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JKA club awards karatekas
To honour and acknowledge their karatekas for their hard work, the JKA Pietersburg Karate Club held their annual awards ceremony on Wednesday, 22 November.
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POLOKWANE – The ceremony was held at General Piet Joubert.
Award recipients:
• Most improved karateka – Abinav Kaipamanhalath.
• Karateka who showed the most effort – William Malebane.
• Male karateka with the most potential – Stephan van Rensburg.
• Female karateka with the most potential – Leandre Coetzee.
• Karateka with the most spirit – Minette Butterworth.
• Girl karateka of the year – Anica Badenhorst.
• Boy karateka of the year – Henri Purcocks.
• Junior belt boy karateka of the year – Coenrad Scheepers.
• Senior female karateka of the year – Marisa Claassens.
• Senior belt karateka of the year 2017 – Claude Reynolds.
• Senior black belt of the year 2017 – Chris van Rensburg.
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