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.

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.

The club invited Sensei Jonathan Tineo over from Spain to conduct a fighting seminar which was a sell out. The former World and Multi time European Champion showed technical combinations and put the competitor team through their paces.

Crawley took two young fighters to Scotland for the national full contactevent.

After destroying his semi final opponent Callum Chapman lost out to GB Teamate Jaafar Ramal in the final of the lightweight event. Olivia Pickthall had a tough semi final against her Swedish opponent and then lost a 3 round decision to Beathe Hegerland of Norway.

Blake Collins took Silver in the Mens High Grade Kata Championships and Illori Wachuku King at only 8 years old took silver in the U16 Blue Belt Category.

The Crawley High Grade team narrowly missed out on a medal taking 4th place as did Alfie Finch. Yusmin Khan, Olivia Pickthall and Nojus Kuzavinis all reached the second round.

Will Power, pee wee category 1 and Nick Buckfield, low grade veteran, retained their British titles last weekend. Ilori Wachuku King won the pee wee category 2 and Alfie Finch took the low grade boy crown.

There were Silver medals for Lewis Fortnam pee wee category 3, Cody Chapman U18 high grade and Steven Papworth high grade veterans.

Itanife Wachuku King, pee wee 1 took third place along with Elvin Vaskys U18 low grade, Olivia Pickthall womens high grade, Nick Buckfield low grade men.

In the team event after defeating Dunmow, Waterloo (Kaizen) and Loughborough, the Crawley A team tied 2-2 with Mountain Ah in the final but lost in a sudden death fight off.

The B team took a credible 3rd place and the peewee team also came 3rd.

The club had five boys selected to participate for England in the Sutani Cup in Antwerp.

Cody Chapman U18, Elliot Fortnam U14 HW and Isaac Warnfeldt Rush U14 LW took 1st place and Alfie Finch U14 MW came 3rd. Elvin Vaskys narrowly missed out with 4th place.

Callum Chapman finished his incredible year with the 2022 West Europe U21 Title. He crushed into the final winning all bouts by stoppage before sealing the victory dominating the final with his power.

Olivia Pickthall had some fought bouts against experienced opponents ending the day in 4th place