Canadian Martial Arts Academy Karate Team recently travelled to Campbell River to compete in its first tournament of the season: the Campbell River Shito Ryu Challenge cup. Fifteen students returned with 29 medals between them for their participation in Kata, Weapons and Sparring. These awards included:
Outstanding male athlete: Craig Long.
Outstanding female athlete: Jennifer Kennedy.
Outstanding junior male athlete: Cody Oliver.
Male spokesmanship award: Cameron Leigh.
Medal results are as follows:
Oliver: first place Kata, first place Weapons, second place Sparring.
Brooklyn Vanderkemp: first place Sparring, first place Kata.
Sawyer Long: second place Sparring, second place Kata.
McKenna Long: third place Sparring.
Bev Parsons: first place Kata, second place Sparring.
Kolten Laine: first place Sparring, third place Kata.
Leigh: second place Kata, third place Sparring.
Craig Long: first place Kata, first place Sparring, second place Weapons.
Ryan Schmeister: first place Weapons, third place Kata, third place Sparring.
Bekka Parsons: third place Sparring, third place Kata.
Kennedy: first place Kata, first place Sparring.
The following students also did extremely well, placing between fourth and 11th in their categories: Chloe Labree, Kylea Masters, Devin Cleghorn, Ashley Parsons.
The team’s next competition was in Seattle on Saturday, November 10.
