S.T.B.A award ceremony

Just a reminder to all Scottish Thai Boxing Association coaches and officials that our award ceremony will be taking place in Johnstone town hall on 28th Feruary in Johnstone town hall, doors open at 6 and presentation begins at 7 prompt.

Awards will be presented to student of the year from each of our member clubs and we are asking our coaches and officials to nominate fighter of the year 2008. A Class, B Class and C class. Can you also submit your nominations for female fighter of the year and junior fighter boy and girl?

If you havent returned your form can you get it to me asap so trophies can be enscribed before the ceremony. Cheers.

id go for A class - rung(if you can count him) if not john dick
B class - tommy young
C class - jordan calder

Female - jojo calderwood

tj everett for junior
amy purdie for junior female
john douglas for a class
tommy young b

Thanks guys, appreciate your selections,keep them coming!!

C class Jordan Calder

Junior has to be Jordan again after what he did in Thailand at 14. No other junior has did what he has in the last year.

Yep, can`t argue with that Brian! I watched Jordans fight at Bishopbriggs and that performance alone deserves a nomination.

no-ones even close to jordan at junior level in scotland...no-one comes close to rung at A class as he proved against Doolan...also beating cadden, Rob storey this year too should gurantee him the award

Well the votes submitted to date have been compiled and the nominee’s for each category are below. Obviously some fighters have transitioned into different category’s, but this is just the way that it has turned out, so don’t shoot the messenger. The names have been put in alphabetical order, so no preference in the list. Any nominee’s, please get in touch to confirm if you can attend or not.

STBA Male Fighter of the Year - A Class

Chris Shaw

Paul Grant

John Dick

Rung

Stevie Meikle

STBA Male Fighter of the Year - B Class

John Douglas

Kieran McAskill

Paul Kelly

Ritchie Hocking

Tommy Young

STBA Male Fighter of the Year - C Class

Chris Ferns

Keith Middleton

Raj Singh

Robin Downer

Steven Lochead

STBA Female Fighter of the Year

Hilary Mack

Joanne Calderwood

STBA Female Junior Fighter of the Year

Aimie Pirnie

Caitlin Faulds

Karen Martin

STBA Male Fighter of the Year

Jordan Calder

Ritchie Hocking

TJ Everitt

(Sorry if any spelling mistakes!)

Sorry, the last cat should read:

STBA Male Junior Fighter of the Year -
Jordan Calder
Ritchie Hocking
TJ Everitt

STBA Male Fighter of the Year - A Class - Rung or Stephen Miekle

STBA Male Fighter of the Year - B Class - John Douglas or Tommy Young

STBA Male Fighter of the Year - C Class - Chris Ferns

STBA Female Fighter of the Year - Hilary Mack

STBA Male Junior Fighter of the Year - Jordan Calder

If I get one more nomination for far balding coach somebodies going to die!!!

Fat balding even!

my tuppenceworth,,,A- Meikle..... B- Young....C- Downer.... F-Hil...pay attedtion to the spelling of the next two.. F jnr-Amy Pirnie...M jnr- TJ Everret ( gotta be a bit biased ;p )

My opinion (an unqualified one) is

A Class = Rung (Sorry Meikle)
B Class = Tommy Young
C Class = ?

Female = Jojo Calderwood
(I feel like a turncoat because Hil is a good mate of mine but she hasn't had a busy year 2008, Jojo had a couple of good wins including Christi Campbell who everyone knows is a V tough opponent)

Junior Male = Jordan Calder (I'd actually say Jordan for C class fighter also)

Junior Female = Amy Pirnie

A CLASS- Rung

B CLASS- John Douglas

C CLASS- Robin Downer

FEMALE FIGHTER- Joanne Calderwood

FEMALE JR- Caitlin Faulds

MALE JR- Jordan Calder


GRUNTER OF THE YEAR- THE ONE AND ONLY JOHN O'BRIEN

For once big Dougie has got it spot on, couldn't agree more big lad. Every categorie 110% correct.

Hard to say which category jordan should be in cos although he is 15 and still classed as a junior, he hasnt actually fought junior rules but has fought amateur with 12oz gloves, a class, b class and c class this year.

Grunter Me??

he should be in the little faglet of the century categorie along with you david

cheeky fucker lol

ma wee mate john silver fox dick should in with a mega shout for A class fighter or fighter of the year.he was a busy lad with a couple of titles in the swag bag;

Agreed, John has been really busy against some top name guys and been coming out ontop! After John I would say Chris Shaw or Rung.

A lot of the category's are quite close just now, guess everyone has there own opinions and reasons for voting, such as performances, personality, activity or just general bias. So the winners are obviously going to conflict with some opinions, but no matter who wins, at least all the nominated fighters are getting some recognition in the first place and can understand why people have voted for each!

Any coach and official that hasn't voted yet, please do so asap, as voting will soon close as the trophy's have to be finalised.

Congratulations to the STBA for organizing this event . Very important for the unity and development of Muay Thai. IMHO

Great shout by Rab Burt don't know how John Dick got missed seen him a few times this year always great fight's

I think Amy Pirnies 2 golds in the world championships kind of swings the award her way in the junior girls. Try and keep this thread swear free as I know juniors are reading it!!

Simon Audley best looking Scottish fighter/coach of the year! as my aunties, sisters ex husband twice removed, cousins best mate was from glasgow!

p.s. nice to see the closeness you guys have up there like bill said, but if i dont win something its naff idea LOL

sorry john

A - Rung, Meikle was very close

B - JOhn Douglas withaout a doubt

C - Between Chris ferns and Robin downer

Female - jojo

junior - calder

If there is to be a best looking coach award then it`s me by a country mile. I had to deliberatley go fat and bald to ward of female attention. Has to be said there is`nt much in the way of competition though,unless you count Rab(the body) Burt who is a looker!!!

If there is to be a best looking coach award then it`s me by a country mile. I had to deliberatley go fat and bald to ward of female attention. Has to be said there is`nt much in the way of competition though,unless you count Rab(the body) Burt who is a looker!!!

Scotlands got to be proud of the standard of nominees in the A class section!! Everyone making a name for them self throughout the U.K and abroad and a credit to the sport. I will be announcing the name of trophy sponsors over the weekend!

I concur with all of the above.

What about a recognition award for commitement and promotion of Muy Thai in Scotland.

Clearly, the main camps have a major part to to play in the rapid development over the past 24 months or longer.

However I would put forward that Gary O'Brien has been a major player in the development of Muay Thai in Scotland for some time now.

A pioneer, a gentleman, a risk taker, an underrated tecnician of Muay Thai and a genuine good guy!!! Not many left!!!!

Gaz,you`ve got a fan!!

Im happy to say that the A` class fighters award will be sponsored by the Glasgow evening times, the B` class trophy by fighters magazine and I should have sponsors for the others in place by the weekend. Anybody wants to sponsor a trophy can you contact me.
Can I also make it clear that everybody who makes the final nominations will recieve a trophy as there was some confusion over this. The event will be hosted by John Lamb M.C for a very nominal fee.Rab(The body)Burt,will be presenting some of the trophies as will Stevie Sheddon and we have the makings of a good night see you there?

Male fighter A` class John Dick

Male fighter B` class John Douglas

Male fighter C` class Chris Ferns

Female fighter ` Joanne Calderwood

Female Junior Fighter ` Aimie Pirnie

Male Junior Fighter ` Jordan Calder

big rab !! I would be VERY WARY of OB1 throwin a that weight roon aboot ye
nuff said.

Cheers Jamie, send me your postcode so I can get your money in the post! ;)

Coaches and officails if you havent returned your nomination forms can you do so quick or your getting a kicking!!!!

The Paisey express will be sponsoring one of the junior trophies and Im waiting on confirmation that BBC radio Scotland will be sponsoring the other. Can anybody who has been nominated phone or email me to confirm that you will or will not be attending!! Can the clubs who have booked tables also get in touch so as I can see Raj`s dad and confirm catering.

The Paisey express will be sponsoring one of the junior trophies and Im waiting on confirmation that BBC radio Scotland will be sponsoring the other. Can anybody who has been nominated phone or email me to confirm that you will or will not be attending!! Can the clubs who have booked tables also get in touch so as I can see Raj`s dad and confirm catering.

Is there an echo on here anybody any idea why I put everything up twice??

Is there an echo on here anybody any idea why I put everything up twice?? (This one`s a joke)

i've subbed my nominations to john o'brien...the following are not necessarily on that list, but i would like to express some thoughts...if we're looking at thais in scotland(rung), then are we also looking at scots in thailand? if we are, then far outstripping the rest of the men's A class should be both stevie meikle and sean wright (contender asia) who both had a huge year in thailand.
also, alongside hil and jojo, sarah adams from ally wallace's in edinburgh is a busy, hard working fighter, who is a great role model, and definitely deserves a mention.
one worrying aspect is while there are some awesome female junior fighters, where are the adult female fighters? in terms of aspiration, there should be a a,b,c class section there too, even if the population of female fighter is lower, they should still have representation.
I realise that if trainers don't let the panel know of their fighters exploits, its difficult to guage how they are going to vote, there is a such a combination possible - how many fights, title fights, who they fought etc, so hopefully these are things we can all help improve on what is essentially a good idea for the sport...thanks to john o'brien for getting all this in gear (again). this post is not intended to open cans of worms, i think the whole idea is sound.

Im glad to say that the Young Scot organisation will be sponsoring the junior trophies and will be coming along to interview the winners. This gets the sport more media coverage which I hope benefits us all.

when is the results please

Saturday night 28th of February around about 10.30pm I would think??

Ok guys if you havent sent your nominations in then your too late as the votes have been counted thanks to all who sent their votes in and thanks to all the coaches and fighters who got behind the event.
Heres how it`s going to run on the night, but anybody that knows me,knows that all timings are subject to fluctuation.

Doors 6pm.

Welcome address 7pm

7:15pm student of the year awards(awards will be presented to each student nominated by our member clubs)and those receiving red arm bands and above.

8.15(ish) Indian buffet provided by Mirage restaraunt and brilliant food it is too as I have tried it.

9.30pm Fighter of the year awards in this order


NOMINEES FOR THE YOUNG SCOT FEMALE JUNIOR FIGHTER OF THE YEAR ARE,
KAREN MARTIN, CAITLIN FAULDS, AMY PIRNIE

NOMINEES FOR THE YOUNG SCOT JUNIOR MALE FIGHTER OF THE YEAR ARE,
JORDAN CALDER, RICHIE HOCKING, T.J EVERETT

NOMINEES FOR THE FIGHTERS MAGAZINE B`CLASS FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
FEMALE B` CLASS:- JOJO CALDERWOOD

NOMINEES FOR PAISLEY EXPRESS C`CLASS FIGHTER OF THE YEAR ARE,
CHRIS FERNS, KEITH MIDDLETON, RAJ SINGH,ROBIN DOWNER, SCOTT GALLACHER,DANNY MC ASKILL



NOMINEES FOR THE EVENING TIMES A`CLASS FIGHTER OF THE YEAR ARE
FEMALE FIGHTER:- HILARY MACK,


B`CLASS:- JOHN DOUGLAS, TOMMY YOUNG,PAUL KELLY, KEIRAN MC ASKILL

NOMINEES FOR THE EVENING TIMES A`CLASS FIGHTER OF THE YEAR ARE:
RUNG, JOHN DICK, STEVEN MEIKLE, PAUL GRANT, CHRIS SHAW.

** I know that who ever wins or is nominated, or missed out in each category is going to cause controversy,but thats the nature of the game, your never going to please everybody,but it`s a start and I hope it will keep moving forward and become a major annual event in the Scottish Muay Thai calendar.** Ive tried to be as fair as possible and Ive tried to get as much media exposure as possible, to publicise the sport.**

Many thanks to a Mr. Liam Harrison who has agreed to sign a pair of shorts to our raffle in return for us all saying prayers for Leeds United many thanks Liam but I fear your lot are`nt winning any leagues soon!!! Thanks also to Guy( grow your hair back) Ramsay for asking Julie Kitchen and Florence De La Roache to come along and present trophies!!!

See you there??

Gaz have I missed anything??

Myself and Liam are coming along to this with Brian C now and really looking forward to it, shame us useless english fookers cant organise anything like this. Congrats to JOhn and Gary for taking the time and been able to sort it. Nice work guys and see you there.

Thanks Andy for the positive post, very much honoured to have you and Liam at the awards.Weve got a crowd of over 250 so many thanks to all who rallied behind it!!

Thanks Andy for the positive post, very much honoured to have you and Liam at the awards.Weve got a crowd of over 250 so many thanks to all who rallied behind it!!

Theres that echo again??

rsults

Rung won A` class fighter of the year.
John Douglas was B` class winner.
Joint winners in C`class Chris Ferns and Robin Downer.
Hilary Mack won ladies A` class.
Jo Jo Caldewood ladies B` class.
Jordan Calder junior boys.
Amy Pirnie won junior girls.

Thanks a million to everybody who helped us out and to those who turned up on the night. Photos will be uploaded soon.

Just quick note to say thank you to John O'Brien for a great night from everyone at Sit Ayuthaya, well done mate a great night, and well done to all the winners.
stevie

Cheers Stevie boy,nice dancing by the way!!

goodnight....i love rung

Trophies

Nominees and Winners

Ouch thats some face I'm pulling in the background there lol

Thanks again for having me down John and well done to each of the winners

Cheers

It was a good night mr o.brien
and well donne to all the winners


and John i hope you keeps this going as it shows how Thai boxing is progressing in Scotland

thanks
Craig T and all the Clydebank mob

Im going to try amd upload some photo`s but I wouldnt hold your breath!!

well done onley managed to stay till 9ish as i got 2 hungry 2 stay and still have weight 2 lose for march tho enjoyd the first half :D

Was a really well run event, well done John Garry and everyone involved. Rung is mental, the night out after was one to remember,hehe.

John put in a lot of work for this and it wouldn't have happened without him, we are lucky to have him involved in the sport, well done mate!

Thanks to everyone how helped put this event together, from the sponsors to the nominee's and their supporters! Also thanks to the English fighters that came along to support the event, great to have fighters of the caliber of Liam Harrison, Andy Howson and Julie Kitchen in attendence! Hopefully we can make this a regular annual event again, although I think we'll have a problem getting the award back from Rung next year, he was chuffed to win it!

Thanks to big Richie Hocking for starting the dancing!!How the flip do you put photos up? I used to be able to do it!!

This guy was just asking for Rung..... LMAO

it would tae Rung 4 days to notice he was sleeping with a horses head!! Kidding champ!!

rofl beag thats ace...rung is a legend..

Folks Ive been trying to put up some of the photos from this event but I cant, cos Im dumb!! You want to see them thy are on my beebo page " The strawberet""