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Junior English International Karate Open Great results from the Junior English International Karate Open as Shuhari-Kai celebrate with three English International champions, Jodie Miles - Gold girls 10-11 yrs Kata. Alex Sell - Gold boys 12-13 yrs Kata. Lawrence Grosvenor - Gold boys 16-17 yrs Kumite. After two days of competition at Crystal Palace over the weekend (24-25 Jan 2004), Shuhari-Kai Karate Club battled their way through National and International opposition from such places as Turkey, Wales, France, Belgium, Czech Republic, Ireland and Scotland, to name but a few to land these prestigious titles.     The championships got off to a slow start, the doors not even opening until 9:15am eventhough competitors were asked to report at 8:00am. The delay to the start the the inevitable knock-on effect of making the first day of competition an extremely long one, finishing well into the night.    The Kata events started first with Jodie Miles up first competing in the Girls 10-11Yrs. Jodie opened her account with a two flags to one victory for her Seienchin Kata. Drawn red again, Jodie performed Seipai Kata and won three flags to nil. Now in the final, Jodie was drawn blue and after watching her competitors kata, Jodie performed Nipaipo and took the Gold medal and title winning two flags to one. Well done Bulldog, a great start to the year.   Alex Sell was next to take centre stage competing in the Boys 12-13 Yrs. Alex started well winning his first round match two flags to one after performing Seienchin. In round two, Alex took all three flags for his performance of Bassai-Dai. His third round match was against a very good competitor from Belgium, and Alex took no chances performing Chatanyara Kushanku to take all the flags again. Now in the semi final, Alex continued his winning streak and took all flags once again after his display of Nipaipo kata. The final saw Alex up against the winner of pool B who represented the Czech Republic. Going second, Alex performed Enpi Kata and like Jodie before him took the Gold medal and title winning two flags to one. This victory was all the more special as Alex had just moved up into the 12-13 years category after celebrating his 12th birthday a couple of weeks earlier. Well done Psycho.    Not so much luck for our other Kata competitors. Sophie Roberts lost out in the first round two flags to one after her Seienchin Kata was beaten. Unfortunately she missed the opportunity to participate in the repo-charge after her victor lost out later on. After receiving a bye for the first round, JJ Burridge was eliminated the next round after his Bassai Dai failed to win any of the judges flags. Alex Groves fared even worse as he was disqualified for performing Jion (wado-ryu) instead of a compulsory Shitei kata.    The Kumite events came next with Sophie Roberts first to compete. In the Girls 12-13 yrs event, Sophie became an early casualty losing 5-0 to the eventual winner in her first round bout. This meant Sophie qualified for the repo-charge. She made the first round by default as her opponent failed to show. The next round saw Sophie bow out after losing 4-0. A disappointing start to the year for Sophie, obviously too many mince pies, but I'm sure she'll be back with a vengeance as the year progresses.     Next up was Claire Page competing in the Girls 14-15 yrs event. Although Claire lost 7-0 in her first round match, she worked much better and kept her cool throughout the bout. Alex Groves also bowed out in the first round losing 4-0. Alex has his opponent on the run on a few occasions but couldn't quite take advantage.     Jodie Miles couldn't secure a double gold this time around as her venture in the Girls 10-11 yrs event came to an abrupt end. After winning her first round match 3-2, she then lost her next round match 7-0. Amazingly, the judges failed to score any of her techniques which clearly frustrated Jodie. Jodie did qualify for the repo-charge but  she lost 7-0 once again as some dubious decisions went against her.   This left our last fighter of the day to take to the mats. Big 'G' Lawrence Grosvenor had to battle his way through five rounds of Kumite to take the Gold in the Cadets 16-17 yrs event. Lawrence won his first round contest with an impressive 7-2 victory. Lawrence's second round match saw him progress with a 6-2 victory. The third round match saw Lawrence up against a Belgium competitor, but Lawrence gave it 'Best-of-British' beating him 7-6 in this close match. Lawrence turned on the style once again in the semi-final against a Turkish competitor. Lawrence won this match convincingly 6-2 to set up an all England final. Lawrence showed why he's one of the brightest England prospects by routing the opposition 10-2 to take the Gold medal and title. Big G - Well done.    The second day of competition saw only three Shuhari-Kai competitors go for glory but sadly all failed to add to the first day's medal tally. First up was Alex Sell competing in the boys 12-13 yrs Kumite. After securing a first round victory 3-2, Alex let a two point lead slip away in the second round to bow out at 4-2. At 3-2 with 15 seconds left on the clock, Alex chased his competitor around the mat but when he finally caught him, Alex landed a punch square on the chin giving away a final penalty point for excessive contact.    Sammy Burridge  and JJ Burridge had no more luck as they were both eliminated in their first round matches. Sammy lost 8-0 after suffering a kick to the head with the heel which was still awarded! This knocked her for the rest of the match from which she never recovered. Sammy went into the repo-charge but lost out 5-3. JJ fared little better narrowly losing 2-0 in his first round match to the eventual winner. This meant JJ qualified for the repo-charge but just missed out on progression losing 1-0. Unlucky on the day but good determination and spirit shown.    Given the standard of competitors both national and international and this being the first competition of 2004, Shuhari-Kai did extremely well bringing home three International Champions from only eight Shuhari-Kai entries. Well done to everyone who competed and a big thank you to the supporters who cheered on the competitors.

 

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