Work underway on new Mayo sports facility

Work has commenced on Knockmore/Foxford Boxing Club's new gym.

Clydesdale Construction, under the management of the highly respected and popular local builder Seamus Ryder, moved onto the site yesterday.

Welcoming the news, local Councillor Neil Cruise stated: "It is all systems go now for the badly required premises for the local boxing club."

The club is back in training in the Foxford Leisure Centre on September 1 at 7 p.m.

New members welcome including girls and boys, eight years and older.