2009 Hamilton Open - 18 April 2009

The last cpuple of months have been very busy, not without it's pit falls. Sensei Bob Dalton had a major accident with his mountain bike which saw him in hospital for about a month suffering serveral broken ribs and collar bone. He is back home and going through a mending process although it will still be some time before he fully recovers from his injuries. On a positive note, we did manage to catch up with him and his team at the Hamilton Open which was run on the 29th March 2009.

Hamilton Open

Having not competed for the last 2-3 years, we were excited about attending this competition. Having a young club, Dave, Keiran and Jenny entered into the premier kata division. First up was Kieran in the 13-15 age group who took out 3rd placing with 3 clear flags. Jenny competed in the Seniors womans and took 2nd placing. Dave competed in a strong senior round having won the first round, then matching up to two very good kata competitors from Sensei Bob team. Dave lost the 2nd round and took one flag out of three for the 3rd placing round, losing to achieving 4th overall.

Considering it was our first competition in some years we did very well with our small team having a 66% medal take.

In the mens seniors, kata was dominated by Shitoryu with Bobs team taking 2nd and 3rd and Dave from Palmerston placed 4th.

Results for Karatedo Shitokai for Whangarei and Palmerston North:

Matthew Baird 2nd senior men kata, 2nd junior men kata

Andrew Parker 3rd senior men kata

Joseph faithfull 1st 13 years male development kata

Matt Burns 1st cadet men premier kata, 2nd cadet men -60kg premier kumite

Zara Wech 1st 12/13 years female development kata

Jenny Nixey 2nd senior women kata

Kieran Nuku 3rd cadet men premier kata

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Regards