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News Archive - 2003
03 Dec 2003
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.
25 Nov 2003
Grading Results

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

10 Kyu - White + Red Stripe

10A Sam Whatmore, Macauley Edwards

10B Joshua Taylor, Alex Belcher, Chris Wheadon, Joshua Neal

9 Kyu - White + Yellow Stripe

9* Clare Scarborough, Mitchell Tonks, Nicholas Hartland, Tom Redwood

9B Nigel Wheadon 

8 Kyu - Yellow

8* Daniel Liu

8B Ryan Coward, Bradley Govier

7 Kyu - Yellow + Stripe

7* Scott Cole

7A Aaron Scoble, Melanie Stewart, Adam Miles, Sophie Tonks

7B Kayleigh Huxley, Daniel Male, Natalie Huxley, Cody Ralph

7C Jordan Lea

6 Kyu - Green

6* Jamie Newell, Ben Morgan

6A Connor Bridgland

6B Sam Osborne, Elliot Watts, Emily Gould

5 Kyu - Green + Stripe

5* Charlotte Goodliff

5A Daniel Law, Steven Moffat

5B Andrew Parsons, Adam Scarborough

4 Kyu - Blue

4A Liam Kitto, Paul Huxley

3 Kyu - Blue + Stripe

3A Gregory Watts

3B Kayleigh Herbert

2 Kyu - Brown

2A Jonathan Lane, Sam Forrester

2B Matthew Biss

1 Kyu - Brown + Stripe

1A Kerry Gower, Heidi Silcox

1B Michael Parkes

Black belt

Henry Duke, Allan Osborne
25 Nov 2003
Nippersaurus Grading Results

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

1st Grading

Daniel Ackerley, Jessica Lea, Charlotte Cole, Chelsie Scoble

2nd Grading

Tia Dickinson, Claire McGhee, Jake Sheasby

3rd Grading - Orange Stripe

Eilis Lea, Henry Corner, Matthew Greenidge

 

4th Grading

Matthew Kinder

5th Grading - Purple Stripe

Callum Cassell

6th Grading

Jordon Osborne

7th Grading

Megan Hughes, Ryan Kitto

 

 

 
18 Nov 2003
GBMAA AAA Classic

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

Clare Scarborough    
Scott Cole *  
Cody Ralph *  
Elliot Watts *  
Ben Morgan *  
Gregory Watts    
Sam Forrester 3rd Under 16 brown and black belt kata
Matthew Biss    
Heidi Silcox *  
Kerry Gower    
Natalie Hughes 2nd Under 16 brown and black belt kata
  3rd Girls under 150cm kumite

*Trophy winners - placings to be confirmed
15 Oct 2003
Bristol Open

Seito Natalie Hughes competed in the Bristol Open on Sunday, 12 October and won third place in under 4' 10" mixed kumite.
13 Oct 2003
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.
17 Sep 2003
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.
06 Aug 2003
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.
04 Jun 2003
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
08 Apr 2003
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.
4 Apr 2003
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