Chronology
This chronology details all the activities and events Prokick and its members have undertaken since 1994, the year of its birth.
Choose a year: 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 - January to July | 1999 August to December | January - September 2000 | October - December 2000 | January - May 2001 June - Sept 2001 Sept- Dec 2001 jan-Mar 2002 April-June2002
2002
| 20th December |
 Kids
last class before the Big Lad arrives (Santa) pictured center new
World champion Gary Hamilton, helps in the kids class. Santa came
early for him this year. |
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| 20th December |
Adult gradings for yellow , orange & green belts. well done all | ||||||
| 15-16th December |
 UTV's
Gary Gillespie with camera man Alan Mackey brought footage back for
Sunday and Monday night sport 6.154pm ish |
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| 14th December |
Chef
Gary Hamilton served up a treat for fight fans France Fight fans got a taste of Belfast’s latest World beater when he ripped the crown from former world featherweight champion Pastor Pascal of Lyon. The result was not what the French kickboxing audience expected as Belfast's own Kickboxing version of the pocket rocket ripped the world title away from France's number one kickboxing star. Hamilton done everything right on the night, as he demolished world champion, and fitness instructor in one minute 20 seconds of the forth round. The champion was sent face first to the canvas from a blistering punch and kick combination to body and head and with the final clubbing right hook which seen Hamilton crowned the new world champion. Referee Jean Carmel counted out Pastor Pascal to a silent and disbelieving crowd The New world Featherweight champion spoke just minutes after his momentous victory from the Lyon -den he said, I'm so happy, It hasn’t sunk in yet what I’ve just done here, this has been a long hard road to here and I intend to hold on to this title for a very long time to come.” UTV's Gary Gillespie and camera man Alan Mackey arrived ahead of the fight to bring back footage for Monday night sport. Pic's to follow soon..... |
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| 8th December |
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| 5th December |
The Irish Championships were on TV3 the independent broadcaster in the Irish Republic, the show was on for one hour. | ||||||
| 24th November |
 Adult gradings for yellow , orange & green belts. well done all |
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| 19th
November |
UTV Screened results from the Ulster hall at 1pm, 3pm and the evening news. | ||||||
| 17th
November |
Gary Noade has done it - he is the new World champion Gary Noade (Downpatrick) beat Joseph Mukasa (Ugandan) 5th round TKO WKN Intercontinental
Pro Lightweight title 10x2 Gary Hamilton(Belfast), beat Joel Furtado
(Portugal) 1st KKO The results click here - Ulster Hall Belfast |
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| 14th
November |
UTV & BBC filmed a news story from the gym. The BBC went live at 1pm on the afternoon news. | ||||||
| 13th
November |
 Ugandan
Joseph Mukasa came face-face with Gary Noade before their World title
clash at the Ulster Hall on Sunday. Tickets are available at all ticketmaster
outlets. Further info call Prokick Gym Tel Belfast 028 90 651074. |
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| 12th
November |
 Three
Ugandan's jetted in to Belfast last night, a week early before the
big kickboxing match this Sunday at the Ulster Hall . Tickets are
available at all ticketmaster outlets. Further info call Prokick Gym
Tel Belfast 028 90 651074. |
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| 1st
-11th November |
The TV exposure for the sport has increased from the 1st to the 11th kickboxing has been coverd on BBC,UTV,TV3 and SKY | ||||||
| 1st November |
 World championship contender, Gary Hamilton gets big support form young Prokick kickboxer from all over Belfast for his first defence of his Intercontinental title at Dublin’s National Basketball Stadium. He will face Marco Anton of Spain the number 1 rated for the title. A bus is running from Belfast on the morning of the show and will be stopping off in Dublin for three hours shopping before continuing to the venue in Tallaght. Fares cost £22.50 for adults and £15 for children. The price includes tickets. A full international line up from fighter for the North & South making up the team. Sky Sports and TV 3, an independent broadcaster in the Republic, will carry the event. See www.Prokick.com or telephone Belfast 02890 651074 or Dublin 087-2594553 for ticket information and transport. Or purchase your tickets through cyber space on www.ticketmaster .ie |
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| 1st November |
Coverage from the Scotland and Galway was on TV3 sports roundup programme sportstonight | ||||||
| 20th October |
 ProKick
kids pass yellow beltThe new beginners class that started 3 month ago all pass successfully to yellow belts. They all move up to the big Saturday morning class, 'Well done Prokick kids'! |
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| 11th October |
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| 10th October |
Coverage from the Ulster Hall was on TV3 sports roundup programme sportstonight | ||||||
| 10th October |
UTV reported on the Ulster hall bill, the biggest report to date. | ||||||
| 5th October |
Ulster Hall bill the Irish Championships and Canada Vs Ireland | ||||||
| 1st
& 3rd October |
UTV showed previews of the Ulster Hall bill | ||||||
| 27th September |
A new Prokick class started | ||||||
| 19th September | Prokick fighter along with Paul Cummins travel to Toronto Canada | ||||||
| 10th September |  All
the ProKick kids who won trophies and medals from a range of tasks
designed to build their kickboxing ability. Well done guys! |
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| 1st September | Sunday - International Kickboxing from Ballymoney Leisure Centre. The event will in aid of Aged Concern. | ||||||
| 30th August |
Tv3 reported on - 'The next Generation' at the Park Ave Hotel and talked about the up coming WKN Irish Championships at the Ulster hall. | ||||||
| 29th August |
One hour of KickBoxing was screened on TV3 in the Republic from 'The next Generation' at the Park Ave Hotel. | ||||||
| 18th August |
Kickboxing at the Ulster Halls group theater | ||||||
| 17th August |
ProKick's big walk on the mania weekend. | ||||||
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16th |
Grading at the prokick Gym Adults | ||||||
| August | ProKick
fighter Niall McGarrigle is kicking up a storm in the US teaching
kids. |
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| 9th August | New 6 week beginners class - the new class started and sorry is fully booked, if you want to put your name down for the next one, please drop us a line or give us a call our details are on the home page. | ||||||
| July | Throughout July prokick has made the headlines on TV3 and Sky Sports with KickBoxing Mania V being broadcast. Two one hour programmes run on TV3 and three one hours were screen on Sky Sports 3. | ||||||
| 23rd June |
Check out the results from the international event at the Park Ave hotel. | ||||||
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22nd
& 23rd |
Instructors
course - plus judges and referee's course. By Mr Bob Hunter assisted by Billy Murray at the holiday Inn Belfast |
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| 20th June |
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| 15th June | Girls
win over boys at ProKick Kids class. The ProKick girls came out on top at Saturday's training session over the boys. The boys and girls were tested on all kickboxing techniques and the girls beat the boys hands down. Pictured below are some of the orange & green belts from the 11 o'clock Saturday morning class. 
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| 13th June | Thanks
again for all your emails of support on last nights show that screened
on TV3 from an independent broadcaster in the Irish Republic. Keep them coming! |
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| 13th June | Tired
of watching football well, here’s something different - Kickboxing is going toe to toe with boxing and football for a share of the coveted television market and all the indications are that the sport is making progress. TV 3 in the Republic screened a full hour of April’s Kickboxing Mania V – with last weeks coverage attracting a lot of favourable comment when TV3’s viewers saw two world championship bouts for the first time - tonight viewsers both north & south will witness established stars from both sides of the boarder, when Gary Noade from Downpatrick comes face to face with hardened English man - Shaun James in a welterweight European title bout* . and team mate Gary Hamilton from Belfast attempt to win a WKN Intercontinental title crown to add to his Pro British title along with the Republic’s Craig O’Flynn from Cork challenging for a Muay Thai world title. Billy Murray from Prokick Belfast, who organised the program said he had been inundated with congratulatory emails all week and expressed amazement at the amount of reaction the screening had provoked. “It just proves how much interest there is in the sport,” he said. Want to see live action – well you can at the forthcoming show on June 23, dubbed ‘Kickboxing: The next generation’, featuring Gary Noade’s rematch against Hugh White and a host of other exciting bouts. Tickets for the show, on Sunday afternoon, June 23 are available at Prokick Belfast on 90651074 or www.porkick.com, priced £7.50 for adults or £5.00 for children. Billy Murray |
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| 6th June | Thanks
for all your emails of support on last nights show that screened on
TV3 an independent broadcaster in the Irish Republic. Yes, the show
looked great, thanks to Ulster Television top man Mr Paul Clarke. Next weeks programme is packed full of action too so set those VCR's. |
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| 6th June |  Want
to meet Westlife - Basically all you need to do to meet Westlife is spend a fortune, go to every show and hope you get seen and brought up on stage, well that's if you're really lucky! Prokickies -Tracey, Nicky and Emma oh yeah and the lucky one Jordan - were front row at the sell-out Westlife concert at Belfast's Odyssey Arena. Bryan ( from Westlife) caught sight of Jordan at the beginning of the concert and continued to smile and wave at her each time he came past where she was - During the medley of the Van Morrison's classic  -
'Brown Eyed Girl', Bryan waved at Jordan and walked straight over
to the edge of the stage, jumped down to Jordan put his arms out and
asked her "are you coming?" The rest is history see the photograph.
After an unforgettable hug Jordan was returned to an extremely happy
mum Tracey (no jealous) and two equally jealous friends , Nicky and
Emma. Only joking, Not! all four when home really happy...but we think
Jordan came out on tops, well done girls. |
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| 5th June | KICKBOXING
TO HIT OUR TV SCREENS AT HOME
Fed-up with fottball? Then television viewers north and south of the border will soon be able to witness the very best in hard-hitting kickboxing action after an up-and-coming television company in the Republic agreed to screen the flagship event of the sport's year at the Waterfront Hall, Belfast. TV3, the independent broadcaster in the Irish Republic will show all five title and a number of prestige bouts from last month's Kickboxing Mania V over two one-hour episodes. Competitors from Thailand, Belarus, Norway, Turkey, Belgium, England, Scotland, Ireland North & South all come face-face in the event, which will be shown on June 6 and June 13. Matthew Salway, Director of Programming for TV3, said: "We are delighted to have the opportunity to bring World Kickboxing to TV3's audience. The popularity of this exciting sport is growing worldwide and we have no doubt that after broadcasting the event from Belfast the interest in Ireland will continue to expand". Show promoter and trainer , Billy Murray, said the coverage represented a "significant step forward" in the development of the sport of kickboxing and said he believed television could only benefit from the association. "Kickboxing is exciting to watch , it is competitive and it is great entertainment. There is a massive audience out there, which many broadcasters are cottoning on to," he said. "The profile of kickboxing is rising all the time and the sport can only flourish in the future. I thank TV3 for their commitment and am confident we can work in partnership for the good of kickboxing throughout Ireland, north and south." |
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| 4th June |
ProKick
kids take another step and go from yellow to Orange belt. |
Kids
gratings form yellow ,orange, green, Blue, purple and Brown. 
The
end of the six week beginner class and now the real training will
start. Well done for those who completed.
UTV's
Gary Gillespie interviewed Gary Noade and Ben Peel about Sunday's
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