Muay Thai Club: President

Hi everyone😁 I'm Melanie, and I'm honoured to be running for UCLMT's President this year! This is an amazing opportunity to lead and give back to the society that has given me so much over the past 2 years ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶

I joined UCLMT in my first year as a beginner and have since competed in QOTR and UFN XI. I'm also the Social Sec this year together with Luisa! We have organised many inclusive, non-alcohol-focused socials such as Thai dinners, Family Quiz Night, Ice-skating, Snack and Paint, etc. We've also organised more joint socials with other societies and universities, such as the UCL-LSE-Imperial pub crawl, and the QMUL dinner social. 

My 3 main aims as President are:

1. Increase women's accessibility and participation: Specifically organising an Inter-uni Women's only sparring event
2. Improve overall training quality with an improved focus on fighters: Specifically a new 1-hour clinch session (led by Bloodline coach😮) and a new fighters' skills focus session (led by Training sec)
3. Increase participation in fight nights: Specifically introducing an Internal Competition event

As UCLMT's president, I will deliver:

• Greater inclusivity and maintaining our position as UCL's martial arts society with the highest female participation
• Training that is catered for both beginners and fighters
• Continued growth of UCLMT's reputation as one of the best university Muay Thai society especially in competition quality.

Thank you for reading this far, I promise next year will be our best one yet!