ISKA South West Open
Sunday 19th September saw the ISKA South West Open Championships 2010 take place at Westland Leisure Complex, Yeovil; Hosted by ISKA Director for Forms Joe Hallett and his sister, Ruth. Many competitors from across the country travelled to the event to compete to take home the title, all the advanced category winners would receive a title belt.
The day kicked off with the Kids semi contact divisions. In the Mixed all abilities -4’2” Laura Walters and Brad Franklin fought their way to the final where Laura took the top spot with Brad settling for 2nd. Category 5 Novice Boys +5’2” saw some close encounters with the final between James Martin and Pat Cahill. After 2 minutes both boys were tied, taking it an extra 30 seconds with James scoring the crucial point winning victory over Pat. In the advanced sections Kam Bains Doyle, Cory Woolfrey, Joe Dadson and Joe Pitman all took home title belts in their chosen sections. The Girls intermediate/advanced -4’10” was a close contest between Megan Mingle and Ishana Moores with both girls scoring point for point, Ishana took the lead in the last closing seconds to become South West Champion 2010.
In the kids Light Contact divisions both Shannon Ryan and Ebonie Jones defeated their male opponents earning themselves the title. At 1pm the Kata/Forms sections kicked off with Traditional Hard Style -13years. After all the judges scored the competitors there was a tie for 1st place between S.Caines and Andrew Batstone. Both competitors performed again this time Caines proved her technique was better and took the 1st. In the Adult Traditional division Natalie Hughes received 1st with Craig Kelley a very close 2nd. Next up was -13years Creative Open Hand Jacob Riva received top scores from all the judges earning him the gold, Joe Aisthorpe was awarded the silver. In the Extreme sections Jack Underwood and Josh Lewis took the top spots with their forms. Both competitors will be travelling to Alicante for the World Championships in November.
To finish the forms sections off the crowd pleasing Extreme Martial Arts Tricks battle took place, all competitors defying gravity with some high flying flips and tricks. Josh Lewis raised the bar with a roundoff double full twist which earn’t him the 1st place.
Back to the fighting divisions, it was the Mens time to shine. In the -75kg Mark Graham and Chris Green met for a non stop final, both men proving why they deserve the title. After the 2 minutes was fought Chris took the win over Mark. Next was the Masters division with ISKA Semi Contact coach Paul Gilmore defeating Darren Bate, proving why he is coaching the best the UK has to offer. In the Ladies advanced – 65kg team mates Haroulla Vasili and Aston Cook met in the final, Both Ladies showing off their skills making their coach Andy Cleeves proud. When time was called Aston beat Vasili by a few points. The highlight of the day was homeboy Casey Rodber from Infinity Martial Arts after 1 year of training fighting off all comers in the novice Mens +75kg taking victory.
To finish off the competition, the adult tag teams. Still quite new to the UK competition scene but the competitors caught on well with tactics and worked as a team to score as many points on their opponents as possible. In the final were Team Watch Your Back coached by Dave Ryan against Bristol coached by Andy Cleeves. During the 5minute round there was some amazing fighting from both teams but Bristol reigned supreme.
The tournament finished just before 6pm, with all areas running smoothly throughout the day. Joe Hallett and Infinity Martial Arts would like to thank all officials and referees who made the day a big success, and everyone who attended the tournament. The next competition is being planned early part of next year. Pictures of the event are available at http://www.dephoto.biz. For more information on Infinity Martial Arts and their events visit http://www.infinitymartialarts.co.uk
30 September 2010
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