Panther Hosts Final for 2008

Panther Thai Boxing Academy hosted their final K-1 Full Contact tournament for 2008 on the 1st November. True to form the gym was packed to capacity, the bill boasted 16 amateur fights and 2 SuperAm fights. Fighters from Panther did exceptionally well coming away with 7 Gold and 3 Silver Medals. For the first time we had 3 father son combo’s fighting, Stuart and Anthony Mailer, Jina and Serdi Ifuki, Jason Mynhardt and Kyle van der Schyff, as well as siblings Keith and Gabby Drewery; proving once again this is a family sport. We would like to thank all those who come and support the fighters and wish you a safe and peaceful festive season, we hope to see you all in the new year on the 14th February for our next tournament.


From left: Dean Lotz - Gold; Jina Ifuki (SuperAm) Gold; Jason Minnie - Gold; Keith Drewery - Gold; Gabby Drewery - Gold; Stuart Mailer - (hard earned) Silver; Anthony Mailer - Gold; Jason Mynhardt - Gold
Front: Kyle van der Schyff - Silver; Serdi Ifuki - Silver

South African K-1,
Kickboxing Champs

On the 3rd October 2008, a WP team consisted of 11 fighters, 9 from Panther Thai Boxing Academy in Parklands, entered the South African K-1, Kickboxing Champs in Pretoria. Panther brought home 6 Gold’s, 3 Silver and 1 bronze.
Panther will be hosting a development tournament 1st November.
In Picture: Jason Mynhardt - Gold; Kerry Gray - Gold; Nabeehah Sayed 16 yrs old - Gold; Dyllan Dutton- Two Gold’s; Irshaad Sayed-Gold; Anthony Mailer - Bronze; Kyle vd Schyff - Silver
Absent Gabby Drewery - Silver Keith Drewery - Silver

Panther Achievements

Medals
  • Number of Gold Medals      -   68
  • Number of Silver Medals    -   34
  • Number of Bronze Medals   -  7
Western Province Champions
  • Derrick Nel
  • Grant Patterson
  • Irshaad Sayed
  • Leo Maramba
  • Russell De Ville
  • Kyle Fulton
  • Luke Fulton
  • Serdi Ifuki
  • Kyle van der Schyff
  • Keith Drewery
  • Andrew Mailer
  • Anthony Mailer
  • Dean Lotz
  • Dyllan Dutton
  • Kerry Gray
  • Ronelle Williams
  • Nabeehah Sayed
  • Gabby Drewery
South African Champions
  • Kerry Gray
  • Dyllan Dutton
  • Ronelle Williams
  • Nabeehah Sayed
  • Russell de Ville
  • Jason Mynhardt
  • Irshaad Sayed
  • Luke Fulton
  • Grant Patterson
Protea’s
  • Kerry Gray
  • Russell de Ville
  • Nabeehah Sayed
  • Dyllan Dutton
World Champions
  • Nabeehah Sayed

GOLD AT WACO K-1 JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPS

Anthony Kettle (coach), Irshaad Sayed (assistant coach) Dyllan Dutton (Fighter) and Nabeehah Sayed (Fighter) of Western Province, represented a Springbok team consisting of 110 members at the WAKO (World Association of Kickboxing Organizations) World Championships in Naples, Italy on 23, 24, 26, 27 September 2008. This tournament is considered to be the most prestigious K-1 (kickboxing) competition in the world, with over 50 countries and 4500 fighters competing.
Dyllan and Nabeehah have been training between 4 to 6 hours and running between 5 and 10 km a day for the past three months in preparation for this tournament. Dyllan lost on points to a much more experienced fighter from Hungry, in the quarter finals, and is now ranked 6th in the world in his weight division. Nabeehah Sayed was the only South African to achieve a Gold medal and is now the reigning World Champion in her weight category (under 50KG, K-1, Full Contact). The team overall received 1 Gold, 2 Silver and 11 Bronze medals.
In Picture Back L-R: Dyllan Dutton, Anthony Kettle, Irshaad Sayed
Front: World Champion - Nabeehah Sayed

SPACE TO LET


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