Northern Ringsports Kickboxing Championships

The Northern Ringsport Championship is a light contact event featuring Light Contact Kickboxing, K1 Light and introducing for 2025 'Box Light'. It is intended to bring on developing talent in a safe and controlled format and for this reason we have 3 levels of experience categories novice, intermediate and new for 2025 'experienced'. Therefore, all forms of fight experience must be taken into account by fighters/coaches when registering competitors for each category. The following definitions are for guidance as to what is determined as ‘Novice’ and ‘Intermediate’, if coaches/ competitors are unsure of the criteria above, please contact the organisers for clarity.
NOVICE
Any more than the stated amount of any of these criteria means move into intermediate.
• No more than 3 full contact fights in a ring/cage, regardless of outcomes (including Full Contact Kickboxing, K1 Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Boxing, MMA or any other full contact combat sport)
• No more than 5 light contact or points fighting tournaments (semi-contact, taekwondo, karate, kung fu etc)
• No more than 5 interclubs entered (Kickboxing, Muay Thai, MMA)
INTERMEDIATE
All fight experience should be taken into consideration.
• Never competed at a professional level in any full contact combat sport
• No more than 8 full contact fights in a ring/cage, regardless of outcomes (including Full Contact Kickboxing, K1 Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Boxing, MMA or any other full contact combat sport)
• Never been Selected at international level, representing national team in any form of fighting (i.e. Olympics for Team GB in Taekwondo)
EXPERIENCED
Any fighter not able to meet the entry criteria for intermediate.

CONDUCT
• Coaches and competitors must conduct themselves in an appropriate and respectful manner at all times, this includes all members of a corner
• For the safety of all competitors, the referees and medics decisions are final
• If coaches want to dispute a judging decision, they must wait to speak to head judge when they are free.
COACHES/CORNERS
• Clubs with 1-5 fighters are allowed to register 2 coaches
• Clubs with 6+ fighters are allowed to register up to 4 coaches
• Corner teams should be no more than 2 persons per ring
Please see additional attached documents for all information!

Weigh ins from 9am .Tournament starts 10.30am ; Cardinal Hume School Old Durham Rd, Gateshead NE9 6RZ : Spectators tickets can be bought on the door .Cash only . Food available : Cash only.