The KUGB Northern Regional Championships were held at the University of Sunderland on the 11th October and the LKA took a huge squad of 53 to compete.
We had an excellent day winning 5 Golds, 5 Silver,12 Bronze and two 4th places. Best all-round performance of the day went to Ashley Scott who took Silver in both Kata and Kumite and also Gold in Team Kumite. Ryan Tucker and David Wright, fresh from their Mexico excursions, took Gold in Male Kata and Junior Kumite respectively. We had an excellent showing in the Junior Female Kumite event where we had 3 of the top four places. Mel Finlay fought very well to take Gold with Zoe Starr and Josie Fishkin each coming 3rd. James Brown won the Boys Kumite 5′-5’5” whilst LKA newcomer, Sam Goulden, fought very well to take Silver in the Senior Male Kumite event.
Well done to all that took part. A full list of our results is shown below with all the competitors after that.
| Senior Male Kata | 1st | David Wright |
| Female Team Kumite | 1st | Ashley Scott, Zoe Starr and Natasha Balyckyi (A Team) |
| Junior Male Kumite 18-20 Years | 1st | Ryan Tucker |
| Junior Female Kumite | 1st | Mel Finlay |
| Boys Kumite 5′-5’5” | 1st | James Brown |
| Senior Male Kumite | 2nd | Sam Goulden |
| Senior Female Kumite | 2nd | Ashley Scott |
| Senior Female Kata | 2nd | Ashley Scott |
| Boys Kumite Under 5′ | 2nd | Dan Martin |
| Girls Kumite 10 & 11 Yrs | 2nd | Kate Lister |
| Senior Male Kumite | 3rd | Joe Hart |
| Male Team Kumite | 3rd | David Wright, Ryan Tucker and Tom Little (A Team) |
| Male Team Kumite | 3rd | Glenn Riley, Joe Hart and Sam Goulden (B Team) |
| Female Team Kumite | 3rd | Josie Fishkin, Lizzie Andrews, Arlene Middler and Migle Vaskeviciute (C Team) |
| Junior Female Kumite | 3rd | Josie Fishkin |
| Junior Female Kumite | 3rd | Zoe Starr |
| Adult Kata Novice-1st Kyu | 3rd | Arlene Middler |
| Girls Kumite Over 5’3” | 3rd | Alice Naylor |
| Girls Kumite Under 5’3” | 3rd | Holly Dickinson |
| Boys Kumite 5′-5’5” | 3rd | Callam Payne |
| Boys Kumite Under 5′ | 3rd | Adam Banks |
| Boys Kumite 10 and 11 Years | 3rd | Tom Mitchell |
| Senior Male Kata | 4th | Stephen Brown |
| Adult Kata Novice-1st Kyu | 4th | Laurynas Vaskevicius |
Competitors were:
Glenn Riley, Ashley Scott, Daryn Hobden, David Wright, Zoe Starr, Natasha Balyckyi, Jordon Probst, Ryan Tucker, Mel Finlay, Brian Lister, Andrew Lister, Joe Hart, Stephen Brown, James Brown, Holly Dickinson, Sam Goulden, Tom Little, Ashley Mallinson, Emma Nunn, Josie Fishkin, Dan Martin, Ronan Cain, Abi Chapman, Hayden Steele, Tom Mitchell, Callum Mackintosh, Lizzie Andrews, Jed Dickinson, Ellie Hardman, Alexander Glancy, Michael Ambler, Andrew Cryer, Arlene Middler, Kate Lister, Sam Mitchell, Edward Reeves, Nathan Wilson, Liam Giles, Nick Giles, Daniel Tremble, Callam Payne, Laura Mackintosh, Adam Banks, Alice Naylor, Connor Payne, James Williams, Nicola Williams, Charlie Swift, Joe Mckee, Laurynas Vaskevicius, Migle Vaskeviciute, Jack Hardman and Matthew Guest.
