The
British Army Boxing Team
With the Irish Guards boxing
team success in both Germany and the United Kingdom several
members of the team were chosen to box for the British Army
Boxing team Germany. The team formed up 01st August 2001 at
Barker Barracks Paderborn. The boxers were selected from all
Germany based major units, the Irish Guards that were successful
for the team were:
L/Cpl Parkinson, Gdsm Mclean, Gdsm Collici and Gdsm Lewis
The boxers and trainers (WOII
(CSM) Haines & L/Cpl Seal) stayed in the Holiday Inn Johannesburg
on their arrival in South Africa after spending 10 hrs on a
flight. The following day was then spent in the car park of
the hotel training, this drew a large crowd of locals as it
was not the normal sight.
After Johannesburg the team
moved to 121 South African Infantry Battalion at Mutubtuba,
on the east coast of Kwa Zulu Natal where training continued
at the highest of standards
