Report and Photography by Cris Janson-Piers
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Another fantastic show hosted by Wesley Fagan of North East Kickboxing Academy, one of the many gold star promoters working alongside the BFKKO/WFKKO. The Lamplight Arts Theatre at Stanley, County Durham was the venue, which played host to a full house of super keen supporters on Saturday 10th March 2012. The night featured fighters from all over the UK and included a select England squad who were to take on an all Ireland team. Also to be featured was a return area title fight between Terri Stuart of NEKA and Caitlin Chapman of Impact Martial Arts Academy along with an area title defence by JC's kickboxings Stuart Roper against NEKA'S David Rolf. Results and pictures from all the fights:
1. 3x1.5 mins junior light contact -65kg Josh Barwick v Liam Grapes (NEKA)v(JC) winner unanimous Josh
2. 3x1.5 mins -55kg junior light contact Mary Kilby v Beth Bainbridge (NEKA)v( Impact) Winner unan Beth
3. 3x1.5 mins junior light contact -37kg Zac Turrel. V Daniel Lett (NEKA)v(AKA) Winner unan Zac
4. 3x1.5mins junior light contact -37kg Kane Blakeburn v Jamie Roper (NEKA)v(JC) Winner Rsc round 2 Kane
5. 3x1.5mins junior light contact -60kg Elliot Graham v Jordan Trainor (NEKA)v(Cleveland) Winner Elliot
6. 5x1.5 mins junior light contact northern area title rematch Terri Stuart. V Caitlin Chapman (NEKA)v(Impact) Winner and new champion Caitlin
7. 3 x 1.5 junior light contact Jack Exley v Connor Hawley (Impact)v(NEKA) Winner unan Jack England V Ireland event
8. 3x2 junior light contact -55kg Kennedy Freeman v. Megan Floody (NEKA)v(Global Ireland) Winner RSC rd 1 Kennedy
9. 3x1.5 mins junior light contact -52kg Zac Glendinning v Taiduh Lennon (NEKA)v(Global Ireland) Winner unan Zac
10. 3x2 amateur full contact -71kg Stephen Bell v Peter O' Shea (NEKA)v(Global Ireland) Winner unan Stephen
11. 3x2 junior amateur full contact -66kg Kurtis Pearson v Mark Kavannagh (NEKA)v(Global Ireland) Winner unan Kurtis
12. 3x2 amateur full contact -63.5kg Richard Carr v Paul Gallagher (AKAI)v(Global Ireland) Winner Paul
13. 3x2 amateur full contact -91kg Shaun Pearce v Daniel Appleby (Ireland)v(NEKA) Winner Tko rd 3 Shaun Pearce
14. 3x2 amateur full contact -67kg Dean Petty v Eric Nolan (Spartans)v(Global Ireland) Winner Eric England v Ireland team event 4-3 winners England
15. 5x2 amateur Northern area title defence -81 kg David Rolf v Stuart Roper (NEKA)v(JC) Winner and Still champion Stuart
Another successful show with the next scheduled for June 23rd at the same venue which will feature Wez himself and one of the BFKKO's top female fighters, Kerry-Louise, both in battle against the Italians!
