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Sensei Robin Lomax passes Black Belt 4th Dan

Callum denied in Liverpool Youth Championships

Callum Hodge wins joint 3rd at the 2007 National championships

Egham Karate Club Raises money for Red Nose Day

Congtratulations to everyone that took part and sponsored the Karate'athon. Our initial target was £1000 and to start with, it seemed a bit daunting. The event however was extremely well supported. A big thankyou especially goes out to one of our junior members, Neil Sharma, who managed to raise the most sponsorship money! Well done Neil! To acknowledge Neil's effort Sensei Austin will grant him one months training free of charge! With everyone's sponsorship finally collected we reached the amazing total of £1764! A VERY BIG thankyou to all the people that sponsored and supported this event, especially Sensei Blyth Baker whom without his help this event would not have been possible.

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Fantastic results at Southern Region Championships 2007

Team photo of Egham Karate Club competitors

Egham & England competitor Callum Hodge receiving the Most Outstanding award from Sensei Andy Sherry

The 2007 KUGB Southern Region Championships took place over the weekend. A big amount of clubs from southern Region of England came to compete in various events.

The competition was moved at short notice from Loddon Valley in Reading to the Montem centre in Slough. The event was attended by the Chief Instructor to the KUGB, Sensei Andy Sherry (8th Dan).

Egham Karate Club made a big impact on the competition, coming away with a massive amount of medals.

Danni McCallum - Gold - 4th Kyu and Below Mixed Kata

Angela Finch - Bronze - 4th Kyu and Below Mixed Kata

Charlotte McCallum - Bronze - Female Team Kumite

Jessica Melchior - Bronze - Female Team Kumite

Gabri Davies - Bronze-Female Team Kumite

Gary Williams - Bronze - Male Senior Kata

Blyth Baker - Silver - Male Team Kumite

Tom Scally - Silver - Male Team Kumite

Callum - Gold - Junior Male Kumite - And the Tony Francis Award

Jamie Simms - Bronze - Junior Male Kumite

John Waltho - Bronze - Male Team Kumite

Chris Hoyes - Bronze - Male Team Kumite

Paul - Bronze - Male Team Kumite

Emily Fanning - Gold - Senior Female Kumite, Silver - Female Team Kumite

Lyndsey Hodkinson - Bronze - Female Kata, Gold - Female Team Kumite

Congratulations to all that took part. Special congratulations to Callum Hodge who won the Tony Francis award for outstanding ability and was awarded this by Sensei Sherry himself!.

Callum and Emily make England Squad!

Congratulations to Callum who not only passed his black belt first dan recently, but who has now been picked for the Junior England Kumite Squad!

Congratulations also goes to Emily Fanning, who was picked for the Senior Female Kumite Squad. Emily has been a member of the Junior National Squad for the past 2 years, and has been very successfull in the past few years.

Lets hope to see some more good results! Good luck!

Callum passes Black Belt

Congratulations to Callum who passed his black belt first dan! He has been training hard over the past few months he has been at Egham Karate Club.

Callum started training at Rochfords SKC, and moved to Egham SKC at the grade of 1st Kyu (Brown Belt two stripe).

We have seen Callum's natural ability harnessed into effective karate techniques. Hopefully we will see more of his sharp dynamic fighting skills in competitions in the foreseeable future. Good luck Callum.

Great results at Student Championships!

The 2006 KUGB Student Championships took place over the weekend, with many clubs coming from all over the country to compete.

The competition was hosted by a number of Senior Instructors, including Chief Instructor to the KUGB Andy Sherry (8th Dan), World renowned Kata and Kumite Champion Sensei Frank Brennan (6th Dan), and Sensei Charles Naylor (7th Dan).

Congratulations to all that took part. A special congratulations to club member Charlie McCallum who got the Silver in her first Kumite Competition.

Congratulations also goes to club member, and England Junior Squad member Emily Fanning who got the bronze in the womens Black belt Kumite.

Success for Egham Karate Club at The Royal Holloway Kata Cup

Egham Karate Club returned to the Royal Holloway Kata Cup competition this year. It was a fun day, enjoyed by many.

All clubs that took part showed a good standard of Karate.

Congratulations goes to Charlie McCallum, who got Silver in the Senior Ladies Kata 9th Kyu - 2nd Kyu).

There was fierce competition in the Senior Team Kata competition, with some very close performances. Congratulations to Jessica Melchior, Gabi Davis, and Emma Davis who got Silver in the Team Kata, and Chris Armstrong, Blyth Baker, and Chris Hoyes who got Gold. Chris Hoyes also won the gold in the Individual Senior Male Kata.

Sensei Chris Hoyes passes Black belt 3^rd Dan

Egham Shotokan Karate Club Instructor Chris Hoyes has gained his 3^rd Dan Black belt at the age of 24, under the instruction of Sensei Roy Eve, and Sensei David Austin. He was judged at an examination, following a 2 hour training session, by a grading panel at Egham consisting of Sensei Andy Sherry, 8th Dan, Chief Instructor to the Karate Union of Great Britain, Charles Naylor 7th Dan and ex-World, European and National Champion Frank Brennan, 6th Dan.

Chris joined Egham Karate Club in 1992, at the age of 10. He quickly moved through the grades to achieve his black belt at the age of 14, and his 2^nd Dan Black Belt at the age of 19, again under the instruction of Sensei Roy Eve. Chris would like to thank Sensei Eve for his hard work, help, and instruction throughout the years.

Southern Region Championships

Egham Karate Club entered the KUGB 2006 Southern Region Championships on Saturday 18/02/2006. A large amount of club members entered the event, some of which came away with medals.

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