Kempton Karate Club students shine at FCMA championships
Among the 22 students who took part, they raked in 35 medals-15 gold, 14 silver and six bronze.
Kempton Park Karate Club represented South Africa at the Full Contact Martial Arts (FCMA) International Championships in Durban on October 19.
The team competed in traditional hard forms, traditional contact fighting and kick-boxing.
Between the 22 students who took part, they raked in 35 medals -15 gold, 14 silver and six bronze.
This included 10 Durban international events champions, three double golds, one triple gold, 11 national colours, eight president colours and seven development colours.
The students’ individual results were:
Devin Colyn (traditional hard forms 2nd, traditional contact fighting events champion), Robert Netshisaulu (traditional hard forms events champion), Doreen van Dalen (traditional hard forms events champion, traditional contact fighting events champion), sempei Protus Gamede (points sparring 2nd), sensei Suné Stroiz (traditional hard forms 3rd, points sparring events champion, continuous sparring events champion), sempei Karlia van Eeden (traditional hard forms 3rd, points sparring events champion, continuous sparring events champion), Sonja Stroiz (traditional hard forms 2nd, traditional contact fighting 2nd), Belinda Johnson (traditional hard forms 2nd, traditional contact fighting 2nd), sempei Angelique Johnson (traditional hard forms 2nd, points sparring 3rd, continuous sparring 3rd), sempei Joshua Keever (points sparring 2nd), sensei Juan-Paul Kruger (traditional hard forms events champion, traditional contact fighting 2nd), sensei Daniel Mangoejane (traditional hard forms events champion, traditional contact fighting 2nd, points sparring events champion, continuous sparring events champion), Yolandi Pinkerton (traditional hard forms 2nd, traditional contact fighting 2nd), Tristan Johnson (traditional hard forms events champion), Mark Pinkerton (traditional hard forms 2nd, traditional contact fighting events champion), Kegan Botes (traditional contact fighting 2nd, Hayley-Jade Botes (traditional hard forms 3rd, traditional contact fighting 3rd) and Njabulo Njoko (traditional hard forms events champion).
