South Moreton Boxing Club

I’m very pleased to anounce that Vadim Kolganov will be visiting the club to conduct some seminars with us on Saturday 29th January.

Vadim is a Russian Kettlebell Master Instructor. He won a Bronze medal in wrestling at the World Masters Championships in 2005 and was British Sambo Champion in 2006. Vadim has been living and teaching in the UK (Glasgow) for the last 10 years and is very highly respected in the Martial Arts World.

Vadim will be teaching a Kettlebell Class at 12pm on Saturday. This is open (and free of charge) to all club members, although places are limited so please book. He will then run a Sambo Seminar from 1pm – 3pm. This Seminar will cost £15. Again, places are limited so please book in advance.

I’m pleased to announce that the final donation we were able to make to The Rifles Care for Casualties appeal from Rumble VIII was £7,012. This brings to £16,173 the total donations from the club this year to this fantastic cause (see careforcasualties.org.uk). Attached is a picture of me handing the cheque over to Lt Col. Simon Hill of The Rifles. Thanks so much for all the support given to the club and the Rumbles this year to help us achieve this.

I’m also pleased to announce we have received planning permission to start our proposed 2,000 sq ft extension planned for the new year, so many more facities and classes coming in 2011! Thanks again for all support and interest shown in the club, it really is very much appreciated.

Looking forward to a busy 2011!

Congratulations to South Moreton Boxing Club coach Ben Doughty, who had an excellent article published in Fighting Fit magazine this month on the pro’s and con’s of Speed Pads.

Saturday 13th of November see’s the much anticipated clash for the WBA Heavyweight Title between David Haye and Audley Harrison. Much has been written about this forthcoming fight, and the initial long-odds on a Harrison victory have been tumbling recently, as the big man talks a great fight. Haye will have to get past Harrison to move onto his anticipated showdown with the Klitschko brothers, but will the wheels come off as Audley fulfills his “Destiny”?

The fight is taking place at the MEN Arena in Manchester, but we can offer all club members and friends front row seats at The Bear back room in North Moreton! We’ll lay on a buffet at 8pm and undercard boxing starts at 9pm, study the odds, as there may well be a book running!

Should be a fun night and hope to see you down there.

South Moreton Boxing Club has won an award in the Positive Promotion category in the Didcot First annual Business and Community awards. The award was made for the positive press coverage the club has achieved in relation to boxing shows and other activities. John Houston is pictured accepting the award with members of the Didcot First judging panel.

Darren Braithwaite will be coming to the club to deliver a Sprinting Workshop at 1pm on Saturday 11th of September. Darren represented Great Britain at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics (100M and 4x100M Relay) is a world record holder (4x200M Relay) and was British 100M Champion (1995), and a member of various British and Commonwealth Track and Field teams..

The workshop will take about 90 minutes and is limited to 6 people on a first-come-first-served basis. While the focus will be on sprinting techniques and training, there are many cross-over benefits to boxing and other sports from this type of explosive power training. The workshop is open to all and will be structered to accomodate all fitness levels. Cost is £20.

The dust has settled, and all receipts are in. Hugely proud to say we managed to raise £9,161 for The Rifles care for Casualties Appeal at Rumble VII. Huge thanks to all who attended and sponsors, and particular thanks to all fighters who put it all on the line to help us raise this amount!

Rumble VIII is on December 4th. Get training!

Congratulations to our own Roman Ship who recorded his third
consecutive first round stoppage at XFC:3 on their May 31st show.
Roman was facing a more experienced opponent in Nikky Kent in this
Heavyweight Pro MMA fight, but finished his opponent early with a
straight right-hand strike.

Just to say a huge thanks to all who attended or boxed on Rumble VII. We had a fantastic evening of boxing, thrills and spills galore, and what really made the evening special was being supported by The Rifles. It was a privilege to have five members of 4Rifles boxing team in attendance. Three of the five will never box again after the injuries sustained in Afghanistan. One chap, Cpl Ferguson, came to us from Headley Court, where he is recuperating after losing both legs and an eye in a landmine explosion. He was on top form all night, and chatting to many of the crowd. This really brings home what these guys are going through.

We managed to raise over £7,000 on the night, and with other donations and sponsorship we are hoping to get to £10,000. This is a really tall order, but if anyone wants to contribute you can do that, and also read Simon Hills gripping account of facing me in The Ring at http://www.justgiving.com/Rumble-for-The-Rifles

It was a very special night, and thanks once again to you all. Now looking forward to Rumble VIII…!!!

The club once again sponsored and organised the Wallingford Pancake race. We had a great event, the runners were cheered on by a crowd of over 200, and a special mention must go out to club member Viktor Kmec, who won the race in a nail biting final lap, and also managed to raise over £650 in sponsorship.

Overall we raised over £1000 for The Footsteps Foundation and much more for other local charities. If you want to see the BBC report on the event go to the link below, and watch out for that Darth Vader bloke…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Pj4FVa9QHU