12-Mar-2007: March 2007 Newsletter

On Monday 26th February the Dojo completed a sponsored 2007 karate techniques. This was to raise funds and make a donation to the Peter Lynham Memorial Fund. The event was gruelling for all those that took part especially for the whole 2 hours, but it was all good practice for the grading on the following Monday. A total of £158.50 was raised so thank you all for a great effort.

The grading held on Monday 5th March 2007 was very full indeed. This was due to the length of time since our last grading in October with Kaicho Akamine. Well done to all and congratulations to the following: -

7th Kyu (Green belt)
Bradley Anstee
Jonathan Anstee
Daniel Anstee
Steven Brown
Harry Davies
Aaran Fraser-Hitchen

8th Kyu (Orange belt)
Richard Evans
Heather Gambon

9th Kyu (Yellow belt)
Matthew Dade
Luke Elson
Connor Fraser-Hitchen
Georgia Harcup
Thomas McAteer
Joshua McAteer
Jake Richardson-Harvey
Daisy Taylor
Rees Thomas
Jake Wilson

10th Kyu 3 Mon (White belt with black stripe)
Elliot McCarthy
Louise Radford

10th Kyu 2 Mon (White belt with blue stripe)
Isabelle Radford
Alexander Ralf
Travis Taylor
Calum Wright

10th Kyu 1 Mon (White belt with Yellow stripe)
Ben Biggs
Aqeel Hussain
David Styles
Ben Sutton


February student of the month is: -

Steven Brown

Congratulations to Steven. He joined Paddock Hill Dojo on the very first day we opened on Monday 3rd April 2005. Within six weeks he was entering the GKI annual competition as a white belt and won two medals. Now a year on and Steven is really enjoying his karate. With plenty of natural ability, his eagerness to learn and some hard work, Steven will be a good karate-ka into the future.

In support of Sensei Pete and Mary Thompson we attended the open day in memory of Peter Lynham on Saturday 10th March 2007. This was an event open to the public with several demonstrations carried out during a full afternoon programme. All proceeds raised were in honour of Peter and donated to the Peter Lynham Memorial Fund. On the day we donated the £158.50 raised at the sponsored event held at the Dojo with the fund already over £6,000.00. In a touching tribute to close the event the Shodan grade that Peter missed out on in Cape Town due to dislocating his knee 5 minutes before taking his grading was posthumously awarded by Sensei Pete to Peter’s sister Kirsty Lynham.

Tuesday 20th March 2007 the class will be moved from a 4 pm start to a 5 pm start and finish at 6 pm. We apologise but have again been asked to assess first aid.

The annual GKI 2007 competition will be held on Sunday 29th April at Bourne Leisure Centre, Southbourne, near Chichester. Registration will be at 10.00am with the event aiming to finish by 5.30pm. All members are welcome to compete regardless of grade.