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British Sombo Open 2013

British Sombo & Combat Sambo Championships and Trials

Biddenham International School Bedford

Sunday June 30th 2013

Bedford

This was the BSF 23^rd British Open I doubt if many other Countries in FIAS can boast a record like that. There were doubt that the event would even take place as the drop of in people participating in Martial Arts and Combat Sports has been phenomenally distressing, the so called imaginary Olympic Bounce has not happened to the Martial Arts and Combat Disciplines. Yet through the hard work of the British Open Organisers Russell Dodds the event was a undoubted success with over 250 people attending the event, one of the best for many years.

Bedford is certainly the best venue being very central close to the major motorways, just a few miles from the International Luton Aeroport and has many reasonably priced hotels and of course we have the now famous Bedford Grappling Academy with Russell Dodds at its head to organise events.

There were several foreign athletes at the event all were living in this country, there were players from Bulgaria, Lithuania, Latvia and Ghana but we were very pleased to see a team from the American Sambo Association in attendance some of these lads are regular visitors to BSF event and the are most welcome

First on were the children for many of them it was their first Sombo competition, all them were Judoka so this was a new experience. The general consensus was that Sombo/Sambo rules were much more enjoyable as the rules of Judo were very restrictive especially where in Judo you can be eliminated on a pin. In future the BSF will organise the British Juniors on a separate day or include a smaller mat area at the British Open. Sombo in GB desperately needs Lady Competitors but those that did compete were of very good standard.

The men’s Sombo/Sambo was the event that everyone was looking forward to. The 74k , 82k, 90k, 100k, 100k plus were all very competitive. Vinnie Dragon won the 74k title as youngster he trained a great deal in Sambo and this showed when winning this category, Lithuania has many Sambo Clubs,   In the u82 k class 20 year old Jamie Marzetti won his 3^rd British Open title, this year was the most competitive event for him, the thing about Jamie he knows what Sombo rules are especially the knowledge that you can pick your opponent of the ground and throw them for maximum points this he did several times much to the delight of the audience. 90k Danny Carrott came up against his old adversary Danny Roberts, Roberts on the last 3 occasions has beaten Carrott so most people were expecting him to take Silver. No way! Carrott managed to pull something out the bag to beat Roberts on a very slim point’s victory. Georgie Georgiev is a Bulgarian who has lived in the UK for many years and has become a regular on the BSF scene he is a real class act in both Judo and Sombo. He won the 100k class for the second year running, if he and Vinnie could get British Passports they would be eligible for selection to the British Team. The 100k plus was one of the best entries in the British in many years, Michael Hutchinson proved to be the best on the day winning Gold in his best ever performance, not only did he win the Sombo he also won the Combat Sambo the only person on the day to take 2 British Titles. Although not up to World Class Combat Sambo standard, he still looked impressive seeing a 6ft 2ins 150 kilo and doing a round house kick to the head is something to behold.

A satisfied BSF Chairman Martin Clarke

There was only 2  divisions in the Combat Sambo and it Jamie Wilkinson who was the one who impressed the Judges in the past all those who have competed in Combat Sambo and SportCombatSombo have just used kicking and punching forgetting it is the throw and submission that makes you a winner. Jamie Wilkinson who trains at the Red Rose CombatSombo Club and is trained that using his strikes to get close to his opponent and throw them was the way to win. He was the only Combat Sambo Player who the selectors considered good enough to go to the Worlds.

Robin BSF President being interviewed for FIAS Web site

BSF Chairman Martin Clarke recently met with the FIAS Russian President Mr Vasily Shestakov in London the meeting was a great success and a press release will be available next week. Because of this Andrew Moshanov FIAS Head of Development visited the British and met with Chairman Martin Clarke there has been some bad blood between the two of them and the BSF but this face to face meeting has cleared the air, now they can work together for the benefit of FIAS Sambo. Many in the FIAS should consider having face to face with their rivals

Martin Clarke in deep discussion with Andrew Moshanov

The BSF selection Committee have selected the following to represent Great Britain in the 2013 World Championships to be held in St Petersburg Russia in November

Sambo Men

Bradley Belsey u57k

Casey Belsey u62k

 Jamie Marzetti u82k

Danny Carrott u90k

Barry Gibson u100k

Michael Hutchinson +100k

Sambo Ladies

Kerrie Penfold

Combat Sambo

Jamie Wilkinson

The next tournament will be Scottish Open in July followed by Kent Open in September Folkestone, English Open Bedford November and lets not forget the Summer Camp in Sittingbourne during August go to www.britishsombo.co.uk for more information

Name	weight	place	club	country
steven denciag	u25 pool 1	gold	Bedford grappling academy	England
jarod busten		silver	YJC Sambo	England
roman mal		bronze	Bedford grappling academy	England
jake forrest	u25 pool 2	gold	peterborough	England
archie moore		silver	Bedford grappling academy	England
ruben boudha		bronze	Bedford grappling academy	England
regan sands	u30 pool 1	gold	YJC Sambo	England
jakub baldyga		silver	Bedford grappling academy	England
aasay suman		bronze	Bedford grappling academy	England
harvey tolman	u30 pool 2	gold	spitfire judo/sombo club	England
ruben hench		silver	peterborough	England
milan mal		bronze	Bedford grappling academy	England
haiden busten	u35	gold	YJC Sambo	England
ruben hunt		silver	peterborough	England
raaul boudha		bronze	Bedford grappling academy	England
luke saunders	u45 pool 1	gold	Bedford grappling academy	England
kai luke		silver	warriors grappling academy	England
kieron Higgins		bronze	YJC Sambo	England
matthew loeffler	u45 pool 2	gold	Bedford grappling academy	England
tomas deloubas		silver	Bedford grappling academy	England
morgan laws		bronze	YJC Sambo	England
matthew loeffler	u50	gold	Bedford grappling academy	England
theo field		silver	Bedford grappling academy	England
jacob garner		bronze	Bedford grappling academy	England
marrissa laws	u27	gold	warriors grappling academy	England
holy frazer		silver	Bedford grappling academy	England
milly Loscombe		bronze	YJC Sambo	England
erin duggan	u30	gold	warriors grappling academy	England
davina Higgins		silver	warriors grappling academy	England
olga baldyga	u38	gold	Bedford grappling academy	England
nicole smiegielska		silver	YJC Sambo	England
cyeanne eaton	o38	gold	Bedford grappling academy	England
emily woods		silver	warriors grappling academy	England
francesca aspey		bronze	spitfire judo/sombo club	England
michael kozlowski	espoir u80	gold	bjc	England
oliver bruton		silver	warriors grappling academy	England
jack massey		bronze	georgiev	England
liam Braithwaite	o80	gold	redstar	England
adam fishwick		silver	redstar	England
jovita strelciunaite	ladies open	gold	Bedford grappling academy	Latvia
gintaryte micyte		silver	Bedford grappling academy	Latvia
kerrie penfold		bronze	spitfire judo/sombo club	England
bradley belsey	u57	gold	warriors grappling academy	England
casey Belsey	u62	gold	warriors grappling academy	England
ricahrd cenwedge		silver	asa/monolith	USA
alex amoak	u68	gold	georgiev	Ghana
ricahrd cenwedge		silver	asa/monolith	USA
vinny dragon	u74	gold	Bedford grappling academy	England
dean parcall		silver	spartan	England
ian Dobson		bronze	georgiev	England
jamie Marzetti	u82	gold	warriors grappling academy	England
jalali damirov		silver	Bedford grappling academy	Armenia
mick butler		bronze	spartan	England
danny carrott	u90	gold	spitfire judo/sombo club	England
danny Roberts		silver	georgiev	England
neil powell		bronze	yorkshire rose	England
georgie georgiev	u100	gold	georgiev	Bulgaria
barry Gibson		silver	redstar	England
anthony sansonetti		bronze	usa	USA
michael hutchinson	o100	gold	warriors grappling academy	England
tom Jackson		silver	Bedford grappling academy	England
ryan Sylvester		bronze	spitfire judo/sombo club	England
mick adamson	masters u80	gold	redstar	Scotland
keith brown		silver	warriors grappling academy	England
mike rudkin	master u90	gold	spitfire judo/sombo club	England
keith hadman		silver	spitfire judo/sombo club	England
david frazer		bronze	Bedford grappling academy	England
anthony sansonetti	masters u100	gold	usa	USA
andrew harper		silver	Bedford grappling academy	England
alexius phoenix	master o100	gold	usa	USA
jamie wilkinson	combat u90	gold	Red Rose	England
matthew pickering		silver	mushon  academy	England
adam little		bronze	redstar	Scotland
michael hutchinson	combat o90	gold	warriors grappling academy	England
aaron Peterson		silver	Sambo Essex	England