Happy New Year

First things first, Sensei Andre and Sensei Daphne would like to wish all our students and their families a very

Happy New Year 2007. We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and look forward to returning to training.

Activity Mornings

Once again the activity mornings were well attended and all had fun – we think! Apologies to all those that were

still at school for some of the dates, but unfortunately we do not set your school holiday. We will see what we

can do in the next half term?

Kids Christmas Party

The Christmas party was very well attended with over 30 students joining in the fun. Traditional games were

played and there was plenty to eat. Thank you to all the parents that helped out and especially Emma Anstee who

wrote the names of each child on their cup cake, they were delicious!

Most Improved Awards

At the Christmas party we decided to awarded medals for the most improved student by age category.

The decisions were on performance during our short year taking into account overall ability and attitude towards

the dojo and member students. Each decision was very difficult and close to call, but in the end congratulations to:

Jake Wilson 5 to 7 years old

Daniel Anstee 8 to 10 years old

Aaran Fraser-Hitchin 10 to 12 years old

Tesco Vouchers

Many thanks for the short notice help in collecting the Tesco vouchers. During the short time that we announced

we were collecting we had nearly 1200 vouchers. Hopefully bean bags, a speed ladder, ankle skips, cones and

skipping ropes will be delivered to us before the spring term starts.

New Website

The club web site is now live at: www.camberleymartialarts.com once we get our heads round it, it will list all the

information you want regarding the dojo. If you see any deliberate mistakes then please let us know. Have already

spotted a few and these will be updated as we go.

New Monthly Subs

Hopefully everyone has picked up a leaflet detailing the new monthly subscriptions due to a 5% increase in hall rental.

Peter Lynham

Just before Christmas on the 12^th December, the GKI association lost a young student called Peter Lynham. He

was only 20 and a fisherman working with father Paul and younger brother Robert, 17, on the family boat when

he went overboard. A rescue search could not find his body and to date a body has not been recovered. He had

done Goju Karate since he was 8 and although not one of our students for karate we have had the pleasure of

instructing him and his Dojo, kobudo for the last eight months. He was a GKI member, but was also a member

of Camberley Doko Kai and in turn Ryukyu Kobudo Hozon Shinko Kai of which he will be sadly missed. The

family are holding a memorial in his name on Monday 22nd January, which we will be attending.

Sensei Pete Thompson, Peter’s instructor in Wessex will be holding an open day in February. All proceeds raised

will be in honour of Peter and donated to the family so they can give the donations collected to the rescue services

that helped out on that tragic day. Sensei Pete has asked if our dojo would like to join in and help a good cause. Of

course we would so watch this space for further details and a date.

Dojo Closed

Please note that the dojo will be closed Monday 22^nd January 2007 for the memorial of Peter Lynham.

Class Time Change

Please also make a note that on Tuesday 23^rd January 2007 the lesson will be moved from a 4 pm start to a 5 pm

start and finish at 6 pm. We apologise for this but occasionally we are asked to assess first aid on a Tuesday for

Surrey Ambulance Service.

Gradings

The Grading dates for this Year 2007 have been set as follows:-

Monday 5^th March 2007 between 4 to 6 pm,

Monday 4^th June 2007 between 4 to 6 pm,

Monday 10^th September 2007 between 4 to 6 pm,

and Monday 10^th December 2007 between 4 & 6 pm.

AOB

Several parents have asked if we can purchase separate GI bottoms and the answer is now YES. Please see us for

further details.