Thursday, July 29, 2010
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Changing & Enriching People’s Lives
Junior Roadtrip 2008
Changing and Enriching Peoples Lives   GFC are a force to be reckoned with in the Muay Thai world and the club’s pedigree dates back to 1983 when Darren Phillips started training with Sandy Holt and Master Sken. Darren went on to teach for Sandy and one was one of his main instructors through this golden period.  Darren started the Heywood Thai boxing Club in 1994, renting a room in Heywood and then three years later moved to a full Time gym in Bury.  “When I left Sitnarong around about 2000 I changed the name to GFC.  Not many people know what this means, but it’s basically a Mickey-take of me!” 
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GFC: Road Trip 2008     GFC Junior Road Trip   On the 11th August 6 GFC Juniors travelled down to Crawley to compete on John Jarvis’s show.  Setting of at 9.30 in the morning, the team faced a 250 mile journey to get to the fights.  Things were going great until we hit the M25 and traffic, no wonder the M25 is known as the world’s largest car park! The team ready to set off in the morning (apart from Zac who went down the night before) Arriving a little late, the team weighed, all making the desired weight for their fights.
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Ax Kickboxing - A useful message board which, despite the name, is mainly Muay Thai related.

P4tv - A lot of Muay Thai shows are now being filmed by P4tv, with the majority being shown free of charge on their site.

Muay Thai Photography - A photobox site, belonging to our very own Michael Howarth, where you can purchase prints of his fight photos.

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