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TBS-The Early years with Dave & Fe

Dave Thompson was the first home grown boxer from The Boxing Shop.A kid who walked into the backyard shed as a 17 year old studying cert 3 in fitness and had already been through 2 knee reconstructions.
Dave came down to the shed with Fenella Schmidt to gain some fitness and learn some skills and together they both acquired a passion for boxing and helping people.
Fe and Dave were studying their cert 3 and 4 in fitness together and saw the boxing shop grow from a few people training in a backyard shed to opening the new facility at Griffith University in 2007.Both were instrumental in the early years of building The Brand to what it is today.
At TBS we have always had pride in our team spirit,Whether you are a kid,adult or competitive athlete we hope to provide the same level of support for everyone.
Both Fenella and Dave were instrumental in building the team culture when they became coaches at TBS,Dave still has people mentioning his name when talking about the Ab sets he used to torture them with.
Daves highest honour as a boxer was representing Qld against New Zealand at the Tattersals club in Brisbane,where he beat the Kiwi Champion over 4 x 2 minute rounds.
“I remember sending Dave out on his first Job which was to train an under 20’s football team,He was nervous because everyone was older than him and I dont think he (Dave) had even turned 18 yet,i just said go and be in charge and everything will fall into place”,Dave obviously made a great impression as the club chose to book him in for more sessions.
Fenella walked away from her bank job in the early years of TBS because she was so passionate about helping people achieve their goals and she saw the TBS vision from the early days of training in the shed.

Dave Thompson and Fenella Schmidt had a great impact on peoples lives and when they both decided to change their career paths,we were happy for them but also sad at losing these two TBS legends.
Lets get them both on the podcast and you can hear the early days stories straight from the horses mouth.

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The Letter to Wayne Bennett

After opening The Boxing Shop in 2007,Gareth Williams set his eyes on improving himself as a coach. With a background of Elite Gymnastics,Rugby League and Boxing Gareth knew there was so much more to coaching than just general boxing training and hoping a kid with talent walks through the door.
“In the middle of 2007 I wrote a letter to Wayne Bennett,I was so nervous writing the letter and I changed my mind many times on whether I should send it or not” said Williams, “My letter said,I want to be one of the best coaches and I want to learn the extra things like man management and dealing with different personalities rather than just boxing ….I reckon my letter was on Wayne’s Desk for 2 minutes and I got a phone call from Dean Benton saying I was welcome anytime to come and watch training sessions,so I jumped at it,I went down the next day and my aim was to stay for a week and learn as much about coaching as possible”.
I met everyone at the Broncos and they were very welcoming and happy to show me around and teach me as much as I wanted to know. “After the week ,I spoke to Wayne and thanked him for opening the doors for me to have an inside look as to how the team and coaching side of things operated,he said would you like to come next week as we are doing some different things,so I jumped at the chance”.During the second week Gareth was asked to bring his pads and work with a few injured players which was a good way to say thanks for the invite.
From this time moving forward Gareth and The Boxing Shop has had good relationships with the Brisbane Broncos , former Players and Staff and continue to work with them in many ways.
Life is about relationships,If you treat people right,they treat you right.

Raising money for Charity with Denan Kemp,Gerard Beale,Corey Norman and Alex Glenn

Boxers to Aim High This week

Queensland Boxing Champions Leah Pilon and Cori Byrnes are Representing the Queensland this week at the Australian Championships in Perth. Both Girls are in tough fights and we will be cheering for them from Brisbane. Shara Romer is back in Camp with the National team at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra.The Team are […]