WUKF WORLD SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
ODESSA ,UKRAINE
OPENING CEREMONY OF CHAMPIONSHIPS
HIGHLIGHT OF THE TOURNAMENT
(RED) UKRAINE 7 ROMANIA 6 (WHITE)
MALE TAG TEAM FINAL
CHRISTOPHE PINNA TEACHING SEMINAR
AT THE WUKF CHAMPIONSHIPS
(DEMONSTRATING ON DANIEL CUTHBERT )
FINALS DAY
LEON MARTIN ON PODIUM
MALE SHUBO IPPON HEAVYWEIGHT
WORLD CHAMPION 2009
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SHIKON INTERNATIONAL OPEN 2009
REPORT ON THE 1ST SHIKON INTERNATIONAL KARATE
OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Grundy Park leisure Centre ,Cheshunt was the venue for the 1st Shikon International Open.
Formerly a member of EKGB and Karate England 05 Shikon remains an active member
of the newly reformed Karate England which contains so many other famous karate names.
The event had been welcomed by the World Union of Karate Federations as the first ever event sanctioned by them in England ,and we were honoured to have athletes from three Romanian clubs forming a squad led by Mr Liviu Crisan the General Secretary of the WUKF.
Also attending were members from the Ulster Karate Federation (Mr Columba McLoughlin)
and Carnalea Karate (Mr David Brashaw) along with Mr J Lipinski from the School of
Masters (Poland).
The event proved to be thoroughly enjoyable being run in three phases .
Many thanks go to the officials from FEKO ,UMA ,UKF , HAK and of course Shikon for keeping the event to time table.
The standard was good with numerous former EKGB and current Karate England national champions present and medals were presented not only by Mr Crisan but also by former Ladies World heavy weight Champion Patricia Duggin and former Mens World Lightweight Champion Mr Abdu Shaher
First phase ,childrens Kata started at 9.45 am (fifteen minutes early) and finished at 12.30pm leaving thirty minutes to present all the medals and trophies before starting the second phase (childrens kumite) at twelve minutes past one o clock (twelve minutes late).
The final phase was cadets and adults which proved to be the busiest phase with over 180 taking part.
Hats off to the Romanian squad for their terrific haul of medals and good luck to them at the forthcoming World Championships in Odessa ,Ukraine.
The event also proved worthwhile for the British team members travelling to the Ukraine who used the tournament as a very useful warm up.
Dates for next years Shikon open will be published soon as will dates for other events including a team rotation event planned for the summer.
Anyone interested in entering a team for the rotation event please contact Ian Cuthbert on cuthbertshikon@aol.com .
Congratulations to the Shikon team of Trisha Jordan ,Julia Heenan ,James Howes ,Dean Tilley , Natalie Collins , Chris and Gwynn Foreman , Sonia Powell ,Rowie Briggs ,Lynn Austin ,Michael Cormack ably led by Ian Cuthbert ,all of whom were essential to the days success.
Thanks also to our sponsors for their generous monies:-
Mr Gordon Johnson , Perfections and UKAPC
PHOTO GALLERY 
Kata awards presented by Mr Liviu Crisan Gen. Secretary of the WUKF
1st Zofia Frooms School of Masters 1st Maria Militaru -Hayashi Activ
2nd Austin Endo KUGB 2nd Jay Simmons Ryu Kyu
3rd Aaron Routh SESK 3rd Robert Evans Ryu Kyu
1st Oliver Briggs UKA 1st Vlad Voica Zanshin Satu
2nd Nicolette Chrisele Hayashi Activ 2nd James Catt UKA
3rd Ciaran Miller SKU 3rd Aaron Routh SESK
3rd George Bruce Seitou ryu
Award being presented by Sensei Patricia Duggin 4th Dan
Former World Heavy weight champion
1st Albie Warner SESK 1st Jamie Carroll UKA
2nd Tito Falase UKA 2nd Daniel Pasco Zanshin Satu
3rd Bartosz Geisler School of Champions 3rd Karl Garside UKA
3rd Scott Quinlan SESK 3rd Razvan TInca Zanshin Satu
1st Maria militaru Hayashi Activ 1st Chloe Barnes UKA
2nd Jemma Hemmings SKU 2nd Carmen Palmer SKU
3rd Kelsey Poynter SESK 3rd Zara Lethbridge UKA
3rd Terri Naylor SESK 3rd Chloe McKenzie Carnalea
1st Charlie Collins UKA 1st Sacha bravery KKA
2nd Ben Poulter UKA 2nd Courtney Rivers UKA
3rd Ben Jordan UKA 3rd Alina Drew SESK
3rd Sam Berwick UKA 3rd Melissa Wilson AMA
1st Eva Kerekes CSU POL 1st Kamil Hejmanocki S of Mast
2nd Emma Handyside SKA 2nd Greg Gentleman Seidokan
3rd Laura Thompson Seitou ryu 3rd Octavia Lacatus Hayashi Activ
3rd Matthew Williams BKO
Senior medals awarded by Abdu Shaher former World Light weight Champion
1st Khuram Ilyas SKU 1st Dan Cuthbert UKA
2nd Sameer Owarth BKO 2nd Jason Marquis UKA
3rd Dean Barron UKF 3rd Leon Martin SESK
3rd Liviu Dodoc CSU POL 3rd MarkNevola KWKKA
Action from Oliver Briggs and Jamie Carroll , Adam Carrigan-Smith and Charlie Collins
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2009 LONDON YOUTH GAMES
Crystal Palace was once again the venue for the Karate section of the Balfour Beatty London Youth Games . Its been some years since the event has been held there as the `Palace ` has been undergoing extensive refurbishment. Now with new seating , cafeteria and numerous improvements in Sports facilities it was ready to deal with one of the biggest events in the London Karate calendar.
Despite efforts from the EKF to amazingly boycott the event , many EKF members ignored this stupidity and turned up anyway.
Congratulations must go to the organiser Richard Bolton and his team for presumably risking sanctions , exile and possible hang drawing and quartering for having the back bone to stick to their guns and continue to help run an event that , at the end of the day is simply a sporting event for London kids.
The karate event has long been the scene of victory for the East London boroughs with Havering , Redbridge , Barking & Dagenham and Tower Hamlets all having successful runs of wins.
This year was no exception. In the boys section Redbridge narrowly pipped Havering by 2 points to take first place ,Waltham Forest with a strong but only half full squad took third. Most of these three squads came from the ever strong Shikon clubs based in the various boroughs with the notable exception of Jason Plum from the KUGB who took two golds for Waltham Forest.
In the girls event the first two places were reversed with Havering romping home comfortably and Redbridge taking second. Third place was taken by the excellent Richmond team.
Well done to Havering coaches Trisha Jordan and Richard Gregory , Redbridge coaches Ian Cuthbert and Maria Anonuevo and Waltham Forest Coaches Sonia Powell and Ono Ogbekene.
Anyone interested in taking up karate in any of the above London Boroughs should contact either Ian Cuthbert (07802 481187) or Trisha Jordan (07812713925).
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FOUR WAY TEAM MATCH IN SHEFFIELD 
Well done to those who took part in the four way friendly at the Hillsborough Leisure
Centre ,Sheffield on Sun 10th May.
The four teams were Shikon ,SKU ,FEKO and BKO.
The Shikon squad was made up as follows:-
Mens Team :- Dan Cuthbert (Capt) , Jason Marquis ,Dan Thackray ,TomThackray
Leon Martin and Charlie Collins
Ladies Team :- Ono Ogbekene (Capt) ,Ami Carrigan-Smith ,Shauna Carroll
Rebecca Soame and Mary Berwick
The ladies team romped home unbeaten and took first place in their round robin with
Captain Ono Ogbekene looking a class above and unloading an impressive array
of techniques. Ami backed this up with her usual consistent point scoring.
New comers Shauna ,Rebecca and Mary all did them selves proud bearing in mind they
were only cadets.
The Mens team almost started without a full five due to members arriving late
but cadet Charlie Collins stepped in and fought twice winning one fight and narrowly
losing the other by half a point. Capt Dan Cuthbert went unbeaten through his matches
but the Mens team failed tobeat home side SKU (losing 3-2) and had to settle for
second place.
SQUAD PHOTO
BACK ROW
fromL-R Stan Knighton (head of SKU) Sonia Powell (Official) TomThackray ,Leon Martin
Dan Thackray ,Dan Cuthbert ,Charlie Collins ,Jason Marquis , Ian Cuthbert
FRONT ROW
Trish Jordan ,Mary Berwick , Shauna Carroll , Ami Carrigan_Smith ,Rebecca Soame ,
Ono Ogbekene
PHOTOS
SHIKON SQUAD ON TOUR AGAIN
ONO ON THE HUNT DAN /GORDON / DEAN
Centre ADAM / CHARLIE/ GEORGE
TWO GOLD LIAM CADET TEAM CHAMPS
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