A record medal haul for the squad!
On Sunday 17th November Walsall Karate Dojo were at the JKS England National Championships in Nottingham. The event is the final event of our squad calendar in the year. Squad members have been working extremely hard in preparation for this event. Yet again the event was superb and a credit to JKS England. A big thank you to Alan Campbell, Wendy Preston and chief referee Geoff Dixon for all the hard work in making the day happen.
As always we entered our full squad and everyone showed exemplary attitude and behaviour on the day. There were some superb performances on display in some very tough events. We finished the day on top of the medal table with an amazing haul of 40 medals including 13 Golds, 15 Silvers and 12 Bronze Medals. Congratulations to all medallists:
Gold
Luanna Roque Henriques - Female Kumite 14 to 15 Years - Black & Brown Belt
Louis Powell - Male Kumite 14 to 15 Years - Black & Brown Belt
Louis Powell - Male Kata 14 to 15 Years - Black & Brown Belt
Anthony Wilkes - Veteran Male Kumite
Isabella Wilkes - Female Kumite 11 to 13 Years - Black & Brown Belt
Leonardo Roque Henriques - Mixed Kumite 8 to 10 Years - Black & Brown Belt
Zach Ruizo - Mixed Kata 8 to 10 Years - Black & Brown Belt
James Neville - Mixed Kata 14 Years and above - 7th to 4th Kyu
Ynno Angeles, Ean Pabinguit, Louis Powell - Male Team Kumite 14 to 15 Years
Ynno Angeles, Karanjeet Basran, Louis Powell - Team Kata 12-15 Years
Aliyah lqbal, Panashe Mangwana, Isabella Wilkes - Female Team Kumite 11 to 13 Years
Zach Ruizo, Jacob Townsend, Angelo Villanueva - Team Kata 8-11 Years
Archie Hill, Freya Milligan, Zach Ruizo - Mixed Team Kumite 8 to 10 Years
Silver
Sharaf Ebrahimi - Senior Male Kata
Amelia Stanley - Senior Female Kumite
Amelia Stanley - Senior Female Kata
Emily Harper - Female Kumite 14 to 15 Years - Black & Brown Belt
Ynno Angeles - Male Kumite 14 to 15 Years - Black & Brown Belt
Thomas Elmore - Male Kata 14 to 15 Years - Black & Brown Belt
Bartek Lipowski - Mixed Kumite 8 to 10 Years - Black & Brown Belt
Verónica Gonzalez - Mixed Kata 14 Years and above - 7th to 4th Kyu
Aisha Ratnasbapathy - Female Kumite 11 to 15 Years - 7th Kyu to 4th Kyu
Aisha Ratnasabapathy - Mixed Kata 11 to 13 Years - 7th to 4th Kyu
Evangelos Fiotakis - Mixed Kata 8 to 10 Years - 7th to 4th Kyu
Verónica Gonzalez, Cara Hopkins, Amelia Stanley - Senior Female Team Kumite
Emily Harper , Luanna Roque Henriques - Female Team Kumite 14 to 17 Years
Karanjeet Basran, Benjamin Stanley, Joseph Stanley - Male Team Kumite 14 to 15 Years
Frankie Carless, Darius Rahmati, Leonardo Roque Henriques - Mixed Team Kumite 8 to 10 Years
Bronze
Cara Hopkins - Senior Female Kumite
Ean Pabinguit - Male Kumite 14 to 15 Years - Black & Brown Belt
Karanjeet Basran - Male Kata 14 to 15 Years - Black & Brown Belt
Robert Piggott - Veteran Male Kumite
Frankie Carless - Mixed Kumite 8 to 10 Years - Black & Brown Belt
Freya Milligan - Mixed Kata 8 to 10 Years - Black & Brown Belt
Phoebe Jones - Mixed Kata 8 to 10 Years - Black & Brown Belt
James Neville - Male Kumite 11 to 15 Years - 7th Kyu to 4th Kyu
Jacob Boorman - Mixed Kata 8 to 10 Years - 7th to 4th Kyu
Sharaf Ebrahimi, Cara Hopkins, Amelia Stanley - Senior Team Kata
Idris Husmani, James Neville, Alex Nuta - Male Team Kumite 14 to 15 Years
Gabriel Angeles, Haaris Husmani, Henry Jones - Male Team Kumite 11 to 13 Years
Congratulations in particular to Louis for winning four Gold medals out of four category entries. A super day all round and well done to everyone who participated, whether you won a medal or not. The attitude on the day from every single team
A massive thank you to Paul Stanley, Mark Turner, Bob Piggott and Anthony Wilkes for coaching the team on the day. Also well done to Steve Spence and Darren Rushton for judging all day long. Finally a big thanks to all parents, partners, family and friends who made the effort to travel and support the team. It was such an honour to be a part of the Walsall team on the day!