Our annual open day and inter club had children from Folkestone, Dunmow, Westcroft (Sutton), Weymouth, Wimbledon as well as Crawley.
Our young athletes won 10 gold, 10 silver and 6 bronze.
The club wants to thank all the parents for helping run the day and supply food and drink stalls.
James Clark stepped up to the open category and took gold at his first attempt in the Mens LW as well as most spirited fighter. Cody Chapman also secured the top spot in the Mens HW.
Isaac Warnfeldt Rush and Zara Bah won again the junior categories making it a very successful event.
Crawley finished with 11 trophies overall. Nomi Saeedi, Mason Hennessy, Alek Ilinov, Itanife Wachuku King, David Gonda and Izzy Dodd took 2nd and Rose Cheneler took 3rd place.
Crawley club had six athletes representing GB in the 7th IFK World Championships in Leipzig on 10th May.
Mens Lightweight Callum Chapman proved he is not just a youth champion by claiming the Mens -70kg Lightweight World title. He secured a KO to the body in his quarter final before defeating Dani Redondo of Spain in the semi and then Nikita Anissimov of Kazakhstan in the final, both by decision. An incredible achievement from someone who is still only 22 years old.
Ruby McCord took 3rd place in the U18 Girls +65kg in her first world event.
Isaac Warnfeldt Rush and Cody Chapman made the Quarter Finals. Olivia Pickthall and Nieve Sorge lost out in the last 16.
Overall GB came away with 1 gold and 6 bronze to finish 11th in the medal table.
Jon Cheneler added to his Veterans Clicker crown with the National Kata title as well.
Juniors Itanife Wachuku King 2nd place and Mia Mellows 3rd place also performed well and took a team bronze with Niiyah Kumari .
Blake Collins took 3rd place in Mens black belt and the team took silver in the high grade adults.
Crawley had three fighters in the Scottish Open with Callum Chapman winning the mens lightweight, Olivia Pickthall took the women lightweight and Cody Chapman took 3rd place in the mens heavyweight.
Callum Chapman 1st, Olivia Pickthall 1st, Cody Chapman 3rd
Callum Chapman breezed to victory in the mens lightweight with four wins, three by stoppage to lift the title. Olivia Pickthall took 3rd place in the women lightweight. Ruby McCord took 3rd in the U18 Girls
Crawley took two gold and a bronze at the Tokei Cup this year. Both U16 athletes Isaac Warnfeldt Rush and Nieve Sorge came 1st and Cody Chapman in his first adult open took 3rd place
Crawley dojo had an amazing performance taking 13 medals at the national championships. Wee done to all
Callum Chapman breezed to another victory in Vienna stopping his Georgian opponent in the semi final and taking a unanimous decision in the final.
Olivia Pickthall gained a silver medal after a tough semi final against Viktor Kantor of Hungary that went all the way to a split decision, she lost the final on decision to a Bulgarian European Champion.
Isaac Warnfeldt Rush won his first fight with front kick waza ari on his Swiss opponent but lost the next bout on weight to his Hungarian opponent.
Isaac took 1st place in the Boys U16 LW category in Belgium Antwerp and will now go to Austria in a few weeks. In the final he winded his opponent with a back kick on his way to victory,
Nieve Sorge fought in there U16 Girls LW and improved on her recent performances with a credible 2nd place.
