School Mentoring Program

“I certainly hope this will become a program offered by all schools.”

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“Our student group engaged very well in the program and the interaction in the program flowed into the school with students showing continued effort and respect to each other and the community”.
The above sentence is one of many references that have poured in from schools and community groups since the Boxing Beyond Barriers program started .
“We believe our program gets through to all kids who are in need of a little bit extra,our program is about structure and learning that there are consequences for your actions,whether that be positive or negative” said program manager Gareth Williams.
The BBB program is currently working with 16 Schools per term and are ready to take the positive program all over South East Queensland, “We are improving lives,that what this program is all about,we cant wait to take the program to every school to give kids an opportunity ,we are helping the kids who aren’t A grade students,they need to know that they can still be successful ” said Williams.
Below is a Reference written by a parent of one of the students in the program.

“……………. was going through a very tough period in life both socially and emotionally. ……. was withdrawn, mentally fragile and finding it hard to work at school. My ………. was fortunate enough to be selected for the mentoring program offered by the school. This program was run by The Boxing Shop in conjunction with the Police and the PCYC. It covered the basic techniques of boxing and fitness. The holistic approach of the program meant that the participants were also encouraged and nurtured to have positive mentality outside of the program. After a term, my ……….. has become fitter, much more confident and focused at tasks. As a result of this program, my ……….. attitude towards life’s challenges has changed for the better. ……… grades at school have picked up and ……. sets goals to achieve. ……… new found love of boxing is something ……. will continue to pursue beyond the program.

Having seen the results, I certainly hope that this will become a program offered by all schools.” A very happy Parent

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The Letter to Wayne Bennett

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After opening The Boxing Shop in 2007,Gareth Williams set his eyes on improving himself as a coach. With a background of Elite Gymnastics,Rugby League and Boxing Gareth knew there was so much more to coaching than just general boxing training and hoping a kid with talent walks through the door.
“In the middle of 2007 I wrote a letter to Wayne Bennett,I was so nervous writing the letter and I changed my mind many times on whether I should send it or not” said Williams, “My letter said,I want to be one of the best coaches and I want to learn the extra things like man management and dealing with different personalities rather than just boxing ….I reckon my letter was on Wayne’s Desk for 2 minutes and I got a phone call from Dean Benton saying I was welcome anytime to come and watch training sessions,so I jumped at it,I went down the next day and my aim was to stay for a week and learn as much about coaching as possible”.
I met everyone at the Broncos and they were very welcoming and happy to show me around and teach me as much as I wanted to know. “After the week ,I spoke to Wayne and thanked him for opening the doors for me to have an inside look as to how the team and coaching side of things operated,he said would you like to come next week as we are doing some different things,so I jumped at the chance”.During the second week Gareth was asked to bring his pads and work with a few injured players which was a good way to say thanks for the invite.
From this time moving forward Gareth and The Boxing Shop has had good relationships with the Brisbane Broncos , former Players and Staff and continue to work with them in many ways.
Life is about relationships,If you treat people right,they treat you right.

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Early Days,taking the Australian Universities Rugby League Team

Building TBS from the ground up

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Starting The Boxing Shop was a dream that started with $0 and a lot of hard work.
I’ve heard many comments both direct and indirect about how we are “so lucky because we have a big club” yet everybody laughed when I said im going to open up a full time boxing gym, ” you cant make boxing work,your better off staying in your job and do it slowly” well 14 years later we now have the Gym,Athletes, School programs, employees from our students and a community group that cannot be beaten (imagine if I had have stayed in the job I hated and done it slowly….20 years plus it would have taken me to have any success).
Most people don’t know that building from my mates backyard shed to where we are now, drawing zero dollars for many years has been a struggle, but one I would not change.
After growing from day one,my aim after many meetings was actually to open The boxing shop at Chandler in the current badminton space. I actually believed I was going into a meeting to sign a lease when the bomb was dropped.”sorry mate but we have decided to stay with Badminton as our tenant”,I felt hollow and lifeless as the meeting continued and I couldn’t get out of the building quick enough,I sat in my car in the car park for a few hours just going over the thoughts in my head and driving myself crazy thinking ,where did it all go wrong?
Looking back now this was the best thing that could have happened to me as I pulled together all my contacts and resources and wouldn’t take no for an answer.
I was training a university group at Griffith,Nathan Campus ,twice per week where an old football coach of mine was the guy who had set this up,after the meeting with Chandler I had a 6 pm class at Griffith , as I walked in sheepishly and said to my old mate,”you don’t want to open a boxing gym do you” ,Maybe said Marty,and as they say the rest is history.
We talked terms and as I was on the bones of my arse financially,i needed a lease where I didn’t have to pay rent for a short time,so we arranged that I would provide classes and Boot camps for students and staff to help fund my way as I got started.
An other small problem was,not only did I have any money,I also had no equipment other than 4 pairs of gloves and 4 pairs of focus pads,so I had to think outside the box as to how I could deck out my boxing gym without any equipment.
I organised a meeting with Madison sports to discuss the opportunity that Id been given with Griffith University ,to cut a long story short, we came to terms in the meeting and I walked away with a 70% equipped boxing gym just minus a few items including a boxing ring ,so i was ready to open the doors in Feb 2007.
As Ive always said,you have to think outside the box if you want to succeed,You have to do what others are afraid of doing,Who cares if you fail,at least you had a go!

Listen to The Podcast to learn more about the Early days Starting in a backyard shed
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-boxing-shop-started-in-a-shed/id1443803831?i=1000424545882

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Li’l Boxers – since 2011

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Back in 20011 We started working with Martial arts specialists Thomas Jithin and Bill Wakefield.
Our aim at The Boxing Shop was to work with Different people who have had successful organisations with sport rather than just working with Boxing organisations.The reason being,Martial arts seemed to have correct processes and structure in their organisation where boxing seemed to be all about fighting.
When TBS originated, the number one aim was to create a team based environment where everyone would feel welcome,so we decided to search around for leaders in their own fields .
We spent some time researching and learning how kids enjoyed structure in classes yet still had fun.
Anyway our bright Idea was to start an Under 8s class where we would work with kids from 3 years old. The classes started slowly as no one had done this in boxing before but once we stuck to our guns and used structured yet fun classes for the kids ,we started to grow rapidly.
We had channel 9 do a news story on our Under 8s program with Parents,Kids and Professional people all willing to speak highly of the program. see below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mif-r0KHZYI
Our Lil Boxers Class is on Mondays at 3.45pm and everyone gets a free week through here to sign your kids up for a free trial week
https://www.theboxingshop.com.au/contact/



Brad Hore : The Other side

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Brad Hore is everyones mate,a down to earth funny man who should have been riding winners at Flemmington rather than getting punched in the face by world class boxers for fun.
There is a serious side to Brad and it took him years to work out. Brad is a loving family man and a man who can give back to his community through his own experiences as an athlete and choosing to turn his life from an athlete to a well respected member of society who works with young people to improve their lives.
As an athlete everyone sees Brad as an International class boxer who represented Australia and Oceania at two Olympic games,two world championships and two Commonwealth games. Ive heard people in awe of Brad say “wow your so lucky”.This sentence is the worst thing anyone can say to a successful athlete as luck may have less than 1% to do with the equation,the 99% comes from sheer hard work and a vision that you will achieve your goals.
Brad Lost his first nine fights as a young boxer,where many people would have quit due to school mates saying he was rubbish etc,Brad kept going because he always had a dream of representing his country at the highest level and he always believed this would happen.
If you listen to the podcast,You will hear Brad talk about reaching your goals and that it doesn’t matter who is the the under 16 champion of the world because only senior boxing really matters.
“Too many parents and coaches get caught up in the world of ,My kid is the golden gloves champion or my kid has won 15 fights and only lost three where he or she was ripped off anyway….none of it really matters,give the kids a break and let them enjoy the sport ,they will work out what you have to do if you want to be a winner,that’s the lesson boxing gives us,making decisions whether it be a good decision or a bad one” said Brad.
Brad never earned a cent through his 214 Amateur fights and lived on the bread line for many years as he traveled around the world searching for his own measure of success.
At the 2000 Olympics in Sydney,Brad failed to make the 48kg weight division at only 17 years old and believes this is where his mental health issues started “yeah I think this is where it all started because when I left the Olympics,I was the kid that didnt make weight and thats how everyone knew me,I didnt know how to deal with it so I suppose I ran away from sydney and moved to the Sunny coast just to escape “.
Brad is now Happy in his own skin,he is in a happy relationship with a 1 year old son and a job where he can speak his message to young people to hopefully inspire the youth into believing in themselves.
Brad Hore – a leader,a worker,a goal driven man,an inspiration but more importantly a very good Human.

Podcast with Brad Hore and The Gand JB Show
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/episode-13-with-brad-hore-thegandjbshow/id1443803831?i=1000446941106





June 8 Boxing Show – TBS

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Jack Bowen will be looking forward to showing his skills to our local supporters

On Saturday June 8 The Boxing Shop are hosting the Annual boxing tournament held at Salisbury state school,19 Cripps Street Salisbury.
Come along and support the local community and see some magnificent 3 round action packed fights from 12pm.
There will be Junior and senior male and female boxers involved in the tournament with an International team from New Caledonia coming to showcase their skills.
Club Captain Jack Bowen will be once again out to impress and keep his 2019 unbeaten record in tact.
Junior and Youth Boxers Cori Byrnes,Eddie and Caitlin Leslie,Dan Mohr and Harry Argery will be amongst the local boxers aiming for success on June 8.

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TBS Boxers Shine at Local Show

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L to R, Caitlin Leslie,Eddie Leslie,Shara Romer,Gareth Williams & Dan Mohr celebrate their weekend victories


With 7 boxers matched up at last weekends local boxing show ran by the Albert Shire Boxing ,the club came away with a solid result of 5 wins and 2 losses.
Success came to Caitlin & Eddie Leslie,Daniel Mohr,David Toomua and Dan Ware while Vylita Toomua and Sam Mohammed were beaten on the day.

This weeks star of the show was Eddie Leslie from Mansfield.
Eddie was boxing against an unbeaten boxer from All star boxing gym who is from a good family with a history of good boxers.
The fight was evenly matched yet Eddie kept to his plan of boxing using his good foot movement and only straight attacks through the match.
Opponent , Utai,had his moments and the fight was a very willing contest with both 12 year old boys digging and and showing that they both have promising futures in the sport.
10 year old Caitlin Leslie and her opponent Scarlet Schuett put on a non stop display of boxing,both girls put it all on the line with a continued display of attacks, “Caity got the win but it was a close one ” said coach Shara Romer “she landed the cleaner shots but Scarlet was digging deep to take the win”.
Dan Ware was also back in the ring after 3 year lay off ” Dan was excellent” said coach Gareth Williams ” he has great agility and movement for a big man,he uses angles on his feet and a very good jab,this is what got him the win”. Ware stopped his opponent in the third round but it was the good boxing skills that created the platform.
Dan Mohr from the Redlands district travels to Salisbury 5 days a week for training and his dedication is showing. Mohr took his record to 10 wins and 4 losses with a controlled yet dominant display of boxing over his very willing and strong opponent from Cherbourg boxing club.Dan has his sights set on the state championships at the end of the year.
David Toomua,brother of Wallabies International Rugby player Matt Toomua,was matched in a very tough match against Emery Falcon.The first round was very good by Toomua as he controlled the match with a solid jab,but then the second round started and it was a different fight.Falcon came out and was strong in rounds 2 and 3 keeping the pressure on Toomua , “Dave did enough to win but the last round was a cracker for the crowd,you dont see local professional boxers putting it all on the line like these two men did”.
An amazing display from the team and coaches Gareth Williams and Shara Romer were extremely happy with the crew.
This week Jack Bowen and Kendall Byrnes are representing Queensland at the Arafura games in Darwin.
Byrnes has drawn fellow Queenslander Ange Harris in the first round where Bowen will fight on Wednesday against the South Australian champion.





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TBS team at the Gold Coast

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Sam Mohammed and Harry Argery in Sparring

This weekend ,Team TBS traveled to the Gold Coast in an event run by Jay Toope from the Gold Coast PCYC.
The event was well run and very highly contested with over 70 matches on the day.
Eddie Leslie,Dan Mohr,Denesh Adolphus,Cori Byrnes,Vylita and Dave Toomua all got matched up for the event but it was Sam Mohammed that was the star of the show while on the receiving end of a tough decision loss.
Sam started boxing through the school program “Boxing beyond Barriers” and has really made some great inroads in his now chosen sport and also general life choices. Sams coach Shara Romer was over the moon with his performance in only his second fight “Sam was brilliant today” said Romer ,”he did everything right ,the result was disappointing but if you think of how far Sam has come over the last 12 months to where he is now,the future is bright”.

It was a long day for everyone but the Gold Coast PCYC did a great job with keeping the event flowing.Also a huge thank you to all the Referees and judges who put in some long hours to make the event happen.

TBS Results from the weekend:
S.Mohammed (L)
D.Mohr (W)
D.Toomua (L)
E.Leslie (W)
V.Toomua (L)
D.Adolphus (W)
C.Byrnes (L)
H.Argery (W)




Harry Argery wins in South Australia

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Clairvaux Mackillop grade 11 student Harry Argery had an opportunity to travel to South Australia and box against a local boy with his home town behind him. A big ask for his first trip away and the nerves were on high alert!
With the team away, boxing at the Gold Coast PCYC , the decision was made to send Jessica Cashman on her first coaching job outside the state.
Harry won the fight over 3 rounds which makes him 4 wins from his last 4 fights.
Harry has also recently been chosen to represent his school in cross country after finding boxing to benefit more areas than one in his life.
A nice well mannered boy who works very hard and deserves his recent success.