Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Presidents Cup Final Report
This was the First Time the Presidents Cup was
held in GB and what a great success it was, this was the ultimate Grappling
event seen in the UK. The Presidents Cup is competed for all over the World at
different venue it was devised as a Show Piece for Sambo and Combat Sambo. This
event is very much a Piece of Theatre with special lighting, entertainment and
continual commentary. The event in the UK was 2 years in the making with FIAS,
Commonwealth Sambo Federation and British Sombo Federation all working in
harmony making this a well run spectacular event attracting 1500 spectators.
The Cup itself is a work of Art studied with various Jewels inlaid in Gold and was supplied by our sponsors "Jewellers of the Northern Capital"
Many VIP's such as Alexander Dmitriyevich Zhukov Deputy PM of Russia and Chairman of Russian Olympic Committee, Vasily Shestakov FIAS President, Lord Simon Reading CSA President, Andrei Klyamko, Alex Kuznetsov, John Whittingdale OBE. MP. Chairman of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, Sir John Randle to name a few. This was the first time that Sambo has attracted this quality of VIP to an event in GB
Many VIP's such as Alexander Dmitriyevich Zhukov Deputy PM of Russia and Chairman of Russian Olympic Committee, Vasily Shestakov FIAS President, Lord Simon Reading CSA President, Andrei Klyamko, Alex Kuznetsov, John Whittingdale OBE. MP. Chairman of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, Sir John Randle to name a few. This was the first time that Sambo has attracted this quality of VIP to an event in GB
Originally the event was to be staged at the
Old BishopsGate in the Centre London but after much deliberation the organising
committee felt to attract a large audience it was better to find a venue, which
was more attractive and easy to reach, and Andrew Moshanov's suggestion of THE
Glow Dartford was thought ideal. The Glow is part of the Bluewater Shopping
Centre easy to reach by motorway and had free parking.
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| British Team and Officials |
The event had two mats and the competitions
was divided into two section Division 1Teams were Russia, Azerbaijan,
Belorussia, Kazakhstan and Division and Division 3 teams Great Britain,
Commonwealth Africa, Commonwealth America, Commonwealth Australasia/Asia. The
top mat was designated to the Division 1 Teams these were the Showpiece teams
who were here to impress which they certainly did. Yet it was the Division 3
teams that created the most interest with a very patriotic audience waving
their Union Flags. This group was very evenly matched with all them wanting to
reach the Finals against the Division 1 winner all them were realistic knowing
that the idea of beating the Division 1 Professionals was somewhat remote.
Their pride was winning their group this in itself was a major achievement
British Sambo Team was Bradley Belsey u62k,
Casey Belsey u68k, Ashley Costa u74k, Danny Costa u82k, Danny Roberts u90k,
Emily Crawford u64k, Kerry Penfold o64k Combat Sambo Barry Gibson u100k, Karl
Etherington o100k
The UK First match was against Teams
Commonwealth Africa and
what a start, with wins for Bradley Belsey, Casey
Belsey, Ashley Costa, Kerrie Penfold, Danny Carrott, Danny Roberts, Barry
Gibson and Karl Etherington. So 8 win’s for GB what a result which the audience
giving them a standing ovation
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| Ashly recovers |
Next was GB v Commonwealth Team America with 7
wins for GB. This group produced one of the devastating throws of the
tournament, Ashley Costa has won many British Titles in Sambo,
Kurash and Judo
and this was his last tournament as he was to retire after the event, he
favourite technique is a pickup. So it was ironic that he was caught with own
throw and he was thrown so hard that he rendered unconscious, I am glad to sat
he recovered very quickly.
Kurash and Judo
and this was his last tournament as he was to retire after the event, he
favourite technique is a pickup. So it was ironic that he was caught with own
throw and he was thrown so hard that he rendered unconscious, I am glad to sat
he recovered very quickly.
So the British Team achieved what it set out
to do make the Final, which was with Russia. Russia had competing with Kazakhstan,
Belarus and Azerbaijan, this group was impressing the audiences and VIP's a
like. As expected the GB team lost 7 to 2 but have to be honest our 2 wins were
because the Russian players withdrew through injury. Yet the GB team fought
their hearts out and the British Sombo Federation were very proud of their team
and as National Coach John Clarke said no one could have expected more
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| Medal Winners |
The whole was a tremendous success and to get
a real favour of the event please look at the photos’ and Video Clip and hour
long but worth the watch. Talk is that the event may happen again next year in
the UK if this is true I am sure it will be bigger and better.
Final Result:
1st Russia
2nd Great Britain
3rd Commonwealth Africa
3rd Belarus
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