Monkstown Boxing Membership went from pleasure to despair within the house of 48 hours this week.
Two days after celebrating two large Nationwide Elite Championship victories within the Nationwide Stadium the boxing membership revealed they have been locked out of their coaching amenities.
The membership, which has been based mostly on the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council-owned Mounttown Group Facility since 2008, claims they have been denied entry to the power on Monday.
Posting an image on-line of a padlocked door in response to a neighborhood TD’s congratulatory message Monkstown mentioned: “We got here within the membership right now to seek out we’re locked out once more, there’s a heavy chain and lock on the door so we couldn’t achieve entry.”
The information comes simply two days after the Dublin membership celebrated two Nationwide Elite Championship wins and additional proved the nice work it does for the realm. Two of Monkstown’s underage graduates Sean Mari, through stoppage, and Jack Marley claimed prestigious Irish titles on the South Round Street – and whereas the lockout can’t take the gloss off these achievements it does spotlight the problems the membership is battling.
It’s not the primary time Monkstown has raised a problem with Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council.
Members of the membership skilled outdoors Dún Laoghaire County Corridor, again in November and referred to as for unbiased entry to the power after being denied entry at brief discover.
The membership has been given a Sports activities Capital Programme grant of €150,000 to construct their very own facility on the grounds of the centre, however this isn’t anticipated to open till the summer season of 2024.
