Novice Tournament is the best ever

On Sunday 1st May, novice competitors from JKS England clubs gathered at the superb sports hall at York college for this years novice tournament hosted by Selby Shotokan Karate Club.

The aim of this novice competition is to teach JKS students of all ages about competitions, it is specially run for karateka with no or little competition experience.

The annual competition is for all ages, kyu grades and Shodans under 1 year tenure, but is closed to JKS England squad members. It also serves as a good practical experience for officials on the JKS England Referees, judges and table recorder program.

Yet again records were broken for attendance with a total of 348 entries in the 17 events, showing how JKS England continues to grow. A massive thank you goes to Paul Brant Sensei from Selby and his team for putting on such a well run event. Many thanks also go to the officials, headed by Geoff Dixon for the professionalism displayed during the course of the day. Finally and most importantly many thanks to all the competitors, coaches, parents and other spectators that made the day so successful.
There are official photographs of the event available to purchase from Robert Graham Photography (www.rgephotos.com).

All the results are listed below.

Under 9 - Mixed Kata
1. Isabella Baron (Red Tiger)
2. Oliver Scott (LKA)
3. Henry Scott (LKA)
4. Demi McDonagh (Red Tiger)

Under 12 - Mixed Kata
1. Isabella Wilkes (Walsall Karate Dojo)
2. Sam Newbould (JKS Sheffield)
3. Zak Thomas-Blackhurst (Red Tiger)
4. Thomas Elmore (Walsall Karate Dojo)

Under 17 - Mixed Kata
1. Louis Johnson (Red Tiger)
2. Riley Woodhouse (TKF)
3. Joseph Stanley (Walsall Karate Dojo)
4. Tegan Dews (York Karate)

Over 16 - Mixed Kata - Beg to 3rd Kyu
1. Su Matthews (Red Tiger)
2. Nik Beresford (JKS Sheffield)
3. Kim Redgrave (TKF)
4. Karl Woodhouse (TKF)

Over 16 - Mixed Kata - 2nd Kyu +
1. Lucasz Kisala (LKA)
2. Sian Hutchinson (TKF)
3. Luke Stringer (Kaizen No-Michi)
4. Anthony Wilkes (Walsall Karate Dojo)

Family Pairs Kata
1. Dook / Winn (York Shotokan)
2. Wilkes / Wilkes (Walsall Karate Dojo)
3. Stanley /Stanley (Walsall Karate Dojo)
4. Woodhouse / Woodhouse (TKF)

Under 9 - Mixed Kumite
1. Oliver Scott (LKA)
2. Irah Brereton (Selby Shotokan)
3. William Dook (York Shotokan)
4. Thora Elston (Selby Shotokan)

Under 12 - Male Kumite
1. Jake Carr (LKA)
2. George Pearson (Walsall Karate Dojo)
3. Gabriel Mulchinock (LKA)
4. Callum Stead (York Karate)

Under 12 - Female Kumite
1. Molly Austin-Hogsden (Red Tiger)
2. Panashe Mangwana (Walsall Karate Dojo)
3. Maisie Redgrave (TKF)
4. Alishia Romagnuolo (Kaizen No-Michi)

Under 14 - Male Kumite
1. Thomas Dook (York Shotokan)
2. Riley Woodhouse (TKF)
3. Ean Pabinguit (Walsall Karate Dojo)
4. Daniel Hartley (Red Tiger)

Under 14 - Female Kumite
1. Tegan Dews (York Karate)
2. Honour Staples (York Karate)
3. Maya McNaught (York Karate)
4. Ellie Mae-Hunter (LKA)

Under 17 - Male Kumite
1. Matthew Ross (Kaizen No-Michi)
2. Daniel Woodcock (Walsall Karate Dojo)
3. Lewis Misseldine (LKA)
4. Sharaz Hussain (JKS Bradford)

Under 17 - Female Kumite
1. Francis Dook (York Shotokan)
2. Grace Jones-Devitt (Selby Shotokan)
3. Eloise Evans (Grantham)

Over 16 - Male Kumite - Beg to 3rd Kyu
1. Steve Sugden (LKA)
2. Ron Matthews (Red Tiger)
3. Karl Woodhouse (TKF)
4. Karl Eling (York Shotokan)

Over 16 - Female Kumite - Beg to 3rd Kyu
1. Su Matthews (Red Tiger)
2. Jo Guy (LKA)
3. Sally Wise (LKA)
4. Caroline Brereton (Selby Shotokan)

Over 16 - Male Kumite - 2nd Kyu+
1. Anthony Wilkes (Walsall Karate Dojo)
2. Lucasz Kisala (LKA)
3. Luke Stringer (Kaizen No-Michi)
4. Neil Sahar (JKS Leyland)

Over 16 - Female Kumite - 2nd Kyu+
1. Xiao Wei Han (Selby Shotokan)
2. Sian Hutchinson (TKF)
3. Brooke Wren (Kaien No-Michi)

Under 17 - Grand Champion Award – Joint Winners
Louis Johnson (Red Tiger)
Francis Dook (York Shotokan)
Matthew Ross (Kaizen No-Michi)

Senior Kumite - Best Performance Award
Anthony Wilkes (Walsall Karate Dojo)