10th Charity Kendo Championships
Thank you so much for your support , the Results
Junior Individuals Group A (non-armour)
1st Place - Ikkei Yamamoto (Mumeishi)
2nd Place - Victor Goodman (Kodokan)
3rd Place - Anne-Marie Grant (Wakaba)
3rd Place - Rose-Marie Grant (Wakaba)
Junior Individuals Group B (11 and younger)
1st Place - Kenta Ito (Mumeishi)
2nd Place - Anne Ito (Mumeishi)
3rd Place - Nathan Keegan (Kodokan)
3rd Place - Noel Cadete (Wakaba)
Fighting Spirit - Enzo Yung (Wakaba)
Junior Individuals Group C (12 to 14)
1st Place - Harrison Fry (Mumeishi)
2nd Place - Scott Toru Adeyinka (Wakaba)
3rd Place - Riley Keegan (Kodokan)
3rd Place - Sanju Reddy (Wakaba)
Fighting Spirit - Gabriel Andrews-Eden (Kodokan)
Junior Individuals Group D (15 to 17)
1st Place - James Wright (Wakaba)
2nd Place - Owen Thorpe (Kodokan)
3rd Place - Jonathan Chan (Kodokan)
3rd Place - Hugo Rauch (Kodokan)
Fighting Spirit - Kotomi Kaneyama (Wakaba)
Junior Team
1st Place - Mumeishi: Kenta Ito, Harrison Fry, Conrad Tilroe
2nd Place - Kodokan 1: Jason Richards, Hideshi Ogasawara, Kazushi Ogasawara
3rd Place - Kodokan 2: Nathan Keegan, Gabroel Andrews-Eden, Hugo Rauch
3rd Place - Wakaba 2: Anna Ito, Dylan Hughes, Kotomi Kaneyama
Fighting Spirit - Kako Yamamoto, Owain Sansom, Lucy Sansom
Family Team
1st Place - Denshinkan: Lucy Sansom, Rosanna Riches, James Ogle
2nd Place - Wakaba 1: Hayato Ito, Kotomi Kaneyama, Hiromichi Matsuoka
3rd Place - Wakaba 2: Sanju Reddy, Marion Thibaudeau, Anthony Griffiths
3rd Place - Wakaba 3: James Wright, Kurumi Wright, Philip Law
Fighting Spirit - Kodokan 2: Hugo Rauch & Victor Raineri
Parents Competition (Sumo game)
1st Place - Glen Goodman
2nd Place - Mike Eden
3rd Place - Mrs Ito
3rd Place - Junko Cadete
Fantastic Award - Rachel
Shoshin Award
Theodre Mori-Tulloch (Shozankan)
Big thank you goes to Nine Circles Ltd and Paragon Service Point UK for prize supply, Dave Young for web matters, Jason Smith for all day support, parents Bertram Rauch, Adrain Richards, Michael Eden, Kurumi Wright and Chieko Fry as helpers, Elinor Turner for both poster and mug artwork, referees; Hiromichi Matsuoka, James Ogle, Daniel Laverick, Rosanna Riches, Philip Law, Marion Thibandeau, Anthony Griffiths, Hitomi Okoda and Victor Raineri, Yutaka Zenon and Hiroe Nixon for supplying handmade auction items, and lastly but not least the co-organiser and shinpan-cho also popular auction master Paul Budden sensei for his enormous support as always and for supplying his own publications towards auction items. And of course everyone who took part! I probably missed mentioning some more names that should be listed.
We collected some good amount of donation yesterday during the day - thank you so much for your generosity! We are still receiving donations so the final amount is yet to be announced.
The results will be up on the website soon with some great photos from the day. If you could share yours that will be very nice. Please send them to me.
All junior members had said ok for photo publication for the purpose of promotion of the sports and their achievements. So please take care of the photos that you have taken.
Thank you again
Kind regards
Kazuyo Matsuda
Kendo Charity Group
www.kendocharity.org.uk
— WELCOME —
Charity Kendo Group is pleased to invite you to the 2018 Charity Kendo Championships
Welcome to the 10th Charity Kendo Championships.
This year marks the 12th anniversary of our charity activities supporting Maggie's Centres through the kendo workshop known for 2000 kirikaeshi and the 10th year supporting both Maggie's Centres and Macmillan Cancer Support, through the Charity Kendo Championships.
To mark the 10th anniversary we will have some specials on top of our usual.
The Championship format will stay as usual, Junior Individual Championships by age groups including armour and non-armour Groups followed by Junior Team Championship known as the Sakura Cup, then Family Team Championship for the Hiroshi Ozawa Fighting Spirit Shield and the 'finale' Kachinuki match - Maggie's vs Macmillan, for which one individual with the best performance will be awarded the Kashinoki Plate. For the junior categories children from age 6 years old to 17 can take part.
It is a family event and there will be Parents Competition just after the lunch break. So parents and siblings are welcome to take part. The detail of the parents competition will be announced on the day. There will also be the Auction of items, from which money made will all go to both charities. If you have any unwanted items in the house, please bring them along too.
We look forward to seeing you all again this year. Online application form will be available shortly.
Our thoughts are with those people fighting cancer and their family today.
Kendo Charity Group
—VENUE—
Westfield Community Sports Centre
Tolpits Lane, Watford
Hertfordshire
WD18 6NS
Saturday 28th April 2017
see map below.
09.15 Registration
09.30 Referee meeting
09.45 Opening Ceremony
10.00 Junior Individuals Group A
10.30 Junior Individuals Group B
11.00 Junior Individuals Group C
11.30 Junior Individuals Group D
12.00 Final matches Group A, B, C and D
12.15 Lunch break
12.45 Auction
13.15 Parents competition
13.45 Junior Team
14.45 Family Team
16.00 Kachinuki Maggie's vs. Macmillan
16.45 Closing Ceremony
IMPORTANT
All juniors need to register at 9:15am and participate in the Opening Ceremony. Contact the organiser if you cannot do this for any reasons.
The programme is a guidance only and start times of Junior Individual categories are subject to numbers of the entry for each category. Please turn up early enough if you cannot be at the venue 9:15am.
The hall is available for warm up from 9:15 - 9:40am within marked area so after registration all the juniors are suggested to do a short warm up before Opening Ceremony.
FEES
Adult : £10.00
Junior / student : £5.00
Organiser : kendocharity@gmail.com
— RULES —
Rules for the championships.
All competitions are under FIK rules except for some particulars as listed below.
If you are 3rd Dan and above please be prepared to make yourself available for refereeing when you are not fighting.
Junior Individual Championships are divided in 4 categories:
Group A
Junior individuals non-armouor group (all ages up to 17 years old)
Junior kendoka with no armour. Please do not wear any parts of armour. Competitors will perform kirikaeshi and uchikomi (men, kote, do, kote-men, kote-do, men) then Hantei decision. Please supply motodachi from your own club. Contact the organiser if you cannot do this so that motodachi will be prepared by the organiser.
Group B
Junior individuals age group 11 and under:
Junior kendoka up to 11 years old with armour. 3 point match. Hantei if draw at the end of the match in the tournament. Encho for 1 point match only at final match.
Group C
Junior individuals age group 12 - 14:
3 point match. Hantei decision if draw at the end of the match in the tournament. Encho for 1 point match only at final match.
Group D
Junior individuals age group 15 - 17:
Junior kendoka 15 to 17 years old. 3 point match. Hantei decision at the end of the match in the pool matches. Encho for 1 point if draw at the end of the match, in the tournament only.
Junior Team competition: (Kashinoki Sakura Cup)
Entry can be done by clubs and individual members but a team should consists of the three individuals from each category of the above groups Group B, Group C and Group D, and they should fight in this order. If you cannot make up a team please let the organiser know so that we will make teams fairly.
The match to be 3 point match with no encho except for the representatives match, which will be 1 point match by one individual from each team if draw at the end of the team match at tournament. Either from Group C and D to represent the team.
During Pool matches the draw will be re-calculated in the order of number of win, point then number of loss. If all equal a representative match for 1 point will be carried out.
Family team: (Ozawa Hiroshi Fighting Spirit Shield)
1 junior 1 female 1 male regardless of grade - no need to be related. Junior entry is restricted to those from Group C and D only. Registration is required. If you like to take part but don't have the team members let the organiser know at the time of online registration. We will try our best to find you team members. Team order junior-female-male or junior-male-female. Junior member should always be the first fighter.
Kachinuki Team Competition: (Kashinoki Plate)
Maggie's vs Macmillan: juniors, senior male and senior female kenshi in armour are all welcome to participate. All participants will be divided into two teams e.g. Maggie's team and Macmillan team. Competition is in Ippon match Kachinuki style if you win you will remain to fight until you lose. Juniors only fight juniors. At the start of adult section, the match is 3 point match, starting from 2nd point (nihon-me), with 1 point awarded to the winner of the last junior fight. The individual who defeats largest number of competitors will be awarded Best Performance Award.
— Accomodation —
some options for those traveling far
Accommodation
Holiday Inn Express London - Watford Junction (* recommended*)
www.hiexpress.com
01923 288 600
Best Western White House Hotel
www.bestwestern.co.uk
01923 237 316
Hotel Jurys Inn Watford
jurys-inn-watford.hotel-rez.com
01923 422 800
Park Inn Watford
www.watford.parkinn.co.uk
01923 429 988
Travelstop Inn
www.travelstopinn.com
01923 224 298
Travelodge Watford Central
www.travelodge.co.uk
0871 984 6320
Holiday Inn Express London - Watford Junction
www.hiexpress.com
01923 288 600
The Bedford Arms Hotel
01923 440 047
B&B:
The Pegasus Guest House
01923 240 154
The Redford Lodge
01923 223 785
Ricky Road Guest House (*recommended*)
Website
01923 465 910
Harlequin Executive Studios
www.harlequin-excec-studios.co.uk
01923 443 756
Grove End Hotel
www.groveend.com
01923 226 798
Phoenix Lodge
www.thephoenixlodgewatford.co.uk
01923 818 940
Berrygrove lodge B&B (*Recommended*)
www.berrygrove.co.uk
01923 218 015
— REGISTER —
— RESULTS —
Results
Junior Individual Competitions:
Group A (non-armoured group)
1st Place - Kako Yamamoto
2nd Place - Gabriel Eden
3rd Place - Joseph Meade
Fighting Spirit - Jason Richards
Group B (11 years old and younger)
1st Place - Ryuichi Taguchi
2nd Place - Oliver Wright
3rd Place - Mizuka Hirata
3rd Place - Anne Ito
Fighting Spirit - Mizuka Hirata
Group C (12 - 14 years old)
1st Place - Daigo Hirata
2nd Place - Kazushi Ogasawara
3rd Place - Kotomi Kaneyama
3rd Place - Koji Nixon
Fighting Spirit - Mina nixon
Group D (15 - 17 years old)
1st Place - Victor Raineri
2nd Place - Joshua Dew
3rd Place - Elinor Turner
3rd Place - Owen Thorpe
Fighting Spirit - Conrad Tilroe
Junior Team
Sakura Cup winner
Noel Cadete, Hayato Ito, James Wright (Wakaba)
2nd Place
Ryuichi Taguchi, Joey Grant, Joshua Dew (Musashi)
3rd Place
Mizuka Hirata, Daigo Hirata, Conrad Tilroe (Mumeishi)
3rd Place
Kazuma Nishijima, Kazushi Ogasawara, Victor Raineri (Kodokan)
Fighting Spirit
Leon Cadete, Mina Nixon, Oliver Langton (Ittosai)
Family Team
Hiroshi Ozawa Fighting Spirit Shield winner
Kotomi Kaneyama, Marion Thibaudeau, Anthony Griffith (Wakaba 3)
2nd Place
Harry Fry, Chieko Fry, Abe
3rd Place
Victor Raineri, Elinor Turner, Mike Eden (Kodokan)
3rd Place
James Wright, Kurumi Wright, Phillip Law (Wakaba 1)
Fighting Spirit
Hayato Ito, Elizabetta Airoldi, Hiromichi Matsuoka (Wakaba 2)
Parents Competition
1st Place - Mrs Ito
2nd Place - Mrs Hirata
3rd Place - Julie
Fantastic Award - Mrs Cadete
Shoshin Award
Tenpudo Golden Kote
Elinor Turner
£286.96 was raised and this was split in half and donated to both Maggie's Centres and Macmillan Cancer Support.
HOSTED BY:
KODOKAN KENDO UK
Watford
UK
info@kodokankendo.org
Westfield Community Sports Centre
Tolpits Lane, Watford
Hertfordshire
WD18 6NS
Saturday 28th April 2017
see map below.
click here for accommodation options