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December 2007   Name:  IMOGEN SHAYLER Stych  Town:  Witney, Oxon   Style:  Kickboxing  Club. O.F.M.A WITNEY.
Coached by GLEN DUNNETT.   Nominated by: TONY SHAYLER   reason: IMOGEN HAS HAD A FANTASTIC YEAR SERIES WINNER/EUROPEAN CHAMPION/AND TO FINISH THE OFF BRITISH GRAND CHAMPION IN BOTH POINTS AND CONTINIOUS IN DECEMBER 07 (CORNERED BY DAD AT BOTH EUROPEAN AND SIXFOOT FIGHT OFFS THIS IS WHY I'AM NOMINATING IMO) I FEEL IMO HAS PUT 100% EFFORT INTO HER KICKBOXING THIS YEAR HAVING MISSED 4 MONTHS WITH A BROKEN THUMB AND STILL WINNING THE SERIES SHOWS PURE COMMITMENT TO THE SPORT.  Master Deadly:  IMO is a great fighter

January 2007    Name:  Craig Butterfield     Town: Boston      Style:  Boston Sport Karate     Grade: 1st Dan   
Nominated by:  Mitchell Harrop    Reason: I nominate Craig because he has just won the world champions in Malta and with winning the category above him that is exceptional. Well done Craig!      
Master Deadly:  I quite agree, Craig is a great fighter and I am proud to have him on my squad

December 2006    Name:  GB SQUAD      Town: GB   
Nominated by:  Sharon "Shazbo" Taggart  Reason: I think that my natural instinct would be to nominate my son Leif Taggart but then would only then make me feel slightly biased. I think the whole squad as a team performed the best I have ever seen. The medal tally must surely reflect that in itself. There were many excellent fights and many coming back from losing positions to take the win, I think part of that was down to the team spirit which had built up over the week. So I nominate the whole team, Well Done WUMA GBR
Master Deadly: How could I argue with that, Mrs Taggart was a spectator so I appreciate it more that my team did so well at the WUMA World Championships last month in Malta.  I too have never seen such comrade  "Well done Team"

October 2006    Name:  Ross (Rocky) Macduff        Town: Tewkesbury         Style: Hop Kuin Do Kickboxing
Nominated by:  Mark Smith  reason: I have nominated Ross because at such a young age he is a true Champion. Winning the European, British and the English open series light contact titles. He is a great world champion in the making and a credit to Tewkesbury Hop Kuin Do and WUMA. I hope he keeps up all his good work competing and training. Ross also helps out with the beginners that come to train at the club he'll be a good instructor one day.
Master Deadly:  Ross has just passed his Blackbelt and is a credit to the WUMA Junior Squad.

September  2006    Name:   Louise Nelson        Town: Lincoln         Style: Hop Kuin Do Kickboxing - team black Dragons
Nominated by: Peter cook  UFBDA    reason: Louise is part of  team black Dragons and like all the squad gives it her all i have nominated her as she never moans when she loses and although she wins most of her sections Louise is not arrogant, she is a great roll model for all my up and coming fighters. I expect a lot from my squad and they all deliver.    Louise recently won 3 golds at the World Championships in Malta and this has now earned her (BBC North Sports Personality of the Year)     (Well done Louise from Pete & Master Deadly)

August 2006    Name:  Aaron Behan       Town: Warwick         Style:  Mien Chuan
Nominated by:  David Hipgrave  reason:   Aaron has competed successfully at all levels. He is currently competing in Mixed Martial Arts events, including Cage warriors and Battleground Middleborough. He represents his club at the highest level and we are all proud of his achievements. From Sifu David

January 2006          Name: Bobby Hopkins          Town: Cheltenham WUMA HQ         Style: Hop Kuin Do Kickboxing
Nominated by: The WUMA HQ Team:   Bobby entered the Midlands Area Championships on January 15th 2006 and won the event measuring in at only 100cm.   After much research we feel that 4 year old Bobby is the smallest person ever to win a title in the sport of Semi-Contact Kickboxing making this an Official World Record.

October 2005 Name: VEER SUNDA   Town: COVENTRY      Style: SENSHI FREESTYLE KARATE
Nominated by: KULLY SUNDA   Email sent:   THIS IS HIS FIRST YEAR IN SPARRING AND HE HAS WON YOUR LAST 4 COMPETITIONS INCLUDING THE BRITISH AND EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS. IT WOULD BE NICE FOR HIM TO BE RECOGNIZED AS HE HAS TRAINED SO HARD. HE HAS REALLY GOT THE BUG FOR COMPETING NOW.       I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN RUNNING YOUR EVENTS. YOU ALL DO A GREAT JOB.    THANKYOU  FROM KULLY SUNDA .

September 2005    Name: Simone Hopkins    Town: Cheltenham WUMA HQ   Style: Hop Kuin Do  Grade: 5th Degree
Nominated by:  Leif Taggart:  Simone has been an inspiration to everyone in WUMA as a fighter. Her latest retirement fight showed exactly what fighting spirit is. To come back from a retiring condition (Cancer), lose over 2 stone, train that hard and give such a performance shows true grit and determination. I hope I can one day equal her achievements.            Respect Leif

July 2005  Name: Darryl Gallagher    Town: Bangor   Style: Shaolin Lau-Gar Kung Fu   Grade: Brown Sash
Nominated by: Master Deadly   Darryl came 2nd in the US Open in Florida this month & deserves this recognition, I feel he even won the final however the judges didn't agree.  Already the Welsh Champion with this USA success he is climbing the world ladder with success

June 2005   Name: Michael Elmslie    Town: Dundee   Style: Skyaxe K/Box   Grade: 1st  Dan
Nominated by: Master Deadly   Michael has been winning in Full and Semi-Contact for years now without much recognition.
He is the current WUMA Pro -85kg champ.

May 2005   Name: George Katsimpas    Town: Weston-Super-Mare   Style: Tae Sho Ryu   Grade: 2nd Dan
Nominated by: Stuart Davies   Reason: George is proving to be a great Full-Contact competitor after switching from years in the Semi-Contact world.          Stuart Davies   Weston Super Mare Academy

April 2005  Name: Carl Swaby    Town: Gloucester   Style: Hop Kuin Do   Grade: 2nd  Dan
Nominated by: Master Deadly   Reason: Carl wins almost everything however his cool approach to it all impresses most.
Even me!           I would say Carl has the largest amount of fans within all the WUMA competitors.