by Nicholas Duck
After more than a year of training without a home, the Warragul Boxing Club officially has a roof over its head once again.
The club has returned to its previous base of operations at 180 Normanby St for training sessions on Wednesday and Friday evenings, sharing the space with Warragul Martial Arts.
It brings to an end a tumultuous year for the club which almost saw them shut up shop after having to train outdoors in spaces like Western Park or the Geoff Watt Track, often under the light of nothing but car headlights.

Their return to the Normanby St space comes after many months of negotiations with the Baw Baw Shire Council.
Club head coach Daniel Smith said it was "a massive relief" to finally be back indoors, citing safety concerns with having to train outside including poor lighting, moisture on the ground and an inability to properly use equipment.
"It's been a slow process with not a lot happening until three weeks ago," he said.
"I had given up a lot of hope, nothing had really happened. I'm just so glad the kids have got somewhere to train now."
While expressing his disappointment at how long the process had taken once it had been brought forward to the shire council, Daniel was keen to see how the club could grow over the next 12 months.
It hasn't taken long for the effects to be noticeable - in just a few short weeks since returning to Normanby St, class sizes have already doubled, with the prospect of an actual boxing ring and punching bags bringing prospective boxers back into the fold.
Daniel paid special tribute to two people in particular for helping him get to this point.
The first was parent Emily Reynolds, who mobilised the club into beginning the search for a home.
The second was Baw Baw Shire council's Gemma Massaro, with Daniel saying "without her we wouldn't have gotten in there at all."
The club was also due to begin training on Monday nights at the Warragul Exhibition Hall, though this has been put on hold after the hall was closed recently due to being declared a public safety risk.
Sessions will remain free until the end of the year as a thank you to the members who have stuck by Daniel and the club, even when it looked like they were on the ropes.
"The club survived because of the dedication of the members," Daniel said.
"If nobody turned up there wouldn't have been a club. I'm extremely grateful to them. They kept me motivated and kept me wanting to show up.
"There were days where I thought 'why am I even doing this?' But if one person showed up to box them I would show up."