Congratulations to Anya Edwardes, Christopher Davies, Mark Reading, Meleri Pryse, Rosie Reading and Steven Bailey who competed on Saturday 10th March in Atherton! Everyone did well, with Anya Edwardes winning first place in Team Kata; Christopher getting 2nd place in Gohon Kumite; Mark getting 2nd place in Kumite; Meleri winning first place in Team Kata, first place in Ippon Kumite and 4th place in Kata; and Steven winning first place in Team Kata.

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Congratulations to Anya Edwardes for coming 2nd in Kumite and 4th in Kata, Meleri Pryse for coming 2nd in Kata and 3rd in Kumite and Steven Bailey for getting 3rd place in Team Kata along with Anya and Mel.

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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 Senior Grade: Christopher Roberts and Ella Evans (joint).

Best Adult Grade: Colin Ferguson and Nevin Gill (joint)

Best Young Senior Grade – Winners: Christopher Roberts and Ella Evans with 16 stars.
Runner up: Anya Edwardes with 15.5 stars.

Best Young Junior Grade – Winner: Christopher Davies with 20.5 stars.
Runner up: Sophie Eve Evans with 19 stars.

Best Adult Grade – Winners: Colin Ferguson and Nevin Gill with 14 stars.
Runners up: Bernie Tiddeman, Mark Reading and Phil Bradley with 10 stars.

Best Young Senior Grade Anya Edwardes, Meleri Pryse and Steven Bailey (joint).

Best Adult Grade : Phil Bradley.Best Young Senior Grade – Winners: Anya Edwardes, Meleri Pryse and Steven Bailey with 16 stars. Runner up: Ella Evans with 15.5 stars.

Best Young Junior Grade – Winner: Thomas Cowhig with 17 stars. Runner up: James Roberts with 15 stars.

Best Adult Grade – Winner: Phil Bradley with 14 stars. Runners up: Bernie Tiddeman and Nevin with 12 stars.

Best Adult - Katharina Hoene
Best Young Senior Grade – Anya Edwardes.
Best Young Junior Grade – Sophie Bradley.

Best Young Senior Grade – Winner: Anya Edwardes with 16 stars. Runner-up: Steven Bailey with 15.5 stars.

Best Young Junior Grade – Winner: Sophie Bradley with 20.5 stars. Runner-up: Callum Bain with 16.5 stars.

Best Adult Grade – Winner: Katharina Hoene with 16 stars. Runner-up: Phil Bradley with 15 stars.

Very well done to Anya for passing her Shodan at the recent black belt grading in Bath under Senseis Andy Sherry 8th dan and Billy Higgins 7th dan.  Now let the fun begin

Well done! to Meleri, Steve B and Anya, who competed at the National Youth Championships in Chesterfield on Saturday 3rd July. They all performed well, and came away with even more medals and trophies! Meleri righted a wrong from the Welsh Champs, repeating the same kata and winning gold in the individual girls black belt kata. Anya did well in the individual girls brown belt kata, taking silver after narrowly missing out on gold by only 0.1 point, and the team kata were narrowly beaten in the finals, winning themselves a 3rd place and some bronze medals. Steve missed out on a place in the individual boys black belt kata after losing in the eliminations against some very strong opposition.

Congratulations to everyone who competed on the 19th of June.  Mel, Steve, Anya and Ella performed brilliantly, with Mel winning silver in the girls kumite and bronze in the girls kata, Steve winning gold in the boys kata and bronze in the boys kumite, Anya winning bronze in the girls kata and Ella winning bronze in the ippon kumite. Mel, Steve and Anya also teamed up to win gold in the team kata – AGAIN!

Rosie, Mark, Bernie, Rhys and Scott from the university club also competed, all performing well but narrowly missing out on places in the finals.

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