| Beggining of the night |
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| Instructor Shane Holmes (left) Sponsor Andy from A.W Fencing (centre) & Cheif Instructor Lee Wragg |
OUR ANNUAL PRESENTATION PARTY WAS HELD AT
THE 'DALE CLUB' FRIDAY 12TH DEC 2008.
FIRSTLY A BIG THANKYOU TO OUR SPONSOR WHO PROVIDED ALL MEDALS AND AWARDS,
ANDY FROM
A.W FENCING
FENCING AT ITS BEST !!!
ON THE NIGHT WE HAD JUNIOR & ADULT RUNNER UP STUDENT OF THE YEAR 08 AND STUDENT OF THE YEAR 08
AWARDS FOR BOTH THE RIPLEY AND JACKSDALE CLUBS.
RIPLEY
JACKSDALE
JUNIOR RUNNER UP
JUNIOR RUNNER UP
CHLOE THORPE
PAIGE HOUSLEY
JUNIOR STUDENT OF
JUNIOR STUDENT OF
THE YEAR 2008
THE YEAR 2008
BRADLEY GILNCZ REGAN GRIFFITHS
ADULT RUNNER UP
ADULT RUNNER UP
AMY CHAMBERLAIN
FRANK HOLMES
ADULT STUDENT OF ADULT
STUDENT OF
THE YEAR 2008
THE YEAR 2008
KRISTIEN PEARSON
RACHEL LANE
THE FASTEST K.O OF 2008 WITHIN WRAGSTERS KICKBOXING ACADEMY FIGHTERS, WENT TO
'SHANE "HOUNDOG" HOLMES'
IN HIS FIRST FULL CONTACT FIGHT
WITH A KO
AT
1 MINUTE 34 SECONDS OF ROUND 1,
AGAINST
JAMES DOREMAN FROM WESTON SUPERMARE.
A WRAGSTERS KICKBOXING ACADEMY
ACHEIVMENT AWARD WENT TO
"RAGIN" 'RYAN FREEMAN'
FOR PASSING HIS
1ST DEGREE BLACK BELT IN 2008
RYAN WHO IS 19 YEARS OLD SUFFERS FROM CERIBAL PALSY. HE CAME TO TRAINING AS A SHY, NON
CONFIDENT 14 YEAR OLD WITH A DISABILITY, DURING HIS TIME AT WRAGSTERS HIS CONFIDENCE HAS GROWN TREMENDOUSLY, HE GIVES
110 % EACH SESSION, HE TRAINS AND SPARRS WITH FIGHTERS, HE HELPS WITH TEACHING, AND ALSO HAS HAD A HANDFULL OF FIGHTS ON
KICKBOXING SHOWS,
SOME OF THE FIGHTERS WHO RYAN HAS FOUGHT ARE
BRITISH CHAMPION SHAWN "BOOM BOOM" BURTON,
COMMONWEALTH CHAMPION RICKY "THE GLADIATOR" GLOVER,
AND 2 X AMATEUR WORLD CHAMPION QASIM "THE DREAM" NISAR.
AT THE PRESENTATION RYAN WAS AWARDED HIS 1ST DEGREE BLACK BELT AND ALSO HIS ACHEIVMENT AWARD
WHICH WAS A CHAMPIONSHIP BELT ESPECIALLY MADE FOR RYAN.
ALL IN ALL IT WAS A CRACKING NIGHT, A EXELLENT TURN OUT OF OVER 80 PEOPLE, STUDENTS, FAMILY
AND FREINDS.
| ryan getting his black belt |
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| ryan with his acheivment award |
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