Luke Burrage's Blog

Johnny Malcolm took third place at Skjève 2014 Fight Night tournament in Belgium, second place at HJW 2014 Enschede, and now first place at Cambridge 2014.

Johnny beat 8th ranked player Jon Peat in the final and 5th ranked Brook Roberts in the semi final. By winning Cambridge he moves up to 11th place himself.

Also congratulations to Danny Cooper for going unbeated in qualifications, winning all 9 matches, including his qualification match against the eventual winner Johnny.

Thanks to Brook for organizing the event.

All the results and details can be found on the Fight Night (beta) tournament page.

Manuel Rospigliosi, Johan Flores, Jonathan Sajoux and Luke Burrage made it through to the semi-finals in the first ever Lima Fight Night (afternoon). The four matches that followed each define “a close-fought battle.” Yup, all four came down to the very last point!

Check out the video of every attack, defense, steal, hit, point, win and loss from the two semi-finals, the third place match and the final.

This was the first Fight Night in South America and was classed as a 250 point event. Thanks to Manuel Rospigliosi for helping to organize it and the to FDR American school for the fantastic venue.

See all the results and details on the Fight Night Beta tournament page.

Congratulations to Dave Leahy for winning his third Fight Night tournament, this time at the HJW 2014 Enschede (the Dutch Autumn Juggling Meeting). He beat Johnny Malcolm in the final, Sander Vanpraet in the semi-final and top Dutch combat player Simon A Campo in the first round.

This win moves Dave above fellow British combateer Brook Roberts in the current rankings, though only because Dave has entered so many 250-level tournaments, which can currently replace lesser results at bigger tournaments in the players’ points total. The change in the rankings formula for next year will fix this. The new formula can be previewed on the Fight Night Beta website.

Thanks to Maartin Willy Wils for hosting the tournament. All the results and details can be found on the HJW 2014 tournament page.

Congratulations to Dan Wood on winning the Durham 2014 Fight Night, his first ever first place finish. He beat Rob Thorburn in the first round, the top seed and the 4th highest ranked player Brook Roberts in his semi-final, and 11th ranked player Jon Peat in the final.

Dan’s win earned him 250 rankings points, and puts him at 12th place in the 2014 rankings. Jon’s second place lifts him to 8th. Dave Leahy failed to reach a UK Fight Night final round for the first time, but defeated Brook Roberts in the third place match.

All the results and details can be found on the Durham 2014 tournament page.

Look out for more Fight Nights in the Netherlands (HJW Enschede), Germany (Hamburg), Peru (Lima) and the UK (Cambridge).