Celebrity Heavyweights to attend Amateur Boxing Dinner and Auction at Chilford Hall

PR Log (Press Release) – Nov 25, 2009 – On Sunday 6th December, amateur boxers from Cambridge Select and London Select will be taking part in the DC Boxing Academy Cambridge amateur boxing show at Chilford Hall Vineyard and Conference Centre in Linton, Cambridgeshire.

The evening, arranged by local club DC Boxing Academy Cambridge, will take place in Chilford Hall’s indoor pavilion and comprise 16 bouts, 8 junior and 8 senior, and will also include two female bouts.

Special top table guests on the night will include: Tim Witherspoon, former twice Heavyweight Champion of the World, Herbie Hide, former world heavyweight champion, Big Joe Egan, former sparring partner for Mike Tyson, Scott Welch, former British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion boxer, featured in the film Snatch with Brad Pitt, and John McDermott, British Masters heavyweight champion boxer.

The seven-prize sports auction at the end of the evening to raise money for the academy will comprise items including: a signed picture of Mike Tyson, a Pele shirt, Jake Lamont shorts, a David Haye signed glove, Henry Cooper and Frank Bruno picture montage, a Ricky Hatton and Joe Calzaghe signed picture and a rare signed Mohammed Ali picture.

Event tickets cost £50 per person and include a sit down three-course meal, along with access to the VIP area to meet the celebrities and the opportunity to have pictures taken by a professional photographer. Tickets for tables of 10 cost £450. A limited number of tickets will be available on the door first come first served for £20, these are limited access match tickets only. Tickets can be purchased in advance from Mark Farrow, Head Coach at DC Boxing Academy Cambridge on 07590 262394. Doors open at 5pm, three-course meal is served at 6pm and bouts begin at 7pm.

Corporate sponsorship opportunities are available for the event, including programme and event space branding and a number of free tickets to sit on the celebrity top table. For further details please contact Mark Farrow at DC Boxing Academy on 07590 262394.

www.chilfordhall.co.uk