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RECENT NEWS
KUGB NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS - 5/9/2021
Many congratulations to all of our members who attended the KUGB National Championships held in Nottingham for the first year. For many of our competitors, it was nearly two years since the last time they competed. Win, lose or draw, the conduct and behaviour alongside the excellent performances demonstrated was fantastic to see. As always, the organisation of the event was excellent and the overall standard was extremely high. Well done to everyone.
GOLD - Adult Team Kata - Sam Light, Bethaney Miller and Ethan Brown
GOLD - Girl's Kumite under 5ft 3 - Kayla Davison
GOLD - Girl's Kumite 10 - 11yrs - Azhin Rafie
GOLD - Children's Ippon Kumite (Brown belt and above) - Dawud Zarifi
GOLD - Girl's Dan Grade Kata - Grace Snowdon
SILVER - Girl's Kumite under 5ft 3 - Rojin Rafie
SILVER - Girl's Dan Grade Kata - Ava Coulthard
SILVER - Boys Kumite 5ft - 5ft5 - Jonny Luke
SILVER - Children's Team Kata - Grace Snowdon, Ava Coulthard and Rojin Rafie
SILVER - Children's Ippon Kumite (Brown belt and above) - Kitti Shillaw
BRONZE - Female Kata - Bethaney Miller
BRONZE - Girl's Dan Grade Kata - Megan Fox
BRONZE - Male Kata - Sam Light
BRONZE - Girl's Dan Grade Kata - Rojin Rafie
BRONZE - Female Junior Kumite - Rebecca Adie
BRONZE - Children's Team Kata - Megan Fox, Azhin Rafie and Hania Bowery
BRONZE - Girl's Kumite 10 - 11yrs - Sofia Zarifi
BRONZE - Children's Ippon Kumite (Novice - 4th Kyu) - Harshita Mahamuni
During the finals the KUGB made special awards to Long Standing Members of the organisation.
The following awards were made to our members:
Sam Light (20 years)
John Bruce (30 years)
Chris Jones (30 years)
KUGB ENGLAND SQUAD SELECTION - 8/2021
Congratulations to the following members who have been selected for the 2021 KUGB England Squads:
John Bruce, Sam Light, Ethan Brown, Jonathan Cowgill, Rebecca Adie, Grace Snowdon, Arthur Shillaw, Kayla Davison, Hrishita Mahamuni, Ava Coulthard Rojin Rafie and Jonny Luke
KUGB GRAND SLAM - 23/2/2020
Congratulations to all of our members who competed at the KUGB Grand Slam on Saturday 22nd February 2020 . The events were all highly competitive with everyone looking to make a positive start to 2020. All Sendai Kushiro members performed very well.
1st - Ethan Brown - Male U18 Kata
1st - Ethan Brown - Male Cadet 16-17yrs Team Kumite
1st - Rebecca Adie - Female 13-15yrs Kumite
2nd - Ethan Brown - Male Cadet 16-17yrs Kumite
2nd - Grace Snowdon - Female U18yrs Kata
3rd - Hrishita Mahamuni - Female 13-15yrs Kumite
KUGB ENGLAND SQUAD SELECTION - 26/1/2020
Congratulations to our members who were selected for the 2020 KUGB England Squads. The selections took place over the weekend with a huge group of hopefuls from all over the country in attendance aiming to impress Sensei Sherry and Sensei Brennan. The following members were selected to represent the squad for 2020:
John Bruce, Sam Light, Jacob Baker, Ethan Brown, Jonathan Cowgill, Rebecca Adie, Patrick O'Keeffe, Grace Snowdon, Arthur Shillaw, Kayla Davison and Hrishita Mahamuni.
SENDAI KUSHIRO CHRISTMAS PARTY AND AWARDS EVENING 2019
On Saturday 7th December 2019 we hosted our Christmas Party and Awards Evening at CitySpace. The evening was a huge success with over 120 people enjoying the event which included this years children's entertainer, Mr Merlin, along with various party games, Karate quiz, a raffle and our Awards for Outstanding Achievement during the year. Thank you everyone that worked so hard to make the evening so successful. The following awards were presented:
Outstanding Attendance:
East Herrington
Dawud Zarifi and Teona Grigoliya - 32, Sofia Zarifi - 30, Justyna Welecka- Bowery – 30, Hania Bowery - 29
CitySpace
Jonathan Luke - 95, Adam Robinson – 91, Rojin Rafie – 90, Dawud Zarifi - 88
Raich Carter
Jaden Menzies - 49, Oliver Burdon– 46, Charles Dougall – 45, Kieran Archer – 44
Durham
Owen Williamson - 77, Jake Mackintosh - 69, Charlotte Lichtenfeld – 65, Dave Smith – 64
Easington
Campbell Davison - 92, Kayla Davison – 90, Clair Campbell – 86, Jonathan Luke - 85
Overall
Rojin Rafie - 225, Clair Campbell – 191, Megan Fox - 185, Azhin Rafie - 183, Jonathan Luke – 180
The following members were presented Awards for Outstanding Achievement:
Competitor of the Year
Megan Fox
Runners up - Rojin Rafie, Grace Snowdon, Jonathan Luke, Hania Bowery
Most Improved
Rojin Rafie
Runners up - Arthur Shillaw, Charlotte Lichtenfeld, Ava Coulthard, Salim Salim, Kayla Davison
Junior of the Year
Grace Snowdon
Runners up - Patrick O'Keeffe, Rebecca Adie, Megan Fox, Jonathan Luke
Senior of the Year
Ethan Brown
Runners up - Sam Light, Anthea Brown, Max Ratcliffe, Bethaney Miller
Special Recognition Awards for European Individual Medalists
Ethan Brown
Rebecca Adie