Jimmy Stirling has been inundated with phone calls from enthusiastic boxers desperate to return to training.
The Hamilton Boxing Club vice-chairman is aiming to reopen his gym on Monday, April 26 and Stirling has been working hard to ensure that it’s ready for increased demand.
“We hope to return at the end of the month and we’ve been going in to make sure everything is sanitised,” Stirling said.
“We’ve been upgrading the facilities to try and make things hunky-dory. We’ve a meeting planned for next week and we are going to explain to them how we plan on moving forward."
The renowned club has been open since 1994 but it's doors haven't been open this year and people can't wait to return as Stirling attests.
“My phone hasn’t stopped ringing recently," Stirling said. "I’ve even had calls past 10 o’clock at night from parents who want their children to start boxing.
“It’s great when new people want to join but I’m unsure I’ll even be able to keep up with the demand.
“I can’t really commit to anything at the moment until I’m fully sure of all the rules and regulations.
“Everybody is dying to get back because we can’t do anything at the moment beside running.
"Even when we start back, we can’t do any close contact training so we can’t even do sparring so I need to reorganise everything.”
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