water
A bold plan to reinvigorate Sheffield suburb, inspired by Brendan Ingle’s teachings The Ingle Way through Wincobank would feature new running routes, play areas and even a nature reserve if the exciting proposals are brought to life in their entirety. It has been designed to celebrate the achievements of boxing legend Brendan Ingle, who trained four world champions to glory from his gym there and gave hundreds of young people a leg up in life. Brendan Ingle ‘people’s memorial’ to include public square and walkway The circular route beginning at Meadowhall was drawn up by students at the University of Sheffield’s School of Architecture, working in conjunction with Brendan’s family and members of the wider community. Their vision is based around the great man’s principles, including self-discipline, respect for others and the importance of education. Plans for the Ingle Way through Wincobank, Sheffield. There are proposals to improve the area around the famous boxing gym, dubbed Brendan’s Pockets (pic: Sheffield School of Architecture) “The Ingle Way celebrates the values and teachings of Brendan Ingle, using his legacy to reinvigorate Wincobank and continue to connect the community as the area looks to the future,” Read more at: The Sheffield Star
For over four decades Brendan Ingle MBE and the Ingle Gym have been training, managing and guiding. Herol ‘Bomber’ Graham, Ryan Rhodes, Johnny Nelson, Prince Naseem Hamed, Junior Witter and Kell Brook are all synonymous with the gym and all learnt their trade in the classic, raw and no-nonsense surroundings of a converted church hall. Since 1964 iron girders have watched over, while holding rows of heavybags for the fighters to train as the gym has forged champions. A rough, worn wooden floor; rattled and splintered with dust collecting in nearby corners, but still showing lines and circles; dictating how footwork taught in the gym should be maintained and mastered. Two speedbags hinged on the walls and a ring standing alone at the end of the hall, where it has been since the beginning. Medicine balls and iron bars used to anchor feet to sit up and strengthen abdominals. Bars attached to the iron girders above the gym serve for pull ups, while metal rings on the wall are hinged for holding drinks. No set cardiovascular area; members skip, step up, run laps of the hall or use Newman Road itself where the gym is based. A changing room, a few old lockers, showers, toilets and the door in and out. Radiators turned on in the winter and side doors opened in summer. No air conditioning, treadmills or hand bikes but everything a fighter needs and requires to train.
