Winconek Combat Base
2nd James Parker Combat Base Donny AKA The Asylum
3rd Rogan Tonks Combat Base


BLUE BELT
Super Feather (Pluma) >64kg
1st Ian "Doug" Mochen Factory BJJ
2nd Neil Gilpin Caged Steel

Feather (Pena) >70kg
1st Jay Furness Caged Steel
2nd John Sherwood Factory
3rd Leroy Holcroft Combat Base Bolton

Light (Leve) >76kg
1st James Nardone Factory BJJ
2nd Andy Krlic Combat Base

PURPLE BELT
Superfight
1st Spenna Fulinkazan
2nd Danny Mitchell Combat Base Donny AKA The Asylum


After the medals had been presented Helen Currie took the stand to promote a few of the guys and explain what she expects from our group.

Helen explains “I have really high standards when giving promotions and I never give the benefit of the doubt, so the guys that got the promotions rest assured have deserved them, not just for their performances today but the continued performance week after week and month after month, both in the gym and in open competition. The way it should be. Me and Darren had to train our asses off to get blue belt which took a couple of years back then so if we had to do that, everyone else has to!

All the new blue belts have been training between 1½ and 2 years already and have proved themselves so I am happy to say that they are representatives of our group”

Leroy Holcroft from Combat Base Bolton promoted to blue belt.
James Canavan from Combat Base Bolton promoted to blue belt.
James Parker from Combat Base Doncaster promoted to blue belt.
Tom Winconek from Combat Base promoted to blue belt.

Ian ‘Doug’ Mochen was promoted to purple belt.

Spenna, who has been with us since the halcyon days of Knottingley Sports Centre, was promoted to brown belt.

Quite a few others got stripes and a renewed vigour to compete next time. If the no gi is half as good as the gi section, the experiment has been a success.

And success it was, as the no gi section carried right on from where the gi section left off.


The smaller guys started the no gi section and again set the standard for the rest, Judo black belt Neil Gilpin making his no gi debut against Fu fighter David Keating also making his competitive debut. The match went back and forth with experience telling in the end and Neil getting the points win but credit to David for pushing him all the way.

The featherweight division was absolutely crazy with some real talent. Rob Lawlor and his upstoppable elbow crush, the Caged Steel guys Jay Furness, Mark Aldridge and Max Ramsden all getting submission wins before falling victim to submissions themselves, new purple belt Doug proving his ability no gi is as good as his gi winning by armbar then stepping aside. Another Factory BJJ member John Sherwood and Combat Base Doncaster’s James Martin also getting wins, Andrew Trudgil, Lewis McEnaney and Paul Allen all fought their hearts out but were overcome by experience in this stacked division. The final saw Rob Lawlor submit the powerful Max Ramsden for the gold. Max hasn’t been training that long so to make the final in his first attempt in such a strong division is awesome.

The lightweight division turned out to be just as tough, again with some very entertaining matches.

James Nardone narrowly lost to Nathan Martin from Combat Base Doncaster in a battle that was decided by 1 advantage; Andy Krlic secured an arm bar on Ronan Roche then submitted Nathan Martin advancing to the finals. Matt Barker had a victory over Paul McCabe then lost to Wax who went on to get the Achilles lock in the finals and take the gold.

The middleweight was equally as competitive as a couple of the guys have been dying to compete but as yet hadn’t had the opportunity. Making the transition from a striking only background Combat Base’s Paul Landreth-Smith tested his ground skills losing only on points to Adam Fawkes. Combat Base’s Shane Cartwright wasted no time in getting the win putting him straight into the finals following the withdrawal of his intended opponent. Lee Dennis from Combat Base Doncaster got the win over Paul Keegans and Jason Farrar to put him into the finals. Paul Keegans took 3rd place by points over Adam Fawkes.

Shane Cartwright took the gold in the final over Lee Dennis by submission, both guys performing really well in their first ever competition.

Combat Base competitor Francois Van Staden got the medium heavy division going with a points victory over Caged Steel’s Tom Keogh. Billy Glossop then defeated Mike Tolson and Francois on points only to find gi division winner Tomasz Winconek waiting for him flowing his victory over Combat Base Doncaster’s Tony Hill in the semi finals.

Desperate to add the no gi gold to his gi gold, Tom fought very well and finally secured victory by submission over a very game Billy Glossop who impressed throughout the day.

Gaz Vause got the heavyweights under way with a points decision over Caged Steel fighter Charlie Hellawell and Rogan Tonks scored a submission over Stephen Harrison.

Unfortunately Charlie Hellawell had to leave and Stephen Harrison must have thought his day was so also left leaving Rogan Tonks to