Medals galore brought home after SARMAF

Students of the Tenshinkan Karate Club recently participated in the SARMAF All Styles Nationals competition in Sasolburg.

“Our students did us extremely proud,” said Tanya Gagiano of the club. “We brought home a whopping 123 medals in total.”

Students from the club’s Nigel, Balfour and Mackenzieville branches all took part in this competition.

“They did us as a local community proud as well,” Gagiano continued.

The selected SA champions will be selected later in the year to represent South Africa overseas in 2023.

The various karate students and senseis received the following results:

• Sensei Leon Gagiano: second place in kata

• Sensei Nathan Helen: first place in kata, kumite and unison kata

• Michelle Glen: first place in kata

• Ywanke Engelbrecht: first place in kata

• Kaylin Hattingh: first place in kata

• Tyris Starkey: first place in kata

• Levi Starkey: first place in kata and third place in kumite

• Manual Fincham: second place in kata

• Luzhane Fincham: third place in kumite

• Ryan Fincham: third place in kata and second place in kumite

• Marlize van Rooyen: first place in kumite and kata

• Theunis van Rooyen: first place in kumite and kata

• Christopher Shorthouse: second place in kata and third place in kumite

• Ingrid Lombard: second place in kata and third place in kumite

• Natalia Almeida: first place in kumite and second place in kata

• Shyler Cornish: first place in kumite and second place in kata

• Bandile Zwane: second place in kata

• Illze Pratt: second place in kumite and third place in kata

• Brussow Krafft: third place in kata

• Caitlin Willemse: third place in kata

• Thato Gebreselassie: first place in kumite and second place in kata

• Fayzaan Mottair: second place in kata

• Zeeshaan Mottair: third place in kata

• Mihret Gebreselassie: first place in kumite and kata

• Shahzad Sheik: third place in kata