Youngsters can learn to box clever in and out of the ring at Team Shoe-Box

Daniel Lawton of The Hart pub and Team Shoe-Box's Alex Le Guével

Youngsters have the chance to follow in some of Northampton’s top professional boxers’ footsteps at the Team Shoe-Box gym over the next three weeks.

The town gym, which is home to the likes of Kieron Conway and Eithan James. has teamed up with Northamptonshire Sport as well as The Hart pub in Duston, to offer boxing-based exercise as part of the Northamptonshire Holiday Activity & Food Programme 2021.

And the children will be fed healthily as well.

The Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme is Government-backed, and aims to offer ‘funded school holiday clubs including food for children and young people’

Youngsters have the chance to train at Team Shoe-Box on the next three Mondays

Over the next three Mondays (August 9, 16 & 23) children aged between eight and 14 can go along to Team Shoe-Box on Harlestone Road to learn ‘boxing fundamentals and increase fitness levels whilst training in a safe, disciplined and enjoyable environment’.

Each session runs from 10am-2pm, and all children taking part will receive a healthy hot meal thanks to The Hart pub in New Duston.

The sessions are free to those children eligible for free school meals, and £21 for others. These must be pre-booked.

All sessions will be delivered by fully qualified England Boxing coaches, who are safeguarding and first aid trained, as well as DBS checked.