White Collar Fighter News
[First published on Yorkshire Voice – 11th October 2019]
The charity boxing organisation White Collar Fighter raised over £14,000 for various charities at their latest event in Leeds on October 5.
White Collar Fighter takes beginners who have never boxed before and trains them for an eight-week period to prepare them for fight night.
They’ve been in operation for over four years now and have recently surpassed £700,000 in donations to charity.
[First published on Wigan Today – 8th October 2019]
A bar owner is taking up the sweet science and will step into the ring for a charity boxing night.
Alex Grundy, who owns Cafe Stella in Leigh with wife Zoe, will don his gloves and cross the ropes at White Collar Fighter in Manchester in November.
It is something of a personal campaign for Alex as he raises money for the Stroke Association in memory of his mum Pat Grundy, who died in 2015, and in support of stroke victim friend Caroline Sutton.
[First published on the Yorkshire Evening Post – 4th September 2019]
A mum is aiming to help give Cardiomyopathy the KO by taking part in a charity boxing bout to raise awareness of the disease which claimed the life of her dad.
Francesca Shaw’s dad Michael Mardell lost his fight to the incurable disease in February 2016 aged just 54.
[First published in The Garstang Courier – 26th February 2019]
A Garstang martial arts expert took a step into a new sport when she decided to take up boxing for charity.
Cathy Dickinson raised some £2,000 after gamely pledging to take part in her very first boxing match at the age of 60.
She fought a much younger opponent in Manchester recently after several weeks of training.
[First published in the Buxton Advertiser– 19th September 2018]
Fundraiser James Lyon is returning to the ring to help fight for sufferers of Alzheimer’s and dementia.
James, who is the deputy standard bearer for the Hayfield branch of The Royal British Legion, is taking on the White Collar Fighter Challenge Kickboxing Experience on Saturday in Manchester.
Shout out to twin brothers David and Rod MacInnes for featuring in the Stockport Express. Between them they raised around £500 for their chosen charity, the Together Trust.
[First published in The Leigh Journal – 22nd February 2018]
A Dad-of-two is in training for a boxing challenge to support a charity which helped his ‘second mum’ before she died from cancer.
David Barrow, from Atherton, will step in the ring on March 10th in Manchester as one of the boxers in a White Collar Fighter event to support the HoneyRose Foundation, which made arrangements to renew the vows of his mother-in-law Ann Speers and husband David last April at their Westleigh home.
Shout out to WCF contender Caroline Pollitt for being featured on the front page of the Stockport Express! Over the course of the 8 week training programme Caroline raised £1,800 for St Ann’s Hospice.
From “fat, middle-class, boring Dad” to White Collar Fighter… Watch Andrew Findlay’s interview with BBC 5 Live and find out why the entered the ring for charity.
Our charity partner, Cash for Kids, have launched an excellent campaign to help disadvantaged kids across Greater Manchester. The “1000 Faces” campaign asks people to commit to raising £100 over the year for Cash for Kids.
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