Dan Gradings 2013
Paul Dixon 1st Dan Adult
Rebecca Retford 1st Dan Adult
Taylor Greenough 1st Dan Junior Cadet
Jack Oxley 1st Dan Junior Cadet
Scott Bull 1st Dan Junior Cadet
Ben Pinder 1st Dan Junior Cadet
Lauren McGrath 1st Dan Junior Cadet
NWKA Club Kata Tournament 2013
Girls Orange Belt 7 – 11 years
1st Grace keeley 2nd Holly Lawson 3rd Georgia Leatherbarrow
Girls Black Belt
1st Beth Scott 2nd Rachel Traverse 3rd Rebecca Duff
Boys and Girls Yellow belt 9 – 11 years
1st Adam Curtis 2nd Chloe Whitehead 3rd Tia Leatherbarrow
Boys Orange Belt 6 – 9 years
1st Ted Arnaud 2nd Patrick Dastey 3rd Nerojan Karithanan
Boys and Girls Yellow Belt 6 – 8 years
1st Harry Tooley 2nd Lily Nixon 3rd Charlotte Harris
Boys Black Belt
1st Matthew Ayres 2nd Daniel Prior 3rd Joe Beswick
Girls Brown Belt 10 – 13 years
1st Taylor Greenough 2nd Lauren McGrath 3rd Nyema Williams
Boys Brown Belt 8 – 10 years
1st Ben Pinder 2nd Thomas Prior 3rd Joshua Broomhead
Boys Blue and Purple Belt 7 – 10 years
1st Sean Johnson 2nd Kieran Shaw 3rd William Jones
Boys and Girls Purple and Brown Belt 11+ Years
1st Gabrial Bullock 2nd George Harpin 3rd William Lloyd
Boys Green Belt 6 – 9 years
1st Dylan Halton 2nd Jordan Booth 3rd Harry Priede
Girls Green, Blue and Purple Belts 8 – 11 years
1st Fraya Mcloughlin 2nd Stephanie Low 3rd Eva Yates
English Karate National Kyu Grade Championships 2013
A very high level competition for lower grades, the standard was excellent throughout the competition looking like a Black Belt competition in many cases
Taylor Greenough gained Bronze in the girls 5th Kyu – 1st Kyu Under 10s Kumite
Well done to the other Squad members including Ben Pinder, Jack Oxley along with first time competitors Thomas Prior, Dylan Halton, Cameroon Wilson and Shaun Johnson
Childrens Cumbrian Open championships 2013
Ben Pinder, Taylor Greenough, Rachel Traverse participated in kata and kumite. Dylan halton achieved a bronze in lower grade kumite and participated in kata.
English National Championships 2013
The tournament was held over two days. The level of competition was once again at a very high standard indeed.
Day one of the tournament saw all the kata athletes perform as well as the under 14 kumite participants. The junior team kata, comprising of Sam Deakin, Matthew Ayres and Daniel Prior, saw success in their group by gaining a silver from a great performance of kata and bunkai. Rachel Traverse struck gold in her U12 kumite category by defeating all of her opponents on a clean sheet! Ben PInder and Taylor Greenough both participated.
Day two (14 and over kumite): Alex Hodge partcipated in senior -75kg kumite and Zach Scott participated in senior -84kg and open weight.
United Styles Association Open Championships 2013
Rachel Traverse got gold in individual kata and got a silver in kumite. Taylor Greenough got silver in individual kata and bronze in kumite. Alex hodge got bronze in both -75kg kumite and open weight and Zach Scott got gold in -84kg and a silver in the open weight.
Northern Open Classic 2013
Sam Deakin, Daniel Prior, Matt Ayres: Team Kata Gold
Ben Pinder: Kata Bronze
Alex Hodge: Kumite Bronze
Participants: Rachel Traverse, Taylor Greenough, Jack Oxley and Cameron Wilson
British National Championships 2013
Rachel Traverse – kata silver and open weight kumite silver
Zach Scott – open weight kumite bronze. first senior kumite medal at a major tournament.
Participants – Alex Hodge, Taylor Greenough and Ben Pinder
British Karate Association Championships 2013
Kata:
Sean Johnson: 7 – 9 years old Bronze
Ben Pinder: 10 – 11 years old Bronze
Matthew ayres: 14 – 15 years old Bronze
Dan Prior: 14 – 15 years old Bronze
Dan prior, Matty Ayres pairs: 10 – 15 years old gold
Kumite
Jack Oxley: 7 – 9 year olds Bronze
Rachel Traverse (With Northern regional team): 12 – 13 years old gold
Jack Oxley, Ben Pinder, Cameron wilson team: 10 – 11 years old bronze
South Yorkshire Open Championships 2013
Taylor Greenough: Kumite Silver
Ben Pinder: Kumite Silver
Zach Scott: Open Weight Kumite Silver
Alex Hodge: kumite Bronze
British International Open 2013
As the last home major of the year, A handful of students went up to Glasgow to compete against all that Britain has to offer as well additional athletes from other countries. Rachel Traverse, Taylor Greenough, Ben Pinder and Zach Scott all participated in this tournament but there was only one result which was with Zach’s Bronze in the U21 heavyweight Kumite category.
Wado Uk South Yorkshire Open 2013
Samantha Anderton: Kata Silver
Rachel Traverse: Kumite Bronze