Huge medal haul for JKS England at the Cumbrian Open

JKS England had over 40 competitors take part in the Cumbrian Open in Penrith on Sunday 22nd June.  Entries were down on last years event leading to us being the only competitors in some categories so our 11 Gold medals is perhaps a little flattering, however as they say, you've got to be in it to win it!

We had a great degree of dominance in the Senior events. Tom Little won the Male Kumite, Ashley Scott the Female Kumite and Lee Lamb Senior Kata. We also got Gold and Silver in Male Team Kumite, Female Team Kumite, Adult Team Kata and Adult Pairs Kata.  In Cadet Female Kumite we took all four medals with Emelye O'Brien coming out on top and then leading the girl’s team to victory after that.

It was good to see the JKS England Squad's leading two competitors, Ashley Scott and Emelye O'Brien, both winning their events the day after both had been in Barnsley training on the English Karate Federation National Squad.  It would be good to see other JKS England competitors show the ambition, commitment and ability to move onto the EKF National Squad in either Kata or Kumite.

The Squad's final domestic level competition before they head to Copenhagen in September for the JKS Europeans comes on 6th July when they compete at the Central England Open in Worcester. Good luck to all.

All the results are listed below:

Gold
Adult Kata - Lee Lamb
Senior Male Kumite - Tom Little
Senior Female Kumite - Ashley Scott
Veterans Kata - Doug Hunter
Veterans Kumite - Ben Richardson
Cadet Female Kumite - Emelye O'Brien
Male Team Kumite - Tom Little, Craig Williams & Zach Sharp
Female Team Kumite - Ashley Scott, Melissa Finlay & Rachel Harrison
Adult Team Kata - Lee Lamb, Zach Sharp & Liam Liddle
Adult Pairs Kata - Craig Williams & James Brown
Cadet Female Team Kumite - Emelye O'Brien, Amber Bannister & Eleanor Dook

Silver
Senior Female Kumite - Melissa Finlay
Veterans Kumite - Richard Fewkes
Junior Male Kumite - Tom Mitchell
Cadet Female Kumite - Amber Bannister
Boys Kumite 10-11 Yrs - Isaac Mitchell
Adult Team Kata - Craig Williams, Doug Hunter & Jordan Weatherley
Adult Pairs Kata - Doug Hunter & Jordan Weatherley
Male Team Kumite - Joe Bulmer, Ben Richardson & Tom Mitchell
Female Team Kumite - Alexandra Simon, Fran Cave & Tanya Handley
 
Bronze
Adult Kata - Liam Liddle
Senior Male Kumite - Craig Williams
Senior Female Kumite - Rachel Harrison
Junior Male Kumite - Zach Sharp
Cadet Male Kumite - Lewis Bradbury
Cadet Kata - Lewis Bradbury
Cadet Female Kumite - Laura Mackintosh
Cadet Female Kumite - Eleanor Dook
Childrens Kata 10-12 Yrs - Rowan Reeve
Childrens Kata 10-12 Yrs - James Harrison
Girls Kumite 10-11 Yrs - Alice Whittington
Male Team Kumite - James Brown, Richard Fewkes & Andy Deane
Cadet Female Team Kumite - Laura Mackintosh & Lacie Stembridge
Girls Team Kumite 12-13 Yrs - Sarah Howarth & Emma Quinn