Australia Muay Thai Awards Night
January 14th saw the inaugural Australian Muay Thai Awards for 2016, which were held on the Gold Coast.
Nationally Registered Fighters (Australia) proudly sponsored the event and we are very excited with the huge turn out of 200 people!
Many of our NRF Members were nominated for awards on the night, with both Jasmine and John Wayne Parr taking home the wins!
Award Category | NRF Nominees |
Male Pro | John Wayne Parr |
Female Pro | Melina Yung, Leonie Macks, Carly Gangell, Steph Glew, |
Teenage Female | Emily Curtain, Chelsea Hackett, Brooke Cooper |
Kids (Under 12y.O) | Josh King, Jack Kearney, Josie Rossallen |
Up & Coming Male | Danny Roberts |
Up & Coming Female | Beck Boyd, Kelly Ramsbottom, Kiri Bradley |
Australian Ambassador | John Wayne Parr Nathan “Carnage” Corbett |
KO of The Year | Benji Wright (Vs Jesse Saville)
Danny Roberts (Vs Ben Cuttcliffe) |
Inspirational | Carly Gangell |
2016 Sexiest Female Fighter | Beck Boyd, Melina Yung, Tamika Di Cesare |
Category: Pro Male Fighter & Australian Ambassador of the year
John Wayne Parr (WINNER)
Amazing night at the Australian Muay Thai awards… Thank you Australia for voting and still believing in this old guy ???. Such a cool night getting dressed up and chatting to so many people in our Muay Thai community.” ~ John Wayne Parr
Category: Pro Female Fighter
Leonie Macks (NOMINEE)
To top off such a great year for 2016 ive now been nominated for the Female Pro Fighter of the year . Thanks to everyone who nominated me!” ~ Leonie Macks
Carly ‘Cupcake’ Gangell (NOMINEE)
Double whammy ??…. nominated for ‘Inspirational Fighter of the Year’ as well, thanks for the nomination!” ~ Carly Gangell
Category: Teenager of the year
Jasmine Parr (WINNER)
Had such a fun night at the #ATMawards ??!! Can’t thank everyone enough ? “~ Jasmine Parr
Brooke ‘Psycho’ Cooper (NOMINEE)
Thankyou to all those who nominated and voted for me, I am extremely humbled to be ranked amongst such an elite class of athletes.” ~ Brooke Cooper
Category: Up & Coming fighter of year
Kelly Ramsbottom (NOMINEE)
What an absolute honor to be even mentioned! ??? If youve been following the muay thai scene this year there have been some brilliant performances by heaps of girls this year and womens muay thai is only getting stronger!” ~ Kelly Ramsbottom
Beck Boyd (NOMINEE)
Thanks so much to all my beautiful friends and family that have already voted. I didn’t realise how much support I had until i reached out for votes for these awards. I had pretty much made up my mind to retire after stepping out of the ring last fight but maybe that’s premature ♡ we’ll see xxxx.” ~ Beck Boyd
Danny Roberts (NOMINEE)
… I’ve been nominated in the Australian muay Thai awards for a couple different categories “male up and coming fighter of the year” and “knock out of the year” it’s a big deal to me.” ~ Danny Roberts
NRF members who attended the night
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