Congratulations to Sudiksha who won our Little Ninja (4-7 year olds) Student Of the Month award for May

Last week we had our second grading of the year. In total we had 95 candidates that successfully passed their examination under the watchful eye of Sensei Garry Harford 8th Dan. Well done everyone!

A special congratulations goes to Maya Arvanitaki who was awarded the Andy Kemery Memorial Trophy for being the most outstanding student!



 

Congratulations to Mia Mullis who was awarded her Bronze KUGB Young Leader Award.

Congratulations to the following students that were successful at the special black belt grading in Manchester under the watchful eyes of Sensei Frank Brennan 8th Dan and Sensei Jimmy Brennan 8th Dan.

Sensei Aimee Robinson - 2nd Dan
Sensei John Durkin - 2nd Dan
Avni Ghataora - 1st Dan
Ethan Leek - 1st Dan
Olly Hayward - 1st Dan

On Saturday we took a squad of competitors to Liverpool for the 18th City of Liverpool Youth Championships.
The standard of competition was very high with competitors ranging from first timers to experienced Internationals.

As usual all of our team competed with fantastic spirit, enthusiasm and determination.

We are very proud of all our competitors and thank their families for their tremendous support.

Notable Results
GOLD - Mens 16-17 Kumite - Thomas Hegarty
GOLD - Boys Over 5ft 5 Kumite - Sarvesh Leoprabhu
SILVER - Mens 18-20 Kumite - Niall Gilligan
SILVER - Mens Junior Kata - Thomas Hegarty
SILVER - Boys 10-11 Kumite - Zain Steers
SILVER - 7 years and under Kata - Veer Ghataora
BRONZE - Mens Junior Kata - Niall Gilligan
BRONZE - Boys 5ft to 5ft 5 Kumite - Alfie Bant
BRONZE - Boys 10-11 Kumite - Aman Singh
BRONZE - Childrens Ippon Kumite - Ayla Jansen
BRONZE - 8-11 years Kata - Ayla Jansen
BRONZE - 7 years and under Kata - Nakshatra Leoprabhu

Then to top off a very successful day, Thomas Hegarty was awarded The Cathy Hutchinson trophy for being the most outstanding competitor!