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 3rd 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 6th-4th 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