2006 EUROPEAN SHOTOKAN KARATE CHAMPIONSHIPS – 25th November 2006
The KUGB’s English Squad achieved great success in this year’s ESKA Championships in Lucerne, Switzerland. Squads were sent from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. All competed very enthusiastically but England performed outstandingly well taking a great tally of medals. Matt Price was in tremendous form winning the male senior individual kumite event with great authority. He was also presented with the Sensei Enoeda Memorial Trophy as the most outstanding competitor of the tournament. All members of the various teams performed very well scoring many spectacular ippons on their way to the finals. Congratulations to them all. Jimmy Brennan and Gary Harford attended the judges course and both successfully attained qualifications as International Judges for both kata and kumite.
Matt presented with trophy by ESKA Vice-President, Ilya Gouliev
Matt receives the Sensei Enoda Memorial Trophy from Sensei Sugimura
The KUGB contingent
Bronze for England’s Senior Kumite Team
Dean Field
Matt Price
John Bruce
Liam O’Grady
Christopher Cray
Antony Duffy
Michael Davison
Silver for the England Senior Ladies Kumite Team
Victoria Mulhearn
Kelly Perry
Vicky Phillips
Senior Ladies Kata Team, 4th place
Kelly Perry
Kimberly May
Vicky Phillips
presented by ESKA Vice-President, Pierre Feldmann
Bronze for Junior Ladies Kata Team
Zoe Starr
Holly Sterling
Natasha Balyckyi
The English Squad
Holly Sterling (far left) outstanding performance to take silver in Junior Ladies Kumite
Bronze medal for David Wright (third from left) in Cadet Kumite
Bronze medals for England Kata Team
David Wright
Antony Duffy
Craig Reynolds
Silver for England in the Junior Mens Team Kumite
James Campbell
Antony Duffy
Damian O’Donnell
Gary Harford and Jimmy Brennan become International Judges in Kata and Kumite
