Another great weekend at the junior British championships.

Some really good fighters coming through the ranks, the standard is getting better each year, well done to everyone that competed, and especially those first timers that won a belt.

Licence and i.d. checks and weigh in took its time as so many attended, but once everyone was in Mark and Paul got the first category going, spread over all four rings, so as not to keep people waiting, and soon after that all other categories were sorted and put into their dedicated rings and it was nonstop action after that.

I refereed about 40 fights on the Sat and about 30 today, and the control was great, besides a few minor warnings for holding ropes etc, the control these juniors had, to be blasting at the body then controlled contact to the head was great.

A couple of complaints over decisions, (as always) but the standard of judging was bang on and consistent, well done to those guys (and gals) for judging that many fights, without mistakes when you have spectators all over you and tiredness is setting in.

The new venue was great, big, clean, lots of toilets and changing and warm up areas, well done Paul and Mark for sorting that.

Thanks to all the refs, judges, and time keepers that we had to cover the 4 rings, and thanks to all the spouses and friends and anyone else that came to help out as well, it ran like clockwork.

Well done all coaches for having your fighters ready and at the right rings at the right time, even when you had fighters in other rings.

Great to see old friends again and to meet new ones, i had a great time, i hope you all did to.

I am sure Mark and Paul will have the results up ASAP in a few days, and maybe Pete (Event Photography) will post a couple of photos, so those of you who couldn’t make it can see the set up of the new venue.

See you next year.