Wallop! Rumble with the Agents raises £21,000 for charity

Paul Shamplina’s annual Rumble with the Agents charity boxing event has this year raised over £21,000 for local stroke charity DRUM, taking the events total funds raised so far to over £120,000.

Held this year at the Holiday Inn hotel near Golders Green in North London, 300 agents, landlords and industry suppliers gathered to watch five bouts of boxing.

This included the first two women to spar at the event, one of whom was  Suzanna Mavity (main pic) or ‘Pink’, sales director at industry supplier Acaboom.

The most vocal support group of the night was provided by colleagues and friends (pictured, left) of Neil Baldock, a director at both the Essex operation of Fine & Country and his own firm, Chelmsford-based Charles David Casson.

His team got what they wanted – Baldock won his bout (see below), revealing after the event that he trained three to four times a week in the gym in preparation for the fight.

“A big thanks to Paul and Rita Shamplina for the event, my brother Matt Baldock, Claudia Dellapina for her banners and all my team especially all of those who came along on the night to support me,” he added.

Sponsored by industry insurance firm Hamilton Fraser, Rumble with the Agents is due to expand in 2023, which will be its eighth year.

The next London event will take place in June 2023 with a Manchester Rumble planned in December.

“We had some good fun and some good fights and the money raised will help finance some extra activities at DRUM’s centre in Watford, where the charity provides day activities and support to adults with physical and/or sensory disabilities,” says Shamplina (pictured).

Any agents interested in training to box at either of next year’s events in London or Manchester should contact Shamplina via [email protected]

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