14th July, 2008
Sorry for the delay in
results from the past show, which concerned three fighters from the Gym. Kev
won his fight on a convincing Points decision, after putting his opponent
down with a head kick in the third. Unfortunately Rob didn't fight due to
injury, and Hayley lost her bout on a very close Points decision. Unlucky
Hayley!
Please remember that the
Gym will be closed for the "Fair" fortnight.
29th June, 2008
This Sunday will see three
fighters in action from FFG. Hayley, Kev and Rob will be appearing on the
SMTC Show being held in Portobello, Edinburgh.
Hayley's fight is a remtach
against Sarah Adams. The previous bout was a Draw, and Hayley looks to be
well set for this one especially after her last fight in Hamilton where she
took the fight on less than a days notice, against an older opponent, and
giving away 10KG in weight - but still came through to win!
If you want to go to this
show get in touch with James for tickets. Everyone should be making the effort
to go and support the fighters as one day you'll want their support!!
9th June, 2008
Remember the show this
weekend in Hamilton. The Gym has two fighters on, both fighting for titles.
Ben Graham will fight for a Scottish Junior Title, and Graeme Ness will be
fighting for the ISKA British Title with Full Thai Rules being the order of
the day ;-)
Tickets are available
at the Gym, but be quick as they are running out. There are NO tickets available
at the venue either. The Gym is also putting on a Mini-Bus for to travel to
the event. If you want to go on the Mini-Bus get your name down ASAP. The
bus will be leaving the car park at the Gym, the Council one, at 5:30pm Saturday
So c'mon lets get behind
the fighters from the Gym as one day you will want their support!!
25th May, 2008
The Gym had a few fighters
fighting last night on the SMTC event in Baillieston. Hayley, Savas, and Dougie
all fought opponents from Darlington, while Kev's opponent failed to turned
up. Unfortunately Hayley lost her bout on a Points decision but was made to
wear a headguard due to her age, which Hayley didn't want to do. Both Savas
and Dougie won their respective fights on Points decisions with both fighters
sending their opponents to the canvas for eight counts in both fights - well
done guys!
The next scheduled show
that we have interest in is on the 14th June. This will be held at the Bell
College in Hamilton. The show Judgement Day, is being promoted by Stevie Nisbet.
Appearing will be Savas, Ben, and maybe Kev, and the penultimate fight of
that night will be Graeme Ness Vs John Dick for the ISKA British title at
56.6Kg.
Tickets are available
so see James soon to get yours before they all go. Atleast half of the tickets
for the whole show have been sold already! So please be quick!
21st April, 2008
Some bad
news firstly. The fight between Kevin Cottrell and Alan Hunter is now
cancelled due to Alan Hunter having to pull out with an injury. Hopefully
Kev will get matched very soon on another show. If anyone has offers email
or get in touch!!
The other
bit of bad news, and don't worry we have some good news too, is that Graeme
Ness has had to withdraw from the POS4 8-Man tournament due to
injury. Graeme has been having trouble with his right arm/bicep and hasn't
thrown a right hand in about 6 weeks, so not good preperation for a tournment
of this sort :-(
OK!!!
Good news now! Little Miss Tearaway aka Hayley has agreed to step in
on very short notice against a far more experienced, older and bigger opponent
in Paula Wilkie for the Ladies Scottish title. Not sure what weight it is,
let you know ASAP. This will be a huge step for someone of Hayley's age, remember
she is only 15 years old - so good luck Hayley!!
More good
news is that Dougie Clark will be fighting on the 24th May against
Barry Denholm from the SMTC. The fight is not FTR but will be 5x3 Minutes.
Dougie gets caught enough without worrying about elbows HeHe Only joking pal,
love you reaally!! x
Go for
it Dougie! Destroy HaHa!!
PS: The
Gym still has tickets for the POS4 show. So if you are still looking to go
then get your ticket ASAP so that the remainder can be sent back to the Promoter
for redistrubution!
6th April, 2008
Kev Cottrell Vs Alan
Hunter (Highlanders)
This fight is matched
for 27th April on the Glen Pavillion show in Dunfermline.
Also tickets are available
for the POS4 event, get them quick, please. They are £25 each for the
Tiered seating, and we onl have a book of 30.
19th March, 2008
The Gym had two fighters
fighting last weekend (15th). Dougie, and Kev were both fighting on the WOSSOBAMA
Event in Ayr. Unfortunately both Kev and Dougie lost on Points decisions.
Both of them will now
be gearing up for better results at the next event, which will be on 28th
April in Dunfermline. We are still waiting on them being 100% matched. More
info will follow.
Tickets are available
for the POS 4 show. Please ask at the Gym ASAP to reserve yours!!
5th March, 2008
The next couple of months
are going to be very busy for FFG. There will be 2 fighters from the gym,
Dougie and Kev, fighting on 15th March. The Highlanders Gym have a show on
at the end of April that will have a few fighters from the gym featruing on
it we hope, and also we have Graeme Ness featuring in a 8 Man KO Event on
the Power Of Scotland show on the 4th May.
On the 15th March,
Kev and Dougie will be fighting on the WOSSOBAMA Muay Thai Fight Night
in Ayr. Details as follows;
Dougie
Clark Vs Craig Shaw - 78KG
Kevin
Cottrell Vs David Bowie
Should be two good fights
especially as both fighters have been training hard and looking very sharp
in the gym.
There is not much details
as of yet regarding the Highlanders Gym's Muay Thai Fight Night. We know it'll
probally be at the end of April. More details will be posted ASAP. But we
hope to have Dougie, Kev, and Hayley all fighting.
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The Power
Of Scotland Event, which will be held at The Lagoon Lesuire Centre,
Paisley has become Scotland's biggest Muay Thai promotion over the past couple
of years. Their succesful 8 Man KO Tournament will again be the Events highlight.
This time the Tournament is at 55KG. This mean Graeme will be in with some
of the top fighters at that weight in Europe, so it looks to be an excellent
show. More details can be found at;
www.powerofscotland.com
Or on AX
The gym will hopefully
be running a Bus for this Event. Anyone wanting to go get in touch ASAP. We
will be getting a batch of 30 Tickets in the next couple of weeks, so be quick!!
21st December,
2007
The annual FFG Awards
were held last night after the last training session of the year.
The winners were;
Kenan
- Best Newcomer 2007
Ben Graham
-Best Junior 2007
Hayley
Thomson - Junior Fighter of the Year 2007
Michelle
Doig,Savas
Cecen, and Kevin Cottrell all won FFG Honour and Respect Awards for their
outstanding contributions to teh gym through out 2007
Graeme
Ness - Fighter of the Year 2007
Congratulations to all
the winners.
The FFG night out tomorrow
at the Thai Resturuant is now booked for 20 people with 19 having paid a deposit.
If you do want to come and haven't paid a deposit then get in touch with James
or Graeme Ness ASAP so we can notify the resturuant.
Apart from that we hope
you all have a very Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year :-)
PS: Gym re-opens January
8th.
More Photos from the gym's
night out are on display in the General photos section - check them out!
9th December, 2007
A big well done to all
the Junior fighters who took part in the Golden Belt Junior Championships
in Liverpool on Saturday. Ben "Tom Tom" Graham won the Golden Belt
in his respective category, Light Midgeweight I think ;-P
Also Hayley Thomson won
the Golden Belt in her respective weight category. Although Aaron Sammett
lost his bout, he still deserves a massive amount of credit for getting involved
in his first competative fight.
All three fighters have
done the gym very proud, congratulations :-)
Photos with the belts
will be posted ASAP
7th December, 2007
All the best to Ben "Tom
Tom" Graham, Hayley Thomson, and Aaron Sammett who are all competing
in the Golden Belt Junoir Championships in Liverpool on Saturday.
For the people who have
put their name down for the gym's Xmas night out, or informed us that they
are going can you please get a £10 deposit paid to James by the end
of next week so that your seat can be reserved. If you haven't left a deposit
by then, or even got in touch to say you can't make it to gym to pay then
you wont be assured a place. The table will be booked for 15, but if need
be that amount can be changed, sooner we know the better though.
22nd November,
2007
The fight between Graeme
and Dean James for the Commenwealth Title didn't exactley go to plan. Graeme
lost by TKO in Round 3. It wasn't a good performance from Graeme, his biggest
fight/test was in the end met with probally his worst performance. Not taking
anything away from Dean, who is an excellent fighter and a worthy champ, all
the best to him.
Onto better news for the
gym though....on the 17th November Ben "Tom Tom" Graham fought,
and won in his third Junior fight! Ben's opponent didn't come out for the
third round, after constant pressure and attacks from Ben in the second. Excellent
performance.
Also fighting that night
were Savas Cecen, and Jon Brown. Both unfortunately lost their respective
fights, but with both guys taking the fights at very short notice(Day Before)
and due to work commitments recently haven't been able to train regularly
it was a great performance from the both of them and did the gym proud in
the process!
The gym will be having
their annual Xmas night out on the 20th December. It will be the usual Thai
meal then along to a few pubs etc. Partners are welcome too. Anyone wanting
to go get in touch ASAP so that numbers can be arranged, and table booked!!
Thanks :-)
2nd November, 2007
The fight between Graeme
and Reece Crooke has now been changed. Graeme will now fight local Wolvewrhampton
lad Dean James for the vacant ISKA Commenwealth Title @ 55Kg on the Supersport
Int. Show (11th November).
This will be a very good
test for Graeme as Dean has been fighting regularly this past couple of years
whereas Graeme has only had 1 fight in over 2 years.......but if there was
ever a time for Graeme to pull one out the bag it will be this - hopefully.....lol
Again any people wanting
to go, let James know ASAP. Whether you are making your own way down or getting
the Mini-Bus, just let him know so numbers can be more accurately measured.
24th October, 2007
Congratulations to Cavas
who with only two weeks notice won a very comfortable points victory in Carlisle
at the weekend. Well done to Cavas!
For the show in Wolverhampton
a Mini-Bus will be leaving the gym on Sunday 11th November, and returning
after teh show finishes. The cost will be approx £45 that will include
ticket and transport costs. Anyone wanting to go get your name, and a deposit
down to James ASAP. Bus will only hold 25 or so people so be quick.
19th October, 2007
Good luck to Cavas for
Sunday. Cavas will be fighting in Carlisle. Anyone interested in going to
this show please get in touch with James ASAP. There will some tickets left
at the door of the venue for us.
The next trip for FFG
will be on the 11th November. This is for the event in Wolverhampton where
Graeme will be fighting Reece Crooke for the ISKA European Title. James, Graeme
etc will be travelling down on the Saturday for the weigh-in but a Mini Bus
will be leaving on the Saunday, which is for anyone else that's wanting to
see the fight. Whoever is interested in going please let James know ASAP so
arrangements can be finalised. Thanks.
