Club Grading
This turned out to be one of the biggest club gradings we’ve had for quite a while with 30 students grading. Grades ranged from 9th Kyu right through to 1st Kyu keeping the instructors on their toes. Congratulations to everyone who graded tonight, some good performances to see:
9th Kyu
Dion Lee
Harry Newbury
8th Kyu
Simon White
Chris Hill
Callum Pedley
Rema Uddin
Connor Shepherd
Daniel Shaw
Leyton Davis
Dominic Cox
Nicole McMillan
Jacob Hodgson
Tyler Vaughan
7th Kyu
Megan Spires
Mollie Cooper
Khushru Khasimai
Joseph Flounders
Oakley Lindridge
Olivia Lindridge
6th Kyu
Rebecca Caygill
Jack Solomon
5th Kyu
Daniel Spires
Connor Butterfield
Bailey Lindridge
3rd Kyu
Phil Salmons
2nd Kyu
Roy Salmons
Daniel White
1st Kyu
Jasmin Langley
Lewis Muldown
Joel Copeman
As always, there’s plenty to keep working on, especially for the next belt. Keep up the hard work guys… Especially the trio who will now be working towards their Black Belt!
Hartlepool Wadokai Beginners Karate Championships
Saturday 23rd June 2012 – Hartlepool College of Further Education
This was only our second ever competition exclusively for our beginners. The event was held to be a stepping stone to some of our bigger competitions that we now run annually and was designed to be a low key affair, with none of the bells and whistles that we usually have at our events. We didn’t want to intimidate our inexperienced competitors. The event was also used as a training opportunity for our cadets to get some judging practise in. They all worked hard throughout the day and we’d like to thank them once again for their efforts.
The event started at 11am with Sensei Amy putting all the competitors through their paces, going over the kata moves they would need during the day. Overall the competition was quite relaxed, and we took our time between categories so that the young competitors could get themselves ready. Before the Kumite (fighting) categories started, we had an exhibition match between two of our Wadokai England squad members, Lewis and Phil. And Chris gave a demo of the Kick Master Kumite too.
It was great to see some great potential in the young-lings, with some as young as five years old already moving around the mat like they own the place. I think the future is bright for our club.
Results:
KA1 – Kata, White Belts, White & Red Belts
1st – Harry Newbury
2nd – Alfie Ogden
3rd – Sarah Shears
3rd – AJ Murray
KA2 – Kata, Red Belts
1st – Connor Shepherd
2nd – Tyler Vaughan
3rd – Jacob Hodgson
3rd – Leyton Davis
KA3 – Kata, Yellow Belts, Orange Belts
1st – Oakley Lindridge
2nd – Khushru Khasimai
3rd – Jack Solomon
3rd – Joseph Flounders
KA4 – Kata, Seniors
1st – Chris Lindridge
2nd – Roy Salmons
KM1 – Kick Master Kumite,
White & Red Belts
1st – Joshua Martindale
2nd – Alfie Ogden
3rd – AJ Murray
3rd – Will Davidson
KM2 – Kick Master Kumite, Red Belts, Yellow Belts, Orange Belts
1st – Rebecca Caygill
2nd – Joseph Flounders
3rd – Leyton Davis
3rd – Khushru Khasimai
KU1 – Kumite, White Belts,
White & Red Belts
1st – Harry Nebury
2nd – Harvey Allicante
3rd – Sarah Shears
3rd – AJ Murray
KU2 – Kumite, Red Belts
1st – Callum Pedley
2nd – Connor Shepherd
3rd – Jacob Hodgson
3rd – Tyler Vaughan
KU3 – Kumite, Yellow Belts, Orange Belts
1st – Oakley Lindridge
2nd – Abby Laidler
3rd – Rebecca Caygill
3rd – Khushru Khasimai
I know that some of the kids were disappointed that they didn’t manage to get medals, or they didn’t get as far as they’d hoped, but sadly, not everyone can win. I personally think that you can learn just as much from losing as you can from winning, perhaps even more and I was sure to remind all the competitors of this before we let them go home.
Finally, I’d like to thank all of the parents and students for entering the competition (especially on the same weekend as a club grading!), and all of the club officials and volunteers who helped fetch and carry the equipment (the dedicated few!) and also the Hartlepool Sporting Association and Hartlepool College of Further Education for the use of a fantastic venue.
Olympic Torch in Hartlepool (2)
Yesterday our little town on the North East coast of England was privileged to host the 2012 London Olympic Torch Relay as it makes its way around the UK. This is a fantastic was of generating interest in the Olympic Games and is a great way of raising peoples aspirations, especially the younger ones – some of whom will no doubt be future Olympians themselves.
Hartlepool Borough Council had organised the festivities which included a number of live bands etc… at the Maritime Experience on the Marina. This was a huge success with claims of up to 23,000 people, (including 6,000 at the Marina) lining the torch route through the town. This support is fantastic and shows how important sport is to everyone – even those that don’t take part themselves.
It was also great that the inspire athletes were all invited as VIP’s to the event, they were introduced on stage by the Hartlepool Mayor, Mr Stuart Drummond who gave a brief overview of each athletes competition successes – the highlight obviously being Savanna Marshall who is a member of the 2012 GB Olympic Team and favourite for Women’s Boxing. Our club also had two of it’s own represented there, with Sensei Amy and Jasmin who are both part of the inspire program.
For those of you that don’t know, the inspire program is a photography exhibition of successful female athletes from a variety of sports which include Regional, National, European, International and Olympic medal winners. The exhibition will be featured in the Hartlepool Art Gallery and across all the local schools, all of which will help ‘inspire’ more girls/women into sport.
- Amy with a 1948 London Olympic Torch
There were opportunities to get some iconic photos too, including with a 1948 London Olympic Torch too!
Thank you to all the organisers, the torch bearers and the crowds for contributing to the electric atmosphere…
Olympic Torch in Hartlepool
Olympic Torch Route through Hartlepool TODAY 🙂
There will be a lunchtime community celebration when the torch arrives at Hartlepool?s Maritime Experience (HME), Marina Way at 11.51am on Sunday 17 June.
As well as street theatre, jugglers and stilt walkers, an entertainment programme has been confirmed to perform on stage at HME?s car park? all for free!
Check out the Link below for further info; http://www.thisishartlepool.co.uk/whats-on/olympic-torch-in-hartlepool.asp
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