WPKA World Championships

Seito Natalie Hughes and Seito Heidi Silcox have been invited to be members of the England team to take part in the WPKA World Championships in Athens, Greece on 2 - 8 May 2004. This event is expected to attract over 1500 competitors from over 30 countries.

Grading Results

Results of grading held on Sunday, 12 October 2003 at Fiveways Centre, Yeovil:

Nippersaurus Grading Results

Results of Nippersaurus grading held on Friday, 17 October 2003 at Fiveways Centre, Yeovil:

GBMAA AAA Classic

Congratulations to the following students for taking part in the GBMAA AAA Classic tournament at Yeovil College on 16 November, 2003.

^*Trophy winners - placings to be confirmed

Bristol Open

Seito Natalie Hughes competed in the Bristol Open on Sunday, 12 October and won third place in under 4' 10" mixed kumite.

Somerset Karate's First Black Belts

At the grading at Fiveways Centre on 12 October, Allan Osborne and Henry Duke became the first students to be awarded black belt by Somerset Karate.

Full grading results will be published here in due course but congratulations to everyone that graded and especially to Sempai Osborne and Sempai Duke.

British Sports Martial Arts Premiership

The following students travelled to Guildford, Surrey on Sunday 14 September to take part in the British Sports Martial Arts Premiership tournament.

Charlotte Goodliff
Aaron Scoble
Paul Huxley
Sam Forrester	2nd	Soft kata
Seito Natalie Hughes	3rd	Soft kata
	3rd	Hard kata
	3rd	Ladies under 55kg kumite
Sempai Mike Scoble

Congratulations to everyone for taking part.

Sunday Discounts

Students from Beaminster and Radstock who travel to Yeovil to train on a Sunday will from now on be eligible for a £1.00 discount if they pay cash for the 10:30 lesson.

British Sports Martial Arts Premiership

The following students travelled to Guildford, Surrey on Sunday 1 June to take part in the British Sports Martial Arts Premiership tournament:

Matthew Biss
Scott Cole
Charlotte Goodliff
Liam Kitto
Jonathan Lane
Ben Morgan
Jamie Newell
Cody Ralph
Adam Scarborough
Seito Natalie Hughes	2nd	Junior kata
	3rd	Ladies under 55kg kumite
Seito Michael Parkes	3rd	Junior kata
Seito Heidi Silcox	3rd	Junior kata
Sempai Mike Scoble	2nd	Adult hard kata
	3rd	Adult soft kata

Congratulations to everyone for taking part

British Sports Martial Arts Premiership

The following students travelled to Guildford, Surrey on Sunday 27 April to take part in the British Sports Martial Arts Premiership tournament:

James Eddey

Liam Kitto

Cody Ralph

Seito Thomas Liu

Seito Natalie Hughes

Sempai Mike Scoble

Sempai Scoble achieved first in adult weapons kata and joint third in adult traditional weapons.

GBMAA Classic League tournament

10 members of Somerset Karate competed at the GBMAA AAA Classic League tournament at Egham Sports Centre on Sunday, 30 March and came away with an impressive haul of trophies:

Mike Scoble	2nd	Adults weapons forms
	3rd	Men's brown & black belt, over 75Kg, semi-contact kumite
Henry Duke	3rd	Adults traditional forms
	2nd	Men's brown & black belt, under 75Kg, semi-contact kumite
Natalie Hughes	3rd	Under 16 traditional forms
	3rd	Girls under 16, under 150cm, semi-contact kumite
	3rd	Junior mixed team
Thomas Liu	3rd	Under 16 traditional forms
Matthew Biss	3rd	Mixed under 16, under 160cm semi-contact kumite
Heidi Silcox	3rd	Under 16 traditional forms
	3rd	Junior mixed team
Liam Kitto	3rd	Mixed under 16, under 150cm semi-contact kumite
Adam Scarborough	3rd	Mixed under 16, under 150cm semi-contact kumite
	3rd	Junior mixed team
Cody Ralph	3rd	Mixed under 9 semi-contact kumite
	3rd	Junior mixed team
Jamie Newell	3rd	Girls under 16, under 140cm semi-contact kumite
	3rd	Junior mixed team

Congratulations to everyone for taking part