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Scott Fitzgerald goes for gold

Larches and Savick  boxer Scott Fitzgerald is one of six England boxers to reach the Commonwealth games boxing finals today. Fitzgerald booked his spot in the final of the men’s welterweight division with a victory over South African Tulani Mbenge – an opponent that Fitzgerald described as “really tricky”. As a result, Fitzgerald will meet […]

Scott is off to the Games

Scott Fitzgerald held his final training session today at the Larches and Savick Boxing Club before travelling to Glasgow for the Commonwealth Games. Scott will be boxing for England in the welterweight 69Kg division. His first contest will be on Friday 25th July in the preliminary rounds. Scott won the National ABA Championships last year, before […]

June 2014 Rising Stars in ABA Finals

Rising starts at the Larches and Savick Boxing Club all progressed well in the ABA North West contests this year. The newest recruit to the Larches and Savick Boxing Club, Bria Fielding, reached the finals of the 58-60Kg junior female category. In a closely contested bout Bria lost on a split decision. Her disappointment was […]

GB Call up for Bria Fielding

The Larches and Savick Boxing Club are delighted at the call up of Bria Fielding to the GB development squad. She has had to get her passport sorted pronto to join the squad in France for a boxing tournament. More on this when she gets back. Youth coach, David Fitzgerald commented “This is unprecedented that […]

Club of the Year Award

The Larches and Savick Boxing Academy have won the Club of the Year Award at the Preston Sports Awards. The Club has had a year of transformation and success which has seen them move into a brand new £300,000 state-of-the-art boxing facility which is attracting young people from throughout the whole of Preston and Lancashire. […]

Scott Fitzgerald Joins GB Squad

Larches and Savick Boxer, Scott Fitzgerald has joined fellow boxer Lisa Whiteside on the GB Boxing Squad. He won the Amateur Boxing Association (ABA) national senior final at 71Kg in May last year, beating West Ham’s Luke Saunders. He was then called up to the Team GB Olympic development squad where he has been put […]