Club Squad's Success at the BUCS Championships!

This past weekend (13th - 14th of March) was an important date for the University of Kent Karate Club. After months of hard training, they were finally going to the BUCS Karate Championships in Sheffield, where their hard work would pay off. It was an amazing weekend full of excitement and competition, and the Kent Karate Club certainly did not come back with empty hands.

On Saturday, the club's male team formed from Chris Storey, Marco Selci, Mohammad Reza and Tom Elder showed an amazing performance in Men's Team Kumite and ended up in 3^rd place, leaving behind many universities that took part and bringing home bronze medals. On the same day, the black belt Kimberly Hughes from the University of Kent at Medway, made everyone proud by getting a 1^st place in Women's Senior Kata, coming back home with a shiny gold medal. Also, Fatma Salahioglu, who was competing in Women's Novice Kata, managed to get a 3^rd place, earning Kent another bronze medal. Deniz Kayimbasioglu, who was also competing in the same category, showed a great performance and came 5^th out of over 35 competitors.

On Sunday, Fatma Salahioglu got another bronze medal in Women's Under 57kg Novice Kumite. In the same category, Deniz Kayimbasioglu put up amazing fights. However, she got injured by her opponent, which then affected her performance made her lose the semifinals. Nevertheless, she kept on fighting and got herself a 4^th place. On the other hand, Marco Selci showed an incredible performance and stamina during his fight in Men's Over 84kg Senior Kumite category, and made everyone proud by coming 4^th.

It was a weekend that earned everyone lots of experience and the University of Kent Karate Club came home with a bunch of medals and the pleasure of knowing they have done a good job at the competitions.