Savate Assaut League - Cambridge - 25th May 2008   Cambridge Academy of Martial Arts hosted the second event of the GBSF 2008 National Assaut League in May. The event was held at the Leys Schools Sports Complex - a great venue, with plenty of space for 2 rings, separate warm-up area, and balcony for spectators. As this competition marked the 10th anniversary of the formation of the Great Britain Savate Federation, we were expecting a record number of fighters. Over 50 fighters pre-registered, and forty-seven took part on the day. Fighters and officials from Birmingham, Cambridge, Guildford, Lille, London, Malvern, Margate, Oxford and Teeside took part. The event was also attended by the President of the International Savate Federation, Gilles Le Duigou. Fights started at 11:30am with pools and eliminations, and finals finished at 5:30pm. Sixteen divisions were contested over 48 bouts. Eleven fighters represented Cambridge Academy of Martial Arts - four of them entering the ring for the first time. The Academy had five category winners, three second places and one third place.   CAMA Category winners were: Second places:   Women - under 48 kg Agnes Aubert Women - 65 to 70 kg  Morgan Alexander   Women - 52 to 56 kg  Julie Gabriel Men - 80 to 85 kg   Simon Whitmore   Women - 56 to 60 kg  Annie Conklin Men - over 85 kg  Mariusz Drozdziel   Men - Over 85 kg Rafal Tichanow     Junior Women - 52 to 56 kg Sian Clark         Third place:   Honorable mention:  Women - 60 to 65 kg Kinga Grobel  Men - 70 to 75 kg    Robert Bak      Men - over 85 kg    Lucasz Zubel  Photos below courtesy of Erik Leszkowicz... more photos in the gallery Agnes lands a leg shot, and narrowly avoids a lateral reverse from Julia Christofeul from Lille Annie showed excellent form in defeating a more experienced London fighter Julie defeated an Italian fighter in the first round, and went on to win against Rachael Willis in the final of the women's 52-56kg category Rafal had an excellent day - three fights: three wins. Here he gets a good shot in against the Oxford heavyweight, Matt McGrattan.  Kinga lands a rib shot against Laura from OxfordSavate In recognition of the support that Gilles has given to the GBSF in the development of Savate in Great Britain, he was awarded the status of Honorary Vice President of the Federation The Lille team kindly presented gifts to mark the 10th anniversary - here, Julie accepts the gifts on behalf of the GBSF from Gael Imad'Eddine
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