October News 2008

Links Karate Kai Christmas Party and Awards Evening 2008

This years Christmas party is being held at Gt Holland Village Hall, Manor Rd, Gt Holland on Saturday 6th December 7pm - 12pm.

This event is always very popular, includes family disco, buffet and students’ end of year awards.

Last years tickets sold out very quickly which lead to some very disappointed people so to avoid this please get your tickets early as they will be sold on a first come bases.

Tickets are now available at all venues.

 

LKK & EKK, Kata & Kumite Course

Links Karate Kai and England Karate Kan will be holding a joint course on Fitness, Kata and Kumite. This will be held on Saturday 8th November at Clacton Leisure Centre, Vista Road, Clacton on Sea, 2pm-4pm.

This will be a great chance to try something new. Contact your club instructor for more information.

 

Hanko-Ryu International Kata & Kumite Tournamant

Links Karate Kai attended the Hanko-Ryu Championships, this local competition was held over two days on the 18th and 19th October. The first days events were Katas which the Links team was unable to attend due to other commitments, but went with a full under 18yrs Junior Squad for the second days Kumite sections.

Our first to compete was in the 7yrs and under section, Ethan Day, who went out in the second round to fellow team mate Zak Coates who went on to gain a Bronze, as did Jack White-Overton, Joseph Ridgewell also in this group excelled himself on the day going through the rounds gaining a well deserved Silver medal in the final.

Sam Day, Lincoln Pretlove and Laurence Gill in the 8-10yrs all did well but did not manage to medal this time.

Chris Scrivener in the Boys -40 kg 11-13yrs secured a Bronze. James Lee had an early exit in the +40kg 11-13yrs but fellow team mate Jake Pickering showed real spirit winning each fight to the final taking the Gold.

Tom Raymer and Daniel Szabo in the 14-15yrs Boys, both fought well but Tom was to go out in the early rounds leaving Daniel to make his way to the final but having to settle for the Silver this time.

Chloe Duce in the Girls 11-13yrs 3kyu+ took Bronze. Emily Appleby in the Girls 11-13yrs -40kg in her first open competition put nerves aside gaining herself the Bronze.

Jasmin Lancaster in the Girls ll-13yrs -40kg fought through the rounds winning a Silver in the final.

Kelly Render in the 14-15yrs did well but went out in the first round where Bernice White-Overton took the Bronze.

Mitchell Williams in the Boys ll-13yrs was on form taking the Gold.

Nathan Knights and Spencer White-Overton in the boys 16-18yrs both going through the rounds both taking the Bronze medals.

Our last event of the day was the Girls team event Bernice White-Overton, Chloe Duce and Jasmin Lancaster where they took the Gold.

Medals:

Gold: 3
Silver: 3
Bronze: 5

TEAM:

Kelly Render, Sam Day, Chloe Duce, Jake Pickering, James Lee, Lincoln Pretlove, Tom Raymer, Ethan Day, Chris Scrivener, Laurence Gill, Mitchell Williams, Zak Coates, Daniel Szabo, Emily Appleby, Nathan Knights, Jasmin Lancaster, Joseph Ridgewell, Spencer White-Overton, Jack White-Overton, Bernice White-Overton.

 

English Karate Federation Northern Regionals

The latest competition attended by the EKKA Squad was the EKF Northern Regional Karate Championships. The competition, which is a highly ranked event and attracts some of the best squads in England, was held on Sunday 26th October, in Ponds Forge, Sheffield. This was to be the last event of a long season for the squad, following great success at the English and the British. The team had to pull out all the stops at this event.

The first events of the day were the junior teams in the Girls 10 to 15yrs, we had Alex Nunn, Jasmin Lancaster and Heidi Jay: Gold.

Boys 10 to 15yrs team;
Mitchell Williams, Jack Briggs and Ryan Jay: Silver.

Individual:

Junior Girls;
Gold: Jasmin Lancaster, Hannah Moody, Alix Harris.
Solver: Alex Nunn, Jessica Moody.
Bronze: Heidi Jay, Poppy Briggs.

Junior Boys;
Gold: Ryan Jay.
Silver: Mitchell Williams, Michael Blackwell.

Senior Female;
Gold: Loren Cook+2.
Silver: Reisha Hull+2.
Bronze: Emily Griffiths, Charlotte Platts.

Senior Male;
Gold: Chris Harris.
Silver: Nathan Knights.

Medals;
Golds: 8
Silver: 8
Bronze: 4

Coaches:
Many thanks again to the team of coaches we have to support our squad members, they give up their time to stay to the end to make sure you have someone in your corner.

The very high standards and fighting spirit of the EKKA team is a great tribute to them and their instructors. Congratulations to you all from the EKKA Karate Association and squad coaches for a very successful year.

Squad session dates will follow shortly for 2009.