April 26th
Forest Hall
A great day's fighting took place as student's from all clubs, grades and age groups took part in the Hung Sao Do Championships for 2009.
All the photos from the event are available from the Kodak Gallery site, covering images from all of the finals plus every Black Belt bout, and images of medal and shield winners.
Alexander Walls and Connor Blanche battle it out in the Category 4 final.
There was individual and team events taking place, and the event was very well supported by students and their families.
Congratulations to all the winners, but also to everyone who took part, and hopefully enjoyed their day out. For many students, this will have been their first competition, and regardless of the result, will be motivated to be back again next year to keep up the high standard we witnessed today.
Results of Individual Categories
Cat |
Height |
Grade |
Description |
Winner |
Runner Up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 |
4ft to 4ft 6in | White to Blue Tag | 16 and under |
Harry Purvis |
Alessandro Colaia |
4 |
4ft 6in to 5ft | White to Blue Tag | 16 and under |
Alexander Walls |
Connor Blanche |
5 |
5ft and above | White to Blue Tag | 16 and under |
Isaac Troughton |
Matthew Dean |
6 |
4ft to 4ft 6in | Blue Belt and above | 16 and under |
Luca Bivona |
James Nicholson |
7 |
4ft 6in to 5ft | Blue Belt and above | 16 and under |
Ash Suadwa |
Josiah Clarke |
8 |
5ft and above | Blue Belt and above | 16 and under |
Christopher Patterson |
Andrew Wharton |
| 9 | Women | White to Blue Tag | 17 and Over | Ellie Gascoine | Abigail Leech |
10 |
Women | Blue Belt and above | 17 and Over |
Amanda Palmer |
Noeleen Tracey |
11 |
Men | White to Blue Tag | 17 and Over |
Adam Convery |
Chris Davison |
12 |
Men | Blue Belt to Black Tag | 17 and Over |
Duncan Wallace |
Michael Oliver |
| 13 | Men | Black Belt | 17 and Over | Daniel Lowes | Fabrizio Peddis |
Results of Team Categories
Cat |
Description |
Winners |
Runners Up |
|---|---|---|---|
T1 |
8 years and under All Grades |
IronMen |
Spidermen |
T2 |
12 years and under All Grades |
Wallace & Grommit |
The Simpsons |
T3 |
14 and under All Grades |
Bubbles |
Hung Sao Do |
T4 |
16 years and under All Grades |
Shrek |
Scooby Doo |
T5 |
17 and above White to Black Tag |
The Goonies |
Duncan's Warriors |
T6 |
17 and above Black Belt |
Ant Hill Mob |
Little Rascals |
The winners and runners up in the T6 Category (all from Whickam) showing that age is no barrier to success!
The winning T6 team, Andrew Venus, Stephen Blakey and Alex Wishart are on the left.
Further Images from the event are once again available on the Kodak Gallery site. If you require the full resolution version of one of these images, please drop me an email.