TWELVE trophies and six medals were won by Windermere Shotokan Karate Club when they competed in the 28th Kyu Grade Championships at Prestatyn.

Kelly Graves reigned supreme in the senior ladies ippon kumite, and also picked up third in the senior ladies kata, with club-mate Amy Corbett winning the category.

Graves was also awarded the ultimate honour of the ladies trophy for the most outstanding ettiquette shown throughout the competition.

Members had been undertaking additional training over the last few weeks to prepare for the Prestatyn event and were able to reap the rewards, with Jan Salazar another if the victors as he was first senior male kumite and second senior male kata.

This may also be the last time some of these members are eligible to compete in this competition as they are striving towards the coveated Black Belt - Dan Grade later this year which makes them ineligible for this competition in the future.

Other impressive individual performances included Luke King (second youth kata), Shannon Lafferty (fourth youth kata and second female youth kumite), Dang Nguyen (third senior male kata) and Callum Theiss (semi-finals of the peewee kata and kumite).

In the team events, Windermere won the team a kata thanks to Graves and Shannon and Emma Lafferty, as well as the team male kumite, with Salazar, Nguyen and Peter Grman bringing home the victory.

Windermere missed out on the finals of the team b kata by just 0.1 points after a great effort from King, Nguyen and Theiss.

Anybody wishing to take up karate can check out the group’s Facebook page or come along to one of the training sessions at the Parklands Country Club, Burnside Hotel, Windermere on Mondays from 6pm until 7.30pm or Thursdays 4.30-6pm..

For more information call Sensei Mike Jones on 015394 47963.