Welsh Open 2013

Oct 132013
 

Continuing the year in style with two Welsh Champions in the form of Jordan (kata) and Mina (kumite) and a further 6 medals from the Carmarthenshrie Karate team.

 

Squad

Jordan Phillips-Evans, Ethan Young, Laurence Cohen, Keiran Jones, Guto Huws, Sasha Rigden, Alex Rigden, Mina Cook, Yasmin Davies, Lucy Davies, Charlotte French, Dafydd Sedgwick, Ben Williams, Morgan Roberts, Alex Macdonald-Rice & Ana Raduliscu

 

Results

2 Gold - Jordan (kata), Mina (kumite)
2 Silver - Charlotte (kata), Sasha (kumite)
4 Bronze - Lucy, Guto (kata), Jordan + Ethan (kata pairs), Laurence (kumite)

HKK Championships 2013

Oct 052013
 

Carmarthenshire Karate was back at the HKK Championships after a long absence, which also included a return to action for Aled and Dan.

Carmarthenshire Karate team at the 2013 HKK Championships

Squad

Dan Phillips, Jordan Phillips-Evans, Aled Jones-Davies, Alice Bennett, Ethan Young, Guto Huws, Sasha Rigden, Alex Rigden, Mina Cook, Yasmin Davies

 

Results

3 Gold - Yasmin, Mina (kumite), Jordan + Dan (kata pairs)
2 Silver - Jordan (kata), Aled + Jordan + Ethan (kata team)
3 Bronze - Sasha (kumite), Yasmin (kata), Alice + Ethan (kata pairs)

 

In the news

Check out this story in the Carmarthen Journal from 22nd January 2014.

Welsh Junior Open

Aug 042013
 

The Welsh Junior Open is arguably the biggest event of the year for our junior squad; it’s the highest level of competition that they face in Wales and always attracts a number of strong teams from the rest of the British Isles too.

Our squad this year was up to the challenge and came away with several good results, including first national medals for Ben, Lucy and Charlotte and gold for Jordan and Ethan in the kata pairs. The future looks bright for many of these young competitors and we’ll give them all the support and encouragement that they need on the way. Well done team!

 Carmarthenshire Karate Team at the Welsh Junior Open

Squad

Jordan Phillips-Evans, Ethan Young, Keiran Jones, Rosie Williams, Sasha Rigden, Alex Rigden, Mina Cook, Charlotte French, Yasmin Davies, Jack Davies, Lucy Davies, Ben Williams, Alex Macdonald-Rice & Dafydd Sedgwick

 

Results

1 Gold - Jordan + Ethan (kata pairs)
2 Silver - Jordan (kata), Yasmin (kumite team, with SKF)
8 Bronze - Ben, Lucy, Mina, Ethan, Rosie, Charlotte (kata), Keiran + Guto (kata pairs), Jack + Alex M. (kumite team)

 

North Wales Open

Jul 062013
 

We were able to field a strong team at this year’s North Wales Open in Acrefair, with all of our senior squad members together again, including Rosie Williams returning from injury. The only new member of the team was Charlotte French, who was stepping up to an open championships for the first time and did exceptionally well to win a silver medal in a higher category than originally intended.

There were smiles all round for the whole team in fact, with everyone winning a medal of some description. Special mention to Ben and Yasmin who won their first medals at this level; two each too! One of which was a gold for Yasmin in the kumite, while Ana won her first gold medal in kata. There were still plenty of points to work on though, which we will be concentrating on in the build up to the Welsh Junior Open in August.

 

Squad

Jordan Phillips-Evans, Alice Bennett, Ethan Young, Rhys Jones, Keiran Jones, Rosie Williams, Guto Huws, Mina Cook, Charlotte French, Yasmin Davies, Ben Williams, Alex Macdonald-Rice & Ana Raduliscu

 

Results

5 Gold - Ana, Jordan, Rosie (kata), Yasmin, Mina (kumite)
4 Silver - Ben, Ethan, Charlotte (kata), Guto + Keiran (kata pairs)
8 Bronze - Yasmin, Keiran, Mina, Alice (kata), Jordan + Ethan (kata pairs), Ben, Alex, Rhys (kumite)

WBK Invitational Championships

May 262013
 

Some more new faces added to the squad for this relatively local event, including Callum Gardner who worked his way through a big category to claim a bronze medal at his first attempt. The team is developing really well now, with every individual continuing to make progress. This doesn’t always lead to medals but an improvement in performance when it happens is still a good result and that’s exactly what we got. Well done team!

Squad at Welsh Bushi Kai

Squad

Ethan Young, Guto Huws, Alex Rigden, Sasha Rigden, Mina Cook, Max Holland, Callum Gardner, Yasmin Davies, Leon Williams, Alex Macdonald-Rice, Dafydd Sedgwick, Ana Raduliscu & Morgan Roberts

 

Results

1 Gold - Ethan (kata)
1 Silver - Mina (kumite)
3 Bronze - Dafydd, Alex R. (kata), Callum (kumite)

Welsh National Championships

May 182013
 

Back to winning ways for our team at the Welsh National Championships in Cardiff’s Sport Wales centre. Only our senior grade squad members were selected for this event and they didn’t disappoint: six medals in total, including Welsh Champion title for Mina Cook and a first national medal for Alex Rigden and Guto Huws. Well done team!

Welsh National Championships 2013

 

Squad

Jordan Phillips-Evans, Alice Bennett, Ethan Young, Keiran Jones, Guto Huws, Alex Rigden, Mina Cook.

 

Results

1 Gold - Mina (kumite)
1 Silver - Guto (kata)
4 Bronze - Alex, Alice, Ethan, Jordan (kata)

 

WKU Spring Invitational Championships

May 052013
 

It was a tough test for our squad at the WKU Championships in Weston-Super-Mare; there were several experienced competitors to contend with in every category, so no easy contests by any means. This certainly helped the whole team to raise their standards and continue their own development, which is all we ever ask for. Well done team!

WKU Spring Invitational Championships

 

Squad

Ethan Young, Keiran Jones, Guto Huws, Sasha Rigden, Alex Rigden, Mina Cook, Yasmin Davies, Ben Williams, Alex Macdonald-Rice, Dafydd Sedgwick, Morgan Roberts.

 

Results

2 Bronze - Keiran (kata), Mina (kumite)

 

Junior Club Tournament, Apr’13

Apr 212013
 

Following the successful grading examinations in March, our attention returned to competition karate for our second junior club tournament of the year. More karate kids were taking part for the first time, trying their hand at kata and kumite in a competition environment, together with several of our young squad members getting in as much practice as they can before the next championships in May.

Once again, there were some excellent performances from both new and experienced competitors, all of which giving encouraging signs for the continued development of the Carmarthenshire Karate squad.

 

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KSE6 Championships

Mar 032013
 

Onwards and upwards for our growing squad, with excellent results and encouraging performances at the KSE6 Championships in Gloucester – our first competition of 2013. We welcomed several new faces into the team from our last event (the WKU Winter Championships), following their respective efforts at our club tournament and preparation training over the last few weeks.

Carmarthenshire Karate Squad at KSE6

Squad

Jordan Phillips-Evans, Rhys Jones, Ethan Young, Keiran Jones, Guto Huws, Jack Davies, Lucy Davies, Sasha Rigden, Alex Rigden, Harry Williams, Millie Williams, Mina Cook, Mari Davies, Yasmin Davies, Ben Williams, Alex Macdonald-Rice, Dafydd Sedgwick, Ana Raduliscu & Morgan Roberts.

 

Results

1 Gold - Alex M.
6 Silver - Guto, Mina, Jordan, Kata pair: Guto and Keiran, Kumite team: Jordan, Rhys and Mina
5 Bronze - Ana, Dafydd, Keiran, Lucy, Jack

 

 

Junior Club Tournament, Feb’13

Feb 032013
 

In the first of a series of Junior Club Tournaments this year, we had more than forty karate kids having a go at kata and kumite competition in Carmarthen dojo. Some were there for the first time while others had a bit more competition experience and were looking to put their training to the test.

Several competitors put themselves into contention for selection, for our next squad event – the KSE6 Invitational Championships in Gloucester – through their performances.

 

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