SSKI 2019 Under 16’s Tournament

(Hemel Hempstead School dojo – 30th June)

 Results

 Senior Kata

1st Marco Lopez (Bovingdon)

2nd Luke Bunting (Watford)

3rd Maxance Lambert (Basingstoke)

 Junior Kata

1st Nathan Welply (Watford)

2nd Brayden May (Hemel Hempstead)

3rd Nethra Nair (Hemel Hempstead)

 Novice Kata

1st Lily Burden (Watford)

2nd Oliver Marsden (Hemel Hempstead)

3rd Oscar Cairns (Reading)

Team Kata

1st Watford (Luke Bunting, John Lunn, Nathan Welply)

2nd Hemel Hempstead ‘B’ (Darshith Biju, Ruth Samuel, Nethra Nair)

3rd Hemel Hempstead ‘A’ (Avuktar Nair, Finley May, Brayden May)

 Under 5ft Sanbon Kumite

1st Luke Bunting (Watford)

2nd John Lunn (Watford)

3rd Nathan Welply (Watford)
 
5ft & Over Sanbon Kumite

1st Marco Lopez (Bovingdon)

2nd Avyuktar Nair (Hemel Hempstead)

3rd Finley May (Hemel Hempstead)
 
Trophy for Competitor of the Day – Marco Lopez (Bovingdon)

Trophy for Most Medals on the Day – Watford 7, Hemel Hempstead 7. (Watford win with most gold medals)

Referees: Jeff Carson, Tony Bunting, Nick Forgham, Paul Carvell, Vicky Adams.

 *Superb competition and well attended.  Well done to all the competitors and many thanks to the refereeing staff and indeed all the families that attended.  Next internal one is the big one in October.


 

SSKI 2019 Under 16’s Tournament

(Hemel Hempstead School dojo – 30th June)

Due to the horrible weather conditions in the UK the above tournament was much smaller than usual but one SSKI student made the journey all the way from Wales, which was very badly hit by the winter weather conditions. 

This was Cristy Nash 3rd Dan, who had a decent day on the mat taking third place in the Cadet Kumite and also taking third place in the Ladies Senior Kumite.  She also came fourth in the Ladies Senior Kata event.  Not a bad set of results from our only competitor at these championships.

Well done Cristy, we are all very proud of you and thank you so much for making the effort to attend this tournament.

LEGEND 2018 OPEN SHOTOKAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

(Bracknell Leisure Centre – 3rd March)

Senior Kata

1st Crystal Close (Hemel Hempstead)
 

SSKI 2018 Under 16’s Tournament

(Hemel Hempstead School dojo – 15th April)

Junior Kata

1st Marco Lopez (Bovingdon)

2nd Nathan Welply (Watford)

3rd Luke Bunting (Watford)

Novice Kata

1st Rio Desai (Watford)

2nd Darshith Biju (Hemel Hempstead)

3rd Brayden May (Hemel Hempstead)

Under 5ft Sanbon Kumite

1st Crystal Close (Hemel Hempstead)

2nd William Taylor-Butt (Bovingdon)

3rd Luke Bunting (Watford)

5ft & Over Sanbon Kumite

1st Marco Lopez (Bovingdon)

2nd Darshith Biju (Hemel Hempstead)

3rd Anisha Shrestha (Reading)

Medal for Spirit of the Day

 Lily Burden (Watford)

Referees: Jeff Carson, Tony Bunting, Peter Welch, Nick Forgham, Paul Carvell.
 

*Superb competition and well attended.  Well done to all the competitors and many thanks to the refereeing staff and indeed all the families that attended.  Next internal one is the big one in October.

SSKI 2018 Junior Grades National Championships

(Hemel Hempstead School dojo – 14th October)

Photo 2: Competitor of the Day and Spirit of the Day  winners.

Photo 3: Hemel Hempstead contingent and winners of most medals.

Results

Junior Kata

1st Marco Lopez (Bovingdon)

2nd Luke Bunting (Watford)

3rd John Lunn (Watford)

Novice Kata

1st Brayden May (Hemel Hempstead)

2nd Finley May (Hemel Hempstead)

3rd Naitik Biju (Hemel Hempstead)

Under 5ft Sanbon Kumite

1st Luke Bunting (Watford)

2nd John Lunn (Watford)

3rd William Taylor-Butt (Bovingdon)

5ft & Over Sanbon Kumite

1st Darshith Biju (Hemel Hempstead)

2nd Marco Lopez (Bovingdon)

3rd Avyukta Nair (Hemel Hempstead)

Team Kata

1st Hemel Hempstead ‘A’ (Brayden May, Finley May, Avyukta Nair)

2nd Watford (Luke Bunting, Rio Desai, John Lunn)

3rd Hemel Hempstead ‘B’ (Darshith Biju, Naitik Biju, Nethra Nair)

Competitor of the Day – Luke Bunting (Watford)

Club winners of most medals – Hemel Hempstead

   Medal for Spirit of the Day – George Close

Referees: Jeff Carson, Tony Bunting, Nick Forgham.

Helpers: Stephanie Farrer and Vicky Adams.

*Superb competition and well attended.  The tournament was the best I have seen for many years and the standard of these junior grades gives huge hope for SSKI’s competitive future.  Well done to all the competitors and many thanks to the refereeing staff and helpers and indeed all the families that attended.

Photo 1: Junior & Novice competitors.

Photo 2: Competitor of the Day and Spirit of the Day winners.

Photo 3: Hemel Hempstead contingent and winners of most medals.

 

Photo 1: Junior & Novice competitors.

SSKI 2017 Under 16’s Tournament

(Hemel Hempstead School dojo – 2nd April
 

Full results:

White Belt Kata

1st Krishna Shil (London)

2nd Marco Lopez (Bovingdon)

3rd Amelia Reeves (Hemel Hempstead)

 Novice Kata

1st Anisha Shrestha (Reading)

2nd Jacob Waggeh (Hemel Hempstead)

3rd Shoyuj Kumar (Reading)

Junior Kata

1st Daniel Medalla (Basingstoke) 

2nd Freddie Beresford (Hemel Hempstead)

3rd Maxance Lambert (Basingstoke)

Senior Kata

1st Crystal Close (Hemel Hempstead)

2nd Cameron Nash (Basingstoke)

 Sanbon Kumite (Under 5ft)

1st Crystal Close (Hemel Hempstead)

2nd Freddie Beresford (Hemel Hempstead) 

3rd Daniel Medalla (Basingstoke)

 Sanbon Kumite (5ft & Over)

1st Cameron Nash (Basingstoke)

2nd Anisha Shrestha (Reading) 

3rd Manas Sharma (Reading)

Referees: Jeff Carson (Chief Referee), Peter Welch, Nick Forgham, Paul Carvell and Phil Barton.

Well done to all the medal winners above, especially to Crystal Close who was a double gold medal winner once again. Also, well done to all the young competitors who did their very best in an excellent internal competition, especially those who were entering their very first tournament.  Many thanks also to all the referees who made the day possible and to all the families who accompanied the competitors.

Sensei Malcolm Phipps presented all the competitors with a signed copy of his book. Uchi Deshi and the Master to show his appreciation to all the young competitors. 
 

2017 PORTSMOUTH OPEN SHOTOKAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

SSKI results from the Portsmouth Open Championships hosted by SEKU.

Vicky Adams - 1st Ladies Kumite, 2nd Ladies Senior Kata
Cristy Nash - 1st Ladies Senior Kata, 3rd Ladies Kumite
Eve Messenger - 3rd Ladies Senior Kata
Gary Page - 3rd Men's Senior Kata
Josh Shil - 1st Youths Kumite, 1st Men's Team Kumite (with the SEKU Saltash Team)
Isaak Nathan - 3rd Boys Over 5 foot Kumite

SSKI Medal Tally – 4 Gold, 1 Silver, 4 Bronze.

Well done to all who competed, especially the medal winners above but also to those who didn't pick up a medal this time but showed great promise for the future and was a great learning curve.

Thanks to SSKI referees Tony Bunting and Pete Welch.

 
 

Full results:

Adult Senior Kata

1st Gareth Hains (Hemel Hempstead)

2nd Joydeep Shil (Kings Cross, London)

3rd Vicky Adams (Watford)

Adult Junior Kata

1st Sarah Kay (Hemel Hempstead)

Under 16’s Senior Kata

1st Crystal Close (Hemel Hempstead)

2nd Isaak Nathan (Watford)

3rd Daniel Medalla (Basingstoke)

Under 16’s Junior Kata

1st Nathan Welply (Watford)

2nd Habib Al Haddad (Hemel Hempstead)

3rd Luke Bunting (Watford)

Under 16’s Novice Kata

1st Ash Pomfret (Kings Cross, London)

2nd Lucy Turner (Basingstoke)

3rd John Lunn (Watford)

Under 16’s Sanbon Kumite (Under 5ft)

1st Crystal Close (Hemel Hempstead)

2nd William Taylor-Butt (Bovingdon)

3rd Praneeta Thapa (Reading)

3rd Nathan Welply (Watford)

Under 16’s Sanbon Kumite (5ft & Over)

1st Isaak Nathan (Watford)

2nd Anisha Shrestha (Reading)

3rd Shoyuj Kunwar (Reading)

National Shield – Hemel Hempstead

Referees – Jeff Carson (Chief Referee), Tony Bunting, Peter Welch, Nick Forgham, Paul Carvell, Adam Cockfield

*Well done to all who entered in an excellent tournament, which started and finished on time.  Thanks especially to all the referees who made the day possible and many thanks to all the parents etc transporting their youngsters to the dojo.  Great day.