I am sorry to have to announce that the
All England Championships to be held in Sittingbourne in March has been
cancelled. I had just 30 entries for this Multi Style event even though I had
spent £600 advertising in Martial Arts Magazines, post and Internet. My hope
was to try and look for the rebirth of competitions in the South for juniors
and seniors and return to the glory days by offering several styles of Jacket Grappling
i.e. Judo, Kurash, Sombo, SportCombatSombo and Submission Wrestling.
It seems that those participating in
Martial Arts/Combat Sports no longer have the courage to enter competitions and
test their skills; I was very disappointed that many clubs and organisations I
have supported in the past did not want to support this event and me
especially.
So I will no longer run any competitions
myself and leave that to others to organise and fund, a rather disappointing
end to career of organising events. The first event I organised was in 1971
which was the Young Judo Club All England Judo Championships, since then I have
organised countless International Budo Federation and British Sombo Federation British
Championships, IBF Multi Nation tournaments in Karate and Judo, British Wrestling
Association British Juniors, European and World Sombo Championships plus many
area events and club events in Judo, Sombo, Kurash, SportCombatSombo, Karate, Shiai
Jutsu, Free Style Wrestling and Belt Wrestling.
For those who would like to participate
in a Sambo/Sombo event my son, John, will be organising a small event at the
Swale Martial Arts Club on the date that was proposed Sunday March 10th. You
will need to contact him directly as he will no doubt have a closing date for entries.
Tel No is 07825224940 e-mail john_clarke73@hotmail.co.uk
Can I wish him the best of luck he will
need it
Martin Clarke
For more information on Sambo visit: http://www.britishsombo.co.uk/ Contact Martin Clarke at sombogb@blueyonder.co.uk
