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The President’s Cup returns to Ballymena in 2019
This year’s President’s Cup, International Sambo competition will return to The Seven Towers Leisure Centre in Ballymena, Northern Ireland.
Over 100 competitors from as many as twelve countries are expected to take part in the Sambo tournament to be held at the leisure centre on Saturday, 21st September.
Michael Wynne-Parker, President, Commonwealth Sambo Association added: “Last year’s event was a great success and our athletes were impressed by the welcome they received. I’m delighted that FIAS has decided to make a return to Ballymena in Northern Ireland and look forward to this year’s tournament in September.”
Local MP, Mr Ian Paisley, welcomed the event saying: “We attracted Sambo to Ballymena last year and the one-day event proved a huge success. It was truly a multi-national affair as teams competed for top honours.
“The organisers are the Commonwealth Sambo Association, together with the International Sambo Federation (FIAS), were so impressed that when I invited them to return this year, they had no hesitation in accepting.
“Sambo has a small Northern Ireland support base and I hope that by making this return visit, the martial arts sport will gain many more enthusiastic supporters and competitors.
“I hope people avail of the opportunity to see this impressive demonstration of martial arts especially when it’s on their own doorstep.”
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The 53 member countries are: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Cyprus, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, St Vincent and The Grenadines, Samoa, Saint Lucia, St Kitts and Nevis, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Seychelles, Sierra-Leone, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Tonga , Uganda, United Kingdom, Vanuatu, Zambia
Barbados Sambo FederationPresident Paul Holder
Sambo Federation of IndiaChairman Suresh Gopi
Botswana Sambo FederationPresident Willie Pauline
New Zealand Sambo FederationPresident Johan Boshoff
Nauru Sambo FederationPresident Maruan Jimwerely
Ghana Sambo FederationPresident Enoch Aygekim
Antigua and Barbuda Sambo FederationPresident Phillip Isaac Snr.
Sambo Federation of St.Kitts and NevisPresident Tija Stanley
Guyana Sambo and Combat Sambo FederationPresident Carwyn Holland
Jamaica Sambo and Combat Sambo FederationPresident Daniel Chako-Willmont
Singapore Sambo AssociationPresident Parga Singh
Sri Lanka Sambo FederationPresident Kithsiri De Zoysa
St. Lucia Sambo AssociationPresident Jim Xavier
Cyprus Sambo FederationPresident Marios Andreau
Sambo Federation of EnglandPresident Colin Carrott
Sambo Federation of Zambia President TBA
Australian Sambo FederationPresident Vladimir Belonogoff
Seychelles Sambo FederationPresident Monique Athanasis
Sambo Federation of ScotlandPresident Robin Hyslop
Sambo Federation of PakistanPresident Imtiaz Ahmad Fahim
Cameroon Nanbudo Federation – National Sambo LeaguePresident François Mbassi
South Africa Sambo FederationPresident Vintcent Redpath
Mauritius National Sambo FederationPresident Lalita Balkissoon
Trinidad-and-Tobago Sambo and Combat Sambo FederationPresident Jason Fraser
Tonga Sambo AssociationPresident Lenny Niit
Sambo Federation of Belize President TBA
Sambo Federation of Wales President TBA
HRH The Princess Katarina
Patron
Michael Wynne-Parker
President
Maroius Andreu
Cyprus
Monique Athanase
Seychelles
Mark Ayre
UK
William Bortrick
UK
John Clarke
England
Jason Fraser
Trinidad & Tobago
Robin Hyslop
Scotland
Francois Mbassi
Cameroon
The Marquess of Reading
Hon Life Member
Kitsri De Zoysa
Sri Lanka
Karl St.John
Northern Ireland
Colin Carrott
England
Suresh Gopl
Asia
Background of the President’s Cup
The President’s Cup was launched in London in 2014 to promote SAMBO both within the Commonwealth and wider world.
The first President of the Commonwealth Association was the Marquess of Reading who presided over the first event in London 2014. The second President’s Cup was in Manchester 2015. Michael Wynne-Parker succeeded Lord Reading at the 2016 President’s Cup in Edinburgh and presided over the fourth President’s Cup in London 2017, and the fifth President’s Cup in Ballymena, Northern Ireland.
The prestigous trophy “President´s Cup“ was designed by Timur Kabukaev and manufactured by his company Jewellers of the North who generously donated it to the Commonwealth SAMBO Association.
So far athletes from the following countries have competed:
France, Germany, Russia, Spain, GB, Trinidad and Tobago, Ghana, Mauritus, Canada, Australia, Singapore, India, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Azerbaijan, Cyprus,Kazakhstan, Belorus, Mexico, Nicaragua.
We are delighted to announce that the sixth President´s Cup will be held in Northern Ireland on Saturday 21st September 2019.
Organising Committee
Chairman
HRH Princess Katarina is the chairman of the organising committee. Princess Katarina is a member of two Royal Dynasties. She is a member of The British Royal Family and The Serbian Royal Family of Karagjorgevich.
The Northern Ireland President’s Cup 2019 official committee:
HRH The Princess Katarina
Vasily Shestakov- President of the International SAMBO Federation
Michael Wynne-Parker- President of the Commonwealth SAMBO Federation
Ian Paisley MP
William Bortrick
Mark Ayre
Alexander Korsik
Robin Hyslop
Alexander Kuznetsov
Karl St.John
Michael Wynne-Parker
President Commonwealth SAMBO Federation
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