An Outstanding End to Amazing Year for Evolution Martial Arts

Saturday 17th of December saw the Evolution End of Year Fight Night and Presentation Evening. This event celebrated the fantastic achievements of Evolution Martial Arts in the year of 2022.

There were so many achievements to celebrate after such an outstanding year for our not-for-profit club in Boston, Lincolnshire.

Throughout December, there were a total of 56 gradings across the different belt grades of Kickboxing from White to Black Belt. All our Coaches were proud to see a 100% pass rate for our students in December. There were four Pass ++ results which means a perfect grading. Pass ++ was achieved by Max Ogden, Orange Belt, Cameron Dales, Orange Belt, Emily Greatrix, Brown Belt, and Emily Gregory, Brown Belt.

In December the grading and presentation of a new WAKO Adult 1st Degree Black Belt was achieved by Olivia Green. Olivia has been a student of Evolution Martial Arts for over 7 years where Olivia has shown hard-work, dedication and commitment throughout to achieve an adult Black Belt. An impressive achievement for Olivia and just the start of the Black Belt Journey.

Olivia Green being presented with a well-deserved WAKO Kickboxing Adult 1st Degree Black Belt along with her Coaches.

Over the year, all of our students and members have shown lots of improvement and development. The following sets of awards are presented to recognise the outstanding efforts and achievements of these members.

Students of the Year 2022

YC - Blake Calisto

OC - Theo Magalhaes-Ziobro

Junior/Adult - Emily Greatrix

Fighter of the Year 2022

Emily Gregory

Outstanding Achiever of the Year 2022

Nesta Baxter

Circuiter or the Year 2022

Jo Lowe

Most Improved of the Year 2022

YC - Max Ogden

OC - Dacie Redman

Junior/Adult - Andrew Gregory

Newcomers of the Year 2022

YC - Ruslan Vincukovs

OC - Ellen Baines

Junior/Adult - Alejandro Advani

Our Coaching Team is fantastic and after the excellent experience shown as an Assistant Coach we are delighted to formally welcome Emma Morris to the Coaching Team as an Evolution Coach. We would also like to Welcome Emily Greatrix as Junior Coach.

Emma Morris and Emily Greatrix being welcomed to our Evolution Coaching Team

Some of the notable achievements this year include:

• Four Athletes selected to represent Team Great Britain - Emily Greatrix, Emily Gregory, Nesta Baxter, and Mackenzie Warrant.

• Senior European Silver and Bronze Medalist - Nesta Baxter

• Junior World Bronze Medalist - Emily Gregory

• 4x WAKO British National Champions - Emily Gregory x2, Nesta Baxter x2

• Cimac Superleague Female Fighter of the Year - Emily Gregory

• 10x Adidas CIMAC Superleague Grand Champions - Emily Greatrix x3, Emily Gregory x3, Mackenzie Warrant x2, Julia Kusyk, and Olivia Green

• 3x International Flanders Cup, Belgium Champions - Nesta Baxter

• 4x International Bristol Open Champions - Blake Calisto, Julia Kusyk, Nesta Baxter, and Mackenzie Warrant

• 7x Peterborough Championship Series Grand Champions - Blake Calisto, Julia Kusyk, Theo Magalhaes-Ziobro, Dacie Redman, Jack Greatrix, Wiktoria Kusyk, and Izabela Kusyk

Mackenzie Warrant, Emily Gregory, Emily Greatrix, and Nesta Baxter wearing their Team GB suits prior to representing their country at the World and European Kickboxing Championships

We would like to thank everyone who has donated and supported our club and athletes. Thank you to our sponsors Grimme UK, PlugMeIn, Bakkavor, and Kirkby Tyres.

Thank you to all of our wonderful parents, guardians and supporters. Thank you everyone who has helped throughout the year. A special thank you to Steve for your help and to Lee for the brilliant photography. Finally thank you to our amazing coaches for all that you do.

We are looking forward to an even better 2023!