sunday 28th august was the date for this years welsh open championships held at the national sports center , cardiff
we had a small squad of 15 competeters competing some for the first time ,
under 10 yrs kata 4th kyu and below / cory giles , aaliyah wiley , leah driscol
aaliyah unlucky as well as leah driscol going out in the first round good performances , but they did not have much time
to prepare for this event , cory the same getting to the 2nd round making a mistake but like aaliyah and leah not much time to prepare
under 10 yrs kata 3rd kyu + / cory giles , aaliyah wiley , leah driscol
all 3 students performing brilliant with leah and aaliyah getting bronze medals and cory winning the event
all 3 student performing kata well above there grade as all 3 are only 5th kyus
under 12 yrs mixed kata / jack seward , nadia liban , nimo liban ,
all 3 students going out in the first round but performing very well great effort by all 3 competitors
disability kata / sean ball , jordan allen , grace smith ,
grace and jordan picking up bronze medals great effort from both competers and sean going on to win the event
senior kata male / paul green
paul competing for the first time only a green belt performing a kata well above his grade , going out to the winner nick hopper ,
to add to his welsh closed tital well done to all 3 competitors
under 10 yrs kumite / dylan howells , ryan howells
both boys going out in thge first round against good opponants great effort from both
under 12 yrs , lightweight / jack seward ,
jack fighting for only his 2nd time very unlucky fighting his best performance to date losing 4-2 to the eventual winner
the best junior kumite performance of the day ,
under 12 yrs girls heavyweight / nadia liban , nimo liban
nadia fighting well but getting some body punches that were a bit to much for her i am sure she will were chest protection next time
nimo liban fighting a brilliant fight going out in extra time very unlucky to nimo
under 16 yrs lightweight , luke richards ,
luke fought brilliant getting to the quater finals going out to the british champion , but a great effort from him
male senior kumite / paul green , david green , lewis bevan
i have to say i was very impressed by all 3 competitors all lower grades fighting international competitors
paul was first up fighting a scottish international only losing by 2 points and this was his first fight ,
lewis bevan fighting the well known robbie scott , lewis was doing very well making it difficult for robbie scott
but robbie lost control of his face punches breaking lewis nose lewis won by robbie getting disqulified lewis
having to go to hospital and was unabale to continue , this was only his first fight
david green fight sean rhys a welsh international david only a green belt fought a brilliant fight only losing by 2 points
the future is looking very promising for our senior section ,
SO 6 MEDALS / 2 X GOLD ; 4 X BRONZE
our new welsh champions ; CORY GILES and SEAN BALL well done also to AALIYAH WILLIEY ; LEAH DRISCOLL  ; JORDAN ALLEN ;
GRACE SMITH ; also all the other competitors all your points are now on the tounament league , photos will follow 
next competiton dudley september 18th