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Joza, Rhodes Karateka shine

Grocott's Mail ContributorsBy Grocott's Mail ContributorsMay 10, 2019No Comments3 Mins Read
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Brent Smith, left (Rhodes University Shotokan Karate Club) vs Aphiwe Matiwana, right (Joza Karate Club) In the Junior Men’s Kumite Category. Photo: Supplied

The First Round of the 2019 Sunshine Coast Karate Open (SCKO) Championships was held at the Boardwalk Hotel’s International Convention Centre on Saturday, 4 May. The Championship was organised by East Cape Shotokan-Ryu under the auspices of United Shotoakn-Ryu.

From left to right, Brent Smith (Rhodes University Shotokan Karate Club) won the Junior men’s Red to Black Belt Kata and Kumite Categories. Thanduxolo Royi (Joza Karate Club) winning the Open Men’s Kumite Category, with Lutho Singata (Rhodes University Shotokan Karate Club) won the Open Men’s Kata Category. The three will be representing United Shotokan-Ryu at the WUKF World Championship in Slovakia next month. Photo: Supplied

Competitors from Gauteng, Western Cape and Eastern Cape representing twenty clubs, contested the various categories which ranged from novice to elite level. East Cape Shotokan-Ryu (Port Alfred, Kenton on Sea and Makhanda) emerged as overall First Round winners of the Championship, with Joza Karate Club (Makhanda) in second place and PE Noord Karate Club in third place. The top five positions were rounded off by Rhodes University Shotokan Karate Club and ISKF of East London in fourth and fifth positions respectively.  

Rhodes University Shotokan Karate Club instructor, and double bronze medallist at last year’s WUKF World Championship, Lutho Singata won the Men’s Open Black Belt Kata Category with Thanduxolo Royi of Joza Karate Club placing second. The roles were reversed in the Men’s Open Black Belt Kumite Category with Royi beating Singata by four points to two in the final. Brent Smith (Rhodes University Shotokan Karate Club) having already won both the Junior Men’s Red to Black Belt Kata and Kumite Categories earlier in the day, placed third in the Men’s Open Kata with Aphiwe Matiwana (Joza Karate Club) taking third spot in the kumite. Smith, Singata and Royi will be competing at this year’s WUKF World Championship which will take place in Bratislava, Slovakia in June. They will be representing United Shotokan-Ryu and will be coached by Maureen De Jager.    

Ashleigh Barker of Port Elizabeth’s JKS Bushido Karate Club was a convincing winner in the Ladies 18-34 years of age Open Kata Category. Kayleigh Chamberlain (Western Suburbs Karate Club, PE) and Tanya De Villiers (PE Noord Karate Club) placed second and third respectively.

In the Ladies Open Kumite Category, Barker narrowly beat last year’s SCKO Champion, Kayleigh Chamberlain, before moving on to face Tanya De Villiers in the final. The final match score was a convincing six to two points win in favour of Barker which left De Villiers in second and Chamberlain in third. This was also Barker’s debut at the SCKO Championships.

According to Organiser, Gary Grapentin, the Championship was a tremendous success with a number of highly competitive elite categories. The 2nd Round of the 2019 SCKO Karate Championships will take place at the Fish River Resort on the 27th of July. In terms of the Senior Male and Female Open Categories, all points from the First Round will be carried over to the Second Round in order to determine the overall SCKO Grand Champion for 2019.

Brent Smith, left (Rhodes University Shotokan Karate Club) vs Aphiwe Matiwana, right (Joza Karate Club) In the Junior Men’s Kumite Category. Photo: Supplied
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