MERCIAN REGIMENT BOXING NIGHT-

CHETWYND BARRACKS

THURSDAY 5 MAY 2011

MERCIAN CHARITY BOXING NIGHT
AT CHETWYND BARRACKS IN CHILWELL
ON THURSDAY 5 MAY 2011

Our 3rd Battalion is currently deployed in Afghanistan from where our 1st Battalion has recently returned. Our 2nd Battalion is between its third and fourth tours. Our 4th Battalion has supported and will continue to support both these and other units' tours in Afghanistan.
The Mercian Regimental Benevolent Fund has never been needed more than it is today.

Whilst public funds and national charity funds are rightly focused on the needs of the serving soldier, regimental charity funds are devoted primarily to the needs of the soldier after he has left the Army.
He may have left the Army but he is still in the Regiment.
More of our wounded will leave the Army in the near future as well as in years to come and our Benevolent Fund needs to be able to plug the gaps that may appear between soldiers' needs and state provision.

The current resurgence in boxing as a competitive sport in the 1st and 2nd Battalions makes this an opportune time to bring together boxers from both battalions to form a Mercian team and to pit that team against local amateur boxers. The funds that we raise from this charity night will go primarily to the Mercian Benevolent Fund but as we are seeking to attract local spectators we will also make a donation to two local charities; Teenage Cancer and CLIC Sergeant.

The following ten boxers will compete on 5 May and are being matched against civilian boxers or equivalent weight and experience by local ABA officials. They are the ones making the greatest efforts on behalf of the Regiment and deserve our support.

Pte Dayton-Rogers - Lightweight
Cpl Roberts Light - Welterweight
LCpl Jones - Middleweight
Pte Lockett - Middleweight
Pte Willshire - Middleweight
Pte Roberts - Light Heavyweight
LCpl Sheridan - Light Heavyweight
Pte Pearce - Cruiserweight
Pte Hughes - Cruiserweight
Pte Enright - Heavyweight

The timings on 5 May 2011 will be as follows:

1830 hrs. Gates and bars open
1900 hrs Meal served
2000 hrs First bout begins
2100 hrs - 2120hrs ( approx) Intermission
2220 hrs. Last bout ends. Main prize-giving and charity auction.
2230 hrs. Ringside guests and hosts to mess bars. Standard guests to hangar bar
0300 hrs. All bars close.

Standard tickets holders will be ushered into the hangar to take their seats 10 minutes before the first bout begins and 5 minutes later ringside tickets holders will take their seats with their hosts at the ringside. The Master of Ceremonies (MC) will then ask the permission of Commander 49 (East) Brigade to begin the evenings boxing. There will then be ten bouts, each of 3 x 2 minute rounds between the Mercian Team and a local Midlands Select Team.

All boxers will be drummed into the ring by lead tippers from the Corps of Drums of the 1st Battalion. There will be a short intermission between the fifth and sixth bouts. Prizes will be presented after each bout by the bout sponsors. After the completion of all bouts the overall prize will be presented by a senior guest.

When the prize-giving is over the MC will conduct the charity auction. Standard tickets holders will then be free to return to the bar outside Hangar 157 and make use of it, to the profit of the Benevolent Fund, until they leave. Ringside tickets holders will be taken by their hosts to the Officers Mess (100) and the Sergeants Mess (100) for drinks in their bars until they leave.

Tickets are now available for sale from Foresters House. Tickets are £40 for ringside seats and £25 for standard tickets. Ringside guests are asked to wear Black Tie or Mess Dress. They will have ringside seats , Regimental hosting and waiter service for drinks and food. They will be invited to the Mess bars after the charity auction. Standard guests are requested to wear smart casual clothes. They will use the self service bar and food servery and will be invited to use the main bar outside the hangar after the charity auction.

Everyone requiring tickets will need to provide the following information for themselves or everyone in the group that they are bringing.

Name and rank ( if applicable)
Number of ringside tickets required
Number of standard tickets required
Number of car passes required ( with make , model , colour and VRN of all vehicles)
A cheque for £40 per ringside ticket and £25 per standard ticket ( unless paying by PAYPAL - see below)

Tickets can be obtained by any of the following means ;

E mail [email protected] place your ticket order and pay using PAYPAL.
E mail [email protected] place ticket order and send cheque
Ring RHQ MERCIAN, Foresters House on 01159 465415 to place ticket order and send cheque
Ring WO1 Moss on 01159 572485 to place ticket order and send cheque
Write to the following address with ticket order and cheque; Mercian Boxing Night. RHQ MERCIAN (Outstation) , Foresters House ,Chetwynd Barracks , Chilwell , Nottingham, NG9 5HA.

The catering for the event is being done by Kayal Indian Restaurant of 8 Broad St , Nottingham , NG1 3AL. 0115 941 4733. They will be providing vegetable curry , chicken curry , popadums and chutneys , prepared on camp in a portable field kitchen. Standard ticket holders will queue for their food at four service points and ringside tickets holders will be served their food at ten man tables by waiters from our event staff.

Drinks will be provided from a bar in a tent outside the hangar before the boxing , during the intermission and after the charity auction.

After the charity auction, at approximately 2230 hrs, up to one hundred ringside guests will be taken by their hosts to the Officers Mess and one hundred more to the Sergeants Mess for drinks.

THE MERCIAN REGIMENT LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR SUPPORT AT THIS EVENT