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Honey Where Are the Kids? 2018 Season

night. Being on summer hours,
the club is closed on Friday nights
however this incident reminded me Tickets on Sale
of the importance of Friday night

By Jorge Luis practices at the club. It’s my belief
that if a young person does not
come to boxing practice on Friday
night, it is not a good sign, unless
they have a legitimate reason.
e have all heard the famous What I witnessed on Friday
Wsaying “Keep kids off the night is what happens when young
streets.” In this computer age, people with too much time on their Photo Icelevel
laden with technology and software hands and too much of the wrong
we seem to see less young people energy. If a couple of those young
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kids walking to school. Good however at a boxing gym or martial
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I often get people telling me that tempered with respect. Participants
the boxing program is great as it are taught value of hard work, Hustler of the Month
keeps “kids off the street”. This discipline, structure, and respect for
struck home for me in a startling themselves and others. Boxing is Nathaniel Faubert
way the other night. My wife and controlling chaos. School: Char-Lan
I took our bicycles out and went for Parents, do you know where your Grade: 11 Age: 16
Home town: Green Valley
supper. When we were biking home kids are? It’s Friday night, where is
This month’s Hustler is Cornwall Royals’
we came upon a group of young your son or daughter? Parents get baseball player Nathaniel Faubert. “Baseball
men on the corner of Marlborough involved with your kids. Talk to is always fun,” says Nathaniel. “It’s never the
and Montreal Rd. The young men them; spend time doing something same thing twice, and I’m always improving.
With baseball, players are never done learning.”
were in a scuffle and the fight healthy and family oriented. Better
According to Royals’ coach Rick Fournier,
escalated and started to spill out to build men and women than to Nathaniel is the type of athlete who ‘shows up’
onto the street. Fearful of passing mend men and women. Boxing for every game and every practice. “He’s the
cars and serious injury my wife and clubs have been doing that for over kind of kid who wants to be at bat when the
I intervened verbally and managed a century. “Honey, where are the bases are loaded,” says Fournier. “I am fortunate enough that his style has rubbed off on
to diffuse the situation and break kids? Maybe you will respond “at other players. On top of all this, he is the nicest kid you want to meet.”
This grade 11 Char-Lan student is on the honour roll. He’s a multi-sport athlete who
up the teenage brawl. I made sure the boxing club”; maybe you will
plays almost everything at school. He’s also a hockey player who’s been playing for the
to tell the kids if they really want join them as well, as parents we Rapids, but this year he plans to play for the Rebels.

to fight come to the boxing club. need to take care of our health and Nathaniel’s career plans are pretty much set. He’ll be starting the first block of an
A couple kids recognized me as fitness and what better way to de- electrician apprenticeship through the co-op department at Char-Lan this year while
completing grade 11.
Tony’s father and a couple asked stress and end the week than a good
where the club was. After we came workout. Stop by and check it out.
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