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Hampshire and IOW Sports Club of the Year 2011

Friday, March 25th, 2011

Martial Arts Club in Basingstoke are the championsAt the Sport Hampshire and Isle of Wight awards on 23rd March, our Martial Arts Academy from Basingstoke won the prestigious award of ‘Hampshire Sports Club of the Year.’

 

Katherine Wight, Sarah Godley and Alison Lee from Biscoes, Oliver Andrews on their shoulders, Lindsey Andrews and Nicola van Meerkerk. 

The awards ceremony was held at Southampton Football Club and was organised by Sport Hampshire and Isle of Wight, The event was hosted by Roger Johnson of BBC South today.

This award represents the culmination of a very successful year in Basingstoke for Shin Gi Tai Martial Arts Academy, which included.

  • Moving into it’s own full time professionally equipped Martial Arts centre
  • Providing Martial Arts classes in Karate, Kung Fu, Judo, Ju Jitsu, Tai Chi and Vale Tudo and fitness classes in Les Mills’ Bodycombat, Pilates and Circuits.
  • Becoming Basingstoke and Deane’s Sport Club of the year 2009/2010
  • Achieving Sport England’s Quality Kitemark ‘Clubmark accreditation’
  • Hosting numerous courses during the year with world class coaches
  • Teaching quality Martial Arts at all levels from recreational users to successful national level elite competitors and ages between 4 years old and 60+

 

Programme Director Lindsey Andrews, Coach Katherine White and Centre Manager Nicola van Meerkerk represented the club at the Sports awards along with 9 year old Oliver Andrews who is one of the students. This years Sports Awards saw a record number of nominations, with over 200 from all over the Hampshire region in 17 different categories and nominees included many international and Olympic level athletes. There was stiff competition for the coveted title of Club of the year with 20 clubs from the region put forward. The award was sponsored by Biscoes Solicitors (www.biscoes-law.co.uk) and the three shortlisted nominees were Chawton Park Indoor Bowls Club from East Hampshire, Warsash Wasps Football Club and Shin Gi Tai.
 

Heather Windust from Sport Hampshire IOW commented “The awards are a fantastic celebration of sport throughout the county, and reflect not only the quality of local sporting achievement, but also the dedication, commitment and excellence of the many unsung heroes.  The club of the year category had over 20 nominations, it was a tough decision to whittle them down to just 3 and even tougher to decide on a winner. However the work Shin Gi Tai do in the local community and the dedication they have to developing their coaches and members made them deserving winners.”

There were a number of other Sportspeople from Basingstoke also made it into the top 3 in their respective categories, they were:

James Feighery-Murphy (Karate) -  Junior sportsman of the year
Rob Tobin (Athletics) – Senior sportsman of the year
Ben Hazell (Athletics) - Senior sportsman of the year
Rebecca Jane (Football) - Senior sportswoman of the year
Basingstoke Teamgym squad (Gymnastics) – Senior team of the year
Nigel Long (Tennis) – Performance coach of the year

 

The certificated presented to us as Hampshire Sports Club of the Year 2011.

The Mayor of Basingstoke and Deane Cllr Keith Chapman said: “I am delighted that this forward thinking and proactive club won the award against tough competition from other strong clubs across the county.  It was very well deserved and is a testament to the hard work of the club and its many volunteers.  The club is a credit to the borough, making a contribution not only in the area of sport but to the local community, for example running self-defence classes and anti-bullying sessions. The council has worked in partnership with the club on various sports development initiatives and great links have been established with schools and voluntary organisations.  The club is very highly regarded locally.”

Chief Instructor Bryan Andrews said of the award “We have a great team of highly experienced coaches and staff and many enthusiastic members taking part in our classes. This award is really theirs and it is down to their hard work, effort and their determination to be the best they can. I’m delighted that their efforts have been recognised by Hampshire County”

Martial Arts in Basingstoke, for those that want to be winners. Karate in Basingstoke, Judo in Basingstoke

Certificate presented to the winning club at the Hampshire Sports Awards 2011

 

Further information on Shin Gi Tai Martial Arts Academy: -  Shin Gi Tai Martial Arts Academy is Basingstoke’s only full time Martial Arts center teaching a range of Martial Arts including Kung Fu, Karate, Judo, Tai Chi, Ju Jitsu and Vale Tudo. In addition there are a number of fitness classes including Pilates, Body Combat and Circuits based classes.

There are specific class for adults and children to train in seperately. Children’s class are split into age specific groups of 4 – 6 yrs, 6 – 9 yrs and 10 – 14 yrs. In addition there are family classes where parents and children can train together.

Classes take place during the day time and evenings.

Shin Gi Tai Martial Arts Academy is registered with The Martial Arts Standards Agency, Shikon International, The British Council for Chinese Martial Arts., World Union of Karate Federation and accredited with Sport England’s ‘Clubmark’ Accreditation.

The award for Hampshire and Isle of Wight Sports Club was sponsored by:- 

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Quality Kitemark, Clubmark, Sport England, Martial Arts Basingstoke

Clubmark Accredited Sports Club

 

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Eat all you want this Xmas – New Basingstoke Fitness Class to burn it all off

Friday, December 11th, 2009

Our new Basingstoke Fitness class will work a treat to help you can burn it off very quickly in our new MMA Workout class!

Get fit and lose weight in Basingstoke

Get fit and lose weight in Basingstoke

We are launching a new health and fitness class in Basingstoke, Starting Monday 4th January ready for all of those New Years resolutions that we make about wanting to get fit and lose weight and re-capture those svelte bodies of yesteryear.

Many of us have tried a Boxercise or Body Combat class in Basingstoke and we know how fun and popular these classes are for fitness, this is the next step. Many people tried our Ladies only fitness Combat Groove workout that was subsidised by Hampshire County Council under their Return to Sport Initiative. We are pleased now to be able to offer a general class suitable for both men and women to come to, to get fitter that is also subsidised.

The class in Basingstoke is a general fitness class working on the core principles of Mixed Martial Arts to help you get fitter, stronger and more flexible. This class is a pure workout, designed to use the great moves that are taught in a Mixed Martial Arts class using lots of equipments and some great circuits to workout those muscles.

Each class will start with a good warm up to get the body ready for the class, we’ll follow up with some conditioning work, typically each class will focus on the Core muscles (good for back, bums and tums) with a great range of equipment to use and also exercises using your own body weight. In addition each week we’ll look at other parts of the body for example working on the legs or arms to make sure you get a good all round level of fitness.

The main part of the class will focus on circuit training using the equipment in our new centre and also on MMA techniques as used by some of the fittest athletes in the world. Circuit training this way is one of the best methods of exercising as it provides excellent all round fitness, tone, strength, and a reduction in weight and inches. In short, maximum results in minimum time.

Had a tough day in the office or at home?

  • No problem come and learn how to punch one of our freestanding cardio kickbags
  • Not enough, don’t worry you can kick it as well.
  • Want to do some more, great, pick up a grappling dummy and have a wrestle with it.
  • Not skipped since school? Don’t worry we’ll soon get you going again. (Maybe not with the school yard rhymes though)
  • Ever tried the Gecko? You will.
  • Nimble on your feet? You soon will be with our ladders
  • Buns of steels, yes you can with our “Oh No’s”
  • How many ways to do a sit up. 1-2-3-4…. Well we’ll let you decide, after a workout
  • Want better shoulder and forearm strength, we’ve got just the thing, enjoy that burn
  • And lots more as well………………. You’ll feel those calories just burning off during each class.

We guarantee at the end of each class, you’ll have had a great workout and feel great about it.

After doing this class, you’ll never want to do a ‘normal’ circuit class again.”

The class will finish with some deep stretching and relaxation as a cool down for those tired muscles.

We’ve run a few taster sessions already and the feedback from the participants was excellent with everyone attending agreeing that these classes will help you to get very fit, very quickly.

You don’t need to be fit to start the classes, as they are suitable for all with everyone able to work to improve their own level of fitness. There are beginner, intermediate and expert levels within each exercise set.

The subsidised rate for this class is going to be limited to the first 25 participants and like the Ladies Only Combat Groove class we will be advertising the class across the Borough. If you have a friend that might enjoy this class, please feel free to let them know about the course.

Make this the first of your New Year’s Resolutions that you keep.

 

12 week MMA Workout Fitness class £36

(saving £55)

Starting Monday 4th January

 

To book a place now and secure the subsidised rate, please email bryan.andrews@basingstokekarate.com or call on 01256 883302 

 
Basingstoke fitness and weight loss classes – Great Circuit workout

Basingstoke MMA Workout

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