The KUGB's English Squad achieved great success in this year's ESKA Championships in Lucerne, Switzerland. Squads were sent from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. All competed very enthusiastically but England performed outstandingly well taking a great tally of medals. Matt Price was in tremendous form winning the male senior individual kumite event with great authority. He was also presented with the Sensei Enoeda Memorial Trophy as the most outstanding competitor of the tournament. All members of the various teams performed very well scoring many spectacular ippons on their way to the finals. Congratulations to them all. Jimmy Brennan and Gary Harford attended the judges course and both successfully attained qualifications as International Judges for both kata and kumite.

Matt presented with trophy by ESKA Vice-President, Ilya Gouliev

Matt receives the Sensei Enoda Memorial Trophy from Sensei Sugimura

The KUGB contingent

Bronze for England's Senior Kumite Team L-R Dean Field, Matt Price, John Bruce, Liam O'Grady, Christopher Cray, Antony Duffy, Michael Davison

Silver for the England Senior Ladies Kumite Team L-R Victoria Mulhearn, Kelly Perry and Vicky Phillips

Senior Ladies Kata Team, 4th place L-R Kelly Perry, Kimberly May, Vicky Phillips presented by ESKA Vice-President, Pierre Feldmann

Bronze for Junior Ladies Kata Team Zoe Starr, Holly Sterling and Natasha Balyckyi

The English Squad

Holly Sterling (far left) outstanding performance to take silver in Junior Ladies Kumite

Bronze medal for David Wright (third from left) in Cadet Kumite

Bronze medals for England Kata Team L-R David Wright, Antony Duffy and Craig Reynolds

Silver for England in the Junior Mens Team Kumite L-R James Campbell, Antony Duffy and Damian O'Donnell

Gary Harford and Jimmy Brennan become International Judges in Kata and Kumite