The day kicked off at 8am with a six hour sparring session. Some brave DDG supporters step into the ring to try their hand at sparring with retired and professional boxers, it was very tough<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nAt 2pm the whole group made their way to Penistone Road and set off on a half marathon run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some people did a few miles, others managed more but Stephen Nettleship completed the half Marathon after sparring for 6 hours, an incredible achievement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The day wasn\u2019t just about having fun and personal challenges, it was a powerful reminder of how thoughtful, kind and willing people can be to help raise funds for our charity. Most of the people connected to the gym knew nothing about DDG but they were prepared to give up their time and support us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A big shout out for DDG team. 13 people including staff, students, volunteers and family supporters made up Team Darnall. It was an opportunity to meet up outside of the centre, have fun and reconnect with people who had left the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Special thanks to Ryan Rhodes, former professional boxer who held the British super welterweight title twice. He gave up his time and allowed us to use the gym.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A round of applause to everyone who was there on the day and a big thank you to everyone who sponsored us and gave donations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our target was \u00a32,000, we actually raised \u00a33,300 which is fantastic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We had a really fun time on 22nd November when Darnall Dementia Group collided with Southpaw Boxing Gym. Stephen Nettleship approached Lynsey about having a fundraiser for the group. His nan, Sheila Gilbert had attended the group and he felt that it would be an opportunity to \u2018give something back\u2019. The day kicked off at … Continue reading “Stephen Nettleship Fundraiser”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.darnalldementiagroup.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.darnalldementiagroup.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.darnalldementiagroup.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.darnalldementiagroup.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.darnalldementiagroup.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1222"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.darnalldementiagroup.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1226,"href":"http:\/\/www.darnalldementiagroup.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222\/revisions\/1226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.darnalldementiagroup.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.darnalldementiagroup.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.darnalldementiagroup.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"