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……….

Katharina Hoene won 1st place in the Ladies Ippon Kumite;

Dan Baker won 1st place in the Mens Ippon Kumite;

Scott Fleming won 1st place in the Mens Senior Kata;

Lorna Meikle won 3rd place in the Ladies Junior Kumite;

Kerry Thomas won 3rd place in the Ladies Senior Kata;

Dan Baker won 3rd place in the Mens Junior Kumite;

Matt Foster won 3rd place in the Mens Ippon Kumite;

Scott Fleming, Timothy Hudson and Kerry Thomas won 2nd place in the Mixed Team Kata.

A special mention also goes to Christopher Davies, Sophie Eve Evans, Brett Ferguson and Nevin Gill who all competed for the first time ever!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQZlwDh3dSA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfyaL2UNUwA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hEcdFyTBJM

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.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRmD2EqFJZ0