Having returned fitter, stronger and with more karate knowledge than they left with! It’s great to be back – we’re all looking forward to doing it again next year now!
Kata tournament on Thursday went well….
Congratulations to Scott Fleming and Ciaran McDonald for passing their Shodan Grading!
Well done to Scott Fleming and Ciaran McDonald from our University Club, who went to Prestatyn last month as 1st Kyu Brown Belts and have returned as 1st Dan Black Belts! Both worked extremely hard in the run up to their grading – their hard work paid off for them!
Best Young Senior Grade and overall winner: Meleri Pryse.
Best Young Junior Grade: Christopher Davies.
Best Adult Grade: Katharina Hoene
Congratulations to everyone who competed at the Kyu Grade Championship! A huge number of us (26 in total!) went along to Prestatyn to compete and spectate. A massive well done to everyone who competed! Ikkyo came away with lots of shiny medals and trophies, with winners……….
Congratulations to everyone who competed at the North West Open! Well done to Steven Bailey, Anya Edwardes, Rosie Reading, Meleri Pryse and Colin Ferguson who, along with 9 of our University Club members, all competed at the North West Open in Atherton. A special congratulations to:
Meleri Pryse who won Gold in Five Step Kumite, Gold in Ippon Kumite and Bronze in Ladies Kumite;
Anya Edwardes who won Silver in Five Step Kumite and Silver in Ippon Kumite; and
Our University Team Kata made up of Tyrone Robinson, Timothy Hudson and Kerry Thomas, who won 4th place in the Mixed Team Kata event.
Best Young Junior Grade and overall winner: Christopher Davies.
Best Young Senior Grade: Meleri Pryse.
Best Adult Grade : Colin Ferguson and Mark Reading (joint).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IalxBdk7Zew
Mel, along with Tara from Porthcawl, makes a mark in the Senior Ladies Kata at the first
Best Young Junior Grade and overall winner: Christopher Davies.
Best Young Senior Grade: Christopher Roberts and Ella Evans (joint).
Best Adult Grade: Colin Ferguson and Nevin Gill (joint) Continue reading
Congratulations and well done to those who tried out for the KUGB Welsh Squad selections in January. Selections were as follows: Kerry Lyn Thomas – Kata Squad. Steven Bailey – Kata Squad. Meleri Pryse – Kata Squad and Kumite Squad. Graham Hunt (University) – Kata Squad and Kumite Squad. All have trained particularly hard leading up to the selections and showed considerable skill and martial attitude.
Best Young Junior Grade and overall Winner : Callum Bain.
Best Young Senior Grade Christopher Roberts.
Best Adult Grade Colin Ferguson and Nevin Gill. Continue reading
Congratulations to the Uni team for performing so well at the KUGB Student Championships. Alex, Tyrone and Graham brought home 1st place in the Team Kata with Ciaran, Tim and Kerry coming 2nd. Ciaran then went on to win the brown belt Kata event too. Fantastic result guys!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2K2ZI5Iiuk
Best Young Junior Grade and overall Winners: Callum Bain and Leah Beswick.
Best Young Senior Grade: Meleri Pryse.
Best Adult Grade: Phil Bradley. Continue reading