Saturday, April 23, 2016
GB Sambo on the move
Sambo in Great Britain is on the Move
British Sambo is certainly advancing and 2016 so far has
proved a great success. Our year started with the Introduction of the BSF Sport
Sambo Instructors Certificate with the first course being held at the BSF
Centre of Excellence in Sittingbourne and was led by Sports Sambo National
Coach John Clarke. This Certificate is the only one recognised by the UK
Governing Body for Sambo the British Sombo Federation. With Matthew Clempner
being put in charge of Combat Sambo has already paid dividends with him running
instruction courses in Manchester.
On the competition front we have already run the most
successful Sport Sambo British Open in years this was held in Sittingbourne
(click for more details) and the end of April UKSA will be running the British
Combat Sambo Open on behalf of the BSF in Liverpool. The entries so far show it
will be the best ever-Combat Sambo Event in GB.
There is a lot going on National Coach John Clarke is
organising several tournaments in Sport Sambo for Adults and Children in
Sittingbourne plus he is organising a weekend Summer Camp in August. Matthew
Clempner will be organising the first ever Open England Combat Sambo
Championships in Manchester, English Sambo Federation President Colin Carrott
will be organising an Open England Sports Sambo Championships for Adults and
Children in Folkestone. We are still waiting for details of the Presidents Cup
to be held in Meadow bank Edinburgh which is scheduled for September/October
Scottish President Robin Hyslop is in charge of the 3rd Presidents
Cup to be held in the UK. Moves are a foot to have the first Sport Sambo in
Championships in Northern Ireland.
Sambo in GB doesn’t have a massive following but we are
getting bigger, the BSF has clubs in nearly every part of mainland UK and N Ireland
and we are looking for representatives in Wales to complete our coverage. In
1986 a few members in Sittingbourne formed the BSF after the British Team
success in the 1985 World Games. Since its formation the BSF has organised British
Open every year since then, it organised the 1989 European Championships, World
Championships 1992 both in Herne Bay, 2014 Presidents Cup Dartford, 2015
Presidents Cup Manchester and it has entered a GB Team in nearly all World
Championships since then plus it has been a member of FIAS since 1986.
What is so pleasing in the early days the BSF was mainly
based in Southern England now it stretches all over the UK with founder members
Martin Clarke, Valerie Clarke and Alan Kontozi
still involved
If you are interested in Sambo please look at the
Forthcoming Events link or visit www.britishsombo.co.uk
or email us at ibfbcsa@gmail.com
# posted by IBFBCSA @ 1:54 AM 
