As part of a large BKK team Ruby McCord took 1st place in the U18 HW Category, Cody Chapman gained a 2nd in the Mens Open Hw and Isaac Warnfeldt Rush lost in the Quarter finals.
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Gonda and Warnfeldt Rush Champions of Wales
David Gonda won gold again within a few weeks, this time to become champion of Wales. Isaac Warnfeldt Rush matched his achievement with his first kata title.
Riyaad took 2nd in the U18 and Alek Ilinov 2nd in the U12. Zara Bah managed 3rd place giving the whole team a trophy
Two Silver Medals at Scottish Open 2023
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.
Silver Medals At The British Kata Championships
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.
Gold Rush at the British Semi Contact Championships 2022
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.
Success for Crawley Boys in Belgium
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.
Chapman takes West Europe Title
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
Crawley’s Former Olympian Takes British Veteran Title
Two-time Olympian Nick Buckfield swapped his poles for the grind Full Contact Kyokushinkai Karate and managed to take the Veterans British Middleweight Championships title at K2, Crawley.
The club walked away with another 6 silver and 2 bronze medals. Congratulations to all who took part.
Olaf Dabek U12 2nd
Ellliott Fortnam U14 HW 2nd
Alfie Finch U14 2nd
Isaac Warnfeldt Rush U14 LW 2nd
Elvin Vaskys U18 MW 3rd
Cody Chapman U18 MW 3rd
Nikolay Kosherov Mens Novice HW 2nd
Dave Martin Veterans LW 2nd
Crawley New Rising Star Wins The Cup of Europe
20 year old Callum Chapman added the Mens Lightweight Crown to his U21 World Title. In the UK’s premium full contact event he scooped the gold in his first attempt in the adult section. He was also awarded the highest placed British Fighter award.
Finch Wins British Kata Title
Alfie Finch became the British Low Grade Junior Champion as the club picked up several prizes. The adult low grade team took 2nd place and the adult high grade team came 3rd.
In the individuals the club also had Sensei Steve took 2nd in the Veterans category for the second year in a row and Robert Large took 3rd in the Green and Yellow belt category.
