Wado News

Oshawa Wado-Kai Juniors Tournament
Saturday December 10, 2011

This year the Juniors Tournament had an outstanding response with 121 participants, Eric Bergman, 5th Dan (Ajax-Pickering)
Julie Bergman, 2nd Dan (Ajax-Pickering)
Kevin Zhou, 1st Dan (Ajax-Pickering)
Anthony Callandra, 1st Dan (Ajax-Pickering)
Stan Li, 1st Dan (Bloor Street)
Ron Sheyan, 6th Dan (Brooklin-Whitby)
Heather Cant, 4th Dan (Brooklin-Whitby)
Weldon Zabizewski, 2nd Dan (Clarington)
Derek Barton, 2nd Dan (Clarington)
Heather Myers, 1st Dan (Clarington)
Kris Reynolds, 3rd Dan (Kawartha Lakes)
Jim Wilson, 4th Dan (Kenshokan)
Sid Mckeigan, 1st Dan (Minden)
Sanford deWitt, 4th Dan (Minden)
Lesley Poole, 5th Dan (Oshawa Zenbudo)
Paul Raphael, 4th Dan (Oshawa Zenbudo)
David Poole, 1st Dan (Oshawa Zenbudo)
Sheldon Wong, 1st Dan (Oshawa Zenbudo)
Jennifer Virgin, 1st Dan (Oshawa-Whitby)
Anson Burnett, 2nd Dan (Oshawa-Whitby)
Kathryn Kuczkowski, 2nd Dan (Oshawa-Whitby)
Jose-Carlos Garcia, 7th Dan (Oshawa-Whitby)
Stephen Zulauf SanDan (Oshawa-Whitby)
Ryan Weatherilt, 2nd Dan (Oshawa-Whitby)
Natalie Garcia, 1st Dan (Oshawa-Whitby)
Frank Murphy, 4th Dan (Port Perry)
Jan Longo, 1st Dan (Port Perry)
Ron Ruskay, 4th Dan (Port Perry)
Veronica Cizmar 1st Dan (Etobicoke)
Alex Nguyen, 4th Dan (Etobicoke)
Neil Taylor, 1st Dan (Shotokan JSKA)
Dave Manara 9th Dan (Toronto)
Ray Kennedy, 6th Dan (Toronto)
Denis Labbé 8th Dan (Welland)
Ron Mattie, 7th Dan (Welland)
Joe Fagundes , 5th Dan (West End)
Lenore Eng, 2nd Dan (West End)
37 black belts and judges
and the help of Janet Finner (raffle table)
Danielle D'Annunzio (raffle table)
Andrew D'Annunzio (raffle table)
Anson Burnett (registration table)
Jenny Burnett (raffle table)
Keith Munro (room set-up/dismantle)
Kim Ellis (registration table +++)
Tyler Stewart (helped with anything)
Christine Rechanicz (photographer)
Colin Rechanicz ( raffle runners)
Dan Kuczkowski
Sue Kuczkowski
Michael Kuczkowski
Theresa Virgin
Ted Virgin
Jennifer Virgin
William Huxter (set up/score helper)
Sarah Huxter (set up/score helper)
Brian Smith (set up/score helper)
Jay Popert (set up/score helper)
Beverly King (scoring helper)
Brooke Davison (score helper)
Nicholas Gillespie (score helper)
Nicholas Parks (score helper)
Ethan Maddigan (set-up)
Mac Als
Richard Carlisle (set up/score helper)
27 volunteers
, all guided by the Theresa Virgin (Communications Officer & Special Events Co-ordinator)
Susan Kuczkowski (Products Officer & Special Events Co-ordinator)
Kim Ellis (Graphics & Special Events Co-ordinator)
Oshawa Wado-Kai Executive Committee
that put so much work in making this event and they did a fantastic job as a result.

Special thanks to Sensei Ron Mattie (5th Dan-Iaido), Sensei Jim Wilson (4th Dan-Iaido), Phil Anderson (2nd Dan-Iaido), Martin Stabler (2nd Dan-Iaido), and Eric Hovland (1st Dan-Iaido) for a wonderful Iaido demonstration.

Special Guests:
Mayor John Henry, Sensei Dave Manara and Sensei Denis Labbe,

I would like to thank everyone including the parents that have done all the work by supporting their children involvement in karate and that without them we wouldn't have participants to these events and for your generous non-perisable and toys donations.

Thank you to the Oshawa Optimistm Club for your 17th year of contiuous support for this event

Final Results listed below:

KATA Final Scores
KATA - White Belts (5 to 8 Years old)
1st Place:

Pete MacIntosh

Brooklin-Whitby
2nd Place:

Jack Mantifel

Brooklin-Whitby
3rd Place: Mackenzie Berry Brooklin-Whitby
KATA - White Belts (9 to 15 Years old)
1st Place:

Keegan Mongru

Brooklin-Whitby
2nd Place:

Immanuel Hinds

Walter E. Harris

3rd Place:

Jenna Bruce

Ajax-Pickering

KATA - Yellow - Yellow Strpe Belts (5 to 8 Years old)
1st Place:

Zachary Gray

Brooklin-Whtiby

2nd Place:

Stephanie Gonzales

Brooklin-Whitby
3rd Place:

Dorian Wilson

Brooklin-Whtiby

KATA - Yellow - Yellow Strpe Belts (9 to 15 Years old)
1st Place:

Brandon Proctor

Oshawa Zenbudo

2nd Place:

Justin Cross

Brooklin-Whitby
3rd Place:

Sophie Charette

Clarington

KATA - Orange - Orange Stripe
1st Place:

Marc Semmungal

Brooklin-Whitby

2nd Place:

Emma Schlichtmann

Brooklin-Whitby

3rd Place:

Milo Getz

Walter E. Harris

KATA - Green Belts
1st Place:

Joshua Alcobendas

Walter E. Harris

2nd Place:

Ryan Dancy

Brooklin-Whitby

3rd Place:

Christian Fitzgerald

Minden

KATA - Blue Belts
1st Place:

Lianne Robbins

Clarington

2nd Place:

Leighton Tomlinson

Clarington
3rd Place:

Jerod Miksza

Brooklin-Whitby

KATA - Brown to Shodan Belts
1st Place:

Michael Kuczkowski

YWCA

2nd Place:

Colton Maddington

YWCA

3rd Place:

Lucas Callandra

Ajax-Pickering

KUMITE Final Scores
KUMITE - White - Yellow Belts (5 to 6 Years old)
1st Place:

Austyn Chiderhose

Clarington

2nd Place:

Michael Kennedy

Kawartha Lakes

3rd Place:

Devina Singh

Clarington

KUMITE - White - Yellow Belts (8 to 9 Years old)
1st Place:

Immanuel Hinds

Walter E. Harris

2nd Place:

Brooklyn Spence

Minden

3rd Place:

Tristan Harmer

Walter E. Harris

KUMITE - White - Orange Belts (7 Years old)
1st Place:

Peter MacIntosh

Brooklin-Whitby

2nd Place:

Nick Eyers

Kawartha Lakes

3rd Place:

Zoe Getz

Walter E. Harris

KUMITE - White - Orange Belts (10 to 11 Years old)
1st Place:

Milo Getz

Walter E. Harris

2nd Place:

Isaiah Sharma

Clarington

3rd Place:

Kevin Sutherland

YWCA

KUMITE - White - Orange Belts (12 to 15 Years old)
1st Place:

Sophie Charette

Clarington
2nd Place:

Vaslisa Shvedenkova

Kawartha Lakes

3rd Place:

Aili Palmer

Clarington

KUMITE - Orange - Blue Belts (8 to 9 Years old)
1st Place:

Emma Schlichtmann

Brooklin-Whitby

2nd Place:

Jarrod Wilson

Brooklin-Whitby

3rd Place:

Caleb Layden

YWCA

KUMITE - Green - Brown Belts ( (10 - 11 Years old)
1st Place:

Lucas Callandra

Ajax-Pickering
2nd Place:

Bradley McLaughlin

Brooklin-Whitby
3rd Place:

Mackenzie Rockbrune

Clarington

KUMITE - Green - Blue Belts ( (12 - 15 Years old)
1st Place:

Lianne Robbins

Clarington

2nd Place:

Jerod Miksza

Brooklin-Whitby

3rd Place:

Eric Vanderwouden

Clarington
KUMITE -Brow - Shodan Belts
1st Place:

Michael Kuczkowski

YWCA

2nd Place:

Colton Maddington

YWCA

3rd Place:

Paul Selim

Ajax-Pickering

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