BALLINA BOXING CLUB ARE HOLDING A WHITE COLLAR BOXING EVENT ON SATURDAY, 27TH APRIL 2013 IN THE DOWNHILL HOTEL, BALLINA.

ALL PROCEEDS FROM THIS EVENT WILL BE SHARED WITH TWO CHARITIES;

• THE MAYO/ROSCOMMON HOSPICE PALLATIVE CARE UNIT AT BALLINA HOSPITAL, WHICH WILL PROVIDE INVALUABLE CARE TO TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS AND SUPPORT FOR THEIR FAMILIES.

• FIGHT MARTIN MCGARRY, A FUND SET UP TO HELP MARTIN, A RENOWNED BOXING COACH IN CHICAGO, IN THE HARDEST FIGHT OF HIS LIFE AGAINST A RARE LIVER DISEASE WHICH HAS ALREADY CLAIMED THE LIVES OF SOME OF HIS FAMILY MEMBERS.

COMPETING ON THE NIGHT WILL BE LOCAL MALE AND FEMALES, FROM RUGBY PLAYERS TO TEACHERS TO HAIRDRESSERS WHO HAVE BEEN COACHED BY BALLINA BOXING CLUB FOR THE PAST NUMBER OF WEEKS!