Impact Gym Sleaford - Full contact british pro chamoion

British Pro Title FightFighter Greg Darmon (Sleaford) Coach – Titch, Cornerman, Scott Little both from Impact Gym., Vs Tim Niblett (Mansfield)
From 2007 Cris Janson Piers is to become Gregs Pro Full Contact manager.
Gregs Notes from our website:
Greg trained hard for this fight because he wanted to put the record straight after his previous fight where the same opponent won by a very close decision. His coach Titch pushed him hard in the run up to the show and has done a cracking job with his style of fighting.
The fight: rounds 1&2 Greg was mainly contacting clean punch and kick combinations using his footwork to keep away from his opponents attacks.
Round 3, Greg picked up the work rate and closed the distance down. Greg caught his opponent with some solid punches to the head which backed him up against the ropes and as he covered his head with his guard, Greg threw a power roundhouse to his ribs which stopped the fight for an ‘8’ count. Greg continued putting the pressure on but he hung on to the end of the round.
Round 4. Greg pressured more and tried to catch his opponent with some KO shots with not much of a reply on his opponents part, as the end of the round approached Greg picked up the work rate again as he could see clearly his opponent was now unsteady on his feet, but he showed he was very durable and hung on the end of the round again.
Round 5Greg slowed down the tempo a small amount as didn’t want to make a mistake and caught with any clean shots. Greg was still throwing some good combos, and made sure he did just enough to win the round.
As the bell rang I was relieved as I thought I had won, and after the announcement and judges cards with a unanimous decision were in, the referee raised my hand to the crowd and this confirmed his first British title in Pro Full contact, something he has worked towards for a long time after taking all of his continuous titles around the world.
It was by far his best performance in the ring so far and he would like to thank his coach Titch and everyone Impact for coming and supporting him in the crowd.

Impact Gym Sleaford - Xtreme Warriors ITV - Qualified

Xtreme Warriors for ITV television - Bit of a different day as the majority was run on one or two mats for filming reasons. However with some really good support from parents we hade a good day and most students qualified for the sections in which they wished to do so in.
Zak Points 2nd -QFinal scores were 6-3 Qualified
Zak continuous 1st QUnanimous decision - Qualified
Cris continuous 2nd QQualified
Lea Continuous 3rd QQulaified
Keiron - points out by sudden death in eliminator round.
Jack - points. out in eliminator round
Jess - 2nd weapons Qualified
Jess - 1st points -145cm QQulaified
Jess - 2nd points -155cm QFinal score was 6-3
Karen - 1st weapons QQualfied
Karen continuous 1st - QUnanimous on all rounds, final split decision.
Chloe - points 1st Qfinal score 8-6
Chloe - continuous Blackbelts QQualified (higher category)
Ellie - points - 2nd QFinal Score 4-9
Aimee - points - 1st QFinal Score 9-4
Those who qulified received certificates and will also recieve official invitations to the finals by post along side qulifiying medals. Well done to everyone and keep you eyes peeled for the ITV adverts approaching next year! Photo coming soon.

6 members of the demo team went along with Tracie to visit schools around sleaford today and good reports flowed all round town.
Demo team were:Ellie Butler - KamasAimee Kinsella - Bo StaffDec Stanley - kamasJosh Stanley - Bo StaffJess Pope - Double nunchakuskaren Bailey - Bo Staff
Most school pupils have never seen creative weaponry before and were clearly impressed by all the different levels of achievment and different weapons.
All schools gave really positive feedback and i'd like to thank the team for a really good demo, well done.
Thanks to Mandy Pope who helped with lifts also - Tracie.
(keep your eyes peeled for the report in the standard that one of the schools will be doing.)

Impact Gym Sleaford - Black Belt Grading

Triston Bellaby passes his Black Belt Grading.
This saturday Triston was tested to the core and after finishing his grading with a 2 mile tyre pull sprint up the highest hill we could find, he made it. Another member of our blackbelt club.
We have trained with Triston for nearly 8 years now, so it is a very personal acheivment.Well done mate.

3 members went along with Greg to the WAKO English championships
results were mainly in our favour and were:
Instructor Greg Darmon1st Points -74kg blackbelts3rd continuous -74kgblackbelts
Karen Bailey - 2nd in girls continuous over 5'5 black belts3rd in boys and girls -16yrs creative weaponry.
Jess Pope2nd girls points over 4'4 black belts3rd continuous over 4'4 blackbelts4th in boys and girls -16yrs creative weaponry.
Aimee Kinsella - 2nd in girls points, white -orange belt under 4'8
Well done guys! - will be a while before papers report so sit tight.

Impact Gym Sleaford - WAKO European junior championsips

Two members have returned from Croatia competiting in the junior WAKO World Championships with Bronze medals in Light continuous kickboxing.
Both Karen Bailey (15) of Sleaford and Zak Ward (14) of Boston both members of Sleaford Impact Martial Arts & Boxing Gym have been in training for many months and the hard work has paid off. Both members of the GB Squad came back from there first world championships with medals and are over the moon. Karen narrowly missed out on a bronze medal in creative weaponry using the Bo Staff byt just one point.
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Impact Gym Sleaford - peterborough series

mpact Martial Arts & Boxing Gym – Kids TeamPeterborough Series 17th September 2006 Some surprise results in this competition from some new team members:
Kieron Trollope 10, taking a well earned 3rd place in the boys under 4’8 points section, taking on some black belts and seasoned competitors alike, Kieron used his cool manner and speedy techniques to take him through to 3rd place after 4 gruelling fights. Kieron also picked up 2nd place in the continuous section.
Josh Stanley 9, took a second place in the creative forms section (bo staff) after training extremely hard on his weaponry and kicking skills he finally scored higher than fellow team member and WAKO British champ Jess Pope (double nunchakus) as Jess picked up a close 3rd place - who is coming up tops next time? Jess has been spurred on to win the next one josh!
Josh also took 3rd place in the kids continuous section under 4’8 and was also a medallist in the boys –4’4 points section
Jess Pope 9, Ever the crowd pleaser, took a well deserved win in the girls –4’4 points section and as usual entered into the next height category also with the –4’8 girls and took another trophy with a 2nd place. Also Jess entered the boys and girls continuous section and took a fantastic win using her amazing kicking skills.
Medallists on the day were:Jacob Brunt,8, boys points and mixed continuousAimme Kinsella,10, girls –4’8 points and mixed creative forms. Perfoming for the 1st time at competition in both Aimee did extremely well and executed her form with brilliant precision.Reece Kinsella 5, Reece entered into the Pee Wees sparring section and narrowly missed out on 4th place in a very busy category. He fought amazingly well for the first time at competition and his future looks exiting on the mats.
Dec Stanley 7,Pee Wees Sparring was all about Dec on the day – the crowd loved him! After watching him perform his weaponry form (Kama’s) the crowd were eager for more of ‘Super Dec’ and he didn’t let the down, 3 sparring rounds later taking 4th place.
Well done the all the guys and Good luck for next time!!!

Impact Gym Sleaford - Kelham Hall Boxing

Kelham Hall Dome - Friday 28th July 06The music started...and onto the runway stepped out Steve, taking a moment to show the crowd his skills and soaking up the atmosphere. Into the ring and menatlly prepared.
Round one. Steves opponent rushed him and steve handled it brilliantly, out jabbing him and moving off his opponent with ease and skill using some very decent combinations.steve took the first round
Round 2Steve was looking very fit still but his opponent had started to flag due to his explosive start, this was a good opportunity for Steve to pick him off for the whole round with single and combinations, moving round the ring with decent footwork.another round to steve.
Round 3Despite Steves punches being solid as a rock, this man would not hit the deck. Although defeated he refused to fall and held on by grabbing at every opportunity, simply making our Steve look more the proffesional and skilled and this showed in the fight result.round 3 to Steve.
Judges Ruled. Unanimous Win to Steve Spencer form Impact!Well done Steve....Olympics next?Steve took

Impact Gym Sleaford - Black Belt Grading

Brilliant news, at just 9 years old and after 3 years training, the day had come for the dynamic duo to show the judging panel (Greg, Tracie, Matt & Karen) just what it is you need to become a Black belt at Impact. Guts, determination, sweat (lots of) and tears (also lots of ..bless) we pushed these until they couldnt stand any longer and they proved the dedication by sticking with it though to the end of the gruelling exam. This is what it means to become an Impact Blackbelt. There are many adults who havent managed to pass this exam.
Two brilliant examples of how kids should be.
We are very proud. Well donesigned, Greg, Tracie, Matt & Karen

Got to hand it to him. Greg pulled it out of the bag on the day and has now taken the title of cimac world cup Full Contact Champion! Well done greg.others also competing on the day were, Karen ,Jess, Zak and Chloe. Jess came away with a 2nd and a 3rd place in points and continuous and despite karens best performance to date at competition for her form, she didnt get placed as her and jess' section was dominated by european and swiss chamions. Lets hope compeiting abroad at the end of the year for some of these guys will help with experience.

Impact Gym Sleaford - judgment day

SLEAFORD STANDARD REPORT21 June 2006 - http://www.sleafordtoday.co.uk/
YOUNG MARTIAL ARTISTS MAKE BIG IMPACTA MARTIAL arts club has enjoyed more competitive success this month.Members of the Sleaford-based Impact Martial Arts Gym have picked up awards at three competitions.
In the Judgement Day event held at the NEC in Birmingham, which attracts top martial arts exponents from around the world, Karen Bailey, 15, came second in points and in continuous in the Under 16, under 5ft 8in category.
Fourteen-year-old Zak Ward, in the Under 16, under 5ft 8in class, finished second in points, while Chloe Sands, 14, was third in points in the Under 16, under 5ft 4in category.
Four members of the Impact team also returned from the Cimac British Championships with trophies.Club coach Greg Darmon picked up a second place in continuous and came third in points.
Karen Bailey finished third in points and in weaponry in her class and Zak Ward second in continuous in his section.
Nine-year-old Jessica Pope, competing in the Under 16, under 5ft 8in category, was first in points and third in weaponry.
Greg, Karen and Jessica were also among the prize winners at the EMA (European Martial Arts) grand championships at Boston.
Greg won both the advanced points and advanced continuous titles to become the grand champion in both.
Karen was second for points and third for creativity in her section, while Jessica, competing in the Under 4ft 5in category, came first in points to win the grand championship for points.
Youngsters Jack Porter, 10, and Joshua Stanley, 8, also performed well in the competitions.

Impact Gym Sleaford, Kelham Hall Fightnight May

Well what a venue! The Dome it was really good atmosphere too - cheers to all that came and supported our boys..
Well first up - Gregs fighter backed out (obviously heard about that deadly tornado!)so we saved all of our energy for Steves's bout.
Steve stepped up in the ring to the sound of a thousand people from Newark cheering for his opposition, but somehow managed to put this over his head and really brought it home to his condender who upon hearing this was steves first fight, though he had an easy ride. WRONG! Steve stepped up to plate and was obviously the fitter fighter landing a some good crosses and rocking his opponent. Steve took a few shots too and it really was round for round until the 3rd and last where his opponent steamed forward a tad more than our steve and took the fights winner title. Thumbs up to our Steve who's first boxing bout will NOT be forgotten to all that was there.

Impact Sleaford - EMA Boston

EMA Boston 2nd April 2006
All round good trophy haul.
Cimac World Champion Greg Darmon took two comfortable gold medals in -75kg continous and -75kg points events finishing one fight with a KO with a tornado kick.
Next up was Sadie Walton taking a 1st place in the womens -65kg points section, was quite a tough round as Team NSBB were contending with good fighters, so her glory was well deserved. She also took a 2nd place in the Adults Creative Weaponry section.
Karen Bailey fought well in the girls Blackbelt cadets section but settled for 3rd place as did sparring partner Zak Ward in the boys blackbelts cadets.
Fighter of the day goes to Mark Frost. Who having just taken his white belt, took a well earned 2nd place in the mens under 80kg points section. Mark who has trained in boxing at Impact Martial Arts Gym, has recently started training in kickboxing also. He was understandably nervous at his first competition, but with coach Greg Darmon in his corner they teamed up well to take some lovely head kicks adding to the brilliant score.