Welsh Open 2010 - 7th March

[Rob T]

The 3rd Welsh Open will be held on 7th March in Cardiff. Specific venue will be confirmed shortly.

ONLINE REGISTRATION: http://welshopenbjj.eventbrite.com/


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v352/bassrob/welshopenpostersmall.jpg

[MMAlien]

when you announce the venue i'll send out a message to all members of the awesome welsh mma group!

[Rob T]

Nice one mate!

You gonna come along to it?

[dave coles]

added to the calendar

[Rob T]

Cheers Dave :)

[ade76]

might as well do this one as well :) is Chris organising it Rob?

[Rob T]

Yeah mate. 3rd year for Welsh Open now :)

[Darrelljames]

Ill be up for this one Rob, post it on Tillery mma fan page on face book im sure a few of the team will be up for it too, see you soon mate:)

[shakus maximus]

im gona have a busy march. welsh and british bjj events.
mma in brecon
spartan fight nite
marc goddards amma

i should be awarded a medal for services to martial arts. lol

[Rob T]

Cool guys, I will see you there :)

Hoping this will be the first year I actually compete at it following being injured in 2008 and on holiday in 2009!

[wagon]

defo be there, busy few months for competing!!

[Rob T]

I just set up a Facebook event for this. If you get an invite, please invite your mates too.

[Rob T]

ONLINE REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!! :)


ONLINE REGISTRATION: http://welshopenbjj.eventbrite.com/

[shakus maximus]

just paid,,,,,,,

[Rob T]

I made a poster (see original post). I hope you like it :)

[ade76]

I should be there just hope i don't pick up any little niggles between now and then :)

[Meerkatsu]

Nice poster, like the half-tone dots.

[Rob T]

Nice poster, like the half-tone dots.

Cheers mate, just bashed it out quickly. I'd love to have more time to spend on design, I love art.

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We have now changed Juvenile division to 14-17 and added a reduced price ticket so entry is £16.02 :)

[Rob T]

TTT

As the Hereford Open II is sold out why not do the Welsh Open in March instead? :)

If you're doing the Hereford Open, do the Welsh as well ;)

[steve_langford]

why the random entry fee Rob? :D

[Rob T]

The website Chris is using to take the payments charge an admin fee. We thought it was best to list the total cost on the poster.

[shakus maximus]

if you are over 35 and wear a blue belt then this is an awesome opportunity to choke me unconcious:D

[wagon]

if you are over 35 and wear a blue belt then this is an awesome opportunity to choke me unconcious:D

same for me I too I'm this age and belt bracket, so you can choke me and Rich!!!

I'll be doing as many as possible comps this year and the Welsh and the UK premier champs in Bristol end Feb are top of the list (nice and easy for me to get too)

[AVI4]

I will defo be at this.

[shakus maximus]

what weight r u now wagon boy

[wagon]

what weight r u now wagon boy

85 and a bit not sure if ill do medium of middle heavy yet.

[Rob T]

TTT - DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES IS 3rd MARCH 2010 :)



If you are a brown belt, or know any brown belts who would like to fight, please get in touch with me. Oli Geddes has said he will be there and is willing to fight!!

[Rob T]

Is gonna be a good comp people! :)

[ade76]

What's the super heavy or super super heavy whitebelt list like? I am injury free from Hereford so wouldn't mind competing :D

[Rob T]

I am sure there will be some mate.

[Gdyne]

I am going to be there.. part of my 3 comps in 3 weekends thanks to the Hereford open, bristol open and then the Welsh.. that's if my shattered body will allow me.. 29 feels very old doin these.. :) got to test yourself though..

[Rob T]

I've just updated the registration site so you can do multiple entries under one purchase, in case club instructors want to do block entries.

Some people have said they can't pay online because they don't have paypal but that should just mean the need to make an account the same time as you buy. If you have got a problem, please contact Chris Rees (his number is on the club website - see my sig) or myself.

[Scott]

I would really like to make this but I finish work at 9am on the morning of the omp, and due back in at 6pm for my second nightshift, just a bit awkward :(

Tbh if I do alright in Bristol then I'll probably be pumped and sign up after that!

[IranianWarMachine]

Rob do you have any rough idea of a schedule like roughly what time white feather would be fighting?

[Rob T]

No mate, I'm not organising it so no idea whether Chris has anything in mind. I guess it will depend on each category size after registration is closed.

I will find out for you though :)

[Gdyne]

Right.. didn't get injured at the Bristol Open so I've entered the Welsh.. get on!

[Rob T]

Cool stuff :)


Brown belts fight for free. Oli Geddes and Kevin Webb should be there. So any brown belts wanna fight, get in touch. Tell any brown belts you know :)

[Rob T]

I think white belts will be on first, probably starting with the lightest weights (that's what normally happens anyway).

Rough idea is;

White
Purple
Brown
Blue

Although Brown could change as there is no point running the category until Creely and Oli are there! So I guess it could be white, purple, blue, brown.

I guess the absolutes will be last thing too.

### Please note I am not involved in organising this so can't guarantee this info at the moment, I just use the internet more (well, a lot more, lol!) than Chris Rees :)

[shakus maximus]

out of curiosity why to the blues always seem to be last on at comps. not moaning just wondering

[Rob T]

Dunno mate, lol. Any comp organisers wanna say?

Chris has confirmed this...

Preferred running order is going to be white, purple, brown, blue. Brown will be changed to later if that's the only way it's gonna happen.

4 or more in any division (all belts etc) will mean that category will run as normal. There will be a fight for bronze.

2 or 3 will be round-robin/best of three.

For purples, browns and women (and possibly juvenile, forgot to ask for sure, will confirm this tomorrow) there will be as many fights possible. So round robin is possible (maybe split light & heavy plus a straight knock out absolute looking at entries so far).

For women it would be useful if everyone is up for fighting everyone? There is definitely a blue -65kg category (three entries so far... can Christine from Derby make it down as well?? That would be cool) and also a +69kg white belt. Are the blue belt girls cool with an open weight/belt category as well?

At white/blue, if someone is in a category on their own they'll be given the option of auto gold (boooo!!!) or to move weight or age category.

Absolute entries will be taken on the day and numbers may be limited. They will run at all belts though.

Can't promise a more accurate timetable, but I will try. Hoping to get brackets online before the day too... but bear with me on that one :)

[shakus maximus]

At white/blue, if someone is in a category on their own they'll be given the option of auto gold (boooo!!!) or to move weight or age category.

f**k that fighting malarky, if its just me in the oldies i will take the gold and you can all call me champ
Damn that Chriss Rees for making me wait till last, i thought we were pals

[Rob T]

boooo!!!!!!!



:)

[shakus maximus]

ive been informed that there are a number of oldies entering so i should have at least 2 fights which is bad news for someone my age

[Rob T]

Haha! You know you love it.

[Scott]

Registered this morning :)

[Rob T]

Full schedule should be posted Thursday. Brackets possible too, at worst they will be available at the venue first thing in the morning.

[Scott]

Cheers rob :) tbh I don't see the point in knowing brackets beforehand, just a competitor list is good enough

[Rob T]

Cheers mate.

If the brackets are all done, and I can post them up I will. I guess if it's doable I may as well innit?

[AVI4]

Just registered. Can't wait.