A Belfast boxing club has issued a stern warning to its members, stating that any involvement in the ongoing disorder around Hillview Retail Park will result in immediate expulsion. The club secretary condemned the 'idiots' jeopardizing five years of cross-community work.
A Belfast boxing club is warning members they will be "stripped" of their membership if they get involved in ongoing disorder in the area around a city retail park .
Now the club secretary at Sacred Heart Boxing Club/Academy Belfast has weighed in. A statement on their Facebook page has warned any members involved in the trouble, they will lose their membership. Eamonn Magill, who also coaches at the club, told Belfast Live "there is no religion in boxing" and that he felt the need to issue the warning because the "last thing you want is a kid getting embroiled in this crap"."If you're caught, you're caught - you're out the door and that's it. We are trying to do what we can for kids in the area - and you don't need that backwards shit.
Police said when they responded to reports of young people fighting, officers have come under attack. "At around 5.30pm, a number of youths gathered in the Hillview area and were asked by police to disperse.
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