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This week Wayne catches up with Coach Rob to see how he has found 2020 and what coaching and life has looked like for him. We also chat about the upcoming Josh Warrington card this weekend🥊

This week Wayne catches up with Coach Joe to see how he has found 2020 and what coaching and life has looked like for him.  Adaptability Fun Keeping young people engaged Being more vocal Making a difference We also chat about the latest boxing news from last week Canelo v Saunders rumours WBA Mess! WBO announcement for AJ v Fury Usyk v Joyce Williams v Andrade  WIlliams v Eubank Jnr & Beef! 

This week Wayne catches up with Coach Ant to see how he has found 2020 and what coaching has looked like for him.  Adapting to virtual programmes  engaging young people making it all fun helping others We also chat about the latest boxing news and the surprising defeat for Conor McGregor this past weekend.

We have gave our podcast a little re-look, let us know what you think? This week Coach Wayne previews the latest announcements of bouts been made in boxing.  Herring v Frampton Matchroom Boxing's Schedule Chris Eubank Jnr joining Saulerand Boxing Wayne catches up with Coach Lewis to discuss his thoughts on 2020 and how he has had to adapt his coaching. What hes learned and what he is looking forward to in 2021.

Hey Team Happy New Year! We're back for our first episode of 2021.  In today's episode we discuss: Our new podcast layout were working towards Boxing world Virtual programmes Adapting to the new lockdown Catch up with Coach Tommy Staying positive Please leave a review on whichever platform you are listening on. This will enable us to reach a far wider audience and spread our work. We're back now and will have a new show for you every Monday.  You can follow us on Facebook Olympia Boxing CIC, on Twitter & Instagram @olympiaboxing

This week Coach Wayne chats with Finchley ABC legend Johnny Oliver. Johnny now retired as a coach spends his time as a trustee for the Ringside Charitable Trust. Johnny is a great character who has changed many young people’s lives. We discuss putting lads on the straight line, creating champions, yearly Las Vegas trips, Meeting Mike Tyson, watching Floyd Mayweather prepare for world championship bouts, his first thoughts on Derek Chisora, taking Anthony Joshua on the pads for the first time & that famous spar between AJ & Tyson Fury. As coach there isn’t much Johnny hasn’t seen or done & is a credit to the sport🥊 To follow the Ringside Charitable Trust their website is www.ringsiderestandcare.com

This week Coach Wayne chats with the chairman & trustee of The Ringside Charitable Trust Dave Harris. The charity are aiming to open The Ringside Rest & Care Home for ex boxers in need of respite or full care. We discuss the progress, everything that’s going on for the charity & the amazing work the trustees & ambassadors that include current & ex world champions are doing. Our very own Coach Wayne is fundraising for the charity by tackling the UK cycling from Lands End To John O’Groats in August next year for them.

This weeks podcast Coach Wayne sits down with Louisa Arnold who not only is Kent Sport’s Workforce & Coaching Manager, but also one of our founders! Lou has been on board with us since day 1 & seen everything grow & helped us hugely along the way. We discuss all things coaching, developing young people into coaches & giving them opportunities for careers. We discuss Louisa’s very own coaching career in Netball & her success with a National UK Coaching Award for her Project 500 which is all about Female Coaches

This week we’re back with another guest from our Boxing 4 Parkinsons Team. Bob has only been diagnosed for a short time. We discuss the benefits he has had through our programme and regular exercise. How being active has been a major help in regulating himself.

Today’s episode Coach Wayne chats with one of our key partners Bryn Price from Safer Kent. We have worked with Safer Kent since the beginning delivering community programmes across Kent. We discuss all things to do with youth work & really put the world to rights! Safer Kent does some fantastic work in the community🥊

Following on from our Boxing 4 Parkinson’s series this week Coach Wayne chats with Phil Bungay who is the lead coordinator for the Medway Parkinson’s Working Age Group & Co Lead Coordinator for The Medway neurological network. Phil is who we set up our programme with & is a regular attendee. Phil was diagnosed in 2012 with Parkinson’s and he details a good insight for what it’s like living with Parkinson’s & how beneficial the programme has been🥊

Today’s episode we introduce our newest Coach onto our team Anthony Grove. Ant came through our mentoring programme to now leading his own sessions. We discuss Ant’s journey from a troubled teen with mental health issues & becoming homeless to discovering boxing & turning his life around into a positive. He is now a much loved coach by the kids he trains & improving all the time. He also works in a Special Needs College helping young people with additional needs. He has a truly inspiring story which shows the power of sport once again🥊

This week Coach Wayne talks #DoorstepSport with James Gregory the London & South East Area Director for Street Games one of our valued partners delivering Doorstep Sport across communities.

This week is the third & final podcast in our Boxing 4 Parkinsons series. Coach Wayne chats with the lovely Jane Cullen. Jane is an exercise instructor, fitness professional & a best selling author! Jane has sold copies of her books worldwide & donates proceeds to Parkinsons based programmes which we are very lucky to receive her support with our Medway programme. We talk about Jane’s journey with working with people loving with Parkinsons & other long term medical conditions, her book Say That Again which is about a hero with Parkinson’s which has been turned into a play already & plans for the big screen💥

Today’s episode is the 2nd in our Boxing 4 Parkinsons series. Today Wayne chats with Richard Grigg who is an amateur & professional boxing coach at a great club Bideford ABC in Devon. Richard also runs a fantastic Boxing 4 Parkinsons programme. We talk passionately about boxing & it’s wonders for the community. How their Parkinsons programme has developed & the successes it has had🥊

We kick off our Boxing 4 Parkinson’s series with the founder himself Mr Dennis Stinchcombe MBE. Dennis pioneered the programme at his club Broad Plain ABC in Bristol & has had huge success! We chat about the beginning of it all, how he set it up & now how he is promoting the programme with England Boxing up & down the country helping to coach coaches with the information to set up the programme in their clubs expanding the great work it achieves. We also chat about the other fantastic work Broad Plain does including its Pupils Referral Unit where Dennis & his team are teaching young people excluded from schools🥊

This week we do something a little bit different to our usual podcasts. This week Coach Wayne chats with Jeannette Linfoot who is a very successful businesswoman who has multiple businesses in advisory, mentoring and property investing.  Jeanette has 25 years experience in being a leader and mentoring other people. Jeannette has been the CEO of Travel in organisations such as TUI, Thomas Cook, First Choice & Saga.  With an impressive track record in building and optimising high performing, culturally-diverse teams, underpinned by inspirational leadership and vision, Jeannette is a passionate advocate for diversity across all organisational levels. Truly diverse teams and gender-balanced executive boards provide superior customer experiences, more fulfilling career opportunities and optimised financial results for shareholders. Working with individuals and businesses to develop, shape and drive forward their strategy, Jeannette brings an impartial perspective, which, combined with practical action based solutions, delivers tangible results. As a mentor, Jeannette has supported and empowered male and female colleagues, direct reports and clients to unlock and achieve their full potential. As a direct result of Jeannette’s interventions, many of her ‘mentees’ have graduated to executive board-level positions, started businesses and diversified into portfolio careers. As well as a successful portfolio of businesses Jeannette has recently released her brand new podcast Brave, Bold, Brilliant.  You can find Jennette on: www.jeannettelinfootassociates.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtsU57ZGoPhm55_X0qF16_Q http://linkedin.com/in/jeannettelinfoot https://www.facebook.com/jeannette.linfoot https://www.instagram.com/jeannette.linfoot Brave Bold Brilliant Podcast  Apple Podcasts (iTunes) Spotify Stitcher Google Podcasts

This week Coach Wayne chats with one of our coaches Robert Caswell that has come through our mentoring programme. Rob is still an active Elite level amateur boxer with big aspirations & goals to achieve. We talk about boxing today, how it’s developed him as a person, Young boxers turning pro too early, the challenges he’s faced, our mentoring programme & how he has seen a different side as a coach. Robs views on boxing in the community & how it shapes young people’s lives. This is a good’un enjoy🥊

This week we have Ben Fitzgerald the founder of Kindcody a new app recently launched to help improve people’s mental & physical health. Ben is a former amateur boxer & has used his skills in developing this fantastic new app, we discuss its benefits, challenges, positives & recent successful launch🥊

This week Coach Wayne chats with another British boxing legend. The former British, European & WBC Welterweight Champion Of The World John H Stracey. They chat about John’s Fabulous career from his amateur days, Olympic Games, to Mexico City dethroning the great Jose Napoles. John does great charity work helping clubs & Ringside Rest & Care raise money. We get a little glimpse of what is coming up in Johns autobiography to be released shorty🥊