On Sunday 29th March, the North West Karate Academy sent a small squad to the Northern Open Classic Karate Championships held at Liegh Sports Village.
13 year old Samantha Anderton won gold in the Girls 13-15yrs Open Weight Kumite, despite being one off the Smallest in the category she also claimed Bronze in the Girls 13-15yrs Kata along with team mate Becky Mclorie who took silver in the same event.
Zach Scott took silver in the Boys 13-15yrs Open Weight Kumite and also took a Bronze in the Boys 13-15yrs Kata. Zach along with Natalie Charlton and Nicole Halsall have been invited by the England Manager for the 1st stages/preparation trials for the 2009 Junior World Championships in Morocco based on thier performance at the English Championships Last Weekend.
Also in the Kumite Luke Scott took silver in the Mens Open Weight Kumite, Followed by another silver in the Team Kumite with Fellow Competitors Alex Hodge and Paul Charlton, Paul also backed his medal tally with a Bronze in the Mens Kata.
Other Kata Winners were Daniel Prior who took bronze in the Mixed 10-12yrs Kata and our boys team constisting of Ben Osborne (13 years old), James Oxley (13 years old) and John Charlton (14 years old) who entered the Open age and gender Team Kata took silver.
