Emerald ABC Club Development Fundraiser

Who are we?

Emerald Amateur Boxing Club is one of the most successful boxing clubs in Belfast and Northern Ireland. We have been building the foundations for success and champions inside and outside the boxing ring for over 30 years. In 2021/2022 Emerald boxers won 2 Commonwealth Gold medals, European Bronze and Gold Medals at County, Provincial and National level. Emerald ABC was the most successful club in the 2021/22 Ulster Elites with 4 of our boxers being crowned Provincial champions, with 1 being chosen as boxer of the tournament.

Above R-L: Coach Aodhán Burke, Gerard French 80kg Champion, Dominic Bradley 60kg Champion & Boxer of Tournament, Coach Harry Hawkins, Kane Tucker 86kg Champion, Jake Tucker 75kg Champion, Coach J.P Delaney

Why are we crowdfunding?

Emerald ABC are currently fundraising to help develop our club facilities and encourage new memebers to join and get back into fitness.Due to Covid-19 Emerald for the first time in our history were forced to close our doors and cease any training and coaching. While this was needed to play our part, it had major setbacks for the club and our memebers.

Development of our members physically, mentally and socially had been greatly affected due to the pandemic and at Emerald ABC our main aim post Covid was bringing boxing back, opening our doors and getting as many people involved in sport due to the lack of organised sports during the pandemic.

This challenge required an extraordinary effort to recover from the pandemic and this crowdfunding will continue to help us provide world class equipment and facilities to kickstart our journey back to the top! We believe sport contributes massively to our community and that everyone should be given the opportunity to participate and with your support we will be able to open our club up to the wider Colin community and offer training for a wider demographic of people giving them every chance to become successful both as an athlete and a person.  

Above R-L: Coach Courtney McCrudden, Shea Ramsey, Junior Corey, Coach Joseph Quinn 'Shas'.

How you can play your part

There are four simple ways to help us reach our target, and make this project a reality.

1. Make a pledge. Don’t delay if you’re going to support us because momentum is key to our success!

2. Spread the word. Share our project on your social media pages and tell the world to get behind us! The more people we reach, the more support we will get.

3. Offer rewards. Get involved if you are a local business by donating things we can offer to our supporters. We will give you a shout out!

4. If you want to run your own fundraiser to support us, maybe a sponsored activity or similar, use the 'contact project' button at the top of our page to let us know. Setting up your own page only takes a few minutes and you won’t need any bank details. Just a fun idea!

How we’ll spend the money raised

With your help we will; - Develop and purchase more equipment to provide the best possible training environment, helping improve our ability to deliver boxing specific Strengh & Conditioning sessions - take our members on club trips and training camps to places they may otherwise never see and provide them with experiences they will never forget.  - Run multiple club boxing shows throughout the year to increase competitive opportunities for our boxers and purchase new Emerald ABC branded competition kits and club gear which is long overdue. We also believe in developing our boxers as athletes and in doing so with your help we will be able to bring in specialist speakers on physical wellbeing, nutrition and mental health.

We believe the above steps will enable our club to fully recover from the setbacks brought on by Covid and get us on the path to a successful future.

Emerald ABC boxers alongside St.John Bosco boxers after a tough sparring session.

Community impact

Emerald ABC is situated in the Colin and Lenadoon Communities, and we would love to be in a position to open our doors to a wider demographic of people within our community. An increase of sponsorship and funding would mean that we could purchase more equipment and offer special training classes for people with disabilities, the elderly and a parents class to help increase participation in boxing but also to encourage physical exercise in our community, thus helping to improve not only the physical health but also the mental well-being of our community.

Above R-L: Coach Aodhán Burke, Daniel Ramsey, Coach JP Delaney, 2022 Monkstown Box-Cup 75kg Champion.