Our Club Championships was held on Saturday 6th July at Our Lady’s High School in Higher Blakely.

I have to say the standard of karate was excellent across the board. Our students have improved so much, even the lower grade categories were brilliant. We have quite a few grand champions who won both the Kata and Kumite competitions for their age and grade group. This is an outstanding achievement so well done to the following 10 Grand Champions: 

Jack Yates, Coral Gavaghan, Callum Baker, Ella-Marie Young, Alex Ryan, Lola Fellone, Loui D’ Attorre, Gina Farrance, Lori-Ann Moran and Andy Matanle

Only THREE of these Grand Champions (Lola, Lori-Ann and Gina) are on our squad, which just goes to show just how high the standard here at Red Tiger is.

We would like to say a huge thank you to all of the students that took part in our event. Win, lose or draw, we hope you enjoyed your day and learned from the experience. These events are put on for you guys to test yourself against others of a similar level, under pressure which improves your karate and helps prepare you for Black Belt/Dan Grades.

It was a fantastic day with over 150 students competing across 27 categories taking home 180 bespoke medals/trophies.

Everyone who took part was rewarded with a lovely certificate. Well done.

Thanks to all of the parents and supporters who took the time out to come along and watch. The atmosphere was absolutely buzzing all day long.

The biggest thanks go to our Instructor team as they are the ones who make everything happen. They push you hard in classes, co-ordinate all the entries, they turned up really early to help us set up the event and stayed late to help us pack everything away and leave the venue tidy. They worked tirelessly all day to make sure the event ran smoothly and everyone was happy. We are so lucky to have you and couldn’t do it all without you.

Mike Beckwith Sensei, Mike Baron Sensei, Paul Wolstencroft and Teresa Withington Sensei were all Head Officials and did a fab job of keeping everything running as it should. Teresa Sensei has been referee training us all in senior class for the last few weeks too and I think it made a big difference on the day. Great job!

Thanks to our Ring Runners and Volunteers including Emily Withington, Marie Pratley and Julie Moran – you are all stars.

Deb Alty baked plenty of beautiful cakes and worked hard not only at the event but in the run up to the event and is an absolute diamond. She along with quite a lot of the squad parents and husband John donated all of the proceeds from the refreshments stall to the squad fund. Danni Pindoria also ran a couple of football cards which we have now scratched off the winning teams:

Card 1: Swindon Town – Kai (Kai Foley?)

Card 2: Notts Forest – Ben D (Ben Duckworth?)

Both Kai and Ben D have one £20 each and we will bring that along to senior class this evening – well done.

A total of £326.05 was raised for the squad fund and this will be split between all of the squad members who have been selected for the JKS International Cup in Dublin. Thanks also to Helen Wolstencroft who ran the stock shop all day.

Last thank you before we list the full results is to Michelle Baron, Grace Baron and Paul Towler who spent all day snapping away with their cameras and have got some amazing shots, I think I saw a couple of budding photographers of the future Hannah Towler and Izzy Baron taking some shots too. Once again, thank you so much it is greatly appreciated and you always capture just how much fun we have on the day. I will post a link on the news page when the photos become available. Feel free to download them but please credit Vanilla Pod Studios and/or Paul Towler.

Below is a full list of results from each Tatami, congratulations to all who medalled this time around. Our next Club Competition will be scheduled to take place in late Feb 2020. I for one, am looking forward to it already!

Tatami 1

Event 1

Individual 11-13 years Girls 3rd Kyu-Black Belt

Kata: 

Gold –  Lola Fellone (Grand Champion)

Silver – Lola Girault

Bronze – Abby Fryer

Kumite:

Gold –  Lola Fellone (Grand Champion)

Silver – Hirra Ahmad

Bronze – Lola Girault

Event 2

Individual 4-7 years Boys 9th-6th Kyu

Kata:

Gold – Jack Yates (Grand Champion)

Silver – Jack Bayley

Bronze – Alex Percival & Cain Hopkinson

Kumite: 

Gold – Jack Yates (Grand Champion)

Silver – Max Kearsley

Bronze – Dexter Wolstencroft

Event 3

Individual 4-7 years Girls 9th-6th Kyu

Kata: 

Gold – Grace Wilson

Silver – Annabel Wormald

Bronze – Ava Singh

Kumite: 

Gold – Annabel Wormald

Silver – Charlotte Beese

Bronze – Inaaya Khalil

Event 4

Individual 8-10 years 9th-7th Kyu BOYS

Kata: 

Gold – Loui D’ Attorre (Grand Champion)

Silver – Joshua Mangnall

Bronze – Harry Sharples

Kumite:

Gold – Loui D’Attorre

Silver – Ethan Miles

Bronze – Harry Sharples

Event 5

Individual 8-10 years 9th-7th Kyu GIRLS

Kata:

Gold – Dariya Falahi

Silver – Sophie Rothwell

Bronze – Isla McMillan

Kumite: 

Gold – Sophie Rothwell

Silver – Dariya Falahi

Bronze – Layla Davies

Event 6

Individual 14-16 years 6th-1st Kyu GIRLS

Kata: 

Gold – Gina Farrance (Grand Champion)

Silver – Ava Staton

Bronze – Ellen Conyard

Kumite: 

Gold – Gina Farrance (Grand Champion)

Silver – Ellen Conyard

Bronze – Ava Staton

Event 7

Individual Adults 35+ Veterans Kata Only

Gold – Anthony Cristoforo

Silver – Ron Matthews

Bronze – Sonja Hoglund

Event 8

Open Age Pairs Kata – BLACK BELTS 

Gold – Grace Baron & Molly Austin-Hogsden

Silver – Sam Jackson & Lori-Ann Moran

Bronze – Jaime Pratley & Kyle Girault

Tatami 2

Event 1

Individual Junro Kata

Gold – Sam Jackson

Silver – Louis Johnson

Bronze – Matthew Affleck

Event 2

Individual 8-10 years 3^rd Kyu-Black Belts GIRLS

Kata: 

Gold – Grace Merriman

Silver – Izzy Baron

Bronze – Katy Heys

Kumite: 

Gold – Izzy Baron

Silver – Grace Merriman

Event 3

Individual 11-13 years Kata 3rd Kyu-1st Kyu BOYS

Kata

Gold – William Towler

Silver – Aaron Jefferson

Bronze – Charlie Eyre

Kumite: 

Gold – Joel Mander

Silver – Baraka Kulewa

Bronze – Xander Matanle

Event 4

Individual 11-13 years Kata Black Belt BOYS

Kata:

Gold – Ellis Pindoria-Stott

Silver – Zak Thomas-Blackhurst

Bronze – Kyle Girault

Kumite: 

Gold – Zak Thomas-Blackhurst

Silver – Ellis Pindoria-Stott

Bronze – Jaime Pratley

Event 5

Individual 14-16 years Kata Black Belt Males

Kata:

Gold – Louis Johnson

Silver – Matthew Affleck

Bronze – Ben Duckworth

Kumite: 

Gold – Ben Duckworth

Silver – Matthew Affleck

Bronze – Louis Johnson

Event 6

Individual 14-16 years Kata Black Belt GIRLS

Kata:

Gold – Grace Baron

Silver -Molly Austin-Hogsden

Bronze – Abby Fielding

Kumite:

Gold – Molly Austin-Hogsden

Silver – Georgie Dyal

Bronze – Grace Baron

Event 7

Individual Adults 17 + Females

Kata:

Gold – Lori-Ann Moran (Grand Champion)

Silver – Courteney Alty

Kumite:

Gold – Lori-Ann Moran (Grand Champion)

Silver – Courteney Alty

Bronze – Hannah Cain

Event 8

3 person Team Kumite 12- 16 years BOYS

Gold – Zak Thomas-Blackhurst, Ellis Pindoria-Stott & Jaime Pratley

Silver – Matthew Affleck, Louis Johnson & Ben Duckworth

Bronze – James Sherlock, Joel Mander & Matthew McCabe

Event 9

3 person Team Kumite 12- 16 years GIRLS

Gold – Betty Eccles, Grace Baron & Molly Austin-Hogsden

Silver – Abby Fielding, Lola Fellone, Georgie Dyal

Bronze – Mia Dickerson, Gina Farrance, Amy Rothwell

Event 10

3 person Team Kumite Adults 

Gold – Sam Jackson, Lori-Ann Moran, Greg Burton,  Brendan Conyard

Silver – Ron Matthews, Courteney Alty,  Dave Thomas & Lewis Thomas

Event 11

Individual Adults 17 + Kata Up to 1st Kyu Males

Kata:

Gold – Andy Matanle (Grand Champion)

Silver – Brendan Conyard

Bronze – Isaac Jepson

Kumite: 

Gold – Andy Matanle (Grand Champion)

Silver – Dave Thomas

Bronze – Brendan Conyard

Tatami 3

Event 1

Individual Adults 17 + Kata Up to 1st Kyu – FEMALES

Kata:

Gold – Coral Gavaghan (Grand Champion)

Silver -Christine O’Leary

Kumite: 

Gold – Coral Gavaghan (Grand Champion)

Silver – Tammy Carter

Bronze – Jane Murison

Event 2

Individual 8-10 years Kata 3rd-1st Kyu BOYS

Kata

Gold – Alex Ryan (Grand Champion)

Silver – Zak Gould

Bronze – Jayden Clarke

Kumite

Gold – Alex Ryan (Grand Champion)

Silver – Zak Gould

Bronze – Jayden Clarke

Event 3

Individual 8-10 years Kata 6^th-4^th Kyu BOYS

Kata

Gold – Callum Baker (Grand Champion)

Silver – Logan Hill Critchley

Bronze – Thomas Harrison

Kumite 

Gold – Callum Baker (Grand Champion)

Silver – Noah Purvis

Bronze – Logan Hill-Critchley

Event 4

Individual 8-10 years Kata 6th-4th Kyu GIRLS

Kata:

Gold – Aemelia Young

Silver – Hannah Towler

Bronze – Hanna Taimoor

Kumite: 

Gold – Mia Glynn

Silver – Libby Sant

Bronze – Aemelia Young

Event 5

Individual 11-13 years Kata 8th -4th Kyu GIRLS

Kata:

Gold – Ella-Marie Young (Grand Champion)

Silver – Kyla Bailey

Bronze – Molly Breen

Kumite: 

Gold – Ella-Marie Young (Grand Champion)

Silver – Sophie Lever

Bronze – Lexi Collier-Baker

Event 6

Individual 14-16 years Kata 3rd-1st Kyu BOYS

Kata:

Gold – Matthew McCabe

Silver – Archie Eccles

Bronze – Luke Hindley

Kumite:

Gold – Luke Hindley

Silver – Archie Eccles

Bronze – Matthew McCabe

Event 7

Individual Adults 17 + Black Belt Males

Kata:

Gold – Sam Jackson

Silver – Phill Burton

Bronze – Greg Burton

Kumite: 

Gold – Greg Burton

Silver – Sam Jackson

Bronze – Lewis Thomas

Event 8

Open Age Pairs Kata up to 4th Kyu

Gold – Stuart Holden & Hannah Holden

Silver -Ava Staton & Aemelia Young

Bronze – Tammy Carter & Adam Ginn

Tatami 4

Event 1

Kids Kickmaster up to 4th Kyu

Gold – Ethan Fong

Silver – Ella-Marie Young

Bronze – Callum Baker

Event 2

Kids Kickmaster 3rd Kyu and above

Gold – Ellis Pindoria-Stott

Silver – Izzy Baron

Bronze – Adam Bennett

Event 3

Individual Adults 35+  Kumite Males

Gold – Ron Mattthews

Silver – Anthony Cristoforo

Bronze – Tristian Miles

Event 4

Individual 11-13 years Kata 9th-7th Kyu Boys

Kata:

Gold – Robert Harrison

Silver – Max Pattison

Bronze – Anton Sandilands

Kumite: 

Gold – Max Pattison

Silver – Anton Sandilands

Bronze – Robert Harrison

Event 5

Time: 1.30pm-2pm

Individual 11-13 years Kata 6th – 4th Kyu Boys

Kata:

Gold – Alex Bathurst

Silver – Ethan Fong

Bronze – Matthew Stopford

Kumite: 

Gold – Bradley Oliver

Silver -Alex Bathurst

Bronze – Ethan Fong

Event 6

Time: 2pm-3pm

Open Age Pairs Kata 3rd-1st Kyu

Gold – Ella-Marie Young & Kai Foley

Silver – Finley Dewhurst & Isabel Hair

Bronze – Hirra Ahmad and Hammad Ahmad