KUGB Karate Events and News Reports

The 2012 KUGB's National Youth Championships took place on Saturday 7th July at the Queens Park Leisure Centre in Chesterfield.

The event, for under 21 year olds, attracts competitors from all over the British Isles and Ireland.

As always there were some brilliant performances from the likes of Joseph Rawcliffe and Hisham Saif who took the Junior 18 to 21 Kumite and Junior Kata events respectively.

Many congratulations to all those who took part.

Full results below.

Men's Kumite 18-20
1) Joe Rawcliffe - Halewood
2) James McGorian - Halewood
3) Harry Cuddy - Leeds Shotokan
3) Jack Somers - Chelmsford

Ladies Kumite 16-20
1) Megan Dent - Sendai Kushiro
2) Beth Nicholson - Sendai Kushiro
3) Rebecca Morrison - Kirkby
3) Demi Evans - Bargoed

Men's Kumite 16-17
1) Chris Hamilton - Sendai Kushiro
2) Cameron Graham - Kirkby
3) Christopher Schumann - Kirkby
3) Ryan Stead - York Elite

Men's 16-20 Kata
1) Hisham Saif - Al Ghazali
2) Lloyd Birt - Bargoed
3) Stuart Amos - Red Triangle
4) Chris Hamilton - Sendai Kushiro

Ladies 16-20 Kata
1) Beth Nicholson - Sendai Kushiro
2) Laura Smith - Dencki Kai
3) Demi Evans - Bargoed
4) Nicole Donoghue - St Helens

Boy's Dan Grade Kata
1) Abdulrahman Saif - Al Ghazali
2) Ilyas Ahmed - Al Ghazali
3) Connor Wilson - St Johns
4) Leon Holban - USKF Ireland

Girl's Dan Grade Kata
1) Leanne Royle - USKF Ireland
2) Maya Burns - Ashington
3) Alice Jewitt - Sendai Kushiro
4) Rosa Kerr - York Elite

Boy's Kumite Over 5'5"
1) Ryan Spencer - Sendai Kushiro
2) Joseph McLean - Malvern
3) Connor Jones - Red Triangle
3) Robert Woodland - Ipswich Higashi

Boy's Kumite 5'-5'5"
1) Connor Wilson - St. Johns
2) Dan Mooney - Tamworth
3) Cory Donoghue - Merthyr Tydfil
3) Charlie Roper - Tekki RS

Boy's Kumite Under 5'
1) Aidan McLean - Malvern
2) Adam Gibson - Sendai Kushiro
3) Joseph Lines - York Elite
3) Daniel Woodward - Ipswich Higashi

Girls Kumite over 5'3"
1) Leanne Royle - USKF Ireland
2) Emily Hughes - Malvern
3) Sammi King - York Elite
3) Claire Elliott - USKF Ireland

Girls Kumite under 5'3"
1) Carly Lewis - Merthyr Tydfil
2) Maya Burns - Ashington
3) Lauren Livingstone - Bargoed
3) Kirsty Smith - Bargoed

Girls Brown Belt Kata
1) Maila Raymundo - Staffordshire Uni
2) Ashleigh Howes - Ipswich Higashi
3) Millie Daniels - Ipswich Higashi
4) Izzy Ponsonby - South Notts

Boys Brown Belt Kata
1) Mapalo Mwenya - USKF Ireland
2) Louie Cummings - Ashington
3) Luke King - Windermere
4) James Summerfield - Leeds Shotokan

Children's Team Kata
1) Sendai Kushiro A
2) Sendai Kushiro B
3) Tamworth
4) Ashington A

Boys 10-11 Kumite
1) Matthew Gibson - Sendai Kushiro
2) James McNichol - York Elite
3) Ilyas Ahmed - Al Ghazali
3) Abdulrahman Saif - Al Ghazali

Girls 10-11 Kumite
1) Lucy McDonald - Malvern
2) Cayleigh McCartney - York Elite
3) Aoife Bigger - Shotokan Karate Academy
3) Emily Kahl - Merthyr Tydfil

Children's Ippon Kumite
1) Leon Hoban - USKF Ireland
2) Maila Raymundo - Staffordshire Uni
3) Sam Blundell - York Elite
3) Mapalo Mwenta - USKF Ireland

Boys Kata Novice to 4 kyu
1) Fazeel Khan - St Johns
2) Dang Khoa - Windermere
3) Joshua Penn - Kirkby
4) Christopher Davies - Ikkyo

Girls Kata novice to 4th kyu
1) Erika Gough - USKF Ireland
2) Megan Naylor-Jones - Chelmsford
3) Bronya Burkinell - Sendai Kushiro
4) Amy Roberts - Tamworth