Sponsored Swim Success For Lauren and James
June 8, 2011 | 
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On Friday 3rd June Lauren and James completed their sponsored swim to raise money for the WKA squad at Oak Part Leisure Centre, Walsall Wood. They managed to complete 102 lengths in total with James doing 42 lengths- just over 1000 metres and lauren doing 60 lengths- 1500 metres. Life guards at the pool signed the sponsor form and issued both with certificates for these distances!
Both were shattered afterwards completing the event in just under an hour but were pleased to have raised a total of
£280
Thank you to everyone who kindly sponsored Lauren and James, we’d particularly like to thank ‘Lime’ hairdressers based on High Street, Aldridge who generously sponsored Lauren and James 50p per length making their contribution an impressive £50 over all………
Congratulations to both Lauren and James, this was a fantastic effort and an excellent result well done.
WKA Open, Squad Training Session
On Saturday 4th June , we are holding a Squad Training Session at the Zen-Shin Hockley Headquarters.
This training session is open to all Zen-Shin students interested in competition Kata and Kumite training.
The training session will begin at 14:00 and finish at approximately 15:30.
Charges for the session are:
Squad members: £7.50 Non Squad members: £10:00
Students of all ages are welcome to attend
Many thanks,
Sensei
A Big Thank You, To The Cooper and Jordan School, Aldridge
Those who have manged to qualify, will be representing England at the WKA World Championships to be held Karlsruhe, Germany this coming August.
One member of the team is James Garratt who attends The Cooper and Jordan School in Aldridge. This will be the third time James has represented England, after competing in Spain 2009 and Scotland 2010.
After learning about his Karate achievements to date, The Cooper and Jordan School have been extremely generous and offered James sponsorship to the value of £100.
Competing in any sport at national and international level comes at a cost, karate is no exception and the importance of sponsorship and kind donations cannot be over stated.
On behalf of James and his parents Mark & Jane , we’d like to say a big thank you to The Cooper and Jordan School for this extremely generous offer.
Workout for the World Championships
last night, the Mere Green Club completed a sponsored circuit training fund raiser.
In aid of the Zen-Shin Squad who’ll be competing later this year at the World Championships in Germany, the Mere Green Club decided to do a sponsored event to help raise some money towards helping those who have qualified and will be attending the tornament.
The event was based on the approximate distance between us and the venue in Germany, we decided on a sponsored workout session consisting of 100 push-ups, 100 squat jumps, 100 sit-ups, 100 round kicks, front kicks and punches etc.
The aim was to complete 864 within an hours training session. All my students worked really hard and completed the 864 well within the time allowed. I was so pleased with the effort made by everyone that I decided it was a shame to leave it at 864 and decided to round it up to 1000 !!!!!!
Hopefully this will have raised some urgently needed cash towards the Germany Competition.
On behalf of all those who will going to the World Championships in Germany, Id like to say a big thank you to everyone who took part last night and I’d also like to thank all those who have sponsored club members and made the event worthwhile.
Once we know the total of how much last night’s event has raised, we’ll let everyone know.
Kyoshi John Richards.
We have other sponsorship and fund raising events are taking place.
From Mere Green Club, James Garratt is doing a solo sponsored swim. Anyone who’d like to sponsor James can find out more by speaking to Mum, Jane Garratt.
Zen-Shin Students Competing at EKF Nationals This Weekend
This coming weekend 16th & 17th April 2011, will see four members of the Zen-Shin Academy competing in the English Karate Federation National Championships in Sheffield.
From Mere Green Club, we have bother and sister, James & Lauren Garratt. From the Digbeth Centre there’s Kiah Wilson-D’Souza, and from the Forest Park Club Johan Santos.
The EKF Championships are taking place at Ponds Forge Sports Centre, Sheaf Street, Sheffield, S1 2BP.
I’m sure everyone will join us in wishing all those mentioned above the very best of luck for the weekend and we look forward to hopefully being able to report on some medals.
The Zen-Shin Open National Karate Competition Sunday 15th May 2011
Zen-Shin Open National Karate Championships
You are invited to our forthcoming National Open Karate Championships, which will be taking place at address below on Sunday 15th May 2011.
Please look through the information and if you require further details about the Championships please do not hesitate in contacting me on:
Mobile: 07976 401 214 Tel: 0121 233 2577 or email: john.richards@wkakarate.com
Competition Details
Address: ( click address to visit the venue website )
The Doug Ellis Sports Centre
Birmingham City University
Perry Barr
Birmingham
B42 2SY
Start Time: 10.00am (prompt) Finishing Time 4.00pm Approx
Entry Fees:
INDIVIDUAL KATA & KUMITE: (Junior and Senior) £12.00 each or £20.00 for both events.
TEAM KATA: £25.00
Adults: £8.00 in advance U-16s: £6.00 in advance Under 5’s: Free
Adults: £10.00 on the door U-16s: £8.00 on the door
EKF Midlands Regional Championship
This weekend 19th April 2009, the Zen-Shin squad took part in a EKF Midlands Regional Championship in Stourbridge.
We had a great day with the zen-shin team,
We came away with 3 bronze medals and 1 silver medal.
Cejay Bailey: Midlands- Silver Kata Medalist.
Deano Beckford: Midlands- Bronze Kumite Medalist.
Deano Beckfords: Midlands-Bronze Kata Medalist.
Ajay Leer: Midlands Bronze Kata Medalist.
Congratulations to all who took part, including Kelly Rose, Deano Beckford, Arun Leer, Ajay Leer, Lauren Garratt, Cejay Bailey, Chelsea Jones and Barkat Ali.
Also thanks to the team coach, Sensei Linval Graham and Sensei Pansy Wright.
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