WSKA World Championships – 1st October 2005
2005 World Shotokan Karate Association Championships
The KUGB England squad achieved two first places at the recent World Shotokan Karate Association Championships.
The Championships took place at Harper College Sports Stadium in Chicago over the weekend of 1/2 October.
Shareena Edmonds took gold in the Senior Female Kumite in front of a sell-out crowd that created a tremendous atmosphere. In the final, Shareena initially was down by three wazari, but fought back heroically to win the match by by two Ippon.
The Junior Male Team of Chris Cray, Antony Duffy and Damien O’Donnell won their event decisively, beating Hungary 3-0 in the finals. They had a terrifically exciting semi-final match with the USA, who they beat 2-1, despite the ear-splitting roar of the home crowd in support of their team.
The Senior Female team of Zoe Campbell, Shareena Edmonds and Kelly Perry achieved silver after being beaten 2-1 by the strong Polish Team.
Antony Duffy took bronze in the Junior Male Kata, improving his performance on previous Internationals, whilst the Senior Men’s team took bronze in their Kata event with a powerful performance of of Kanku Sho.
Both England and Wales Senior Kumite Teams performed credibly, being narrowly defeated in the quarter finals.
The English and Welsh squad members
Frank Brennan performed an exciting demonstration of defence against knife and bo with members of the English Squad. This received with a tumultuous applause from the audience.
Frank Brennan throws Chris Cray during the demonstration
We would like to thank the Americans for their outstanding hospitality and in particular John DiPasquale for allowing us to use his impressive Headquarters Dojo for training.
The England squad with John DiPasquale in his dojo in Chicago
Results
Cadet Men Individual Kata:
2nd Place Christoph Haller, Austria
3rd Place Mike Calistro, United States
4th Place Dale Weber, United States
2nd Place Carlotta Prete, Italy
3rd Place Franziska Krieg, Germany
4th Place Elisa Orsi, Italy
2nd Place Thomas Kaserer, Austria
3rd Place Tomasz Drozdzynski, Poland
4th Place Antony Duffy, England
Cadet Mens Individual Kumite:
2nd Place Thomas Kaserer, Austria
3rd Place Christoph Haller, Austria
4th Place Thomas Gorney, USA
2nd Place Alice Pischedda, Italy
3rd Place Valeria Marelli, Italy
4th Place Ivana Bogojevic, Sweden
2nd Place Florin Neissl, Austria
3rd Place Radovan Simic, Switzerland
4th Place Nicholas Masse, USA
2nd Place Agnieszka Wolna, Poland
3rd Place Vasemin Guengoer, Austria
4th Place Sabine Schneider, Germany
2nd Place Fabio Cattaneo, Italy
3rd Place Peter Schvarcz, Hungary
4th Place Wojciech Bloch, Poland
2nd Place Austria
Gold for England Juniors, Antony Duffy, Chris Cray and Damien O’Donnell
England squad with triumphant juniors
Senior Ladies Individual Kumite:
2nd Place Krisztina Zsigmond, Hungary
3rd Place Orsolya Varga, Hungary
4th Place Lindsey Painchaud, USA
Individual gold for Shareena Edmonds
Senior Mens Team Kata:
2nd Place Austria
3td Place Poland
4th Place England
England Men’s Senior Team Kata performing Kanku Sho
Senior Ladies Team Kumite:
2nd Place England
3rd Place Hungary
3rd Place USA
Silver medallists, Shareena Edmonds, Zoe Campbell and Kelly Perry
Senior Mens Individual Kumite:
2nd Place Christian Gruener, Germany
3rd Place Daniel Ruegg, Switzerland
2nd Place Poland
3rd Place Italy
4th Place Belarus
2nd Place Poland
3rd Place Sweden
4th Place Germany
