Staff at GasanMamo Insurance got a taste of the sport of boxing when they joined a team of professional trainers from I&J Fitness Team in Mosta for an energy-driven training session. The event was made possible through GasanMamo’s sponsorship of the boxing club.

The eager team of employees learnt that boxing – perhaps one of the world’s oldest sports - is a true test of a person’s strength and endurance, and is all about balance, focus and speed. A one-to-one sport, boxing is also about the competitors’ ability to protect themselves physically.

“After the session at I&J we really changed our preconceived ideas about boxing,” said one employee. “Although the perception is that boxing is an aggressive sport, if practised in a professional environment athletes gain stamina, general fitness, body toning and weight control. Apart from the fact that the session was great fun, it was also a fantastic stress reliever!”

Julian J. Mamo, Director at GasanMamo Insurance said that the aim of both the sponosrship of I&J Fitness Team and the session for employees was to help the Club, to promote the sport in Malta and to give employees the opportunity to try their hands at a sport they had never tried before.

The I&J Fitness Team - a boxing club that trains males, females and children – is located in Mosta. The club takes part in several boxing events throughout the year, both in Malta and abroad.. This year, the Scottish National team as well as French boxers from different clubs joined I&J in a training camp organised in Malta. I&J Fitness also organises charity events on a regular basis in aid of several philanthropic institutions.

L-impjegati ta’ GasanMamo Insurance ppruvaw il-boxing meta nagħqdu ma’ tim ta’ professjonisti mill-I&J Fitness Team fil-Mosta għal sessjoni enerġetika ta’ taħriġ. Dan l-avveniment kien possibbli bl-appoġġ ta’ GasanMamo lil dan il-klabb.

L-impjegati ferm ħerqana tgħallmu li l-boxing, wieħed mill-aktar sport antiki tad-dinja hu prova ta’ saħħa u reżistenza, bilanċ, attenzjoni u veloċita’. Il-boxing hu sport li jintlagħab wieħed kontra wieħed u jdur mal-ħila tal-kompetitur li jħares lilu nnifsu fiżikament.

“Wara s-sessjoni fl-I&J biddilna l-ħsibijiet li kellna fuq il-boxing,” qal wieħed mill-impjegati. “Għalkemm l-opinjoni hi li l-boxing hu sport aggressiv jekk ikun prattikat f’ambjent professjonali l-atleti jkollhom aktar stamina, sahha, body toning u kontroll tal-piż. Barra mill-fatt li ħadna pjaċir, irnexxilna wkoll inneħħu ftit mill-istress!”

Julian J. Mamo, Direttur ta’ GasanMamo Insurance, qal li l-għan tal-isponsorship ta’ I&J Fitness u s-sessjoni tal-impjegati hu biex jgħinu l-klabb u jippromwovu l-isport f’Malta u biex jagħtu opportunita’ lill-impjegati jippruvaw sport li qatt ma kienu esperjenzaw qabel.

l-I&J Fitness Team hu klabb tal-boxing fil-Mosta li jħarreġ irġiel, nisa u tfal. Il-klabb jieħu sehem f’bosta avvenimenti matul is-sena f’Malta u barra minn Malta. Din is-sena t-tim nazzjonali tal-Iskozja kif ukoll boxers minn klabbs differenti fi Franza ingħaqdu ma’ I&J f’kamp ta’ taħriġ organizzat f’Malta. I&J Fitness jorganizza wkoll avvenimenti għall-karita’ fuq bażi regolari biex jgħinu istituzzjonijiet filantropiċi.