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The BCSA sort permission from the British
Sombo Federation (the governing body for the sport in the UK) to
start organising Sombo Wrestling tournaments permission was
granted. Our first UK Open was restricted to Men only and was
deliberately set to go on a few weeks before the World
Championship, so as to give the British Team a pre World comp.
The Four Men’s categories were Light, Middle, Light Heavy and
Heavy. The competition was a great success with some phenomenal
Sombo Wrestling being seen. There is insufficientspace to go
through ever match so I have restricted the report to the
finals.
LightWeight Final Danny Carrott (Warriors Sittingbourne) v
Dean Luckhurst (Bournemouth)
This was going to be a cracking good final 17-year-old Chris
Bates, who trained by top international Paul Sawyer, was the
favourite to win. Danny trained by Martin Clarke was entering
his first major senior tournament. Danny proved every one wrong
by giving one of the best performances of his very young career.
At 15 years of age he fought a very mature match and defeated
Chris 12 pts to nil. As Danny’s strength gets better he is
going to be a major force to be reckoned with.
MiddleWeight Final Paul Sawyer (Bournemouth) v Ashley Costa
(Warriors)
Veteran World Champion Paul Sawyer was out for revenge as he
had lost to Ashley for the first time in the British earlier on
in the year. Ashley at 20 has the ability to be world class but
his performances are very erratic, when he takes an event
seriously i.e. early to bed etc he is unbeatable. This was the
case this time, paul treated him with a great deal of respect
not making any mistakes for Ashley to catch him with. In the
first minute of the bout caught Ashley with a leg grab to score
1 point, from then on he played a very tactical and negative
game doing sufficient work not to get a penalty but doing enough
to nullify Ashley’s efforts. This tactic worked with Ashley
frustrated he made a silly move with only a few seconds to go
and Paul scored a further point winning 2pt to Nil.
LeigthHeavy Weight final Tim Thomas BSF National Coach
(Spartan) v Colin Carrott (Warriors)
Tim Thomas as the Official National Coach for Sombo Wrestling
was taking a risk actually taking part; it takes a lot of
courage to be in his position and compete. Tim is known for his
expertise in ground fighting and submission holds. So Colin
Coach martin Clarke told him to keep away from the floor and go
for the throws. Colin done this but quarter way through the
match he tried a rather lazy rice bail throw (sacrificial throw)
only to be countered by Tim who scored 4pts. That momentary slip
of concentration cost Colin the match. Tim tried to get one of
his famous armlocks but all credit to Colin he was not
successful. 4pt to Nil win for Tim.
Heavyweight Final Steve Sweetlove Bedford v Neil Arkley
Warriors.
This was the one we had all been waiting for Police Sergeant
Steve Sweetlove a very fit seasonal International Sombo Wrestler
and Judo player moved out of his normal weight class to take on
the heavyweights and was giving away 35 kilo in weight. He was
up against first time Sombo Wrestler Neil Arkley who weighed in
at 125 kilo. Although this was his first Sombo competition Neil
is no stranger to jacket wrestling being a 4th dan
black belt Judo and World Masters bronze medallist. Both men
locked up and for the first minute they were like a couple of
Bull Elephants feeling each other out. Steve made the first
positive attacks trying a double leg pick up and for a moment it
looked as it was going to work, but Neil’s weight and
experience stopped the move. Not only did he stop it but also it
used it to his advantage to drive Steve back scoring 4pts, Neil
held on to his advantage to take the match much to the annoyance
of Steve. When Steve is behind he puts in his best performance
he tried some tremendous Inner Thigh throws and it was only
Neil’s experience stopped him being thrown. Hopefully we will
see a lot more of Neil in the future.
The Warriors Club now head the BSF league table and if we do
well in the forthcoming English championships we should win the
league.
Martin Clarke and some of his BCSA members will heading of to
the USA in late June early July to compete in the World Masters
Judo and Sombo Wrestling Championships. On the Saturday they
will be in Pheonix Arizona for the World Masters Judo and the
following Wednesday they will be Albeque New Mexico for the
World Masters Sombo Wrestling.
Anyone interested in Sombo Wrestling with BCSA should contact
Martin Clarke 0700 5641448 or visit his web site www.MartinClarkeNews.co.uk
UK OPEN SOMBO WRESTLING RESULTS
Leightweight
1st Danny Carrott Warriors
2nd Chris Bates Bournemouth
3rd Dean Luckhurst Spitfire
Middleweight
1st Paul Sawyer Bournemouth
2nd Ashley Costa Warriors
3rd Tyrone Daniels Spitfire
Lightheavyweight
1st Tim Thomas Spartan
2nd Colin Carrott Warriors
3rd Brian Woodhall Eagle
Heavyweight
1st Neil Arkley Warriors
2nd Steve Sweetlove Bedford
3rd Peter Wise Warriors
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