News
At the Club:
First Grading of 2012: The first club grading of 2012 will take place on Wednesday 22nd February at 18:30. The grading examiner will be sensei Poynton. The grading will be followed by a training session in Gaudick Gym until 21:00.
Southern Region Championship 2011 Results: The club had its best set of competition results ever at the KUGB Southern Region Championships, held on the 12th February at the K2 Centre, Crawley. We are very proud of all those karateka who competed for the club and thank you to all those who went to help and support our competitors. The club's results are as follows:
Children's Ippon Kumite - Abby McNally 3rd
Children's Kata Dan - Lucinda McNally 3rd
Boys Kumite U 5ft - Josh Langley-Fineing 3rd
Boys Kumite 5-5ft 5in - Rowan Mather 3rd
Female Senior Kata - Tab Birch 2nd
Male Senior Kata - Joe Birch 2nd
Female Junior Kumite - Tab Birch 1st
Female Senior Kumite - Scarlett McNally 2nd
Male Senior Kumite - Joe Birch 2nd
Male Team Kumite - Red Lion 1st
Tony Francis Memorial Trophy for Fighting Spirit - Joe Birch
Wednesday 6th January 2010: Due to the adverse weather conditions tonight's training session has been cancelled. See you on Monday at Moira House.
New Venue for Wednesday training sessions: As from the 1st January 2010, the Wednesday night training session will take place at the University of Brighton Sports Centre on Denton Road, Eastbourne. This is just a short walk from Moira House. We will be training in the main sports hall. The time will remain the same (18:30 - 20:00).
Dojo Fees for 2010: The dojo fees will remain unchanged. However, we will be requiring all regular members to set up a standing order to pay their dojo fees. This is the only way we can ensure the financial stability we need to be able to plan club events.
Grading Results: Congratulations to all those who passed their grading on the 14th December with sensei Poynton. There were some excellent performances, particularly from the white belts. Well done!
The next grading will be on Monday 14th December at 19:00. If we can get the hall for an additional hour, the grading will be followed by a training session with sensei Poynton.
Southern Region Championships
The last Southern Region Black and Brown Belt Course and Grading of 2009 will take place on Saturday 5th December, at Lodden Valley Leisure Centre, Reading. Training with sensei Sherry and sensei Brennan will start at 10:30 as usual, with the grading starting at 14:30.
This year's KUGB Southern Region Championships gave the club its best competition results ever. The event was held at the K2 Centre in Crawley on Saturday 21st February, with more than 100 competitiors representing clubs from across the south of England.
Of particular note are the following:
Girls' Kumite 5'5" and above, 2009 Champion Tabitha Birch
Men's Kumite 18-20yrs, 2009 Champion Joshua Williams
Women's Team Kumite, 2009 Champions Red Lion (Scarlet McNally, Francesca Thomas and Val Dale)
Men's Team Kumite, joint 3rd place Red Lion (Joshua Williams, Sam Birch and Phil Peall)
We should also be very proud of the fact that 4 out of 8 of the quarter finalists in the men's kata event were from the club (Jason, Josh, Sam and Joe).
Well done and thanks to everyone who competed or who came along to support the club.
Joe sustained a nasty finger injury on Saturday that resulted in him having to go to hospital. Many thanks to Scarlett for her on the spot help and advice. Joe's finger is broken in two places and he is scheduled for reconstructive surgery on Wednesday.
Christmas Dinner
This year's Christmas dinner will be at the Beachy Head pub and restaurant, on Monday 22nd December, at 7:30pm. Everyone welcome!
Well done Lucinda McNally who passed her shodan grading on Saturday 6th December 2008 at the KUGB course and grading in Bath, with sensei Sherry and sensei Brennan. We are all very proud of you Lucinda, well done!
Congratulations to Joe Birch! Joe became the fifth member of the club to achieve the grade of sandan. He took the grading at the Special Dan Course on 4th October at Egham. Well done Joe.
The next grading at the club will take place on Wednesday 1st October 2008, with Sensei Poynton. The grading will start at 18:00, and will be followed by an all grades training session.
Congratulations to Sam Birch! Sam passed his sandan grading on Saturday 19th April, at the Special Dan Course in Chesterfield. Sam is the first karateka to have gone from ungraded to sandan at the club. Welcome to the senior grades Sam.
Well done Francesca, Joe and Kevin on passing your shodan gradings. The trio performed very well throughout the grading and we can all be very proud of them.
Congratulations to to everyone who graded on the 19th March, there were some excellent performances. Well done! Work hard on your new kata, the next grading will be in the summer.
The first grading of 2008 will take place on Wednesday 19th March with Sensei Poynton. The grading will start at 18:00 and will be followed by an all grades training session until 20:00.
Happy New Year to all those who train at the club!
After reviewing the training session times we've decided to extend the Wednesday night 12 and over's session by starting it at 18:30. We acknowledge that some of you may find it difficult to get there that early after work, so just get there as soon as you can and join in. The idea is that the extra 30 minutes will be spent doing a serious warm up and stretching session.
Congratulations to all club members who were successful in their grading on the 5th December 2007. Well done to all of you, and well done and thank you to all the black and brown belts for their efforts in preparing the coloured belts for the grading. Below club members are shown with sensei Poynton, one of the KUGB's most senior and experienced grading examiners.
Congratulations to Chris Williams on passing his 4th dan grading! Well done Chris, and thanks to everyone at the club for supporting Chris during the run up to the grading. Click here for a report and pictures of the Special Dan Course and grading.
In the Southern Region:
The next Special Dan Course will take place on Saturday 4th October 2008, at Egham Leisure Centre. All dan grades should make every effort to attend. Good luck to those of you that are grading at this event!
Congratulations to all club members who took part in the 2008 Southern Region Championships. Particular congratulations go to Lucinda, who won the Children's Ippon Kumite; to Tabitha, who came second in the Girl's over 5'3" Kumite; to Joe, who came second in the Junior 18-20 years Kumite, and to our Male Kumite Team, who came third. Congratulations also go to Scarlett who helped the Egham Female Kumite Team to first place. Well done!
The 2008 Southern Region Championships will be held at the K2 Leisure Centre, Crawley on Saturday 16th February. Please keep the day free in your diary, we need to have a good turn out from the club, both competing and supporting. For those of you that aren't competing, we are always short of time keepers and recorders so please come and speak to Ivan if you can help out.
Club members attended the KUGB Southern Region Black and Brown Belt Course and Grading at Lodden Valley Sports Centre, Reading on Saturday 1st December. Jason, Emily, Ivan, Roger and Kevin are shown below with sensei Brennan and sensei Sherry. Congratulations to Kevin on passing the kihon and kumite elements of his 1st dan grading. Well done Kevin!
