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SALE DOJO KATA COMPETITION
SALE DOJO, MANCHESTER
SUNDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER, 2009
Congratulations to the Red Sun Squad who competed at the Sale Dojo Kata Championships on Sunday 20th September, 2009. A small squad of eight entered including four new squad members. Craig 'I'm too old' Donley and Gemma Holland gave some excellent performances in the first round only to lose out in the second round to very strong opponents.
In the lower grade section, both Brandon Cadd and Megan Winstanley gave excellent performances to make it to the semi-finals. Brandon unfortunately lost out to a very strong opponent and had to settle for a very good Bronze in his first competition but Megan sailed into the Final only to narrowly lose out and come away with a fantastic Silver medal in her first ever competition.
In the intermediate section, there was another Bronze for Sam Donley after another steady performance. With a little hard work things could get even better next time.
In possibly the toughest section of the day, Charlotte Tait, Jessica Hill and Callum Hesketh came up against some top opposition. In the first round, Callum sailed through as did Charlotte and Jess after superb performances that blew the opposition away. This continued all the way to the Semis with Callum losing out to Jessica Hill and then in a tough contest in the Final, Charlotte narrowly took the Gold from Jess who came away with Silver and Callum coming away with Bronze making it a fantastic 1-2-3.
With 1 Gold, 2 Silver and 3 Bronze as well as Sensei Mark and Sensei Wes trying out the Judges chair and Sensei Jo making sure everyone was going into battle with the right tactics, Sensei has gone home with a massive smile on his face.
LOWER GRADE KATA
Megan Winstanley - 2nd Place
Brandon Cadd - 3rd Place
INTERMEDIATE KATA
Sam Donley - 3rd Place
BROWN BELT KATA
Charlotte Tait - 1st Place
Jessica Hill - 2nd Place
Callum Hesketh - 3rd Place
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BRITISH KARATE FEDERATION CHAMPIONSHIPS
MEADOWBANK STADIUM, EDINBURGH
SATURDAY 5TH & SUNDAY 6TH SEPTEMBER, 2009
At the B.K.F. Senior Championships in Edinburgh, Red Sun Chief Instructor Peter Lee Bibby was promoted to B.K.F. Kumite Referee and B.K.F. Kata Judge. The promotion was gained after two days of assessments under the watchful eye of World Referees Billy Brennan, Doug James and Nariman Jeddi along with five years of training and guidance under the leadership of Englands highest ever qualified World Karate Referee Terry Pottage.
RED SUN KYU GRADING
RED SUN DOJO, COPPULL
WEDNESDAY 24TH JUNE, 2009
On Wednesday 24th June, it was the turn of the senior Kyu Grades to test their progress over the last 4 months. The following students were successful and were promoted to the next grade:-
CHARLOTTE TAIT - 1ST KYU BROWN & 2 WHITE OBI
JESSICA HILL - 2ND KYU BROWN & WHITE OBI
CALLUM HESKETH - 3RD KYU BROWN OBI
REECE TAYLOR - 3RD KYU BROWN OBI
CRAIG DONLEY - 5TH KYU PURPLE OBI
PAUL McDERMOTT - 8TH KYU RED OBI
RED SUN COLOURED BELT KYU GRADINGS 2009
RED SUN DOJO, COPPULL
WEDNESDAY 10TH JUNE, 2009
On Wednesday 10th June, it was time for the Novice and lower Kyu Grades to test their progress made over the last 4 months. The following students were successful and were promoted to the next grade:-
LISA TAYLOR - 4TH KYU PURPLE & WHITE OBI
LAURA TAYLOR - 4TH KYU PURPLE & WHITE OBI
SAM DONLEY - 5TH KYU PURPLE OBI
AMANDA LOCKE - 6TH KYU GREEN OBI
JAMES EDGERLEY - 6TH KYU GREEN OBI
ETHAN NEILSON - 6TH KYU GREEN OBI
HANNAH EDGERLEY - 8TH KYU RED OBI
MEGAN WINSTANLEY - 8TH KYU RED OBI
BRANDON CADD - 9TH KYU ORANGE OBI
NORTHERN OPEN CLASSIC KARATE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2009
LEIGH SPORTS VILLAGE
SUNDAY 29TH MARCH, 2009
On Sunday 29th March, 2009 the Northern Open Classic Karate Championships took place at the very impressive Leigh Sports Village. With a massive amount of competitors and a number of England and Scotland squad members competing, competition for medals was always going to be tough. In the first Kata sections of the day, two of our medal hopes Jessica Hill and Reece Kinsey had the bad luck of being drawn against each other after breezing through the first round. Reece took the spoils in a very close contest and managed to get through to the Semi-finals before narrowly losing out and had to settle for a very impressive 3rd place and the Bronze medal to go with it. In the junior boys section, both James Edgerley and Sam Donley showed some impressive early form before losing out in the following rounds and narrowly missing out on the medal positions.
In the junior girls Kata it was a totally different story. After the disappointment of not competing at the Chojinkai Children's Championships due to an administrative error earlier in the month, Laura Kinsey blew her opposition away in every way and stormed her way into the final and took all the honours winning the Gold in an impressive fashion.
It was then time for the Kumite and once again our two little pyscho's Reece & Callum fought very well narrowly missing out on the medal places. Possibly one of the most satisfying events of the day was the junior boys kumite. With James Edgerley and Sam Donley getting the Bronze and Silver medals respectively at last years event, I hoping they would go one better this year and they didn't disappoint. Both James and Sam fought there way through to the final which saw a re-match of three previous semi-finals in which Sam had taken the spoils every time. However, the first win of the year went to James Edgerley who took the Gold in a narrowly contested final.
MUSHINDO WADO KAI BRITISH OPEN KATA CHAMPIONSHIPS
CHESLYN HAY
SUNDAY 7TH FEBRUARY, 2009
On Sunday 7th February, 2009 fellow Ken Yu Kai members Mushindo Wado Kai hosted the British Open Kata Championships at Cheslyn Hay Leisure Centre in Cannock. Again the Red Sun Squad did not disappoint with some excellent displays. The only bad point about the day was the sub zero temperatures in the leisure centre.
The days results are listed below.
JESSICA HILL - 3RD PLACE PEE-WEE KATA
LAURA KINSEY - 2ND PLACE JUNIOR GIRLS KATA
SAM DONLEY - 3RD PLACE JUNOR BOYS KATA
