Severn Challenge Childrens International Event in Ireland – Oct 2015

 

front row 1st left Ashley Black, 3rd Charlie Denton, 5th Kobe Spinney Dibble and 1st right back row Bart Chaisrisud

front row 1st left Ashley Black, 3rd Charlie Denton, 5th Kobe Spinney Dibble and 1st right back row Bart Chaisrisud

Crawley had four juniors selected to be in the England team selected to travel to Ireland to compete against Wales, Ireland and Switzerland.

Bart Chaisrisud was in the junior team who fought well but were defeated.

Pee Wee’s Kobe Spinney Dibble, Charlie Denton, and Ashley Black were the victorious team. Also in the individuals Kobe won and Charlie came 3rd

39th British Open/ 7th Cup of Europe – Oct 2015

Crawley had six fighters in the tournament with Blake Collins, Tomasz Werczinski and Alec Bianes in the Novice categories and Dawid Ozga, Darren Chan and Richard Casella in the Open categories.

Blake won the Middleweight defeating Davydd Duprey of Ynysowen in the Final. Tomasz Werczinski came second in the Heavyweight with Alec Baines also coming 3rd.

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Blake Collins 1st Place

Tomasz Werczinski 2nd place, Alec Baines 3rd place

Tomasz Werczinski 2nd place, Alec Baines 3rd place

In the Open Category Heavyweight Richard Casella lost to KWU bronze medalist Roel Noordman of Holland in the first round.

Both Dawid Ozga and Darren Chan got to the quarter finals and lost to Russian opponents after drawing their bouts they failed the woodbreaking so were eliminated.

2nd KWU World Championships Khabarovsk, Russia – Sep 2015

Crawley lightweight Dawid Ozga took part in the -70kg category for Great Britain in the KWU World Chmpionships. He defeated his first opponent Timur Chitanava from Abkhazia by waza ari with a punch then fought three tough rounds against Afghanistan fighter Hojat Samehzada. In the final round the judges had the fight level 2-2 so the referee decided the winner and  Samehzada went through to the semi finals 3-2. Since the event Samehzada has been disqualified for doping violations.