ARO Kickboxing Couch to Comp Charity Event 24th September

On Saturday, I interviewed Lee Scott Smith, owner of ARO fitness kickboxing in the Selsey Centre.
For some of you that don't know, ARO fitness kickboxing has been going for 10 years, and for the last 4 years have been in Selsey.
I asked Lee what the benefits of kickboxing were, and he told me it helped people get fitter, more confident in themselves and having the ability to use it as self defense if needed.
Lee has set up a charity event called Couch to Comp, I asked him what this involved and the details.
He said," Selsey has been good to us since moving here 4 years ago and I wanted to give something back.
In the first 4 weeks we started with 22 people and assessed them, then chose out 8 who we really thought would benefit from kickboxing. So each person has picked a charity, and all proceeds made on the night will be shared between them"
Why not show your support, and come down to the Selsey Center on the 24th of September at 4.30pm and watch these people do their best in the ring.

Details below about the event:

our doors will open at 4.30pm
tickets on the door are £7.00 per adult (£2.00 per adult ticket goes into the charity boxes)
kids under 16 years £3.50 (must be accompanied by an adult)
under 3 years FREE

All our Ring side tables are now sold
seating around the arena will be sold on the door Prices above

we will have a licenced bar

the evening consist of
2x kids sparring bouts
1x junior sparring bout
8x couch to comp fights
a prized raffle

Charitys are couch to comp guys and girls are raising funds for are as follows

St Richards Neo Natal
Chichester familys diabetes group
Snowdrop trust
Cancer Research

so Please support our guys and girls and please dig deep to help them reach their targets

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