Cobras Shotokan Karate Club won 23 medals

Club brings back 23 medals from the World Union of Karate-Do Federations (WUKF) South African Championships.

Front: Ivy-Lynn Griffin, Sahara Peel, Alexander Aucamp and Victoria Aucamp. Middle: Senior instructor sensei Nicholas Gaston Bellegarde, Rameeste Mahlatse, Zoey Holms, Bokamoso Makhene, Alexcia Andrade, sensei Vuyelwa Qayiso and senior instructor sensei Laurent Gaston Bellegarde. Back: Ryan Hovell Erasmus, Xavier Boshoff (certified judge), Tyron Dos Santos, Kreshay Ramjith, Sensei Kaylee Beine and Raveen Dayaram. Photograph: Supplied.

Cobras Shotokan Karate Club won 23 medals at the World Union of Karate-Do Federations (WUKF) South African Championships held at the Southern Sun Board Walk Hotel, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), recently.

The event attracted 500 competitors from 13 different federations across the country.

While the competition was tough, the high standards of students from the Cobras Club enabled them to come home with nine gold medals, 11 silver medals, and three bronze medals.

Front: Ivy-Lynn Griffin, Sahara Peel, Alexander Aucamp and Victoria Aucamp. Middle: Senior instructor sensei Nicholas Gaston Bellegarde, Rameeste Mahlatse, Zoey Holms, Bokamoso Makhene, Alexcia Andrade, sensei Vuyelwa Qayiso and senior instructor sensei Laurent Gaston Bellegarde. Back: Ryan Hovell Erasmus, Xavier Boshoff (certified judge), Tyron Dos Santos, Kreshay Ramjith, Sensei Kaylee Beine and Raveen Dayaram. Photograph: Supplied.

The Cobras Shotokan Karate Club trains every Monday and Wednesday at Ascot Mews located at 19 Heidelberg Road from 17:30 to 18:30 for beginner classes and from 18:30 to 19:30 for advanced classes.

For more information, please contact sensei Laurent on 082 494 2704, sensei Nicholas on 082 302 8637 or alternatively, visit the website.