Karatekas sweat it out for medals at New World Shotokan championships
No injuries were recorded in the friendly championship which saw participants walking off with a number of medals.
Karatekas from all over the Lowveld converged on the Army Support Base Sports Hall in Mbombela for this year’s last championships. New World Shotokan, Nelspruit, were the host dojo. The participating dojos were; White River, Hazyview, Skukuza and WJKA Dojo from Graskop.
According to sensei Louw Venter from NWS, Nelspruit, the competition was a friendly one in which the participants competed in the kumite and kata categories.
Mariaan van Niekerk and Silke Pfitzer.
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“This was a friendly championship, meaning that there was no competition between the the different dojos and medals were issued according to personal performances.
“The event was well organised and with no injuries,” he said.
The medals were sponsored by Nelspruit Produkta Trucks and many of the competitors walked away from the event with a medal to show for their participation in the sport which demands intense concentration, focus and stamina.
(White River )
Right: Gerrit vd Nest
(White River)
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The athletes who took first place in both categories were:
Name Kata Kumite
Genevi van der Nest 1st 1st
Dune Haasbroek 1st 1st
Veronique Human 1st 1st
Janine Arends 1st 1st
Mariaan van Niekerk 1st 1st
Eunice Visser 1st 1st
Uas Spruit 1st 1st
Fletcher van Zyl 1st 1st
Andy Weng 1st 1st
Wanru Haasbroek 1st 1st
Brandon Macaulay 1st 1st
Hanru Kruger 1st 1st
Joshua van der Nest 1st 1st
Korban Brown 1st 1st
Shaun Brown 1st 1st
