An award-winning Rutherglen boxing coach has battered South Lanarkshire Council (SLC) after being made homeless and having to sleep in his ring.Archie Durie has been running Durie’s Boxing Gym in the area for 18 years after giving up his scaffolding firm to pursue his passion.Initially set up in Crawfurd Road, the 62-year-old was forced to move out and downsize to Blairbeth due to rising rent prices during the pandemic.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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I knew I would be evicted and I was put out.“After that, I moved into the Eva Burrows Lifehouse homeless shelter. I was there for 10 weeks.”Whilst in the homeless shelter, Archie was presented with the sportscotland Services to Sport Award at the Cambuslang and Rutherglen Sports Council Awards by Councillors Robert Brown, Margaret Cowie and Andrea Cowan.He continued: “I was praised for the work I do to help kids.
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