James Dubber, left, picking up his sportsperson of the year award at the Winsford town mayor’s Oscar ceremony in 2018. Town mayor Cllr Mike Kennedy is making the presentation A WINSFORD martial arts expert is concerned with the impact Covid-19 could have on some people while sports facilities have been forced to close. James Dubber warns that mental health issues, that he described as being on the rise, can be ‘a killer’. He says the coronavirus pandemic and national lockdowns have had quite an impact on his Tiagon MMA club, based at New Images Youth and Community Centre. Dubber, who has been nominated for and won Winsford Town Mayor’s Oscar awards in recent years as a community hero, said: “All the lockdowns have taken their toll on the club massively, as well as other clubs locally.