Hi Fighter, As usual, it’s been far too long since I communicated with you, and here we are at the pointy end of the year already! I have been flat out: Running some amazing Warrior Weekends Sharing in some fantastic cross-cultural and interfaith bridge-building work Doing plenty of praying and boxing And now I’m heading […]
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Hi Fighter, Father Dave here with a very belated newsletter. I do apologise for the long lapses in communication. There was a time when I managed to keep in touch with my friends and supporters almost every week. Nowadays I struggle to find time each month, and probably wouldn’t manage it now, except that I’m
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Hi Fighter, At time of writing, I’m on a plane home after a week in Tehran. With the miracle of in-flight Internet, I thought I’d share something of the experience with you while I can, as I fear I’ll be overwhelmed with work once I hit the ground! I was flown to Iran primarily to appear in a
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Hi Fighter, You’ll have to forgive me for devoting a blog post to the larger-than-life Father Dave portrait that’s been splashed across a wall in the centre of the Sydney CBD. Even so, it’s not everyday that this sort of thing happens and I thought it deserved some sort of explanation, along with a word of thanks to those to
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Hi Fighter, We are back from Syria. We’ve been back for a a couple of weeks now, in fact, and I apologise for not publishing much about our journey until now. In truth, I’m still trying to process it all. It was a magnificent trip. We saw some amazing things and met many amazing people. As
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photos by John Clutterbuck Hi Fighter, Yes, we’re heading back to Syria, and we’ve got a kick-butt crew, ready to touch gloves with the Syrian Olympic boxing team. More important than any competition though, we are ready to bring some joy to Syrian kids, and hopefully leave them with some extra cash and sports equipment.
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Hi Fighter, I have had an adventurous time since last we communicated. Our fight club has moved into its new gym, located in our new church hall We’ve restarted our Youth Drop-In program in the same hall. And some even bigger adventures lie just around the corner! Another Warrior’s Weekend bush-training camp has is coming up. Boxers
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Hi Fighter, It’s been an intense time for me of late. I turned 54 a week ago. Two days later I made my return to professional boxing, scoring a TKO over Glen Aristides in the 3rd round. The timing of this was significant in a number of ways. For one thing, it meant that I
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Hi Fighter, It’s Father Dave, back with you and ready to punch-on for another year! 🙂 The holidays are far behind us now and Christmas is but a fading memory. What I hope is fresher in your mind is the list of goals you’ve set for 2016. As you probably know, I am a great
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