Hi all,

Here is the team that represent England in Corfu in September.

Here are the details:

35kg - Danny Hendle > NMT Gym
60kg - Amanda Kelly > KO Gym
63.5kg - Tom Berrington > Eagles TT
67kg - Mason Harris > Liams Gym
81kg - Vasupol Tiraposin > KO Gym

Ryan Rudkin & Martin Hendle – Team Manager/Team Coach

There will also be a few spectators attending, if you are interested in coming and supporting the team, please let me know.

This will be a funded flights, accommodation and tracksuits team.

Come on England.... England, England... ENGLAND!

Yours in Muay Thai

Kru Ryan ~ 07734 448803
UKMF International Amateur (IFMA) Liaison
Southern England UKMF Amateur Representative

Northampton

Tom Berrington > Eagles TT

67kg - Mason Harris > Liams Gym

Hi all,

squad training sessions have been organised for the UKMF Amateur English Team at the KO Gym - London (thankyou Bill).

The sessions will be held on Sunday 6th September 2-4pm.

There are some fantastic fighters on board, and I cant wait for this IFMA International Friendly.

Kru Ryan ~ 07734 448803
UKMF International Amateur (IFMA) Liaison
Southern England UKMF Amateur Representative

IFMA write up

Kru Ryan ~ 07734 448803
UKMF International Amateur (IFMA) Liaison
Southern England UKMF Amateur Representative

Awesome stuff, good luck

Drink !!!!!!!!!

Good Luck Martin & Danny fly the geoges flag m8 !!!

Damn they have used that picture of me for the poster without asking AGAIN!

Cheers Deano got some new shorts made up chelsea and the red and white cross."Ooking forward to seeing Mason m8 like the way he hurts especially for a lad,Robbo has done a good job with him. ko win

All being well, the new UKMF England Team shorts will be delivered in time.

Yours in Muay Thai

Kru Ryan ~ 07734 448803
UKMF International Amateur (IFMA) Liaison
Southern England UKMF Amateur Representative

All the best with the team Ryan wish i could have made the trip with the team. Bring on the world championships

Nice shorts! Best of luck to the team, c'mon England!!!

Hi all,

please find above a picture of some of the UKMF English Amateur Team traveling to Corfu this weekend to represent England.

Those pictured:
Stephen Hunt(Singto), Tom Berrington (Eagles TT), Ryan Rudkin (Team Manager), Amanda Kelly (KO), Anna Zucchelli* (KO), Liam Robinson (Mason's Trainer), Mason Harris (Liams Gym).

Those not pictured:
Danny Hendle (NMT), Martin Hendle (Team Coach)

I will keep this page updated with their progress.


Yours in Muay Thai


Kru Ryan ~ 07734 448803
UKMF International Amateur (IFMA) Liaison
Southern England UKMF Amateur Representative

*Anna Zuchelli (KO) is the current female 57kg England Team member, she will not be traveling with us this time, but helped focus the team with helpful tips in the team training session held at the weekend.

wow, what an amazing thing to be part of!

Kru Ryan, how does someone get involved in something like this?

Hope thats not my tracksuit Liams wearing ,he dont wear grundies and will soil them

sorry mart its ur tracky, its xl but theres a baggy bit at the front now, do u want to borrow some football socks?

Does it look like a slug been sliding about in them.Leaving a slug trail all over

Martins sister is now coming too so behave, leave her alone,stop it,NO shes his sister. Control urself

daveh2001 all you have to do is:

Be a UKMF member gym,
Be a UKMF licensed fighter,
Enter your fighters into the UKMF English Eliminators,
Be succesful at the UKMF English Eliminators meeting all team selection criteria,
And wait for an opportunity of an IFMA International friendly between England and another country.

Get in contact with me if you want to find out more.

Yours in Muay Thai


Kru Ryan ~ 07734 448803
UKMF International Amateur (IFMA) Liaison
Southern England UKMF Amateur Representative

Whos coming on the lash with me and Kru Ryan

They are here....

Scott you are the Man!

They are here....

Scott you are the Man!

cool shorts

..nice reffing last night too Ryan ;-) loooong night

Thanks Noel... it was hmmmmm.. interesting. lol ;)

hahah, ill second that - backstage was just as 'interesting' with fight order / fight classification etc being changed mutliple times, and some fun and games with the right your on, robe up, quick pads etc, then ah no its another 20 mins, repeat....etc...

good venue though.

good ringirls

jjujhbkjhbjkhnjknk

Good luck to Mason (great fighter) and all the team!

Good luck.

Strange not being there but have my show on this weekend.

I will pass the messages on to the team.. they are all fast asleep in bed, and I am going through the final details with the Greece Federation.

Good luck with the show Bill, it will no doubt be another success.

Got a text from Liam R to say that Mason fought hard and was close, but thought it should have gone his way. His opponent was 27 years old with 45 fights and fights in Lumpinee next month! Apparently he was quite big and no one saw him weigh in from England...Danny lost on points but text said he too was robbed.

Dannys lads was 5kgs heavier,Danny got smashed about a bit in first but showed great heart to come back strong and take the fight imo.All the England team done very well and done us all proud.Well done Ryan

Hi all,

the English Team did us all proud, with every fighter giving 110% effort for their country.

I would like to congratulate them all for their hard work and dedication.

We will be back next year to the Ionian Championships.

This time England 1 - Greece 4... Next time England 5- Greece 0! ;)

Kru Ryan ~ 07734 448803
UKMF International Amateur (IFMA) Liaison

Is there not a K-1 uk team aswell??? lol.

Well done guys

Hi all,

also a big thanks to Liam Robinson, Martin Hendle and all the supporters who came out to watch the fighters.. Awesome!

Kru Ryan ~ 07734 448803
UKMF International Amateur (IFMA) Liaison

p.s. the Sly Fox didnt let Corfu off lightly. ;)

Well done everyone for doing England proud. Heard there were great performances and some slight dubious decsions. Particularly well done to Danny and Mason, giving weight, age and/or experience away is always hard, but particularly so when abroad.

Awesome, well done guys!

Makes me laugh,theres a self promoting kru from Bolton whos all over this webbsite everyday.not a word from him, typical

well done to all the team and all the hard work Ryan puts in .(a thank less job demanding job)


PS The shorts look great !

Thanks Bill,

you humble me everytime... its always a pleasure to work with your group.

Ryan

come back James,skint in corfu with no eyebrows and missed hes flight

Regardless of the decisions which are hard to comment on accurately from a cornermans perspective, i feel everyone on the team fought excellently against very difficult matches giving away weight and/or experience. They fought like true Brits with grit, heart, bottle and determination. The touristls loved it and i was proud to be a part of the team that was taking it to their opponents not running back and trying to get a rest! Some valuable experienced gained by all which is the most important thing.

P.S. James is still in Corfu probably teaching them how to do the migraine skank properly. Oh and me and Masons dad met Amy Winehouse night b4 last lol.

Infamous Greek Treetrunk leg man

Infamous Greek Treetrunk leg man

Athens corner team just chillin there in background lol

Look out J-1 league

mason's opponent needs to don a fight skirt clearly because he'd split the seams open on any pair of Thai shorts with those pillars!

oooowwwweeee

Congrats to all the team, our Tom did not get the result that we planned but was buzzing and back in training only a few hours after getting home. He wants a rematch with unbaised (whoops) judges
Nigel H

Nigel Tom fought very well against a long rangy fighter.Tom took the fight to him from Bell to Bell.Say hello to him for us.

Tom fought excellently you will see from DVD his opponent was v.experienced and had a lot of power in his legs.

IFMA write up

Should make you smile ;)

Ionian Muaythai Tournament “Battle of the Titans” Hellas vs England

The Hellenic Muaythai Federation met with great success following the Ionian Muaythai Tournament “Battle of the Titans” between Hellas and England, in the famous island of Corfu. The fights took place in Sidari village, one of the most popular tourist destinations on the island. Due to bad weather (heavy rain) the event didn’t take place on the seas shore as planned, but inside the village in Olympia Palace. The venue was full of spectators, with over 1000 people, both Greek and foreign cheering on. Most of the foreigners were English tourists on the island that came to support their fighters.

The Greek fighters, members of the Greek National Team included: Mouzakitis George, Mouzakiti Emilia, Christodoulou Stratos, Michailidis Athinodoros, Pagidas Dimitrios. On the opposition, the National British Team were represented by the following athletes :Danny Hendle, Amanda Helly, Tom Berrington, Mason Harris and Stephen Hunt.



The fights were held according to the rules and regulations of the World Governing Body of Muaythai, IFMA, and most of the fighters brought along their IFMA boxer book, as they had fought in previous IFMA World and European Championships.

Each fight was 4 rounds, 2 minutes each, wearing all the protective equipment, except of the junior fight, which had 3 rounds two minute each. The juniors, both 10 years old, were the first fight of the event, with the Greek fighter taking the win.

The second fight was a female fight in the weight division of – 60kg. Amanda Helly was in the red corner facing Mouzakiti Emilia in the blue corner. Both athletes did their best, and the British fighter managed to come out on top.

The next fight was in the male 63.5kg., with the British Champion Tom Berrington in the red corner, an experienced fighter having participated in many IFMA world and international championships. In the blue corner representing Greece was Christodoulou Stratos, national champion and bronze medalist of 2004. The spectacular fight ended with the Greek fighter winning by point decision.

The penultimate fight was more or less the same. Two experienced fighters faced each other in the ring, in the -67kg. In the red corner from England was Mason Harris national champion, medalist in a previous world championship, faced Michailidis Athinodoros in the blue corner national champion and 5th place in the world championship of 2005. The fight was a true “battle of the Titans” with the Greek fighter winning the fight on points.

In the last fight of the event, in the heavy weight division -81kg, Stephen Hunt in the red corner faced Pagidas Dimitrios in the blue corner. Both of them did their best with the Greek fighter taking the championship.

Officiating all the fights was 6-time World Champion in muaythai, san shou and boxing, Avramidou Maria.

The Ionian Muaythai Tournament was a great test of heart and skill for all the participants for the upcoming World Championship 2009 in Bangkok Thailand.

http://www.ifmamuaythai.org/HTML/09_0922_Titans.html