Competitions - 2007
JSKA Germany Gasshuku & Friendship Tournament - (19th - 21st Oct)
Saturday 20th – Training with Abe Sensei 8th Dan JKSA
Sunday 21st - Friendly competition
KWF Team:
Steven Edwards (Over 18 Male) 4th Kata & 2nd Kumite
Sabrina Daniels (Over 18 Female) 3rd Kata & 1st Kumite
Tavisha Fernando (Over 18 Female) 4th Kata & 2nd Kumite
Mark Slattery (Cadets) Kata 1st & 3rd Kumite
JSKA Team:
Stevan Harrison (Veteran) Kata 2nd & Kumite 1st
Steve Bailes (Veteran) Kata 1st & Kumite 3rd
David Thorn (Veteran) Kata 3rd
Germany V’s England
Team UK comprised of:
Steve Edwards - lost
William MacGregor - lost
Sabrina Daniels - won
Steve Bailes - won
Mark Slattery - lost
We lost 3-2 but put up a good show!
Scottish Open championships - (6th - 7th Oct)
Luton Sports Club of the Year, JKL (Shotokan) were once again in action at the Scottish Open Karate Championship held in Glasgow during the first week of October.
The Hightown based dojo sent a 16 strong team including 6 members of the squad who recently represented Great Britain at the World Cup in Japan.
After a few broken noses, cuts and bruises the team secured a fantastic total of 14 medals made up of 4 Gold, 3 Silver and 7 Bronzes.
A large and enthusiastic following of Team Luton supporters cheered on the squad with the outstanding performance of the day going to 13 year old Amy Parkins, who took both Gold medals in her division. Alex Peirson making his debut on the national scene managed to secure a Gold medal win in Kata and hearty congratulations must also go to the youngest of the JKL Gold medal winners Jamie Pepper who took his medal in the 9/10 year mixed Kumite.
Other brilliant performances were by Liam Mills who took double Bronze medals in his division, Ryan Slack who gained a Bronze medal in Kata behind his team mate Alex, Eammon Devane who secured a Bronze in Kata in the senior boys grouping and after a battering Channing Smart won a Bronze medal in kumite competing for the first time in the senior ladies competition.
Chief Instructor of the dojo, Sensei Sabrina Collins had this to say about the overall performance of her team, “Its great to see the team knitting, becoming stronger and confidence together, well done to all I'm proud of everyone's performances and thanks also to the supporters.”
In mid October having been selected for a Great Britain squad, Sensei Sabrina Collins and senior student Mark Slattery will travel to Lubeck, Germany to train with Abe Sensei 8th and compete in the JSKA friendly team tournament Germany versus England.
JKL Results:
Jamie Pepper (9/10 years, Mixed 6th - 4th Kyu) - 1st Place Kumite
Ryan Parkins (9/10 years, Mixed 6th - 4th Kyu) - 2nd Place Kumite
Amy Parkins (11/13 years, Girls 6th - 4th Kyu) - 1st Place Kata & 1st Place Kumite
Alex Peirson (11/13 years, Boys 6th - 4th Kyu) - 1st Place Kata
Ryan Slack (11/13 years, Boys 6th - 4th Kyu) - 3rd Place Kata
Hetty Croke (11/13 years, Girls 3rd – Black belt) - 2nd Place Kumite
Liam Mills (11/13 years, Boys 3rd – Black belt) 3rd Place Kata & 3rd Place Kumite
Charlie Pepper (11/13 years, Boys 3rd – Black belt) 3rd Place Kumite
Jacob Croke (14/16 years, Boys 3rd Kyu – Black belt) 2nd Place Kumite
Eammon Devane (14/16 years; Boys 3rd Kyu – Black belt) 3rd Place Kata
Channing Smart (Senior ladies) 3rd Place Kumite
Tony Atkinson (Senior men) 1st Place Team Kumite & 3rd Place Individual Kumite
Mark Slattery (Senior men) 1st Place Team Kumite
In House Competition - (14th July)
Results:
KATA DIVISION
WHITE – YELLOW BELT 6 – 16 YRS (MALE & FEMALE)
1st Place – Harvey Peirson
2nd Place – Liz Birchall
3rd Place – Jasmin Harambasic
4th Place – Nicky Davis
GREEN – BLUE BELT 6 – 10 YRS (MALE & FEMALE)
1st Place – Ryan Parkins
2nd Place – Ryan Slack
3rd Place – Lisa Taylor
4th Place – Ryan Freeman
GREEN – BLUE BELT 11 – 16 YRS (MALE & FEMALE)
1st Place – Alex Peirson
2nd Place – Amy Parkins
3rd Place – Dante Stein
4th Place – Alex Davis
BROWN BELT 10 – 17 YRS (MALE & FEMALE)
1st Place – Rory Smart
2nd Place – Steven Blackburn
3rd Place – Louis Edwards/ Hetty Croke
TEAM KATA (3 STUDENTS PER TEAM)
(LOWER GRADES)
1st Place – Ryan Freeman/ Jasmin Harambasic / Liam Mills
2nd Place – Bethany Freeman/ Nicky Roberts/ Leah Roberts
3rd Place – Caleb Burden/ Lisa Taylor/ Liz Birchall
4th Place – Jack Moreia/ Dante Stien/ Harvey Peirson
ALL AGES (ADVANCED GRADES)
1st Place – Hetty Croke/ Amy Parkins/ Louis Edwards
2nd Place – Ryan Parkins/ Jamie Pepper/ Alex Peirson
3rd Place – Steven Blackburn/ Rory Smart/ Harris Hodzic
KUMITE DIVISION
WHITE – YELLOW BELT 6 – 10 YRS (MALE & FEMALE)
1st Place – Michaela Clancy
2nd Place – Ryan Driver
3rd Place – Ciaran Gallagher
4th Place – Nicky Davis
GREEN – BLUE BELT 6 - 10 YRS (MALE & FEMALE)
1st Place – Harris Hodzic
2nd Place – Ryan Slack
3rd Place – Lydia Davis
4th Place – Jack Moreira
GREEN – BLUE BELT 11 – 16 YRS (MALE)
1st Place – Alan Birchall
2nd Place – Harry Edwards
3rd Place – Ryan Slack/Dante Stein
BLUE - BROWN BELT 11 – 16 YRS (MALE)
1st Place – Steven Blackburn
2nd Place – Adem Hodzic
3rd Place – Rory Smart
WHITE - PURPLE BELT 11-16 YRS (FEMALE)
1st Place – Candice Ripp
2nd Place – Leah Roberts
3rd Place – Nicky Roberts
4th Place – Lisa Taylor
BLUE – BROWN BELT 11 – 17 YRS (FEMALE)
1st Place – Hetty Croke
2nd Place – Amelia Jordan
3rd Place – Lauren McNeilage/Clare McCarney
THE ULTIMATE KUMITE 11 – 16 YRS (ALL GRADES UP TO SHODAN)
1st Place – Liam Mills
2nd Place – Charlie Pepper
3rd Place – Ajay Ghela
SPECIAL AWARDS:
*Ultimate Champion (Outstanding)
Hetty Croke
*Most Improved Senior
Steven Blackburn
Ryan Slack
*Most Improved Junior
Dante Stein
Lisa Taylor
In-House Comp Team Order
TEAM ISAKA (PINK) |
TEAM ABE (ORANGE) |
| CAPTAIN – DARREN SCOTT VICE – CHARLIE PEPPER |
CAPTAIN – CHANNING SMART VICE – LIAM MILLS |
| Lauren McNeilage | Clare McCarney |
| Louis Edwards | Adem Hodzic |
| Jamie Pepper | Alex Peirson |
| Harris Hodzic | Amy Parkins |
| Alex Davis | Harikit Royatt |
| Ryan Freeman | Lydia Davis |
| Michaela Clancy | Caleb Burden |
| Leah Roberts | Candice Ripp |
| Jasmin Harambasic | Ryan Driver |
| Meghna Shah | Nicky Davis |
65 POINTS |
80 POINTS |
TEAM YAHARA (YELLOW) |
TEAM KAWASAKI |
| CAPTAIN – MARK SLATTERY | CAPTAIN – JACOB CROKE VICE – AJAY GHELA |
| Hetty Croke | Amelai Jordan |
| Steven Blackburn | Rory Smart |
| Alan Birchall | Ryan Slack |
| Ryan Parkins | Dante Stein |
| Lisa Taylor | Nicky Roberts |
| Harry Edwards | Jack Moreia |
| Bethany Freeman | Liz Birchall |
| Harvey Peirson | Aedan Edwards |
| Ciran Gallagher | Millar Jacob |
| Bradley Shaw | Ian Roberts |
115 POINTS |
85 POINTS |
Big thank you to all the judges and table ladies for all their support and help on the day.
Shobu-ippon Competition Guilford - (12th May)
Results:
Mark Slattery – 1st Kumite – Boys Cadets 16 – 17 years
Amy Parkins – 1st Kumite – Girls 7th - 4th Kyu
Channing Smart – 3rd Kumite – Girls Cadets 16 – 17 years
Alex Pierson – 3rd Kata – Boys 7th - 4th Kyu
Tony Atkinson – 4th – Kumite Mens
Jacob Croke – 4th – Kumite 3rd Kyu – Black belt
KWF World Championship - (Mar - Apr 2007)
JKAL TEAM DIARY
Competition Results for Luton:
Kata |
Kumite |
|
| Charlie Pepper | Round 2 | Last 8 |
| Liam Mills | Round 2 | Round 2 |
| Jacob Croke | Last 16 | |
| Mark Slattery | ||
| Channing Smart | Round 2 | |
| Darren Scott | Semi FInals | Semi Finals |
| Sabrina Collins | Last 8 |
Examinations:
Charlie Pepper: Passed Shodan
Jacob Croke: Passed Shodan
Sabrina Collins: D Class – Examiners D Class- Judge? (TBC)
All students showed great determination and spirit throughout the competition. Your behaviour was outstanding and this was commented by other countries and instructors – well done!!
LJKA are proud to have such well classes competitors– You have done us proud!!!!
Also thank you to Tony Atkinson, Eammon Devane and Andy Mills who also trained in Japan, for their continuous support and assistant, as well as the parents throughout the competition.
UPDATE – 04/04/07
It has been really great to have so many of you asking about updates and apologies about no news since the 30th. We can only ‘blame’ the time difference coupled with the fact that our team in Japan have been travelling for a few days and it has been difficult for them to be in contact. They are now travelling back to the UK and we expect them some time on the 5th. Sure they will update us all in person.
The trip sounds exhausting so I guess they will need a holiday!
Oh and some great news – both Jacob and Charlie are now Shodan’s.
30/03/07 - Update from Darren Pepper
Hello to every one back home - the time now here in Tokyo is 5 minutes to one in the morning, and we have had a truly amazing day. though training had it start time changed from 1130 to 1330 and we where told about this at 0030 on the Friday morning that is the day of the training so as you can see plenty of notice.........we caught 3 trains and walked half a mile to get to the training, so that was nice, the weather was great for the hike as we had all our survival kit with us. The training had to be cut short as they where running late (don’t we know it) the training finished at approx 415 when Charlie and Jacob where advised that they would now have to take there black belt grading in the next 20 minutes or will have to wait till September to be able to take them again...........oh by the way they never had the pleasure of 3 Sensei to grade in front of they had top 14 of the world Sensei to impress yet alone the rest of the world to watch.... so they were a little nervous/ emotional to say the least. Gradings started at 1630 and finished at 2130 and our boys where up first and had to sit there the whole time with out even chancing going to the toilet. We got back to our hotels about 2245 with no dinner at all - we tried several kfc mcd and all sorts of strange places to eat - some of us ate at noodle bars back at our base the rest of us ordered pizza and chips back at hotel and got pizza and crisps, but we where just happy to be almost done. Alan Trish Andy Kevin are all sewing the KWF world cup numbers on the back of the gi’s for tomorrow, I’m doing this email with 1 eye open hot toddie in the other hand feet in a bowl of water thinking I got to meet Andy at 7 in hotel lobby so we can go on the train to Shinigawa to get some food for the guys tomorrow - then train back here to meet every one for an 8 o’clock depart to be at the bumb( dojo) for 0900 to hopefully kick some butttttttt. Every one bar Darren will be competing tomorrow so fingers crossed for them all. Darren will be competing on Sunday.......... so its good night from me and its good night from Japan...... oh I forgot to mention we all had some " special hip training today" it was that very nice Feeling!!!!!
Ps: if you have read this properly you should still be wondering one thing?????? They will know tomorrow morning whether or not they passed there grading....ta ta for now.
UPDATE - 30/03/07
Technology is fantastic (when it works!) – the ‘gang’ are already aware of the magnificent result last night – Coach of the Year for Sensei Daniels and Club of the Year for JKAL – and have viewed some pictures of the event. Perhaps we should have set up a MSN Web Cam for the ceremony – would only have been about 3 in the morning for them! Apparently they are going to celebrate for us ALL tonight. They were absolutely delighted with the news and we are sure it will put them in good spirits. They are getting into competition mode so the updates are a bit ‘thin’.
UPDATE - 29/03/07
We have received good luck messages from all our JKAL squad in Japan for tonight’s Sports Awards ceremony. They are all in good spirits but the 28 hours travelling time are catching up on them.
UPDATE - 27/03/07
Just to let you know that everyone arrived safely – they all must be very tired as they could not have had much time for sleep yet.
Today they visited the Temple of the Forty-Seven Ronin. The story of the Forty-Seven Ronin is quite amazing and is one of the few stories that over the years has not and does not need to be embellished – they have promised to give us an account when they return.
UPDATE - 26/03/07
Well they’re finally off – their plane left Heathrow this morning and when we spoke with them they had just ordered a healthy fried breakfast! A small problem with security when they asked for clothing to be removed – Mark was said to be quite upset when he was informed it was just shoes and socks!!
The flight time is about 15 hours so they will arrive nearer midnight tonight our time – that’s about 0900hrs tomorrow morning Japan time – so they are going to have to work real hard to not be jet lagged.
Even from the airport they all wanted to say a big Thank You to everyone for the ‘send-off’ last Saturday. They really appreciated all the best wishes and good luck messages – and the food! They hope you also enjoyed.
Whilst we are on the subject – it really was fantastic to see the level of support and the Parents Committee would again like to again thank everyone for their support in getting the Squad to Japan. Your efforts really are appreciated.
EGGS AND BREAD ON THE TOP!
Students from the Luton based JKAL karate dojo were out in force over the festive period,
fundraising for the seven members of their club who have been selected for the British Team
to compete in the forthcoming World Cup Tournament taking place in Japan.
Over thirty kids helped shoppers with packing their shopping at two local supermarkets,
namely Asda in Wigmore and Sainsbury’s in Bury Park. As a result of their efforts over four days, the children managed to collect £1200 for their team mates to help with the cost of travelling to Tokyo in March.
Chief Instructor, Sabrina Collins said “I would like to thank all the shoppers for their generosity, and especially Asda and Sainsbury’s for allowing us to fundraise in their stores.
People seemed very interested in the students and many passed on best wishes for the young competitors who will be facing opponents from all over the world.”
The students have been busy fundraising for the past four months by car washing, book and video sales, car boot sales and a Christmas disco, and will soon be contacting the local business community for further sponsorship.
If you would like to help, then please contact the club via email at jkalutoncommittee@hotmail.co.uk
Training sessions are held at Ashcroft High School on Saturdays (1000-1130) and Hightown Community Sports Centre (York Street) on Tuesdays (6-7 pm).
JKAL Students on Bag Packing Duties
ITV Crew with JKAL Squad
Champion Boxer Graham Earl with JKAL Squad
BBC Look East Crew with JKAL Squad
Luton Sports Awards - (29th Mar)
JKAL WALKS AWAY WITH THE GOLD!!
At the prestigious Luton Sports Awards, Japan Karate Academy Luton won two first places.
Coach of the Year 06 - Sensei Fred Daniels
Club of the Year - JKAL
It was great to see so many students and parents at the event supporting Sensei and the Dojo. It's thanks to you together with both Sensei Daniels and Sensei Collins constant dedication that the Club has achieved this recognition.
