A difficult day to forget - but well worth the effort was the verdict on our last journey across the Pennines for the lates interclub at Middleton on 9th September.

The Journey there was horrendous. Many thanks to the very helpful staff at Bradford Interchange who did their best under very difficult circumstances. No thanks at all though to the member of staff at Huddersfield who was as communicative as a lamp post in the fog.

Other commitments meant that we only had two people taking part. Fred made his debut with an assured performance, although his footwork left something to be desired.

Adam, however, was disappointed when his match was stopped in the second round because his opponent had very poor control.

We shall be missing some of our students for a month during Ramadan. May we wish them Ramadan Mubarak and we look forward to their return.

Whatever Happened to Summer? Is the question we have been asking round here. A truly miserable non event. But as we approach September we shall once again be welcoming some new students as out Muslim members prepare for Ramadan.

Before thenIt’s another trip across the Pennines for another interclub in Middleton on the 9th. This time we have three first timers, Imran Fred and Adam. We’ll let you know how they get on.

Hello and Goodbye. We've been very happy to welcome two old friends recently. First up was David Broyles from Texas (see David's Diary). He was last with us seven years ago so we had a lot to catch up. He stayed with us for a week and was able to get in a bit of training, see some sights and also meet up with old friends Khalis and Mahfuz. Mahfuz was able to show him how his boxing skills had improved since his last visit.

Almost as soon as he had gone Yazid from Syria but currently staying in London joined us for a few days and a fight with Tom Bird of Bad Company at Mike Tobin's promotion at Yorkshire Cricket Club.

He was probably slightly ahead for the first two rounds, but unfortunately lost his footing in the third. Tom took advantage to give him a good kneeing and Yazid took an eight count. He got up but Tom followed up with another kneeing and this time Yazid didn't beat the count. Never the less, a very good and sporting fight.

The Rover’s Return. We’re looking forward to greeting two old friends in July. First up will be David Broyles from Texas. He was with us many years ago, as detailed in David's Diary. He’s had many an adventure since then and we’re looking forward to an update from him. He’ll also be looking forward to catching up with his old friends.

Hot on His heels will be Yazid, who will be with us for a short time and fighting Tom Bird from Bad Company at Mike Tobin’s promotion in Leeds

It was across the Pennines once more as six of us made our way to Middleton for Pete Feeley’s latest interclub held on 20th May.

Asif started off with a sound job for the seniors. Majid, however, was less lucky. In the second round he received a cut and, much to his disappointment, the bout was, rightly, brought to a halt.

For the Juniors, Sakib but in a good performance. Others, however, paid the price of their lack of application when training.

It’s April and the longer days are upon us, with most classes very busy. Congratulations to two of “Old Boys,” Matt for his recent victory on Master A’s show and Patrick for a silver medal at a recent Chinese Kick boxing event.

Our next even it likely to be the next Middleton onter-club next month. We’ll keep you posted.     

The new year is upon us and students are drifting back and we’ve welcomed some faces we haven’t seen for quite a while. The diary is aslo starting to fill up. We hope to be taking part in the Bad Company interclub in Leeds on February 11th and Leon is due for his second fight on the 25th in Batley in Dean White’s promotion at the Frontier Club.

We are also hoping to welcome another overseas guest in the near future.

Our web site reconstruction is almost completed - if you get lost you can get back to the home page wherever you are.

We have our links to Amazon and we are now feature some more general material about Thailand.

Our Newswatch feature continues (don’t forget to press Refresh) although there have’t been as many updates as we would like recently. We expect that to change as things get going again after the Christmas and New Year period.

It’s November and the temperature outside is dropping. However, most classes are very busy at the moment with a good turnout of students. Shamus was our representative at the Wicker Camp interclub on the 12th. He put up a good performance against a much taller opponent, as he said afterwards “ it was goos experience.”

We’re not certain when our next event will be at the moment, but we’ll let you know as soon as we know.

October is here and the nights are getting darker. The Classes are very busy despite some members being away because if Ramadan. On Sunday the 15th Leon and Michael made the trip to Middleton to take part in Peter Feeley’s Interclub. Both of them got a surprise. Michael from the juniors discovered how much work was needed to win and Leon was surprised when his opponent turned out to be a different one from that scheduled.

Leon had been hoping to fight in Horwich on the 22nd but his opponent pulled out at the last minute due to injury, so it looks as though our next outing will be the Wicker Camp interclub in Sheffield on November 12th.

Congratulations to Leon on winning his first fight.

His opponent, at the Manhattan Snooker Club in Harrogate, was Aaron Rodley from the Bad Company camp in Leeds

It was all action from the start as both fighters gave all they had. In the first round Leon probably had the upper hand for most of it, although he received a good kneeing from Aaron. The second round was his best round and the referee gave his opponent a standing eight count after Leon delivered strong punching combinations to the head.

The third round saw both men extremely tired and it was Leon's turn to receive a standing eight after some mistaken footwork gave his opponent the opportunity he had been waiting for to deliver telling blows to the head.

At the end of the contest it was tense as the referee collected the judges votes and relief as he raised Leon's hand in victory.

Comings and Goings It’s that time of year when we see a lot of arrivals and departures. It’s fond fare wells to Yasser and Patrick who have gone off to further their academic careers. It will certainly be a lot quieter without them, although both have said they’ll be back when they can. It’s welcome back to some of our overseas students, Zang An and Morgan included. It’s a particularly warm welcome to Yazid from Syria who has returned to us for the time being.

Sorry for recent inconsistencies at the web site - particularly this page. We are working to rectify the situation as quickly as possible. In the meantime our apologies for any glitches.

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