Revolution North of England Championships - Summary

Thank you to everyone who supported the Revolution Martial Arts Network North of England Championships yesterday.

It was a fantastic day, we had a great increase in entries with a total of over 180 competitors from 18 clubs making it our biggest event yet. Also we had an increase in standards and we maintained what has made us successful, professionalism, smooth running, no attitudes, no ego's, no politics, good atmosphere and all round friendliness.

The day would not have been the same if it wasn't for the fantastic team work, I am very lucky to be surrounded by some wonderful people. It would be impossible to thank everyone as I wouldn't want to miss anyone out but im sure if you helped out you know who you are and I want you to know how much I appreciate you and how important you are to the further growth of our Tournaments and the Revolution Network. Thank you to the Area Managers (Mr Burns, Mr Harrison & Mr Beddow), Referee's, Shadow Referee's, Corner Judges, Forms Judges, Timekeepers, Scorekeepers (especially our Senior Area Co-ordinator Sarah Melvin) and Lucy's Team who dealt with the entries, spectators and tuck shop especially Terry who as well as standing guard and making sure nobody snook in he as always was up at ACMAC early to put the mats in his van and transport them to the school. I would like to thank Tacita, Natalie, Dean and Jordan from Team ACMAC for looking after the Team as I was tied up all day.

Considering the numbers and space of the venue the event ran smoothly and didn't finish much later than we expected, we pride ourselves on giving a 4 hour time window for Kids and Adult Competitors this is what makes us different from a lot of competitions where you can be waiting from 9am till late in the evening,, the only other thing was the parking which I knew nothing about and had no control about, I would suggest anyone who has a problem get in touch with the school and maybe we can have our car park back next time.

Back to the positives and they by far outweighed the negatives. Standards went through the roof with some of our circuits most well known fighters not coming away with a Gold this time, also im looking at the Adult Black Belt Forms Division, all 7 competitors scored 28 out of a possible 30! For example that would be 9.5 from 2 judges and 9 from the another! That's a high standard at ANY competition.

Another high point was the introduction of the Sport Sword Divisions. These were very popular and will get bigger and bigger with the support of the NSWA.

Remember the winners of each categories have now automatically qualified for the Revolution English Title Fight Night in October.

Finally I would like to thank everyone who supported the event and I look forward to seeing you again at future events.

Andy Crittenden
Revolution Founder
Revolution North of England Championships – Results

PATTERN/KATA/FORMS

1/ KIDS COLOURED BELTS
1st Geraldine Sword (BSBB)
2nd Alex Power (Gorton)
3rd John Duggan (Gorton)

2/ KIDS BLACK BELTS
1st Christopher Sword (BSBB)
2nd Libby Sansom (BSBB)
3rd Nathan Wild (NEST)

3/ ADULT COLOURED BELTS
1st Simone Sanson (BSBB)
2nd Danny Heseltine (IMA)
3rd Dave Roberts (BSBB)

4/ ADULT BLACK BELTS
1st Jessica Corish (ACMAC)
2nd Rick Burns (BSBB)
3rd Audrey Parker (ACMAC)

5/ KIDS WEAPON FORMS
1st Christopher Sword (BSBB)
2nd Jack Malone (ACMAC)
3rd Oliver Patmore (EMW)

6/ ADULTS WEAPON FORMS
1st Rick Burns (BSBB)
2nd Michelle Turnbull (BSBB)

POINT SPARRING

7/ BOYS -35KGS
1st Cameron Grant (Universal)
2nd Charlie Ranford (Spirit)
3rd Nathan Wild (NEST)

8/ BOYS -45KGS
1st Suneil Singh (ACMAC)
2nd Ben Clarke (Spirit)
3rd Brogan Johnstone (EMW)

9/ BOYS -55KGS
1st Beer Klongklaew (EMW)
2nd Callum Dillon (BSBB)
3rd Brandon Grant (Universal)

10/ BOYS +55kgs
1st Luke Cullen (ACMAC)
2nd Beer Klongklaew (EMW)
3rd Joss Bevan (DF)

11/ GIRLS -35KGS
1st Paris Slater (BD)
2nd Tia Rowe (ACMAC)
3rd Daryle Jobling (Universal)

12/ GIRLS -45KGS
1st Laura Wilkinson (EMW)
2nd Tia Rowe (ACMAC)
3rd Paris Slater (BD)

13/ GIRLS -55KGS
1st Jade Humphries (Spirit)
2nd Laura Singleton (NEST)
3rd Lorien Cox (Paragon)

14/ GIRLS +55KGS
1st May Klongklaew (EMW)
2nd Natalia Rea (BD)
3rd Holly Winder (ACMAC)

16/ WOMENS COLOURED BELTS
1st Katie Maxwell (Spirit)
2nd Melanie Hartley (ACMAC)
3rd Liz Armitage (BSBB)

17/ WOMENS BLACK BELTS
1st Sam Burton (ACMAC)
2nd Vicky Chantler (NEST)
3rd Laura Schofield (PKA)

18/ MENS BEGINNERS
1st Michael Cross (DF)
2nd Dan Young (EMW)
3rd Thomas Lee (ACMAC)

20/ MENS COLURED BELTS -80KGS
1st Sean Wilce (EMW)
2nd Martin Ellis (Spirit)
3rd Ian Campbell (Excel)

21/ MENS COLURED BELTS +80KGS
1st Dave Morrison (PKA)
2nd Danny Buckle (DF)
3rd Darren Williams (PKA)

22/ MENS BLACK BELTS -80KGS
1st Hayden Lindley (ACMAC)
2nd Ian Harrison (DF)
3rd Lee Wilson (EMW)

23/ MENS BLACK BELTS +80KGS
1st Danny Rylands (PKA)
2nd Dean Mitchell (ACMAC)
3rd Gareth Beddow (EMW)

24/ MENS VETERANS
1st Ian Harrison (DF)
2nd Kev Dryden (BSBB)

LIGHT CONTINUOUS

25/ BOYS -35KGS
1st John Duggan (Gorton)
2nd Ryan Clayton (DF)
3rd Connor Moffitt (DFC)

26/ BOYS -45KGS
1st Suneil Singh (ACMAC)
2nd Callum Howard (Warrior)
3rd Josh Slack (DFC)
3rd Liam Killeen (DFC)

27/ BOYS -55KGS
1st Jamie Clayton (NEST)
2nd Kaleb Summerill (DFC)
3rd Callum Gardner (Progressive)

28/ BOYS +55KGS
1st David Colley (ACMAC)
2nd Joss Bevan (DF)
3rd Adam Whiteside (Gorton)

29/ GIRLS -55KGS LIGHT WEIGHT
1st Daryle Jobling (Universal)
2nd Jessica Robson (DFC)
3rd Kayleigh Taylor (DF)

29/ GIRLS -55KGS MIDDLE WEIGHT
1st Jessica McDermott (Gorton)
2nd Ellie Saxton (ACMAC)

29/ GIRLS -55KGS HEAVY WEIGHT
1st Laura Singleton (NEST)
2nd Danielle Gauntry (Warrior)
3rd Rebecca Manson (DFC)

30/ GIRLS +55KGS
1st Holly Winder (ACMAC)
2nd Natalia Rea (BD)

32/ WOMENS -65KGS
1st Natalie Loy (ACMAC)
2nd Georgia Andrews (DF)
3rd Sarah Felton (Universal)

33/ WOMENS +65KGS
1st Claire Dalton (ACMAC)
2nd Vicky Chantler (NEST)
3rd Emma Wright (Progressive)

34/ MENS -75KGS
1st Lee Wilson (EMW)
2nd Gareth Ford (PKA)
3rd Neil Wilkinson (IMA)

35/ MENS -85KGS
1st John Armstrong (Universal)
2nd Danny Buckle (DF)
3rd Greg Letch (DFC)

36/ MENS +85KGS
1st Steve Wilson (Excel)
2nd Mark Watson (Excel)
3rd Siraj Anas (Sunderland Uni)

SPORT WEAPONS

37/ GIRLS -45KGS
1st Tiffiny Richardson (ACMAC)
2nd Ebony Richardson (ACMAC)
3rd Bethany Levick (ACMAC)

37A/ BOYS -45KGS
1st Suneil Singh (ACMAC)
2nd Christopher Sword (BSBB)
3rd Ross Cerenko (ACMAC)

38/ GIRLS +45KGS
1st May Klongklaew (EMW)
2nd Libby Sanson (BSBB)
3rd Ellie Saxton (ACMAC)

39/ BOYS +45KGS
1st Beer Klongklaew (EMW)
2nd David Moss (EMW)
3rd Jack Malone (ACMAC)

41/ WOMEN
1st Naomi Tinlin (EMW)
2nd Simone Sansom (BSBB)
3rd Audrey Parker (ACMAC)

42/ MEN
1st Rick Burns (BSBB)
2nd David Kiggin (ACMAC)
3rd Dave Allen (BSBB)

Medals Table

TEAM GOLD SILVER BRONZE
Andy Crittenden's Martial Arts Centre 12 8 8
East Meets West Black Belt Academy 8 3 4
Burns School of Black Belts 6 8 3
Universal Martial Arts 3 0 3
Dragon Freestyle 2 6 2
NEST 2 3 3
Spirit Sport Karate & Kick Boxing 2 3 0
PKA 2 1 2
Gorton/Lowe Martial Arts 2 1 2
Black Dragons Kick Boxing 1 2 1
Excel Martial Arts 1 1 1
Doncaster Fight Club 0 2 4
Warrior Martial Arts 0 2 0
Progressive Martial Arts 0 0 2
IMA/Graham Lamberts Tae Kwon Do 0 1 1
Paragon Black Belt Academy 0 0 1
Sunderland University Kick Boxing 0 0 1