Shotokan awards karateka
The Swakopmund Shotokan Karate Academy recently held its year-end prize-giving ceremony to reward the athletes who excelled throughout the year.
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The overall best performance by a karateka was awarded with the Herald and Hettie Blum floating trophy.
The criteria for the Herald and Hettie Blum floating trophy are class attendance, dedication, best groomed karateka, results in competitions, being independent, results at gradings and judging. This award was won by Mayvonne Swart. The Van der Bijl trophy is awarded to the karateka with the overall best performance for men and women aged 21 or older. This trophy was awarded to Suzelle Pronk. Suzelle Pronk also won the best performance senior woman karateka for 2018 enabling her to walk away with the Pieter & Karen Hamman trophy. In the senior men's category, the Pieter & Karen Hamman trophy was won by Reynard van Zyl. The Kotze floating trophies were awarded to karateka who were merited on their class attendance, loyalty, diligence, and exceptional patience. Cobus Esterhuysen and Liam Labuschagne won the boys' best progress awards while Vonné Janse van Rensburg won the girls' best progress award. The other Kotze floating trophies were the best improved karateka for 2018 and the trophy dedication, which were won by Gabriella Diergaardt and Marchelle de Jager respectively. Other karateka to be awarded according to their age groups were:
Age group 7 - 11
Junior boys' kata karateka (7 to 11 years old): Jody Thomas
Junior boys' kumite karateka (7 to 11 years old): Ernst Doeseb
Best performance junior boys' karateka (7 to 11 years old): Charldon Fourie
Junior girls' kata karateka (7 to 11 years old): Nellao Naruses
Junior girls' kumite karateka (7 to 11 years old): Simoné Labuschagne
Best performance junior girls' karateka (7 to 11 years old): Gabriella Strappazzon
Overall best performance - boys and girls (7 to 11 years old): Wehan Groenewald
Age group 12 – 15
Junior boys' kata karateka for 2018 (12 to 15 years old): Lee Thomas
Junior boys' kumite karateka for 2018 (12 to 15 years old): Jan-Magiel Leff
Best performance junior boys' karateka for 2018 (12 to 15 years old): Christopher Armstrong
Junior girls' kata karateka for 2018 (12 to 15 years old): Miriam Idiou
Junior girls' kumite karateka for 2018 (12 to 15 years old): Merziaan Mouton
Best performance junior girls' karateka for 2018 (12 to 15 years old): Ronja Porteus
Overall best performance - boys and girls (12 to 15 years old): Julian Stuurman
Age group 16 - 20
Senior boys' kata karateka for 2018 (16 to 20 years old): Nicolaas Swart
Senior boys' kumite karateka for 2018 (16 to 20 years old): Keanu Stuurman
Best performance senior boys' karateka for 2018 (16 to 20 years old): Herman van Zyl
Senior girls' kata karateka for 2018 (16 to 20 years old): Caitlin Louw
Best performance senior girls' karateka for 2018 (16 to 20 years old): René Giliomee
Overall best performance - senior boys and girls (16 to 20 years old): Mayvonne Swart.
The overall best performance by a karateka was awarded with the Herald and Hettie Blum floating trophy.
The criteria for the Herald and Hettie Blum floating trophy are class attendance, dedication, best groomed karateka, results in competitions, being independent, results at gradings and judging. This award was won by Mayvonne Swart. The Van der Bijl trophy is awarded to the karateka with the overall best performance for men and women aged 21 or older. This trophy was awarded to Suzelle Pronk. Suzelle Pronk also won the best performance senior woman karateka for 2018 enabling her to walk away with the Pieter & Karen Hamman trophy. In the senior men's category, the Pieter & Karen Hamman trophy was won by Reynard van Zyl. The Kotze floating trophies were awarded to karateka who were merited on their class attendance, loyalty, diligence, and exceptional patience. Cobus Esterhuysen and Liam Labuschagne won the boys' best progress awards while Vonné Janse van Rensburg won the girls' best progress award. The other Kotze floating trophies were the best improved karateka for 2018 and the trophy dedication, which were won by Gabriella Diergaardt and Marchelle de Jager respectively. Other karateka to be awarded according to their age groups were:
Age group 7 - 11
Junior boys' kata karateka (7 to 11 years old): Jody Thomas
Junior boys' kumite karateka (7 to 11 years old): Ernst Doeseb
Best performance junior boys' karateka (7 to 11 years old): Charldon Fourie
Junior girls' kata karateka (7 to 11 years old): Nellao Naruses
Junior girls' kumite karateka (7 to 11 years old): Simoné Labuschagne
Best performance junior girls' karateka (7 to 11 years old): Gabriella Strappazzon
Overall best performance - boys and girls (7 to 11 years old): Wehan Groenewald
Age group 12 – 15
Junior boys' kata karateka for 2018 (12 to 15 years old): Lee Thomas
Junior boys' kumite karateka for 2018 (12 to 15 years old): Jan-Magiel Leff
Best performance junior boys' karateka for 2018 (12 to 15 years old): Christopher Armstrong
Junior girls' kata karateka for 2018 (12 to 15 years old): Miriam Idiou
Junior girls' kumite karateka for 2018 (12 to 15 years old): Merziaan Mouton
Best performance junior girls' karateka for 2018 (12 to 15 years old): Ronja Porteus
Overall best performance - boys and girls (12 to 15 years old): Julian Stuurman
Age group 16 - 20
Senior boys' kata karateka for 2018 (16 to 20 years old): Nicolaas Swart
Senior boys' kumite karateka for 2018 (16 to 20 years old): Keanu Stuurman
Best performance senior boys' karateka for 2018 (16 to 20 years old): Herman van Zyl
Senior girls' kata karateka for 2018 (16 to 20 years old): Caitlin Louw
Best performance senior girls' karateka for 2018 (16 to 20 years old): René Giliomee
Overall best performance - senior boys and girls (16 to 20 years old): Mayvonne Swart.
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