Sunday 22nd May

The Black Belt Academy will be holding a SPONSORED TRAINING MARATHON In aid of the Cotswold Care Hospice at Minchinhampton. We are planning to complete 101 rounds of continuous sparring. To put that into perspective, a professional boxing match is normally 12 rounds!

"Cotswold Care Hospice aims to maximise the quality of life of people in Gloucestershire - patients and their families who are living with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses."

One of our former Black Belt members Kathy Lane works at Cotswold Care, and I can personally vouch for the fantastic job they do as my Grandmother used to visit them herself many years ago. The hospice needs over £800,000 per year just to break even and yet they only receive £150,000 from the government, therefore they need to raise over £650,000 every year from voluntary contrubutions.

Let's do our very best to help them out!

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"We are so grateful to Master Olpin and all of his fellow Martial Artists for striking a blow against the £800,000 target Cotswold Care Hospice needs to provide free care to those who need it most in our community."
Rik Kumar, Cotswold Care

"Good Luck to the Black Belt Academy - They really work hard at their training sessions and I'm sure that raising much needed funds for the Cotswold Care Hospice will motivate them all even more..!"
- Ian Dixon, Head Teacher, Cam Everlands School

(Master Olpin pictured with Ian Dixon,
Head Teacher at Cam Everlands School)

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