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Tom ‘The Viking’ Crosby took his daughters to this year’s Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) World Championships and once again they came away with Gold medals. Blossom Crosby won Gold medals in the Gi and Nogi categories, while Autumn Crosby won Gold in the Gi (she had no match ups for
Middleton has another World Champion in 12 year old Theo Kenward who won Gold at the Brazilian Ju Jitsu (BJJ) Junior World Championships in Wolverhampton over the weekend of 9-10 July 2022. Theo, who is just finishing Year 7 at Cockburn Laurence Calvert Academy, was competing in the Under 53kg
Seven year old Autumn Crosby became a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) Junior World Champion last weekend (9-10 July 2022). Autumn and her brother Ocean Crosby, from Middleton, were competing at the Elite BJJ World Championships in Wolverhampton. Autumn, representing AVT Youth Academy, won gold after a points win and then
Five-year old Blossom Crosby from Middleton has won three Gold medals at the 2019 Elite Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Junior World Championships. Blossom stormed to victory, winning all her matches without dropping a single point. The Junior World Champ secured a decisive win in each of her medal-winning matches through arm bar
Fighting and winning runs in the Crosby family. We have reported previously on Tom “The Viking” Crosby’s sporting career in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA, also known as Cage Fighting), but now Tom’s 5 year old daughter Blossom has joined the fray. Last month Blossom won the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) British
Local man Tom Crosby, nicknamed ‘The Viking’, once again joined the UK’s Mixed Martial Arts team, this time to compete in the recent IMMAF European Open Championships – and added a bronze medal to add to his growing awards tally. Mixed Martial Arts (commonly known as cage fighting) is a