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Charity Kendo Championship
The second joint Charity Kendo Championship (McMillan & Maggie’s) was held at the Watford Leisure Centre Central Saturday the 3rd July 2010
Over 60 people attended and took part in this ‘Charity’ Kendo event from Germany, Switzerland, Ireland Japan & Spain as well as the UK.
Saturday morning junior individuals – 2 categories for those not wearing armour and those wearing armour followed in the afternoon by the family team event and knockout competition.
Results
Juniors Category A – Not wearing Armour
1st R. Farchmin
2nd C. Carter – Dunn
3rd J Dew
3rd H Asano
Fighting Spirit. J Dew
Juniors Category B – Wearing Armour
1st R. Ohashi
2nd S Yamamoto
3rd M Farchmin
3rd Kris Park
Fighting Spirit. Kane Park
Family ‘Mixed’ Team Competition
The family competition where teams of 3 had to consist of a junior, a lady and a male Kendoka, not necessarily related was again held and proved to be one of the most enjoyable events of the event
1st.Team: Kodokan – Y Park, K Matsuda, R O’Mahony
2nd.Team: Cheltenham & Glos. – T Ryokai, G Taylor, H Brown
3rd.Team: Southampton & Bristol – P McLaughlin, N Donnelly, Kane Park
3rd Team: Ollerton & Stoke – T Chapman, D Hanson, Kris Park
Fighting Spirit. Team: Ireland – M Kiosew, K Cassidy, Z Young
Kachinuki ‘knock out competition’
The Kachinuki was the finale of the Day and the result this year ended with a win for the Maggie’s team over the Macmillan team. It was a great match with each team having some 20 members to line up against each other including again sections for ‘non armoured’ participants; all fought well as the balance swung both ways during this exciting last match.
Successful competitors were awarded with pretty championship mugs! Courtesy of ‘Service Point UK’ and other prizes generously donated by ‘Euro Kendo’ equipment suppliers. Congratulations to all who participated and gave their support to the 2 charities that probably need this even more now during the continuing economic climate. An additional £285 was raised on the day from the auction of donated and assorted items, which proved to be hugely successful
A special ‘surprise’ competition was also run for the ‘unsuspecting parents’ of the junior competitors which proved to be highly entertaining as very few of them had previous experience other than watching their own children at regular practice sessions. The overall results were decided by the juniors who had great fun voting, or in some cases (somewhat tongue in cheek) not voting for their parents.
1st Mrs Yamamoto
2nd Mr Yamamoto
3rd Mr Walker
3rd Mr Dew
Fighting Spirit: Mrs Farchmin
We would also like to thank the UK & International Kendo clubs who supported and sponsored the event including Bristol Kendo Club, Budokan – Zurich & Budokan Lausanne – Switzerland, Cheltenham & Gloucester Kendo Clubs, Kagamishin Kendo Kai – Stoke, Kashi No Ki –Ollerton, Kobokai – Ireland, Kodokan Kendo Club- Rickmansworth, , Mumeishi Kendo Club – Cranford, Nenriki – London, Seikenjuku –Oldenburg Germany, Yoshinkai – Barcelona and Southampton Kendo Club, the junior members attending and to all the parents and Friends.
So far over £1000 has been raised for the event including the registration, cash made by Auction and donations made by individuals, clubs and companies.
Companies who made generous donations: Daiwa Capital Market Europe Ltd, Chapman Taylor Llp and Service Point UK who supplied the award mugs individually printed.
A further £184 was raised by the attendees at the Chiba sensei Seminar in Reading on the same day.
To all the attendees: Competitors, Helpers & Referees:
Including Chief Referee Terry Holt, Ian Parker Dodd, Trevor Chapman Steve Plimbley, Phil McLaughlin, Martin Kiosew, David Thompson & Neil Donnelly – A very big thank you and also a huge commendation to the organiser of this event, Kazuyo Matsuda, who has over the last 4 years worked tirelessly on behalf of the charity groups to raise money in support of these essential and worthwhile Cancer organisations, culminating in this the 2nd Combined Charity Championships. Finally the many others who helped between their respective fights.
“It’s a wonderful thing to behold when individuals come together to give something back without expecting anything in return other than knowing that their contribution can make a difference to those less fortunate than themselves.
For those of you who missed this wonderful event there is still time to make a donation. Please check out the links below.
I am also very happy that as confirmed by the organisers this Charity event will again be held next year and in the ongoing tradition of promoting Kendo throughout the UK and to support these 2 worthwhile Charities, location and dates – to be announced in due course”. – Paul Budden 7th Dan Renshi
If you would like to donate please follow the charity links for Maggie’s Centres & Macmillan Cancer support.
For donation online
www.maggiescentres.org
www.macmillan.org.uk
Kodokan Kendo UK Rickmansworth
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