Dawid had a tough five round fight in the WFKO title fight in Novy Urengoy, Russia. The bout was very even with neither man gaining a significant advantage but the Russia judes scored it unanimously to their fighter Evgeny Solomennikov
Cadets Tom Bradley, Olivia Pickthall and adult Blake Collins along with BKK Invictus Alan Shnawa represented England in the Eurasia Cup in Antalya, Turkey.
The event set in the Kremlin Palace Hotel had 11 countries and a very large Turkish contingent with over 175 participants.
Tom took Gold in the cadet kata and 2nd in the -65kg contact event. After a gruelling 3 round semi final he was very tired and was put under pressure in the final with his opponent gaining a waza ari. Tom came back really well and was taking the fight to his opponent but was unable to recover the point.
Olivia had the misfortune of having her bag lost by the airline so had to borrow a gi and all protection but still fought really well and won her semi final by 3 round decision and lost the final also by 3 round decision to also gain 2nd place. For both the cadets it was invaluable experience.
Middleweight Blake, took 2nd in the adult kata losing on count back after a tie for 1st place. Stepping into his first adult international equate himself very well and had a gruelling quarter final picking up an injury around the knee. This was too affect him in the semi where his opponent kicked him across the knee and although an illegal technique the GB coach Felix Ntumazah rightly advised the judging panel Blake could not continue but it wasn’t due to the knee kick but previous damage.
Alan Shnawa also took 3rd place losing out on a 3 round decision in the lightweight category.
Teams from England, Wales, Ireland and the hosts Switzerland took part in Contact fighting for U18 and Points fighting and Kata for U16 last weekend in Kriens.
Tom Bradley took the -68KG U18 title in style winning his first two fights by Waza Ippons with Ushiro Mawashi Geri and Jodan Mavashi Geri, then he received a bye where his opponent withdrew. In the final he defeated the talented Robel Schonenberger of Switzerland by judges decision 4-0.
Crawley also had Bart Chaisrisud and Kobe Spinney Dibble in the U16 event. Both fought well and reached the quarter finals before being defeated in the points fighting division.
Top far right Tom. Bottom row far left Bart and third along Kobe pictured with the Welsh and England teams
Crawley had eight students and two teams in the tournament this year and took 2nd places.
Our senior team of Senpai’s Blake Collins, Ryan Morter and Tom Bradley came close to retaining the title but were pipped by Cardiff for gold. Individually they all performed well but narrowly missed out on the medals. Blake was in 4th place with Tom 5th and Ryan 6th. 
Mo Bahrami took 2nd place in the blue and red belt individual category.
The other participants Madison Sproston, Robert Salvi, Bart Chaisrisud and Reece Reeve all performed very well.
Dawid 1st, Blake 3rd, Olivia won
The club had three participants in the Scottish Open at the Arc Gym, Glasgow on Saturday and they all produced top displays.
First up was cadet fighter Oliva Pickthall, who had one match against Aiofe O’Grady-Cocoran of Ireland. Olivia controlled the match catching Aiofe early with a head kick and then worked her opponent round the mat with strong punch and low kick combinations for 5-0 victory.
Both Dawid Ozga and Blake Collins were in the open mens middleweight. Blake was in the top half of the draw in his first open adult event. He won his first bout with an ippon with two jodan mawashi’s to the head stunning his opponent. Then he lost a decision to the more experienced Luke Baldwin (Wales) in a very good fight. In the 3rd place fight off he controlled the bout dropping his opponent for ippon with a strong body punch.
Dawid who normally campaigns at LW, earned a quick decision against his dutch opponent and then winded both his next two fighters with body punches for waza ari.
In the final against Luke he started very sharply and after about a minute scored waza ari for a punch to the body and took the decision at the end of the round.
Congratulations to Bethany Salvi and Kobe Spinney Dibble who won their respective titles at the national tournament. Charlie Denton also took 3rd place.
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| Charlie Denton 3rd place | Beth Salvi 1st place | Kobe Spinney Dibble 1st place |
Well done to the Junior boys team of Robert Salvi, Kieran Long, Bart Chaisrisud, Kobe Spinney Dibble and Charlie Denton came 2nd after drawing 2-2 with Mountain Ash they lost a sudden death fight off. The Pee Wee team of Ashley Black and Aaron Phillips also took 2nd place.
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
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.
Blake Collins 1st 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.
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.
Crawley Club took part in the Dunmow 30th anniversary event and the Greg Hitchins Cup. The A team captained by Blake Collins took 1st place with the B team taking 3rd place.
In the individuals the juniors had lots of success in their categories
Pee Wee Low Grade
1st Mikolaj Zabawa
3rd Alexander Sproston
Pee Wee High Grade
1st Charlie Denton
-150cm Low Grade
1st Bart Chaisrisud
+150cm Low Grade
1st Bethany Salvi
2nd Robert Salvi
3rd Madsion Sproston