Wado-UK Junior Championships 2015

On the 27th June 2015, Wado UK held its 6th Junior Championships at the Woodford Sports Centre. It turned out to be the biggest entry so far with over 80 of our young students taking part. The competitors came from the Chikara Dojo, the East Hull Woodford Dojo, the Shinken Dojo, the St Nicholas Dojo and the Zanshin Dojo. As is always the case the competition was run entirely by our own members, with club instructors and senior grades doing the refereeing and judging, and volunteers and parents covering everything else off. As club instructors we have already made a commitment to our chosen pastime, but to see so many parents and family members sat at control tables, laying mats and loading vans is very pleasing. Everyone played their part no matter how small their role in making the day a complete success. We would like to build on this success now and encourage as many parents as possible to jump on board with these roles. Please let us know if you would like to, or indeed already do but wish to expand your responsibility. We would like more table officials etc. and are keen to run courses for both this and officiating if there is the demand.

The competition itself of course belonged to all of the youngsters taking part. This event was introduced to give all of our younger members the opportunity to compete close to home, and at a relatively small event. This we feel is important as the ones we travel to are often two hour’s drive away, and are much more intimidating if it is their first exposure to events of this sort. With the categories being sympathetic to this young and inexperienced group, we always see new faces on the podium. This is pleasing, but of course so is seeing our regular medal winners also. From our perspective it is not about the medals though, we want to see everyone walking away with smiles on their faces and a desire to return to competition at some stage in the future. This is why everyone gets a medal of participation at the beginning, we want them to enjoy the day, it’s as simple as that.

Well done to everyone who took part regardless of medal success coming your way or not. The most important thing is that you enjoyed your day, and your competition!

Of course we now move our attention to our next event which is the 7th East Yorkshire Open Karate Championships on September 27th. Unfortunately we still have issues to sort with regard to a venue, but rest assured the competition will be taking place. As soon as the venue is finalised we will be getting the details circulated not only among our group, but amongst the wider karate community also. Building on the success of yet another excellent event here at the Junior competition, we would love to see all our volunteers returning and doing us proud once again. Details will be with your club instructors imminently and of course on the website and in the newsletter.

Thank you all once again for the commitment and dedication which helped deliver a successful 6th Wado UK Junior Championships.

Our Officials were ;
John Moreton, Tony Dent, Paul Braid, Barry Meanwell, Shirley Braid, Steve Balaam-Reed, Tracey Balaam-Reed, Chris Fenton, Jim Dunn, Jordan Taylor, Ben Harrison, Andrew Parker, Jon Chia, Ellie Hayes, Brian Goff & Andrew Parker.

Our Table Officials were;
Steve & Stevie Bell, Sue Miller, Mike Pinder & Andrew Parker, Jackie Newton, Lisa Harding & Elaine Hayes.

Our Competitor Marshals were;
Clare Eastwood and Dave Phillips

Below are lists of results from the days events.

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Kata Results

Category	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Bronze
KA 1	Jacob Davies	Riley Dunn
KA 2	Amelia Thackray	Michael Drabik	Alex Malnics	Zach Blake-Barnard
KA 3	Katie-Leigh Taylor	Sally-Ann Saunders	Ma'te Molnar	Keeley Mould
KA 4	Harry Rolland	Connor Featherstone	Aimee Wilson	William Miles
KA 5	Majid Panahi	Adam Wilson
KA 6	Uncontested
KA 7	Uncontested
KA 8	Amrit Dhesi	Charlie Dorling	Tommaso Concass	Renaldas Sokolovas
KA 9	Ellis Miller	Mia Cowles
KA 10	Josh Hartery	Jed Jemison
KA 11	Uncontested
KA 12	Uncontested
KA 13	Katie Sawyers	Thomas Paxton
KA 14	Uncontested
KA 15	Teerth Dhesi	Lauren Horner	Oliver Dearing	Jakub Lutweijko

Kick-Master Results

Category	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Bronze
KM 16	Megan Little	Lily Hope	Ruby Woolway	Phoebe Thackray
KM 17	Lewis Lynn	Bradley Taylor	Aaron Little	Henry Fillinmgham
KM 18	Maddison Bell	Keesha Cowles	Demi Isles	Katie-Leigh Taylor
KM 19	Michael Drabik	Amrit Dhesi	Tommaso Concass	Renaldas Sokolovas

Kumite Results

Category	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Bronze
KU 20	Uncontested
KU 21	Amelia Thackray	Lily Hope	Phoebe Thackray
KU 22	Uncontested
KU 23	Keesha Cowles	Katie Sawyers	Sally-Ann Saunders
KU 24	Ruby James	Aimee Wilson
KU 25	Amie Newton	Charan Dhesi	Mia Cowles
KU 26	Uncontested
KU 27	Lauren Horner	Lauren Foster
KU 28	Henry Fillinmgham	Jacob Davies	Maddison Dunn	Riley Dunn
KU 29	Arturas Andrejevas	Michael Drabik	Samuel Gray	Finlay Mainprize
KU 30	Renaldas Sokolovas	Logan Foster	Tommaso Concass	Chandler Cooper
KU 31	Amrit Dhesi	Thomas Paxton	Jed Jemison
KU 32	Harry Rolland	Connor Featherstone	William Miles
KU 33	Uncontested
KU 34	Aidan Clark	Adam Wilson	Majid Panahi
KU 35	Oliver Dearing	Josh Hartery	Jakub Lutweijko	Jack Sawyers
KUE1	Oliver Dearing	Josh Hartery	Ellis Miller
KUE2	Joe Rose	Jakub Lutweijko