Bank Holiday Monday 25th August Charity Thaiboxing Match. Novice, C Class & Female fighters still needed. This event is being held in conjunction with the Wat Mahathat Temple, Kings Bromley, Staffordshire as part of their annual summer festival. Lots of traditional thai activities and food stalls going on over Sunday & Monday. We are pleased to be given the opportunity to put on a show in keeping with the traditions of Thailand. Now looking for: Novice fighters, 61kg, 74kg, 78kg & 94kg. C Class 51-56kg, 57-60kg, 64kg, 78kg & 85-88kg. Ladies 52kg, 55kg, 57-58kg, 59-60kg, 62kg & 71kg. All various experiences. If you are interested or have any fighters interested in taking part, please contact: Christine 07734 053522 email: crirom@live.co.uk or ParnPetch 07511 642168 or Facebook ParnPetch Rirom. For those who have already given your fighter details - thank you, no need to re-send details.

Thanks to all the gyms who have provided us with fighters for this show. A couple more matches to fix up so anyone still interested in participating, Novice, C Clas or Ladies, just let me know. Tickets now available for anyone interested in coming along for the fight night or to the Thai Festival. Christine & ParnPetch

Sunday and Monday mornings the monks will carry out their blessings and chanting. There will be lots of Thai food and craft stalls as well as a variety of Thai cultural performances and demonstrations. A Grand Raffle includes the top prize of tickets for 2 people to Thailand for 10 days including flight & accommodation as well as a variety of other prizes.

1 week to go and really pleased with the gyms who are able to support us on this event, fighters matched so far are:
Juniors: Dylan Hill, Richies Gym vs Kyron Jani, Stoke Thaiboxing

Novice: Sam Hyde, Chao Phraya Lincoln vs Mukhta Ali, Camp 313
Michal Szypulski, 8 Limbs Muay Thai vs Steve Mitchell, Hereford Muay Thai

C Class: Josh Page, K-Star vs Mike Walker, OMAA
Jack Beech, Stoke Thaiboxing vs Igor Matejski, OMAA
Matt Wakeman, Diamond Academy vs Gurphrem Daudhuar, OMAA
Ryan Davidson, Richies Gym vs Kieron Hussain, OMAA

Looking for Novice 65kg and 70kg; C Class 51kg, 57kg, 61kg and 69kg.

Anyone know of anyone available, kindly contact me on 07734 053522.
Thanks Christine

Matches update (23/08/2014)
Demo Bout: Courtesy of Richies Gym
Juniors: Dylan Hill, Richies Gym vs Kyron Jani, Stoke Thaiboxing

Novice: Sam Hyde, Chao Phraya Lincoln vs Mukhta Ali, Camp 313
Michal Szypulski, 8 Limbs Muay Thai vs Steve Mitchell, Hereford Muay Thai

C Class: Josh Page, K-Star vs Mike Walker, OMAA
Surich Akitsuk, Stoke Thaiboxing vs Igor Matejski, OMAA
Matt Wakeman, Diamond Academy vs Gurphrem Daudhuar, OMAA
Ryan Davidson, Richies Gym vs Kieron Hussain, OMAA

Looking for Novice 58kg and C Class 63-65kg. Kindly contact me if you have anyone able to step in at short notice. Thanks. Christine 07734 053522.

Schedule for our Thai Boxing Charity Match:

Monday 25th August 2014
12.00mid-day Fighters Weigh-In
12-2.00pm Medicals
2.00pm Rules Meeting (IBMTO)
3.00pm Doors Open to the public
3.00pm Monks blessing for fighters, trainers & officials
4.00pm Opening Ceremony,all fighters introduced in the ring
4.15pm First Bout of the evening

Don't forget those with tickets to the show will have entrance to the festival for the whole day.

Looking forward to seeing everyone on Monday.

Despite the drizzle and rain, the show must go on and it sure did. Thank you to the Wat Mahathat Temple for giving us the opportunity to put on a Thai Boxing Show as part of the Thai-British Summer Fair. Thank you to all the monks and helpers who worked behind the scenes quietly and proudly. Massive thank you to John Steele, Stoke Thaiboxing and his team for the use of your ring and all your crew who helped pull everything together with me. Thank you to all the fighters, trainers and coaches who gave up your Bank Holiday weekends to help put on this show, personal thanks to; Richard Oxley and everyone from Richies Gym, Leigh Edlin and the Chao Phraya Lincoln team, Raf Hussain and the 8 Limbs Muay Thai team, Garry Jones and your team from Hereford Muay Thai, Steve Logan and the K-Star team, John Steele and your Stoke Thaiboxing fighters, Dean James and your team from Diamond Academy and Lee & Igor and the OMAA team.

Thank you's also go our to our IBMTO officials; Shaun Boland-MC, Scott Robinson, Liam Robinson, Daniel McGowan and Macauley Coyle. James Buckland - Photographer, Adam Barratt & Kathy Allen from North East Rescue & Medical Services and Chris Evans from Pulse Disco.

Finally, I want to thank all the gyms who gave me your fighters names and wanted to be on our show, unfortunately we were not able to match everyone.

We had 2 demo bouts and 5 great C Class fights. Everyone entered into the true Thai spirit and supported all the fighters. Then when all was finished and everyone had packed up and left the heavens opened with a good old Bank Holiday Monday downpour. My prayers were answered that everything went well, with no set-backs.

Picture above shows some of the fighters on the show with 2 of the monks from the Wat Mahathat Temple, Kings Bromley.

Results from the show;
Demo Bout: Courtesy of Richies Gym with Ruby Oxley & Harley Hill
Junior Demo Bout: Dylan Hill, Richies Gym vs Kyron Jani, Stoke Thaiboxing

C Class:
Sam Hyde, Chao Phraya Lincoln vs Bok Steele, Stoke Thaiboxing (Winner: Bok Steele)
Michal Szypulski, 8 Limbs Muay Thai vs Steve Mitchell, Hereford Muay Thai (Draw)
Josh Page, K-Star vs Suvicha Akitsuk, Stoke Thaiboxing (Winner: Josh Page)
Matt Wakeman, Diamond Academy vs Gurphrem Daudhuar, OMAA (Winner: Matt Wakeman)
Ryan Davidson, Richies Gym vs Kieron Hussain, OMAA (Winner: Ryan Davidson)