17 medal haul for karate squad

The Dojo Karate Centre squad

A squad from the Dojo Karate Centre has returned from the BSK open championships with an outstanding 17 medal haul – included nine gold medals.

The haul also included five silver medals and three bronze medals.

The following people won medals in the open championships: 

• Jack Jolliffe - 3 gold medals and 1 silver medal
• Nathan Chan - 3 gold medals
• Antonio Russo - 1 gold medal and 1 silver medal
• Kieren Roberts - 1 gold medal
• Jack Reilly - 1 gold medal
• Christopher Mills - 1 gold medal
• Michael Allen - 1 silver medal
• Ahmed Shekuwe - 1 silver medal
• Vanessa Russo - 1 bronze medal
• Huseyn Mikayilov - 1 bronze medal
• Katie Eccles - 1 bronze medal

Jack Jolliffe and Nathan Chan, both aged 12, won the Open Age Pairs Kata against much older competitors.

Sensei Irfan Ansari, said: “[The] best performances were from Jack Reilly, Vanessa Russo, Christopher Mills and Michael Allen. Of course everyone else performed well also. This brings our trophy/medals total to an amazing 47.”

The squad still has another couple of competitions left and Sensei Ansari hopes to reach a total of 55 medals.