After a arse kicker of a warmup, Dave handed out some more stripes as follows..
James - 3 stripe purple Neil - 4 stripe blue Jezmeister - 3 stripe blue Paul McGregor - 2 stripe blue Simon - 4 stripe white Jamie - 3 stripe white Anth - 2 stripe white Chris Brown - 1 stripe white
Here's my apology, thought I'd updated the times on the 'Timetable' page... turns out I hadn't. Jamie stayed at Wallsend from 6-8 waiting for the class last night.
James Bland won his purple belt super super heavyweight category taking him to 12-0 as a purple belt!
Lee Howes lost his first fight by RNC against a much more experienced purple belt, but lead for most of the fight by 5 points. In his second fight he fought a very good purple from GB lagarto and got armbarred.
Neil won his 1st fight via points and after a 30 second 2nd fight with the organisers putting the wrong opponent in front of him on the mat (it was stopped..) he lost by 1 advantage point in the 2nd (3rd?) fight.
It's in Disneyland! - This is not the Ibjjf europeans that are in Portugal, those will still be on.. But this is going to be worth a look in, maybe combine it with a holiday.Entry fee is only going to be £30 too.
Once again, Gracie Barra Newcastle won the team trophy at the North East Grappling Championships today. Every single person that took part did themselves and the club proud, excellent performances from all!
Almost time for the NEGC nogi grappling competition, you can enter on the day but get your entries emailed or facebooked to me if you want and can get them done quicker than on the day.