Hi guys,
well what a weekend in sunny plymouth by the sea ( true lol )
well i burnt my shoulders and forehead lol, that was the day after the fights checking out where sir francis drake played bowls before the spanish armada came for some clotted cream, scones, and stopped for tea and a kicking lol
anyway back to the "real stuff"
the fights sat: eve accounts-
i landed after 5.5 hours and a 315 miles drive by car
from sunny bolton-by-the-sea ( a bit of sun a lot less sea )
after speaking to, and was greeted by sid and his good lady wife, i settled into the fights and was chief / head judge for all 10 bouts.
Gotta say they was very well matched considering the headache sid must've had promoting these !
the first and last all girls fights was up norfff up here in oldham by steve costigan,
over 10 years ago, i had 3 girls on that show and remember it pretty well ( anyone else ? )
i and the other judges all agreed and told sid the best fight of the eve was without doubt the 2 young teenagers who fought like adult males yet remained feminine and composed the whole 5 rounds, awesome display,
only snag the top ten headguards are def; not the best, it came off about 5 times, bless sid, he was getting more frustrated than the fighter, well done to christi campbell ( saints ) and sally mccarthy sukothai bournemouth.
All the fights was good and a credit to themselves and their trainers !
well done sid for putting your neck on the line promoting a all girls show,
the hall was 3/4 full and the crowd did get into it after a wee bit,
good to see fighters from england, scotland, ireland, holland !
( only downside the thai-music ) sid i will buy you some next time, lol
lastly on the way down i got pulled over just 10 miles from plymouth for
a) speeding,
b) driving recklessly,
c) no seat belt
d) eating a ice lolly coming out onto slip road from petrol, as i was clean out
( used stinking £50 to get there / same again to get back ) :-((
i thought i was gonna be late for pre-fight meeting / rules etc:
in fact no meeting i was on time and show started 45 mins late lol oh well haha :-p
and after sitting in the nice policeman's car for 20 mins watching my driving on his video playback........
I pleaded guilty and sorry and he asked me what i did ? where i was going ? driving so fast etc: ?
and i told them i was a judge and a thai-boxing instructor etc: from bolton-thai-boxing-club
they must've felt sorry for me ?
they gave me a small telling off and let me off for all the others just got a £30 fine no seat belt ( thankyou mr kind plymouth policemen )
and check this .................
they then gave me a police escort to the show !
true, as they asked me did i know where the venue was?
How lucky was i ?
quality weekend worth losing nearly £200 for ! :-p
p.s. Photos to follow
sandy mcmad man holt