Hi my name is Chelsea Murphy I took up wrestling after the
2007 No Messin'! Campaign. On Friday the 27th of June the
wrestling club went down to Brighton. On the Saturday
morning I weighed in at 55 kilos, there were 4 people in my
weight group.My first bout of the day I wrested Kelly Kay, she is in the GBR Squad, Kelly is a well more experienced wrestler then myself. I went out to fight but Michelle the female coach calmed my nerves down but I was unsuccessful as Kelly beat me, but Allan and Cain said I wrestled well and done my best.
My second bout I wrestled Goargie Jones.. Goargie beat me in the first round so I said to myself "Get yourself together and concentrate" and then I won the second and third round. Which meant I won the match. I was over the moon.
My third bout I wrestled Rachel Smith, again I lasted 3 rounds and I won, but if I didn't train hard I would have been really tired. At the end of the day I won silver and to me that is good for my first British Championship.