IKF North Carolina, USA: This Saturday, June 10th, VANGUARD PROMOTIONS PRESENTS the IKF Central East Regional tournament. IKF Regional Director, Mr.Will Smith and his promotional Team, will present yet another exciting day of IKF Championship Kickboxing at the Durham Marriott Civic Center in Durham, North Carolina, USA.

This year's regional event will accept Amateur fighters in 2 IKF Rule styles, Full Contact and International. The regional will showcase fighters from Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Canada.

[EVENT OFFICIALS:
The IKF referee for the Full Contact bouts will be Mr. Lee Brandham out of South Carolina. The IKF referee for the International Rules style will be
Mr. Ronnie Copeland. The IKF Event Representative will be Mr. Ray Thompson of Upstate Karate in South Carolina.

LOCATION & TIMES
The event will be held at DURHAM MARRIOTT CIVIC CENTER,
(919-768-6000) , 201 Foster St. in Durham NC, 27701, on Saturday June 10th. The weigh-ins will be the night before on June 9th, starting at 4 PM until 8 PM at the same location. The officials and fighter rules meeting will follow the weigh in's. Late registers need to be at the location by 8:AM that Saturday Morning to compete. The fights will start Saturday morning, June 10th at 9:30AM.

SPECTATOR INFO
There will be seating for only 650 which means both the daytime preliminary event and the night time finals event will more than likely be a sell out. Prices are $10.00 for Advance tickets online, $15 General admission at the door, and $100.00 for a VIP Ringside table for 8 people. Please go to www.etix.com for Advance tickets and VIP table purchases or you can call 919-484-1290.

For more info please call Mr. Will Smith at (919) 632-7242 or by e-mail at vanguardpro@nc.rr.com.

Looks like it's going to be a GREAT Event!

Best of Luck to all the Fighters and Teams. Fight hard on your path to the IKF Worlds.

-c