The future of Clane Boxing Club is in jeopardy.
Clane Boxing Club, established in 2013 with 60 active members, has, for months, been search for a new premises and has been quoted rents of between €1,400 and €2,600.
Its members range from children as young as 8, to high level competitive boxers and is run on an entirely voluntary basis.
The club has been based in four different premises since its foundation, trying to maintain a sustainable rent.
At the beginning of the pandemic, the club was renting a premises for €1,000 per month.
As Kildare, along with Laois and Offaly, experienced more “lockdowns” than other counties, Clane BC was faced with a stark choice: trying to continue to find €1,000 a month, with no income for a premises it couldn’t use, or putting its equipment in storage and attempting to find a new premises when restrictions eased.
The club, unable to find monthly rent, chose the latter, and is now paying €150 a month to store the equipment in which it has invested thousands of euro.
These fees are being paid by coaches.
Founder and Head Coach of Clane BC, Paul Roberts, joined Eoin Beatty on the Kildare Today programme.
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