January
Student of the month - Luke Duncan
February
February saw the Northern Region course & AGM in Sunderland, with Sensei Frank & Jimmy Brennan 8th Dan
Well done to Melody Diang & Liam Moody - Liam has achieved his KUGB Young Leaders Gold award, and Melody has received her KUGB Young Leaders Silver award!
Congratulations Evie Ackroyd who placed 3rd in Ladies Kumite (under 68kg) at British Universities and Colleges Sport karate championships in Sheffield.
Student of the month - Ethan Carmichael
Members of our club attended a special charity course at Kokoro Karate Club in aid of Child Bereavement UK, with Sensei Caroline McGrath and Sensei Jack Somers.
March
March saw the first club grading of the year, with Sensei John Bruce 6th Dan as grading examiner. Well done to everyone who trained and graded - there were a lot of great results!
Student of the month - Jack Hetherington
March
What an amazing day for our sponsored Walk and talk to raise funds for this year's KUGB (Karate Union of Great Britain) Child Bereavement UK . A brilliant turn out, with babies , children, parents, grandparents, dogs and let's not forget the ducks and swans although they struggled to keep up .
The sun was shining and the sky was blue and we all had a lovely walk and lots of chat. Thank you so much to everyone who came today to support Ashington Shotokan Karate in their fund raising event, thank you Kokoro Karate Club - Blyth & Cramlington and a special mention to The Riverside Pantry for all their support today and their wonderful coffee and food.
April
Student of the month - Ben Martin
May
Student of the month - Harrison Sampson
June
Members from our club took part in the Sunderland Championships. Every single member showed great spirit and effort, and we had a couple of medals too! Well done everyone, and a special mention to Evie Ackroyd who placed 3rd in Ladies Kumite and 4th in ladies Dan Grade Kata, and Tristan Muter who placed 4th in 10yrs and under Kyu Grade Kata.
Karate on the Beach was a success - thank you to Kokoro Karate Club for organizing it!
We held an all grades course this month, with two brilliant KUGB instructors; Sensei Holly Bruce 5th Dan and Sensei John Bruce 6th Dan - thank you to everyone who attended.
Student of the month - Ella Robson
July
Thank you to Kokoro Karate Club who invited us to train with Sensei Frank Brennan 8th Dan - as always it was a fantastic, detailed class.
August
Congratulations to Sensei Jill Kelly and Sensei Trish Bruce on their appointment to KUGB kyu grade examiners (C licence).
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Jack Hetherington attended the yearly week-log course at Lancaster and trained with the KUGB champions! Well done Jack.
Club members attended the Advanced Kata and Kumite Course in Sunderland with Sensei John and Holly Bruce.
September
Jack Hetherington attended the KUGB free regional kata and kumite course in Manchester on Sunday. Instructors were Sensei John Bruce 6th Dan and Sensei Alex Cockx 3rd Dan. As usual, a fantastic day was had!
Student of the month - Kaiden Burn
October
Well done to all the competitors today from Ashington Karate club who demonstrated fantastic determination, a brilliant attitude and great team spirit throughout the day.
We are very proud of you all!
A special mention to Paul Carmichael who was successful in the Veterans kata with a 3rd place. Well done everyone!
Student of the month - Ethan Carmichael
November
Congratulations to everyone who graded today with Sensei John Bruce 6th Dan.
A great attitude during training and grading from everyone. Well done.
At 11am we all held a 2 minute silence to show our respect for Remembrance Sunday
Club members enjoyed training today at the free black and brown class at CitySpace, Sunderland with instructors Sensei Frank Brennan and Sensei Garry Harford.
Student of the month - Gail Lucas
December
The Ashington Christmas party and presentation evening was amazing. A great turnout and lots of fun for everyone.
The presentation of the special trophies and medals as always is the special part of the evening.
Best Overall Student
Liam Moody
Most Improved Student
Harrison Sampson
Best Attendance
Ben Martin