Rathkeale Boxing club receives huge financial boost from local business

RATHKEALE boxing club have benefited from a huge financial boost from local business Downe's Eurospar in Rathkeale. 

They recently announced that the Rathkeale Boxing Club were to benefit from a €1,000 presentation from the local community retailer, after they were unveiled as one of the winners of EUROSPAR’s nationwide ‘Let’s Celebrate Community’ campaign.

Rathkeale Boxing Club currently has more than 60 male and female boxers. Since it reopened in 2002 the club has won numerous county and Munster titles as well as 105 All-Ireland Gold, Silver, and Bronze titles. Two years ago, they were the top club in Ireland. The club was nominated in the ‘Let’s Celebrate Community’ initiative by a member of the public and the club’s coaches are all volunteers.

Rathkeale Boxing Club is one of 10 beneficiaries of the EUROSPAR Let’s Celebrate Community initiative, with nine other organisations spread across Connacht, Munster and Leinster also receiving €1,000 in funding. This campaign builds on EUROSPAR supermarkets’ established community credentials and is the second iteration of the initiative, which is indicative of EUROSPAR’s ongoing commitment of giving back to local communities and their customers. 

More than 80 groups from around the country applied for the second wave of funding provided by the ‘Let’s Celebrate Community’ initiative and a representative from those 10 groups who were successful were recently presented with their prize by their local EUROSPAR retailer.