Thursday, April 07, 2016
British Sport Sambo Open
Russell Dodds Memorial
British Sport Sambo Open Championships
Saturday April 2nd 2016
Swallows Leisure Centre Sittingbourne Kent
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| British Open 2016 Medal winners |
It was a special day April 2nd Samboists were
celebrating the life of Russell Dodds. The Angels took Russell last June but he
will be remembered by countless amounts of People.
Russell was a very keen
Samboist and spent several years promoting Sambo by travelling the World, he
competed in World Masters, Trained for a week at St Petersburg, attended World
Championships and represented GB at World Congress. On a National Basis he was
English Sambo Federation President and organised several British Open
Championships in Bedford, he also helped organise the Presidents Cup, he
founded the very successful Bedford Grappling Academy which is now run by Adam
Dodds and Kerry Maxwell, the strength of a Club is when it continues to run
after a major tragedy like this especially when it has been handed down Father
to Son
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| attempt at Flying Armlock |
For several years Russell had organised the British Open in
Bedford, which was the ideal venue in the middle of the country, and close to
Aeroport with his death the event had to be moved back to Sittingbourne the
place where the BSF first started
The BSF decision to organise the Sport Sambo event in Sittingbourne
Venue was a controversial one but turned out to be the right decision. The fact
most Sport Samboists come from the South and as the Combat Sambo is very
popular in the North a separate date was arranged in April with the Venue for
Combat Sambo being held in Liverpool. It has yet to be decided whether holding
the two events separately will be a good thing for British Sambo. The BSF EC
have asked John Clarke and Colin Carrott to organised next year’s event. John has contacts with an Events Company and
it is hoped they can organise an event in the Birmingham area if not he tells
me the event will return to Bedford The date will change to the beginning of
March giving selected competitors chance to raise funds for the Europeans which
always held in May
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| Leg Lock attempt |
The British Open attracted 80 Male entrants from all over England
in fact more Men entered this year then last years Sambo event, GB does struggle to attract women with only 4
women entering the event and all in different weight classes, this year the BSF
decided not to run a children’s event as we were working in tandem with an IBF
Junior Judo event in the same venue. This will change next year and John has
promised to organise a British Junior event at his Warriors Grappling Academy
in Sittingbourne later on in the year.
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| Ryan Cotton wins final |
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| Warriors Club |
As mentioned players came form all over England but also we
had players from France, Bulgaria, Russia, Lithuania and Latvia obviously most
of these are resident in the UK. It some what annoying that we do not get
support from other FIAS Countries what they must realise if they want the BSF
support their events they must support us.
The first British Open was held in 1986 with just 15 competitors in
Sittingbourne we have moved on since then the BSF has competed in every World
Championships and organised the 1989 European Championships and the 1992 World
Championships both in Herne Bay. Russell had hoped to run the World Masters in
2018 in Bedford but that is now just a pipe dream.
The Swallows is the ideal venue for this type of Competition
and since it Opened the Clarke Family alongside the Young Judo Club/Swale
Martial Arts Club/Warriors Grappling Academy has run countless competitions in
Judo, Sambo, Kent Belt Wrestling, Kurash, Karate, Shiai Jutsu and CombatSombo
Wrestling, sadly this may be the last event at the Venue because of the Hire
Cost. Sport Sambo has had a bit of resurgence
in the South East thanks to the very successful Warriors Grappling Academy
coached by BSF Sport Sambo National Coach John Clarke and this can be seen in
the results. John’s training of Technique and fitness has proved dividends and
the fact that he concentrates on Sambo Techniques
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| Andrew Moshanov presents medals |
Two players stood out in the event first was in the 100k
plus where Karl Etherington from FORMA done one of the best throws of the day
with a devastating Hip Throw which buried his opponent and made the ground
shake my father used to say “6ft up 8ft down”. Then there was 20-year-old Ryan
Cotton from the Warriors who we believe is a potential World Medallist he moved
over from Judo and has trained with John for the last 9 months. His main
opposition was to be the very experience Lithuanian International VENIAMAN DRAGAN but he
caught him with a devastating Suplex a real Sambo throw and allowed him to
claim the British Title. Danny Carrott who has won many British Titles got out
of sick bed to enter but after losing his first fight it was obvious he was not
up to the task so he was withdrawn.
The standard this year was the best I have ever seen it was the
first time in the History of the competition that we saw proper Samboists
competing and using proper Sambo Techniques
John Clarke and Colin Carrott will be organising squad training
sessions in Sittingbourne and Bedford all those British Players who made medals
will automatically be in the squad and some players will be co-opted. The BSF
main aim is to get a team ready for the World 17/18 years and 19/20 years World
Championships in October Romania and World Senior Championships November
Bulgaria sadly the closing date for Europeans is April 14th to get
visas, travel organised in that time will be impossible that is why next years
British Open will be moved to the beginning of March. There are plenty of other
Sambo Tournaments throughout the World Squad members can enter such as the
Paris Tournament in June to enter they will need the permission of the BSF. The
main problem is all these events are self-funding, lets not forget there will
be several Sambo events at BSF Centre of Excellence in Sittingbourne plus
events in Bedford and the English Open in Folkestone
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| Old timers Martin Clarke Alan Kontozi |
The BSF would like to thank Andrew Moshanov FIAS Technical
Director for presenting the medals, John Clarke for organising the British,
Colin Carrott, Paul Sawyer, Darren Richardson, Pete Wise for refereeing, all
the table officials. It was good to see Honorary Presidents Valerie Clarke (no
surprise there) and Alan Kontozi. Alan was the Brit alongside Brenda Jones to
awarded an International Referee Certificate at the World Games in 1985
All in all a very exciting day of Sambo
BRITISH OPEN SOMBO RESULTS 2016
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BLAKE SOUTHFIELD
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YOUTH
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U68
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GOLD
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WARRIORS GRAPPLING
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EWAN WALKER
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SILVER
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YORKSHIRE ROSE
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FERGUS HAMILTON -JONES
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YOUTH
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U74
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GOLD
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WARRIORS GRAPPLING
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RICHARD SEAMAN
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SILVER
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WARRIORS GRAPPLING
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LEWIS CLARKE
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BRONZE
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WARRIORS GRAPPLING
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DREW NOLAN
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MASTERS
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U82
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GOLD
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WARRIORS GRAPPLING
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IAN BLOY
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SILVER
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WARRIORS GRAPPLING
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IGOR SAMDUUUROV
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MASTERS
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U90
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GOLD
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RUSSIA
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COLIN CARROTT
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SILVER
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WARRIORS GRAPPLING
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DOUG FOURNET
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MASTERS
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O1OO
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GOLD
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USA
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DARREN RICHARDSON
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SILVER
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UKSA
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MATTHEW LOEFLER
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MEN
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U62
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GOLD
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BEDFORD JUDO/SOMBO CLUB
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BLAKE SOUTHFIELD
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SILVER
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WARRIORS GRAPPLING
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DANIEL DIAMOND
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MEN
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U68
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GOLD
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WARRIORS GRAPPLING
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ARNOLD BABARSKAS
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SILVER
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LITHUANIA
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DAVID DIAMOND
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MEN
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U74
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GOLD
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WARRIORS GRAPPLING
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VINCE JAFFRE
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SILVER
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FRANCE
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FERGUS HAMILTON -JONES
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BRONZE
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WARRIORS GRAPPLING
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RYAN COTTOM
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MEN
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U82
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GOLD
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WARRIORS GRAPPLING
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VENIAMAN DRAGAN
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SILVER
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LITHUANIA
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ADAM DODDS
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BRONZE
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BEDFORD JUDO/SOMBO CLUB
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JAMIE MARZETTI
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MEN
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U90
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GOLD
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WARRIORS GRAPPLING
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ARTIOM KRSAVIN
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SILVER
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LITHUANIA
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PAUL GARVIE
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BRONZE
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BRITISH ARMY
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MARTTNAS PELANIS
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MEN
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U100
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GOLD
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LITHUANIA
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TOM RICHARDSON
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SILVER
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ROYAL MARINES
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DOUG FOURNET
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BRONZE
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USA
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KARL ETHERINGTON
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MEN
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O100
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GOLD
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FORMA
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RYAN SYLVESTER
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SILVER
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SPITFIRE JUDO/SOMBO CLUB
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TOM JACKSON
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BRONZE
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BEDFORD JUDO/SOMBO CLUB
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# posted by IBFBCSA @ 4:02 AM 
