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NO CHILDRENS KICKBOXING - Monday Aug 22nd & Friday Aug 26th

Due to the playground of the Batt School being resurfaced we will have a week off childrens kickboxing on the above dates.

The adults class at SPRING FIELD SCHOOL, MADLEY PARK will continue as normal on a Wednesday and Thursday.

NEW CHILDRENS CLASS ON FRIDAYS!

Fridays 5.30pm-6.30pm at The Batt School, Corn Street

This class is for all ages and all abilities, until we can gauge the popularity. It gives the children a chance to train twice a week.

This session is held in The Batt School, Corn Street, Witney MAP

Windrush trip to Wales, September 2010

Chris Hoyles travelled with 16 members, of all abilities, from Windrush Kickboxing Club to Bangor, North Wales for the weekend to fight in WUMA competition organised by Chris Edghill of North Wales Kickboxing www.northwaleskickboxing.co.uk.

Archie Gould, 8 years old, and Lisa Haine, 24, were the stars of the show with two first places in both semi-contact and continuous. For some, this was their first competition and they did extremely well against tough competition! Well done everyone!

Results of the July Grading 2010

Purple Belt: Dan Aspell, Jack Collins

Green Belt: Julia Hodson, James Cooper, Archie Gould

Orange Belt: James Cooper, Peter Hutton, Kell Warren, Nicholas Lui, Aidan Jones, John Doran, Steven Blake, Kelly Blake,

Yellow Belt: James Hall, Jamie Scarrot, Ryan Scarrot, Allyson Hugues,

White Belt: Samantha Morgan, Ellen Buckingham,

FIRE WALK FOR HELEN & DOUGLAS HOUSE : 11th March 2010

We took part in a fire walk for charity on Thursday 11th March 2010.

This took place in Market Square, Witney.

Typical Timetable

18.30 Lighting the blue touch paper. Registration.

19.00 Ignition 'Learn or Burn' fear buster seminar begins

21.00 Fire walkers make their way out to the fire bed

21.15 Blaze-Fire walk commences

21.30 After glove, Firewalkers go back to training room for debrief.

Check the BLAZE website for an insight www.blazefirewalking.com

Results of the March Grading 2010

Purple Belt: Kyle Alcroft

Blue Belt: Dan Aspell, David Lorenzo, Jack Collins, Erwin Davis, Samuel Nixey, Andrew Nixey

Green Belt: Anthony Khan, Kat Shoesmith, Nichola Kilburn, Chris Roche, Mike Goodman, Jasper Nixey

Orange Belt: Julia Hodson, Archie Gould, Claire Mobbs, James Howard, Mark Sands, Kim Fitz-John

Yellow Belt: Nicholas Lui, Theo Lockwood, Rhys Mobbs, James Cooper, Joe Tacon, Daniel Mceown, Corrina Lam, George Christian, John Doran, Nick Denham, Peter Hutton, Steven Blake, Kelly Blake

White Belt: Jamie Scarrot, Ryan Scarrot, Theo Lockwood, Allyson Hughes, James Cooper, Joe Tacon, James Hall, Abby Cleden-Radford, Tom Kennedy, Jack Porter, Jake Hogan, Steven Blake, Kelly Blake

NOVEMBER GRADING RESULTS

The results from the November grading are now in our hands, and certificates will be given out this week! HURRAY!

PHOTOS FROM THE WINDRUSH COMPETITION

Iain Cross took some brilliant photos of the day which can be viewed and purchased via this link www.pics4all.co.uk (£1.00 for each photo is going to the club! Cheers Iain!)

There is a download facility available on the site: go into KICKBOXING BURFORD (on the left hand side) to view the gallery. Make sure you remember the image number. Now go back to the home page, and click the BUY HERE tab at the top. Type in the EVENT NAME (Kickboxing Burford) and the number of the image. You can then add the image to your basket. Add as many as you want and then you can go and purchase.

If you would like prints please contact Iain from the website.

WINDRUSH KICKBOXING OPEN COMPETITION

The competition held in Burford this November, hosted by Windrush Kickboxing Club (Chris Hoyles) was a brilliant day. With an amazing turn out of fighters and spectators coming to see the event, the day was well organised and there was fantastic fighting throughout the day.

Thank you so much to all those who helped setting up, throughout the day and then tirelessly tidied up and packed everything away in the dark.

Results, photographs and a write up will be posted soon!

WINDRUSH KICKBOXING VOUCHERS!

Been asked what you want for Christmas, but not sure yet?

Windrush Kickboxing can provide Vouchers for club kit, club hoodies, pads, guards or bags in denominations of £10.00.

Just ask your friend or relative to contact Kelly on info@windrushkickboxing.co.uk or call 01993 776065 and we can sort them out!   

The vouchers can even go towards the lessons. If you want to know how much an item is, just email or call on the above details.

WINDRUSH KICKBOXING HOODIES NOW IN! CHILDREN & ADULTS!

Windrush black and red contrast hoodies are now in. Childrens are £30.00 each and are available in years 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12, 12-13. Adults are £35.00 and now available in stock - sizes SMALL, MEDIUM and LARGE.

DEADLY INTERNATIONAL OPEN

Windrush Kickboxing Club had a great number turning up to the Deadly International Open on Sunday 27th September. 1st up was mixed teams, including Heidi Davies, Amanda Menzies, Jordan Petersons, Dan Aspell and Steve Blake - taking a brillint first place, expecially seeing as Heidi is 12 years old and it was Jordans first competiton fighting as an adult.

There was a whole array of fighting levels from novice to advanced, child to adult.

Both Kyle Alcroft and Lewis Glennie took 1st places in their Novice to Advanced Childrens Semi-Contact Categories. Both showing skill beyond their years! Luke Freshwater took a fantastic first place in his Advanced Continuous, pipped at the post on his Semi-Contact to take a good second place. Stevie Wilkins and Ryan Embling were first in both their Advanced Categories - Light Continuous and Semi-Contact, well done boys! Ross McDuff also fought points, winning his section.

Windrush also gained 2nd places through Steve Blake (Mens Advanced Points), Tom Gould (Boys Advanced Points) and Heidi Davies (Girls Advanced Points & Continuous). Third places were taken by Tom Gould (Boys Advanced Continuous), Jordan Petersons (Mens Advanced Points & Continuous), Amanda Menzies (Women Openweight), Jon Izod (Mens Advanced Continuous).

Up and coming novices to watch are Mike Goodman, gaining 2nd place in his Mens Novice Semi-Contact Category, Dan Aspell 2nd in his Mens Novice Semi-Contact, but scooping up a fantastic first place in the Mens Novice Light Continuous and little Archie Gould who took 3rd place in his Childrens Novice to Advanced Semi-Contact Section.

WELL DONE WINDRUSH! A GREAT TEAM EFFORT. THANKS TO EVERYONE THAT SHOWED!

WUMA ENGLISH SAMAURAI OPEN

Well done to everyone from Windrush KBC that fought at WUMA Samaurai Open and our supporter (Chris Roche). We had a great day, with great results - especially as we had some new fighters on the scene.

All the results have been posted on the Kickboxing Competitions page

OXFORD ACADEMY FULL / LIGHT CONTACT KB SHOW

Jordan Petersons and Kelly Drewett will be taking part in the Light Contact Show in the evening on 25th August 2009. Tickets £17.00 in advance £22.00 on the door. TEL HOTLINES: 01923 676077 / 07956 948667 / 07957111160. This fight night is on the same day as the competition, held in the same venue. Click here for more information on the competition...

NB. THIS EVENING SHOW HAS BEEN CANCELLED

Milton under Wychwood Fete : Demonstration

Thank you so much to all of the WKBC members that took part in the demonstration at Milton-under-Wychwood fete on Saturday 4th July. Everyone was really impressed by the jumping kicks, and the show of sparring, power kicks and precision kicks.

Thanks to: Shaun Thomas, Sharon Reed, Mike Kelly, Amanda Menzies, Jonathan Izod, Stevie Wilkins, Thomas Cross, Luke Freshwater, Luke Glennie, Lisa Haine, Greg White, Jordan Petersons and Symon Willoughby.

Thanks to Mrs Freshwater and Mrs Cross for handing out fliers, and to Paul Wilkins for the photographs (please see our facebook page)

Berkshire Open

Windrush Kickboxing Club attended a competition in Berkshire, July 2009. Each of the 15 fighters were matched up with someone of the same weight and ability. From men, women and children, novice to advanced. Some had never fought before and were complete beginners. Club members from all over the South of England came to fight in a boxing ring, with a large audience, so tensions were high. All fights were to be “light continuous” as oppose to points fighting. It was all day event, with up to 100 fights overall.

Out of 16 fights on the day, Windrush Kickboxing Club came out with 14 wins!! What a fantastic result! It showed on the day what a great club we were. Each fighter was supported by the rest of the club when they fought. Thanks to everyone that came and supported us (Chris Roche!).

Left back row: Scott Kilburn (trainer), Symon Willoughby (34), Dan McKeown (22), Jordan Petersons (15), Mike Kelly (23), Chris Hoyles (club owner, trainer), Kelly Drewett (29), Dan Aspell (19), Luke Freshwater (15), Lisa Haine (26), David Lorenzo (22)

Front row: Stevie Wilkins (14), Ryan Embling (10), Tom Gould (12), Lucy Cook (13), Lee Singleton (13)

There are loads of photographs of the day on our facebook page

Club Grading July

Well done to everyone who took a grading this month. Results will be announced in the next few weeks. It does take a while to process all the grades.

WUMA Invite-Only Interclub Tournament

Nine children from Windrush Kickboxing Club attended the WUMA "1 on 1" competition in Cheltenham on Sunday 19th April, where they were matched up with 1 child from another club, of their own size and standard. We had a really successful day with seven out of nine winning their boughts. For 4 of the children it was their first competition ever.

Jordan Petersons (15) then went on to compete against adults in both semi-contact and continuous and won BOTH SECTIONS!

We were really proud of everyone, and it was a great intimate competition.

West Oxfordshire District Council Sports & Arts Achievement Awards
Imogen Shayler & Jordan Peterson: HIGH ACHIEVERS
Chris Hoyles: COACH OF THE YEAR

We attended the West Oxfordshire District Council Sports & Arts Achievement Awards on March 6th 2009 to see Imogen Shayler and Jordan Petersons collect awards for SPORTS HIGH ACHIEVERS. With so much competition at the awards, many picking up Sports Achievers, we were extremely proud of both students who were two of only 3 young people to be awarded High Achiever. It was nice to see two young, dedicated students get some recognition for what they have done. We wish both of them well for the future, and hope their dedication will continue.

With a full table of Windrush supporters, the night got even better when Chris Hoyles picked up COACH OF THE YEAR, after being nominated by his students - describing him as an 'inspiration'. His dedication to the sport and to the students has been second to none over the 13 years that Windrush Kickboxing Club has been going. It was a great honour after also receiving WUMA Coach of the Decade at the end of last year. He was completely at a loss for words!

To read the write up in the Witney Gazette, click here

At just 16 Imogen Shayler takes two 1st places in her first Ladies Event!

Imogen Shayler attended the WUMA British Open 1st March, and took 1st place in both the Advanced Womens Continuous and Semi-Contact sections; having only just turned 16 this is an amazing achievement for Imogen. Well done Imo, long may your success continue!

Scott Kilburn and Steve Miles : Full Contact Fight Night, Lincoln

Well done to Scott Kilburn and Steve Miles who both fought full contact on Saturday 21st February 2009. Unfortuately Scotts opponant pulled out due to a hurt rib. Scott, being well fired up, was able to fight Callum Thomson from Black Dragons in a "show fight". It was a high-class fight and all in good spirit. Steve Miles, however, took on his opponant in his first ever fight, but unfortunately lost on this occassion, after getting back up from two knock downs. He had the heart of a lion! Well done boys!

Chris Hoyles : 5th Dan, Instructor of the Decade and Life Time Achievement!

Chris Hoyles was presented at the WUMA AWARDS for Life Time Achievement AND Instructor of the Decade, along with his 5th Dan, making him a master.

Richard Hopkins (founder of WUMA) presented Chris with his Awards saying "If there is one man you want in your corner, it's Chris Hoyles".

Everyone in WUMA and at WKBC thinks the Instructor of the Decade award is really well deserved; Chris puts loads of time in to training his students, and attending competitions. With 29 years of Martial Arts behind him, he has a unique way of teaching. He adds a light-hearted edge to both training and competing, but keeps the passion. He has an amazing ability in semi, light- continuous and full contact, and always offers expert advice when your on the mat.

I think every one of his students would agree: Chris is the best!

Kelly Drewett was also presented with an award from WUMA for Outstanding Achievement, in the last two World Championships, in which she gained a total of 9 golds.

BRAVO!

WUMA Six-Foot Series Fight-Offs 2008

The Six-Foot Series Fight-offs are for all those that have taken a 1st in any of the WUMA Six-Foot Series Competitions in 2008. The winners of each category come head to head in a bought for a Six-Foot Trophy, rendering them over-all winner of the Six-Foot Series.

Stevie Wilkins, Lewis Glennie, Scott Summers, Imogen Shayler, Steve, Chris Hoyles and Kelly Drewett all had the chance to fight for the six-foot trophy, and were accompanied to the Fight-offs by Luke Freshwater, Lewis Freshwater and Kyle Alcroft who all fought in the 'normal' competition, with high hopes to become winners and compete in the fight-offs.

Five of the seven who went in the fight-offs came out on top in several sections, claiming more than 5 six-foot trophies for WINDRUSH KICKBOXING CLUB!

First up was Lewis Glennie, who was pipped at the post in claiming his six-foot trophy in boys semi-contact, with a brilliant final fight, beaten by just 2 clear points, that saw the trophy slip away from him. A great result in Lewis' first year of competition fighting. Stevie Wilkins had a similar disappointing result after a brilliant fight in semi-contact that saw him only just loose the final. He has done very well this year, it is a shame not to come away winner of the fight-offs.

Scott Summers was able to enter the Intermediate continuous fight-off after a win at the beginning of the year having just having come back to competitions after a knee injury. He did fantastically well putting up a good fight in the final and claiming his six-foot trophy to become over all winner! Welcome back Scott!

Imogen Shayler took a six-foot trophy in girls Continuous after an interesting final where spectators saw Imogen take on someone twice her own size. Imogen kept her style and went on to win! She was second over all in the semi-contact, where she just lost out in the final.

Steve, who has won the Novice Men's +75kg Semi-Contact all year, claimed his six-foot trophy after another brilliant display, which means he hasn't lost a fight all year. Long may it continue Steve!

Chris Hoyles won the +85kg Men's Continuous, streets ahead of all those 20 years younger than him! After a very long tiring battle in the Masters semi-contact, which went to 30 seconds and then first to two clear points, Chris unjustly lost out, but came out buzzing!

Kelly Drewett took on Women's semi-contact +72kg, Women's semi-contact Open Weight and Women's +72kg Continuous and managed to get a six-foot trophy in each.

Well done to Luke Freshwater, who just lost out on qualifying for the -165cm semi-contact six-foot fight-offs after another great fight, which saw Luke fight hard and strong, but come out with a rather bruised, bent thumb, which meant he couldn't go on to compete in the Continuous. And also to Lewis Freshwater and Kyle Alcroft, both great up and coming little fighters.

WELL DONE WINDRUSH!

Children's' Christmas Disco

This was a great success, could we thank all the parents that helped out and those that did food and supplied drinks. It would not of happened without you. The kids loved it, and were all really good, so looks like we will be doing it again next year!

6 Bag World Titles for Windrush Kickboxing Club

WKBC had a great week in Greece, with the WUMA GB Team.

The gang from WKBC that attended WUMA World Championship in Argos, Greece were Jordan Petersons (Boys +165cm), Stevie Wilkins (Mixed -155cm), Paul Dolton (Boys +165cm), Scott Kilburn (-80kg), Chris Hoyles (-85kg), Kelly Drewett (Ladies -75kg), Imogen Shayler (Girls +165cm), Symon Willoughby (-85kg) plus dad's Paul Wilkins and Tony Shayler. They joined the WUMA GB Team, along with Steve Simmons, Dave Heron, Dale Jordan, Courtney Bateman and Gary Bateman all from OFMAA.

Stevie Wilkins, Paul Dolton, Imogen Shayler, Kelly Drewett, Scott Kilburn and Chris Hoyles all from Windrush returned with WUMA WORLD KICKBOXING TITLES in various groups and weights.

Stevie Wilkins was the first to bag a title in his Continuous on the Friday, then took silver and a bronze in points on the Sunday. Scott Kilburn followed with a GOLD in his full contact. The same day proved successful to Paul Dolton, who also gained his title in continuous. Imogen Shayler (girls), Kelly Drewett (ladies) and Chris Hoyles (men's) each gained Semi-Contact and Continuous titles. Imogen and Kelly were joined by Anne Brindley to make up the WUMA Women's GB Team, and gained another gold. Jordan Petersons was pipped at the post and gained a FANTASTIC second place. Symon Willoughby also took a third and a second place. Our boys Paul Dolton, Stevie Wilkins and Jordan Petersons took SECOND in the boys teams section. Come on!

THIS IS A BRILLIANT RESULT FOR SUCH A SMALL CLUB! We are pleased that everyone made the effort to go, aside from the amount of trophies we came back with.

There was some fantastic fighting, and it was nice to see so many countries there. Each fought a range of people from Wales, Scotland, Malta, Ireland, Greece, Italy, Spain, Germany, America and Uganda.

Thanks to the sponsor of Scott Kilburn : Michael Hinton, the sponsors of Paul Dolton: Romahome, Paul Clark and Cherwell School and to the sponsors of Stevie Wilkins : LEADBITTER, RNS Motors, ACR recruitment, Workmates, Renelec Char Grove.

WE NEED YOUR SPONSORSHIP! Could you sponsor Windrush Kickboxing team to go to the World Championships in 2010? We have 33,000 hits on this site every month, and your company could be advertised with a banner on every page, plus on each of our World T-SHIRTS/JACKETS.

Check out the News Papers!

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Scott Kilburn comes out on top ...

Scott Kilburn, third dan black belt, has trained with Chris Hoyles for 16 years, in both boxing and kickboxing. After spending most of 2008 in training, he entered the ring for only the 7th ever full contact fight of his career, at the WUMA Full Contact Internationals.

With support of 29 club members, friends and family Scotts nerves never got the better of him. With Chris Hoyles and Greg White holding his corner, Scott looked fit and ready for the fight when he started the first of three '2 minute' rounds.

Testing the water and using his fast feet to dodge many of the opponents punches, Scott looked set to win even in the early stages of the fight.

The second round didn't last long, after a straight right hand was set by Scott, splitting the eye of the opponent, rendering him unable to fight on.

It was Scott's fight to take! Now on to the WORLDS!

Well done Scott, after all the hard work you've put in to training. Scott will be fighting full contact in the WUMA World Championships. We look forward to seeing him win his section!

Also, well done to Thomas and Callum from the Black Dragons, Ice Man and Kelly Mainwaring.

Jordan Petersons' Gets Gold!!!

Seven children from Windrush Kickboxing club joined Chris Hoyles, Kelly Drewett, Scott Kilburn and Symon Willoughby in Worcester for the WUMA National Championship. All children fought hard, with not one backing down.

Star of the show, Jordan Petersons, due to fight in the WUMA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS in November, won two golds in semi-contact and continuous. He fought hard with control and speed. Stevie Wilkins also had some great fights, showing the club that he wants to win as much as anyone else, and is on the right track to win his sections at WUMA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. Thomas Cross got a second place in his continuous section. Lewis Glennie and Tom Gould both got a second and a third place each!

Chris Hoyles, the old man, met some very talented fighters in all of his sections - 85kg Mens Semi Contact, -85kg Mens Continuous and the Masters, and he won ALL THREE!!!! Still got it in him! Symon Willoughby fought really well and gained a second place trophy in the Mens Continuous too, plus third in the semi.

Kelly Drewett did well in the Womens +75kg Semi Contact and Womens +75kg Continuous to come out on top in both.

There were two children who's first competition it was, Kyle Alcroft and Lewis Freshwater. Both boys put up good fights and we were proud of them for putting in so much effort.

Samuel Cross (1 third place) and Luke Freshwater (2 third places) both fought really well on the day, and are all gaining experience and confidence.

We have high hopes for all of these little fighters in the future.

We were really pleased with everyone's effort to make it, plus the parent support we got. Let's hope we can all go together again in the near future.

New Beginners Class for Adults and Teenagers, January 2009

Current members that are green belt and below (or just want to swat up on their technical bits), plus complete beginners will be interested in the new beginners class on a Wednesday evening at The Batt Primary School, Corn Street from 7.00 to 8.30pm.

Just come along for a session to see if you like it!

The class will be run by Chris Hoyles (former Mens European and World Champion) and Kelly Drewett (Ladies European and World Champion), and will take new members through techniques, syllabus, fitness, conditioning and stretching. If you are interested in joining please call Chris or email info@windrushkickboxing.co.uk.

Black Belt Grading - October 2008

Thomas Cross, Luke Freshwater and Stevie Wilkins all made it through the Black Belt Grading, October 4th and 5th. With a two day seminar including skills such as strike and grapple, street protection, weapons, fitness, stretching, plus a long session of take downs and then a gruellling 3 hour examination, where giving up is just NOT contemplated. Now we just wait for the results. Well done boys!
Chris Hoyles, Scott Kilburn and Kelly Drewett all attended the seminar and enjoyed learning some new skills. Cheers WUMA!

Lincoln Open 2008 - 5 GOLD TROPHIES!

We would like to congratulate and thank Pete Cook and co. for a well organised competition.

It was a good day for Windrush Kickboxing Club - we took 5 fighters and walked away with 5 first places, 2 second places and 1 third place.

A great result for Lewis (9) who took a 1st place in semi-contact and a 2nd place in light continuous in his 3rd ever competition.

Stevie (13) also had some very good fights, taking 1st place in the -155cm continuous. He made the final in the semi contact, but just got beaten to take 2nd place.

Jordan (15) took a 3rd place trophy in the boys +165cm continuous, after discovering he was fighting boys much, much taller than him. He had 2 fights of his life to take it. We are very proud of that 3rd!

Kelly Drewett (28) had a busy old time in both the semi-contact and continuous +65kg advanced women's, having a few good fights in both sections to take two 1st places.

Then there was the old boy himself, Chris (?) taking 1st place in the men's heavy's. WELL DONE ALL! We are pleased that everyone made an effort to go. Check out the photos online now.

WUMA European Cup : The Kelly's Get Gold!

Michael Kelly and Kelly Drewett both took on 2008 European titles on 11th May. Michael Kelly won the -85kg Novice Men's Semi Contact section in the second competition he has ever done, and Kelly Drewett won the -75kg Advanced Women's Semi-Contact and -75kg Advanced Women's Light Continuous.

Lisa Haine came second in -65kg Advanced Women's Semi-Contact and second in -75kg Advanced Women's Light Continuous.Darryl Jeffrey and Greg White both got seconds, Symon Willoughby got two thirds, and Stephen Wilkins one third. Click here for results table

Black Belt Grading : Results Announced!

WELL DONE to the four that attended the weekend seminar and black belt grading at the beginning of March. All of them did really, really well: and all of them passed! Neil Haine took his first dan, Louise Palmer took her second dan, Scott Kilburn and David Waller took their third dan.

LISA TAKES ALL : Orange City International Championships, Greece

Lisa Haine won the womens advanced section at the Orange International Championships 2008, with 3 impressive fights and a battle of two two-minute rounds in the final to determine the winner. LISA RULES!!!

Lisa Haine, Louise Palmer and Kelly Drewett also came first in the women's teams, winning €300 between them.

Stevie Wilkins performed fantastically and got second in his advanced children's section and the children's team fight, and Chris Hoyles was pipped to the post and came second in his section.

WELL DONE EVERYONE!

We had a great weekend, thank you to George for the fabulous hospitality!! Thanks to Paignton Taekwondo for their constant entertainment, and to Ian, Jo and John.

Photographs in the gallery shortly.

14th Orange City, Argos, Greece : MARCH 16th-17th 2008

Windrush Kickboxing flew out to Greece on the 14th March 2008, to fight in the Shaolin Kung-Fu Association of Greece
14th Orange City, International Championships. Chris Hoyles, Jo Warwick, David Waller, Lisa Haine, Steven Wilkins, Heidi Wells, Louise Palmer and Kelly Drewett all fought in Argos 16th-17th March 2008.

CAT'S 2008 SWIMATHON FOR CANCER RESEARCH

Catherine Nunn swam the 5km in the early hours of April 18th 2008, for Marie Curie Cancer Care. Help Marie Curie Cancer Care to make a difference to the lives of thousands of terminally ill people by providing free care from Marie Curie Nurses. Well done Cat!

TUESDAY CLASS ANNOUNCED

Scott Kilburn will be taking a class on Tuesdays for everyone that wants more fitness and more sparring. The class will be held at Springfield School 7pm - 8.30pm, starting on the 8th January.

Thursdays have changed to 7.00 - 8.30pm.

All adult classes are now £5.00 per session. Children's stay the same at £3.00 per session.

RESULTS OF THE NOVEMBER GRADING

Junior Black Belt - Stevie Wilkins

Brown Belt - Symon Willoughby

Purple Belt - Pete Preston

Blue Belt - Catherine Nunn, Richard Howe, Samuel Cross

Green Belt - Catherine Nunn

Orange Belt - Roland Bowles, Victoria Bulman, James Graham, Jordan Comley, Lewis Freshwater

Yellow Belt - Erwin Davis, Louise Edwards, Leah-Marie Long, Antony Davis

White Belt - Charlie Warren, Carrie Foggett, Molly Fletcher, Edward Henthorn, Josh Vickers, Lewis Glennie, Jack Coaley, Dan Reed, Michael Kelly

WELL DONE ALL!

CHRIS IS STILL A WINNER!

The WUMA European Championship on Sunday 11th November was a brilliant day (if not very long), with loads of fighters from all over Europe attending.

We had really good results - Chris Hoyles and Kelly Drewett took wins and are both WUMA European Champion 2007 title holders, whilst Lisa Haine, Robert Howse and Joe Warwick all narrowly missed getting titles; both making the finals and getting second in their weight categories. Photos will be online shortly.

WINDRUSH KB FACEBOOK GROUP :-)

Make sure you keep up to date with Windrush KB Club Events by joining our facebook group ... click here to find it.

BIKMA OPEN BRITISH SEMI CONTACT KICKBOXING BRITISH TITLE FIGHTS

Sunday October 28th

Fighters: Chris Hoyles, Robert Howse, Greg White, Darryl Jeffrey, Roland Bowles, Steven Wilkins

Write up: We set off with high spirits, with a couple of new fighters, in the expectation that we would be fighting light continuous in the ring. When we arrived we were initially not disappointed - the competition was well organised, with fair rules, good paramedics, we were told exactly when we were going to fight and given chance to warm up. But once in the ring the ref was in a different place than us. Most of us lost fairly, but all of us were totally battered and came out the other end of an uncontrolled, almost full-contact fight, that didn't seem to be under the control at all by the referee - with far too many KO's for "light continuous". We are gonna go back, as we enjoyed the competition, but with a different attitude! Thank you to Frank Bowen. Check out the photographs in the photo gallery

WUMA British Open Kumite - August 19th

Well done to everyone who went to the British Open this month - we had some winners: Robert Howse got two first places in Advanced Mens Points and Roland Bowles got first place in the Novices Mens Points. Jon Izod tried his hand at Strike and Grapple and came out second place! Go to the competitions page for more results ...

BLACK BELT GRADING - SOME RESULTS!

We can confirm that Jonathan Cliffe, Jonathan Izod and Lisa Haine passed their second dan blackbelt grading PLUS Nicola Esson, Robert Howse (aka Nobby), Carlie Barker and Jordan Petersons have all passed their Black Belt Gradings! Well done!
All five took the grading in March at WUMA Headquarters in Cheltenham, and went through a whole 2 day weekend of training, and then a gruelling 3 hours at the end; testing technique, strength, fitness, ability and heart.

RESULTS OF THE JUNE GRADING

The names listed below passed the relevant belts. If you are not listed, please speak to Chris.

Junior Black Belt - Luke Freshwater, Thomas Cross

Brown Belt - Stephen Wilkins, Neil Haine, Joe Warwick, Lotte Vigilante

Purple Belt - Paul Jeffery, Symon Willoughby

Green Belt - Lucy Hale, Richard Howe (double grading), Samuel Cross (double grading)

Orange Belt - Richard Howe, Kabaine Bradley (double grading), Samuel Cross

Yellow Belt - Victoria Bulman, Sophie Hale, Kabaine Bradley, Jordan Comley, Rachel Smith, James Graham (double grading), Charlene Thorn (double grading), Roland Bowles (double grading), Lewis Freshwater (double grading)

White Belt - James Graham, Charlene Thorn, Roland Bowles, Jacob Stephens, Louise Edwards, Leah-Marie Long, Lewis Freshwater

WELL DONE EVERYONE!

GOLDEN BELT PHOTOGRAPHS

I found some wicked photos of last years fights at the Golden Belt on this 'ere website:
http://www.martialartsphotos.co.uk/goldenbelt201.htm

WINDRUSH COME OUT ON TOP, CLASH OF THE DRAGONS 2007

Windrush Kickboxing Club fought in Leicester in February to come back with 6 golds and loads of other placements, plus winning the £100 prize for the team fight.

Sharon Read gained a gold in the womens semi contact advanced section, Chris Hoyles took two golds in the mens advanced points and light continuous and Robert Howse took two in ....

Both the men and the women put in to the 'team' event to fight for a prize of £100. After a long battle with teams from the North of England, the Windrush Lads took gold - the team included Chris Hoyles, Jonny Izod and Robert Howse. WELL DONE TEAM!!!

The picture shows Windrush Kickboxing Club with Shane Varney, the organiser. Thanks to Shane and everyone that worked hard to organise the event!

PETE COMPLETED THE LONDON MARATHON!

Pete completed the London Marathon on 22nd April 2007 for the NSPCC to raise as much money as he can for a worthwhile charity.

"I started training with Chris about two years ago after kicking a twenty a day smoking habit and have recently obtained my blue belt. Kickboxing is what made me start enjoying getting fit and is part of the reason for doing the run; so within two years of quiting smoking and starting kickboxing I will be running 26 miles and 385 yards hopefully in under four hours."

WELL DONE PETE!

GRADING PASSES - November 2006

WHITE BELT
Rachel Smith, Oliver Hale, Sophie Hale, Hannah Greaves, Kabaine Bradley, Jordan Comley, Erwin Davis, Antony Davis, Vicky Bulman
YELLOW BELT
Joshua Greaves, Ruben Blackburn-Web, Richard Howe
ORANGE BELT
Lucy Hale
BLUE BELT
Symon Willoughby, Paul Jeffery, Pete Preston
PURPLE BELT
Stephen Wilkines, Lotte Vigilante
BROWN BELT
Emma Mattingley, Scott Summers, Jamie Waller, Jordan Waller, Craig Waller

WELL DONE EVERYONE!

Chris' Awards 2006

Most improved and dedicated male: Nobby (Robert) Howse

Most improved and dedicated female: Lisa Haine

Oldest member (by far) and most entertainment: Steve Ebanja

Most dedicated fighter: Jordan Petersons

Thanks to Dave Walller whose help I could not do without.

IKBKFO : Inter Club Tournament

Sunday December 10th. Great results on this competition, check the competition results page for positions.

SIX-FOOT SERIES FINALS - NOVEMBER 2006

Jon Izod, Jonathan Cliffe, Chris Hoyles and Kelly Drewett all qualified for the Six-Foot Series Final this year. Jon Izod took gold in the Mens Light Continuous, Jonathan Cliffe took gold in the Mens +80kg Semi Contact Points, Kelly Drewett got gold in Ladies Light Continuous and second in Semi Contact Points. Chris could not compete because of damaged ribs :-(

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2006
MALTA

Chris Hoyles and Kelly Drewett (Hightower) attended the WUMA World Championships at the beginning of November this year to arrive back with 2 silvers and 4 golds in the semi-contact , light continuous and teams!

Thank you to the British WUMA team for all the organisation, and to the rest of the British Squad: the whole week was fantastic! A laugh a minute.

Chris, top right and Kelly, bottom right are pictured here with Dale, Elly, Paul, Imogen and Steve from The OFSMA.

Oxfordmail.net news story click here

Check out Timmy 2Hedz video of Malta World Championships! Click here, then go to LATEST NEWS and hit WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS VIDEO.

MARCH 2006 - CHRIS' ANGELS!!!
ALL FIVE GIRLS PASSED THEIR BLACK-BELT GRADING ...

Sharon Read took her 3rd Dan, whilst Amanda Menzies, Louise Palmer, Kelly Ebanja and Kelly Drewett all passed their 1st Dan Black Belt gradings.

This was also the last Grading taken at WUMA's Head Quarters in Cheltenham, which was a bit sad in itself. The girls went through 3 and a half hours of gruelling training, and did a continuous 36 minutes (timed by Chris) consisting of jumping front kicks, followed by 10 punches, a jumping back kick and then tuck jumps. There are a few war wounds and the injuries have worsened, but after a bit of rest I'm sure they'll get by ... Thank you to WUMA and all those on the panel! TAKE A LOOK AT SOME PICTURES ... click here!

SHARON READ (AKA LARA CROFT) BECOMES GOLDEN GIRL 2005!

Sharon, and club mates, have attended each Golden Belt competition throughout 2005 in an effort to achieve enough points for a chance to fight for the Golden Belt on Sunday 7th August. Those, of each sex, with the most points in each category was given a chance to fight same-sex fighters for the top prize: a Golden Belt. After winning almost every Ladies Over 60kg competition during the year, Sharon was streaks ahead of those in her weight, and fought Grace Jenkinson, last years Golden Belt winner on the day. With a score of 11-3 Sharon put up an amazing finale, and once again took GOLD and was titled Golden Belts Ladies Overall Winner 2005! Well done Sharon!

CHRIS AND STUDENTS ARE AWARDED DANS

Chris Hoyles was awarded is 4th Dan this April, after over 24 years of training in Martial Arts. His six students that went for their black belts or second dans in mid March 2005 all received them. Jonathan Cliffe, Jonathan Izon, Edward Wazzel and Lisa Haine were awarded Black Belts. Gregory White and David Waller were awarded Second Dans. See them all on the BLACK BELT list on WUMA web site.

CHRIS BAGS 3 BRITISH TITLES !!

Chris Hoyles took 1st in three sections in the WUMA British Open Series, held in Worcester, England on the 19th of December 2004, the day after the WKB Christmas party !!!

He took gold in Advanced -85kg, Masters and Over 80kg Light-Contact Continuous.

Chris is well known for being the oldest fighter to enter the WUMA competitions, but as prooved here, is still in top form!

Sharon Read was pipped at the post and took second in Advanced Ladies, and Kelly Drewett won the Intermediate Ladies.

SHARON READ returns from Germany as Ladies -65kg WORLD CHAMPION!!!  Plus Ladies Teams champion.

Sharon took part in the WUMA World Championships in Frankfurt, Germany on the 12th and 13th of November 2004. She took 1st place in the under Ladies under 65kg - beating 2 Italians, 1 Dane, 1 German, 1 Welsh and her Squad Member from Lincoln.

Sharon also took made up a Ladies Team to represent Britain, along side Louise from Cardiff and Sharon Price from Lincoln. The three of them took gold in this also.

Windrush trio on top of the world - year 2000

Chris Hoyles won the continuous fighting light heavyweight division  Click for more information

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