MAFC News
The latest news stories are shown in date order below:
A new ITF Taekwon-do club will be opening in January 2011!!
Instructor: Mr Christopher Thomas, 1st Degree ITF Black Belt Taekwon-do
Times and Venue: To be confirmed shortly.
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This years British Championships is fast approaching and we forecast it will supersede last years event. Many claim to have the UK's premiere event but last year we saw in excess of 700 ITF members from eleven countries do battle for the bespoke medals and lay claim to their titles. No other tournament in the UK can offer such a stage for the elite to test their skills.
The following countries have entered this event: England, Wales, Scotland, Hong Kong, South Africa, Greece, Spain, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Argentina with many more clearing there schedule to attend.
Please ensure you have handed in all the neccessary to Mrs.Gassor-Jones to take part in this event. Entry form and itinerary for this event are available for download by clicking here.
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Due to Kickboxing Pre-Grading and Grading's taking place on Saturday 4th & 11th September the class times for Black Belt Club are as follows:
Saturday 4th & 11th September
Black Belt Club All Grades 11am - 12pm
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After receiving feedback from our students we have decided to make some changes to our timetable:
As of Tuesday 24th August the Kickboxing Cobra's class on Friday's 6pm-7pm will move to Tuesday's 6pm - 7pm. The class this Friday (20th) will still take place as normal at 6pm-7pm.
As of Friday 27th August the Cardio class which is currently 7pm - 8pm will permanantely change to the earlier time of 6pm - 7pm.
We hope you will be happy with these new changes :-)
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Great news there has been two promotions at The Martial Arts and Fitness Centre. Mr.Ethan Frayling (Senior) has been promoted to join the MAFC Tournament Team Coaches and Mr.Dino Dash has been promoted to be MAFC Official Photographer. Both members will be present at all Tournaments to endeavour the development and standard of the MAFC Tournament Team. Congratulations both!
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Huge congratulations to the MAFC Team who won the winners shield at the London Open Championships. The MAFC Team came 1st place out of the 65 Teams that entered. Mrs.Leanne Gassor-Jones, Master Gassor & the MAFC Team coaches are extremely proud and would like to congratulate the MAFC Team for their excellent performance :-)
For more information please click here.
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Cineworld Cinemas Newport have noticed all the hard work and effort that the Team members have been putting in lately with Tournaments, Demonstrations, Fundraising days, Festivals etc. Therefore they have awarded the MAFC Tournament Team members to visit Cineworld cinemas to watch Karate Kid FREE of charge.
This special treat is only for members of the MAFC Tournament Team. If you are in the MAFC Tournament Team and are able to attend please let Mrs.Gassor-Jones know or complete the booking form which will be available at team training or at reception.
We hope you all enjoy your well deserved treat and have a lovely day :-)
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Due to technical problems beyond our control our email address gary.gassor@ntlworld.com was temporarily unavailable The above email address is now back up and running.
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A massive well done to the MAFC Tournament Team who won a brilliant 24 medals at the London Open Championships Sunday :-) Well done to you all!
Medal winners were:
* Camron Griffiths - Gold Sparring
* Louis Gowing - Gold Sparring
* Lewis Hatchard - Gold Sparring
* Shannon Frayling - Gold Sparring
* Alan Wilkinson - Gold Sparring
* Ethan Frayling - Gold sparring
* Leah Voyce - Gold Sparring
* Ryan Gane - Silver Sparring
* Talisha Samuels - Silver Sparring
* Mark Sharwood - Silver Sparring
* Sam Taylor - Silver Sparring
* Luke Stone-Montgomery - Silver Special Technique
* Gwyn Blackmore - Bronze Sparring & Bronze Special Technique
* Ayrton Mullins - Bronze Sparring & Bronze Special Technique
* Tomos Sharwood - Bronze Sparring & Bronze Special Technique
* Ffion Meijer - Bronze Sparring
* Jack Powell - Bronze Sparring
* Tony Fernandes - Bronze Sparring
* Liam Rossiter - Bronze Sparring
* Ethan Seivwright - Bronze Sparring
* Dana McAvoy - Bronze Sparring
* A Big Well done to Luke Fernandes, Alex Gould, Gavin Waite, Michael Williams, Tim Porter, Chanelle Frayling, Taylor Baldwin & Luke Yhnell :-)
We hope you all had a great day and would like to thank all students, parents and families for their continuous support.
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17 MAFC & IMAA staff members completed an intensive first aid course conducted by St.John's First aid. The course provided intensive first aid training on first aid and Martial Arts injury. Listed below are the successful applicants who completed the First Aid Course:
Master Gary Gassor Mrs Kay Gassor Mrs Leanne Gassor-Jones
Mr Aaron Gassor Miss Emma Gassor Mr Adam Heybyrne
Mr David Sherlock Mr Karl Nielsen Miss Shakira Bayley
Mr Christopher Thomas Mr Vincent Black Miss Karley Haslett
Mrs Tanya Mullins Mrs Ceri Gould Miss Kayleigh Williams
Mr Arron Rose Mr David English
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We are well on our way to refurbishing the downstairs main hall at the MAFC. The hall has now been painted and NEW high quality training mats have been fitted! Mirrors are decor are in the process of being approved and are soon to be added to our new upgraded look.
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Maindee Baths Project Fun Day being held at Kem Park (Off Corporation Road, Newport) on Sunday 8th August 11am - 5pm
Come and join this fun filled day and help to support the Maindee Baths Project! :-)
*Meet the Newport Gwent Dragon Players!
*Raffle Prizes & Competitions
*Bric-a-Brac Stalls
*Multi Cultural Food & Drinks
*DJ Music
*MAFC Martial Arts Demonstration
*Fun Fair Rides and Inflatable Games
*Police Vehicle display
*Fun with the Fire Service
*Maindee Baths Project Tent (Ideas, Memories, Photos etc)
Create a Maindee Baths Project Logo Competition
And much much more!
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On page 41 of today's South Wales Argus there is an article on the MAFC Devon Tournament.
Pick up your copies today :-)
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A massive Thank you, Well done & Congratulations to everyone who took part in the sponsors for our 'secret plan' of raising money for new mats in the Large Hall at the MAFC. We raised an amazing £4,000!!! We covered the total cost of the mats!
A Big well done to Ethan Seivwright who was the highest raiser... Ethan raised a fantastic £500.22!!!
Thank you so much to everyone who came to the surprise presentation. Master Gassor & Mrs.Gassor were very shocked & overwhelmed & really appreciated what everyone did. It should be in the Argus on Monday 14th June or Tuesday 15th June.
We would also like to say a big thank you to Tanya Mullins & Ceri Gould too for helping count all the money.
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Students from the Martial Arts & Fitness Centre won a total of 35 Medals and came 2nd place overall at the Imperial Taekwon-do Team Championships. For more information and to view photos please click here.
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We would like to wish all our students competing in the Bristol Taekwon-do Open Championships on Saturday 22nd May the very best of luck. We hope all students, parents & families have a great day!
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Well done to all Undy Students that took part in the Undy Seminar with Master. Gary Gassor on Sunday 16th May. Master Gassor was very pleased with all the effort and hardwork the students showed at the Seminar and will look forward to doing another Seminar in the near future.
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An article on the Tournament Team taking part in the Devon Open Championships will be appearing in the South Wales Argus on Thursday 13th May.
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We are pleased to announce we raised an amazing £1,285.57 at our fundraising day for the MAFC Tournament Team. Thank you so much to everyone who helped make it a such a great success :-) A Big thank you to everyone who came along. Thank you to all those who donated items & spent money, those who helped run stalls, collected raffle money, collected for the buckets & helped out. We are very grateful.
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Well done to ALL MAFC team members who competed in the Devon Open Championships. We are very proud of you ALL. Medal winners were:
Chanelle Frayling-Gold
Ethan Frayling-Gold
Mathew Benford-Gold
Jack Powell-Gold
Mark Sharwood-Gold
Alan Wilkinson-Gold
Camron Griffiths-Gold
James Shaw-Gold
Louis Gowing-Silver
Jack Heybyrne-Silver
Ayrton Mullins-Bronze
Shannon Frayling-Bronze
Well done to Tomos Sharwood, Lewis Hatchard, Sam Taylor, Dana McAvoy, Emma Bird, Alex Gould, Connor Sweeting, Tony Fernandes, Luke Fernandes and Karl Nielsen who all competed briliiantly too :-)
The 2 Fighters of the day will be announced in May's team training :-)
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After recently competing in the ITF Taekwon-do Scottish championships an article will be appearing in the South Wales Argus Newspaper on Thursday 8th April under the 'Junior Sport' section. Don't forget to get your copy :-)
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Congratulations to all MAFC Students who attended the Scottish Open Championships on Sunday 28th March, 2010. We are pleased to announce we have 2 new Scottish Champions and came away with 8 medals:
SCOTTISH ITF CHAMPIONS
Ayrton Mullins - GOLD (Sparring) and SILVER (Special Technique)
Chris Thomas - GOLD (Sparring) and BRONZE (Patterns)
Dana McAvoy - SILVER (Sparring)
Samuel Taylor - BRONZE (Sparring)
Lewis Hatchard - BRONZE (Sparring)
Karl Nielsen - BRONZE (Sparring)
We would like to thank the parents, family & friends for their support and for travelling to Scotland. Also a big THANK YOU to all our students who competed in the Tournament and for representing our Club, we are very proud of you all. Also, Many thanks to all Imperial Instructors and to Miss. Kerry Burridge, V Dan for all her hard work and help.
We are already in the process of organising a trip to the next Scottish Championships. Mrs Gassor-Jones is organising transport and accommodation for the next Scottish Open Championships which will be open to all MAFC students, parents, families and friends.
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The Tournament attracted Taekwon-do students from all over Great Britain and outside Countries. The Tournament was a great success being the biggest Tournament held with over 250 competitors. Master Gassor & Mrs Gassor-Jones were very pleased with the results and would like to thank all those that took part and to the parents, families and friends who supported the event. We hope you all had a great day. Below is a list of all medal winners from the Event:
WELSH CHAMPIONS 2010
Arron Rose - Gold (Sparring)
Luke Fernandes - Gold (Sparring)
Jack Powell - Gold (Sparring)
Camron Griffiths - Gold (Sparring)
Ryan Gane - Gold (Sparring)
James Shaw - Gold (Sparring)
Louis Gowing - Silver (Sparring)
Karl Nielsen - Silver (Sparring)
Jashiea Jones - Bronze (Patterns)
Dana McAvoy - Bronze (Sparring)
Jordan Casey - Bronze (Sparring)
Lewis Slocombe - Bronze (Sparring)
Tony Fernandes - Bronze (Sparring)
Tim Porter - Bronze (Sparring)
Ayrton Mullins - Bronze (Sparring)
Lewis Hatchard - Bronze (Sparring)
Shaquel Hussain - Bronze (Sparring)
Ethan Seivwright - Bronze (Sparring)
Lloyd Smith - Bronze (Sparring)
To view pictures of the day please click here.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL MAFC TOURNAMENT TEAM MEMBERS
Congratulations to all Tournament Team members who attended the ITF Taekwon-do Team Championships in Bristol. Competitors from the MAFC came back with a massive 52 MEDALS!! We've uploaded a picture of you all looking smart in your Tournament Team tracksuits here
Congratulations to all members and many thanks to all the parents and friends who supported the Tournament :-)
Please feel free to email any photos you have of the day to gary.gassor@ntlworld.com and we will try to upload as many as possible in our photo gallery.
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Welsh Team Selection Training - Sunday 22nd February, 2009
WELSH TEAM SELECTION TRAINING
Wales ITF held their first Welsh Team training at The Martial Arts and Fitness Centre on Sunday 22nd February, 2009.
The next Welsh Team training selection will be on Sunday 29th March at the MAFC, from 10am until 12pm.
A meeting was held with the Senior Wales ITF Instructors and it was agreed to enter the Colour and Black Belt Championships in Bristol and will be attending the Irish Open Taekwon-do Championships held in November in Cork, Ireland. These tournaments will be open to all Taekwon-do students. Parents, Friends and Families are welcome to come along and support.
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CONGRATULATIONS!! - ITA Tournament - 11th February, 2009
Dear All Students, Parents and families that attended the ITA Welsh Championships
We would like to thank you all for attending the ITA Welsh Championships on Sunday 11th February, 2009. Congratulations to all those students that took part in the Tournament, We came away with a total of 35 Medals from the Tournament, Medal Winners as follows:
GOLD MEDALS
Chris Thomas
Arron Rose
Aaron Gassor
Jordan Frayling
Allyiah Hussain
James Bolt
Ryan Hillier
Ayrton Mullins
Ethan Frayling Snr
Andrew Savill
SILVER MEDALS
Samantha Watts
Marcus Nichols
Crystal Frayling
Kyeron Tunves
Josh Robins
Emma Peart
Aaron Gassor
BRONZE MEDALS
Chris Thomas
Joe Kelly
Nathan Watts
Samantha Watts
Jack Powell
Nash Jefferies
Ethan Frayling Jnr
Connor Sweeting
Talisha Samuels
Allyiah Hussain (2 Bronze Medals)
Megan Slocombe
Lewis Slocombe
Darren Peterson
Nathan Watkins
Emma Bird
Shannon Frayling
Tony Fernandes
We hope you all had a fantastic day and we look forward to our next Tournament :-)
See you in training soon,
Master G K Gassor
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27th January, 2009
SITE SERV RECYCLING SPONSORS MAFC TOURNAMENT TEAM
The Tournament Team are very happy to announce that we have gained sponsorship from Site Serv Recycling www.siteservrecycling.co.uk. We would like to say a big THANK YOU to the manager of Site Serv Recycling Nigel England and to the company for kindly sponsoring us.
Notices regarding this sponsorship will be handed out in your next MAFC Team Training session, also stating what the sponsorship will be used for.
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Whether you are a company generating bulk waste from your production processes or an office producing confidential waste requiring secure disposal, we can offer the solution for you.
Waste material is a valuable resource. By using this resource in an environmental and sustainable way we can help you to save your business money and save the planet’s resources.
For a FREE waste minimisation consultation please contact us:
Telephone: 01656 860760
email: info@siteservrecycling.com
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24th January, 2009
The NAKMAS National Governing Body certifies that
MASTER GARY GASSOR
has been accredited to administer the NAKMAS Safe Kids Campaign following formal NAKAMS training.
The candidate has achieved knowledge in a whole range of subjects including
NAKMAS Safe Kids Campaign
Anti Bullying
Emotional Abuse
Physical Abuse
Sexual Abuse
Neglect
The above accredited person is authorised by the NAKMAS National Governing Body to administer and deliver the NAKMAS Safe Kids Campaign which works alongside the NSPCC approved NAKMAS Welfare Policy.
Certification for this qualification can be found displayed at the MAFC reception.
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INTERCLUB TOURNAMENT - PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM MASTER GASSOR
PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM MASTER GASSOR
A great turnout for our first MAFC Interclub Tournament that took place at Cwmbran Stadium on Sunday 9th November. We were very pleased with the amount of students, parents and families that supported the day.
Well Done to all those that took part. We would like to thank everyone for coming and hope you all had a nice day! Many thanks to the Instructors and Black Belts who made the Tournament a great success, we appreciate your time and effort.
We hope to see you all at the next Interclub Tournament next year - date to be confirmed. After our recent meeting it was decided that the next Tournament will be divided into sections of patterns, forms and Sparring for the children in the morning and Adults patterns, forms and sparring in the afternoon. Times will be allocated for each event i.e patterns, forms and sparring.
Photos from the Tournament can be viewed in our 'photo album' via the left-hand toolbar.
To all Tournament Team Members don't forget the next Taekwon-do Tournament is in Thornbury, Bristol on Saturday 29th November. Entry forms now available from Miss. Gassor or at reception.
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MAFC 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY
Hey All,
Just to say a big THANK YOU to all those that came to our 10 Year Anniversary party! A fab night as you'll all agree i'm sure!! Notice there were a few students missing in training on Sunday! :-)
Gary and Kay were very touched by your kind gifts and thank you for making their night very special! A very special thank you to Sheila for doing the collection too!
Hope you all had a great night! To view pictures of the night you can view our Photo Album via the left-hand toolbar. If you would like to send us your photos just email gary.gassor@ntlworld.com and we will upload them.
Thank you again to all the MAFC staff, students, parents and families for your continuous support.
From The Gassor Family
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MAFC THANKS BUSINESSES FOR KIND DONATIONS
The MAFC would like to thank the following businesses for their kind donations for the MAFC Tournament Team raffle:
CAYZERS, BOYZ TO MENZ, JIM OLIVER, PERFECT, FRIENDS, THE ALBERT, BILLY BONKERS, MAINDEE FRUIT & VEG AND SWALEC
We appreciate their generosity and wish their businesses well.
From All at the MAFC
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LONDON OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008
CONGRATULATIONS to all those that attended the London Open Championships on Sunday 13th July! We are very pleased to say we came away with 29 Medals so well done everyone!
We would like to thank all students, parents and families for their support at the Tournament in London. We hope you all had a great day! If anyone has any pictures of the day and would like them displayed on our website please feel free to email them to gary.gassor@ntlworld.com and we will display them in our photo album.
An Article on the success of the MAFC students at this Tournament appeared in the Argus on Thursday 14th August. The Argus article is displayed at the MAFC reception along with a card off the Mayor and Mayoress congratulating MAFC students.
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MAYOR OF NEWPORT CONGRATULATES MAFC STUDENTS
MAYOR CONGRATULATES MAFC STUDENTS Today the MAFC received a card from the Mayor and Mayoress of Newport congratulating MAFC students for their success at the London Open Championships. Inside the card read:
To Students of the Martial Arts & Fitness Centre. Congratulations on your success in the London Open Championships.
Signed Councillor Noel F Trigg The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Newport, And Mrs Valerie Trigg Mayoress of Newport.
The card is displayed on the reception along with the Argus article published in last weeks Argus.
Congratulations!
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