Cheneler wins the Mens Veteran Kata Championships

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.

Blake 3rd and team silver, Yusmin team silver, James team silver, Jon gold. Niyah team bronze, Itanife 2nd and team bronze, Mia 3rd and team bronze

Crawley Top Team Again at the British Clicker Championships 2024

Crawley dojo had an amazing performance taking 13 medals at the national championships. Wee done to all

Olivia Pickthall 1st Place
Isaac Warnfeldt Rush 1st Place
Jon Cheneler 1st Place
Alfie Finch 1st Place
Mason Hennessy 1st Place
Will Power 1st Place
Niyah Kumari 1st Place, Itanife Wachuku King 2nd Place, Mia Mellows 3rd Place
Pee Wee Team 1st Place (Will Power, Lori Wachuku King, Itanife Wachuku King)
Junior Team 1st Place (Isaac, Nieve Sorge, Alfie Finch)
Ilori Wachuku King 2nd Place
Rose Cheneler 2nd Place

Chapman wins 1st K.O. Cup in Austria

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.

Three Golds at the 46th British Open

Crawley won eight medals at the British Open this year that same its largest ever entry with 365 athletes from 23 countries taking part.

Steve Papworth won the Veterans -75kg title defeating his Swiss opponent with a knee kick to the body in the semi final and a decision win in the final against the Bulgaria athlete.

Zara Bah won her first title in the U10 girls -30kg and Finn Buckfield retained his U16 crown although in a different weight category.

Silver was earned by Isaac Warnfeldt Rush in the U16 -55kg and Ilori Wachuku King in her first ever tournament.

Three Bronze medals went to James Clark MW Novice, Will Power U12 Boys and Alex Ilinov in U10 boys.

Callum Chapman was desperately unlucky to lose his Cup of Europe bout after dominating the fight on boards. Olivia Pickthall lost a three round decision to a tough Spanish opponent . Cody Chapman and Mason Hennessy both had unfortunate incidents in their bouts which saw them have to retire, David Gonda lost to a bigger opponent and Itanife Wachuku King lost on close fight in his first experience at contact fighting.

6th IFK World Kata Championships, K2 Crawley

Our international federation held its World Kata Championships in Crawley with 23 countries participating in the event.

Crawley had two club members entered Blake Collins and Yusmin Khan who had solid performances making the last 16 with Blake finishing in 9th place and Yusmin 14th.

They also took part in the team with Amelia Canavan White from Hasting dojo finishing in 5th place.

GB finished at the top team with five golds, two silver and three bronze medals.