Sunday 11th October 2009
This was the ESKA Karate Championships and a special one, due to it being the 30th year celebration!
We had 11 Baldock students and 12 Kimpton students competing on the day, with all the hundreds of other competitors. We had some fantastic results.....

NAME	CLUB	CATAGORY	PLACE
Amy Lewis	Kimpton	Kata	3rd
Amanda Veitch	Baldock	Kata	3rd
Amanda Veitch	Baldock	Open Kata	3rd
Tia Charlton	Baldock	Kata	3rd
Jasmine Charlton	Baldock	Kata	3rd
Jasmine Charlton	Baldock	Kumite	3rd
Patrick Rutherford	Kimpton	Kumite	1st
Guy Rutherford	Kimpton	Kumite	3rd
Shannen Fuller	Baldock	Open Kata	3rd
Jacob New	Kimpton	Kumite	3rd
Rudey Buzzard	Kimpton	Freestyle	3rd
Rennan Tilbury	Baldock	Freestyle	2nd
Gavin Corcoran	Baldock	Kumite	3rd
Gavin Corcoran	Baldock	Kata	3rd
Ronnie Shipman	Baldock	Kumite	1st
James Brooks	Kimpton	Kata	2nd
James Brooks	Kimpton	Kumite	2nd
James Brooks	Kimpton	Freestyle	3rd
Oliver Wood	Kimpton	Kumite	3rd
Rennan Tilbury	Baldock	Kumite	2nd
Aidan Tilbury	Baldock	Kumite	3rd
Baldock Adult A Team	Bald/Kimp	Team Kata	3rd
Baldock Junior A Team	Baldock	Team Kata	1st
Kimpton Junior A Team	Kimp/Bald	Team Kata	3rd
Kimpton Junior B Team	Kimpton	Team Kata	2nd

more pictures under the gallery OR CLICK HERE



Friday 3rd July 09

We had great weather for this years summer ball, which was again held at the Old Palace Lodge in Dunstable. As usual the atmosphere was relaxed and the music was brilliant. A huge congratulations goes to Maxine Charlton who was awarded her Shodan (1st Dan).

Sunday 14th June 09

Well done to all the students who attempted their next colour belts. We had 100% pass rate again and we have got a lot of new higher grades in the class.

Sunday 10th May 09
This was the Kancho Kanazawa course held at Watford which a lot of people ahve been waiting all year for. A great number of the Baldock and Kimpton students attended this course and had a great time being taught by the 10th Dan and his son. It is a brilliant course to take part in and was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone. The best part of the course for many was to have their photo taken with Sensei Kanazawa himself and lucky for us we were also able to get a group photo with the baldock and Kimpton members.
Photos to come

Friday 1st May 09

The 2nd awaited baby of the year has finally arrived! Sensei Sarah and Sensei Alan would like to announce the birth of their little baby girl Amber who was born at 11.15pm and weighed 7lb 13oz. She finally decided to make an apperance 8 days late but now joins her very patient big sister Leyah.

Friday 24th April 09
A huge congratulations go to Jenny and Peter Mason for the safe arrival of their gorgeous baby boy Oscar James. He arrived on the friday morning weighing a nice and healthy 8lb 7oz. Well done to you both!!

Sunday 19th April 09
Students attended a 2nd brilliant freestyle kumite course held by Wayne Otto. Some fantastic techniques were tried and tested but pupils realised there is soooo much more to learn, especially from this inspiring martial artist.

Sunday 8th March 09

Well done to all the Baldock and Kimpton students who attempted and passed their gradings!

Sunday 1st February 09

A handful of Baldock and Kimpton students attended the Akita course at Biggleswade. The course was arranged by Sensei Scoot, who flew in Sensei Akita from Germany. The course was thoroughly enjoyed by all and was arranged around the core basics of karate. It was a hard 4hrs of training but one not to be missed.

Sunday 21st December

We didnt hold a usual presentation this year, due to time and arrangment but we had a big hour session for all grades to attend a quick lesson and for us to give out the well deserved awards.....

For doing the class musical warm-up Stephen Loriot (chocs)

Kimpton yearly trophy achiever (Weds) James Brooks
Baldock yearly trophy achiever (Suns) Aaron Brown
Baldock yearly trophy achiever (Tues) Lewis Ryall
Baldock yearly trophy achiever (Thurs) Thomas Parkinson

OVERALL KIMPTON KARATEKA 2008 Laura Crichton
OVERALL BALDOCK KARATEKA 2008 Harvey Veitch




Sunday 14th December

Well done to everyone from the Baldock and Kimpton clubs, who attended the grading today, we had 100% pass rate! A special well done goes to Shannen Fuller who achieved her intermediate blackbelt!!


Saturday 22nd November 2008

The xmas dinner and dance was held at Letchworth Hall hotel this year and like most years, we had 2 tables for the Baldock and Kimpton members. The disco went on until 1.30am and im sure there were a lot of sore heads the next morning!! Have a look at the pictures under the photo album or CLICK HERE



Saturday 15th November 2008

A huge congratulations goes to Maxine Charlton for passing the amazing grade of black belt. Maxine had trained so hard for this grading but knew it would still be an agonising battle to acheive it. She had great spirit and determination throughout the grading and her hunger for this grade kept her going. A huge well done!




Saturday 8th November 2008 This was the ESKA kata competition at Stevenage. Baldock and Kimpton had a handful of students competing at various events and all students done both themselves and the instructors proud. Here are the club results.....


BASICS COMPETITION
Emma Hawley (Baldock) 1st Place
Jack Clayton (Kimpton) 2nd Place

YELLOW BELTS KATA
Thomas Parkinson (Baldock) 1st Place
Laura Crichton (Kimpton) 2nd Place
Matthew Corcoran (Kimpton) 3rd Place

ALL PURPLE BELTS KATA
Jasmine Charlton (Baldock) 1st Place

BLACK BELTS KATA
Ryan Arnold (Baldock) 2nd Place

ADULT YELLOW / GREEN BELTS KATA
Patrick New (Baldock) 3rd Place

GREEN & BELOW JUNIOR TEAM KATA
Baldock E Team (Holly Hayes, James Madley, Neil Smith) 2nd Place

PURPLE & ABOVE JUNIOR TEAM KATA
Baldock A Team (Ryan Arnold, Chris Mutter, Chris Martin) 1st Place
Baldock C Team (Aidan Tilbury, Rennan Tilbury, Jasmine Charlton) 2nd Place
Baldock B Team (Shannen Fuller, Harvey Veitch, Aaron Brown) 3rd Place




Sunday 14th September 2008