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.

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

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.

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.

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.