JKS record best ever results at the EKF Nationals
On the weekend of 18th and 19th April 2015 the JKS England team were at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield for the annual English Karate Federation Championships.
The event is English Karate's premier event and sees competitors across the country gather to see who comes out on top under WKF rules.
This is the fourth year JKS England have entered a team at the event and each year progress has been made. 2015 proved to be no exception. The final medal tally was 3 Gold, 2 Silver and 7 Bronze medals and was the organisations best ever performance by far.
National Head coach Matt Price commented "Great weekend at the EKF National Championships. Well done all JKS England representatives."
We would like to thank all competitors, supporters, referees and judges from JKS who attended the event.
All medalists are listed here:
Gold
Junior Female Kumite - Emelye O'Brien
Team Kata aged 12-13 Yrs - Jessica Maitland, Rowan Reeve & James Harrison
Female Team Kata - Alexandra Simon, Emma Barker and Rachel Harrison
Silver
Junior Male Kumite (-68Kg) - Shaun Green
Male Team Kumite - Tom Little, Joe Bulmer, Sam Coxon, Stephen Brown , Ben Richardson, Zach Sharp and Richard Fewkes
Bronze
Junior Male Kumite (-75Kg) - Lewis Bradbury
Senior Female Kumite (-68Kg) - Rachel Harrison
Female Cadet Kumite (-54 Kg) - Sarah Howarth
Cadet Male Kumite (-67 Kg) - Brad Porteus
Under 21 Male Kumite (-75Kg) - Zach Sharp
Cadet Female Kumite (-47Kg) - Lacie Stembridge
Male Team Kata - Zach Sharp, Lee Lamb and Jordan Weatherley