It's taking all twelve rounds, but a Flaxmere woman is trying to win a knockout victory with her efforts to implement a community boxing bag in Flaxmere Park.
Crystal Deacon's idea to hang a boxing bag up from a tree in Flaxmere Park late November last year looked down for the count after Hastings District Council took it down due to safety concerns.
Public Spaces and Building Assets manager Colin Hosford said earlier that the council had concerns the branch holding the bag might break, and that the chain from which the bag was hanging could damage the tree.
After discussion, however, the council ordered a steel pull-up frame from overseas at the end of last year for installation in the park to hang Deacon's boxing bag from.
Unfortunately, according to reports on social media, the bag suffered damage on Tuesday evening, with a photo of it lying on the ground being shared on local community Facebook pages.