ShapeUp Boxing Club, Pretoria

Boxing in Pretoria, coached properly. Basement, Wonderboom Junction Mall, Cnr Braam Pretorius St and Lavender Rd W, Wonderboom, Pretoria, 0182. Monday to Thursday, 17:30 to 19:00. Closed on public holidays. WhatsApp 079 213 0395.

• Club sessions: ages 6 to 85. One coached session, adjusted to your age and fitness.
• Sparring: three-minute rounds with a coach in your corner. Headgear is compulsory for anyone under 18.
• Competition: open boxing for ages 6 to 40, a grading system and amateur fights.
• Schools: body boxing only, no head punches. R150 per learner, January to November, 3 sessions a week.

Your first session is free, and we lend you gloves for it. Membership: R300 for 16 and older, R200 for under 16.

Coaches

Louis van Winkel, head coach and owner of ShapeUp Boxing Club: coaching since 1987, amateur from 1974 to 1994 and Springbok captain, professional from 1995 to 1999, 288 bouts. Louis Hendriks, coach: Free State amateur in 1978, then a professional heavyweight out of Bloemfontein, rated second among South Africa's heavyweight contenders in 1980.

The archive

Our two coaches in the papers. Clippings off our wall.

• Van Winkel's golden dream, Sunday Times Metro, 18 April 1993
• South African ratings, July 1980, Louis Hendriks, No. 2 heavyweight contender
• Van Winkel se malle aanslag goed beplan, Louis van Winkel, Springbok captain
• Free State amateur team, 1978, Volksblad, 22 August 1978
• Van Winkel has what it takes, The Pretoria News
• Boks in Durban, Louis Hendriks, Bloemfontein
• SA amateurs ready for Zambian clash, Louis van Winkel, SA amateur team
• Boks vir die Vrystaat, the Van Winkel brothers, Bloemfontein