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Thurrock Gazette 05/12/13
Category: Club Events
Students from across all of our dojos have been giving back in a big way last month.
October was Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and on the last day of the month our advanced class in Wickford was opened up to all students on one condition…… that they traded in their usual grade belt for a pink one, supporting the Pink Karate Campaign for Breast Cancer Awareness.
The Pink Karate Campaign is a unique and unusual way for martial arts clubs to support a very important cause and was started in 2010 by Seamus O’Dowd of Ireland who observed the ribbon symbol resembled a karate belt. For further information go to www.nintai-productions.com, or Pink Karate – Breast Cancer Awareness on Facebook
21 students from Grays, South Ockendon, Wickford and Chelmsford attended the special pink class; mostly brown and black belts, also 1 purple belt (Max Tucker), 2 blue belts (Helen Papandreoupoulos & Damien McMahon), 1 green belt (Claire Gillman) and 1 white belt (Amani Kambal).
Check out this video of the class below!
Together we raised £330 from belt sales, with a number of students purchasing belts even if they couldn’t attend the event. Most notable of these was Ian Burberry, who matched the amount raised, donating £330 to the Helen Rollason Cancer Charity in Chelmsford www.helenrollason.org.uk.
This brought the total raised to £660. A huge thanks to everyone who was involved one way or another!
We are proud to present one of the most exciting karate tournaments in Essex, back for it’s 6th year in a row!
The SRK Charity Karate Tournament is a popular event on the local competition circuit, with our last event attracting over 200+ competitors from Essex, Kent, Surrey, London, Basingstoke and Newcastle coming to test their skills against each other in kata and kumite.
With divisions for all levels from beginner to black belt, there is a place for everyone to come and compete!
This year’s charity tournament is in support of Rays of Sunshine Children’s Charity (Registered Charity No. 1102529) www.raysofsunshine.org.uk
To get a bit of an idea of what the tournament is like, please take a moment to watch this video
COMPETITORS AND COACHES CAN DOWNLOAD THE TOURNAMENT INFORMATION PACK HERE
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Entries are done via an electronic form via your club instructors so please see them when you are placing your entries.
The event will run according to WKF (2013) rules with some slight modifications, although please refer to the information pack for full details including compulsory equipment for kumite.
Competitors check in: 9.00am
First events: 9.30am sharp!
Entry Fees
• £12 individual events • £21 per team (£7 pp)
All event entries and fees must be received by Sunday 10th November 2013
Spectators fee (on the door)
•£2 Adults (16yrs+)
• £1 Children under 16yrs
• Under 5’s go free
A percentage of all fees received will be donated to Rays of Sunshine Children’s Charity
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Please bear in mind that although we are using WKF rules for this competition, our club is not affiliated to the EKF or WKF. This competition is open to everyone, regardless of their affiliation, so both non-EKF/WKF and EKF/WKF clubs are welcome to attend.
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