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GKF hosts another National Junior Karate Championship – Shamar Francis and Jayanti Ram win double gold
Participants of the GKF 2018 National Junior Karate Championship with President Amir Khouri and other Instructors display their medals following the presentation.
An action packed evening of karate culminated at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Sunday last with the 6-8 years-old Karatekas taking centre stage at the Guyana Karate Federation National championships which was declared open by federation President, Amir Khouri.
Upsets were recorded in the 12-14 years-old Male category with Shamar Francis winning gold in the Kata and Kumite events. Also outstanding was Jayanti Ram who also won gold medals in the Kata and Kumite, Female 15-17 years-old categories.
However, the fight of the night by the crowd’s reaction was the final bout in the 15-17 years-old Male 55+ kg which saw Shemar Parkinson defeating Trevon Miller to take the Kumite gold medal.
Following are the full results of the day:
Male 6-8 years – Kata Male 6-8 years – Kumite
1st Jose’ Rodrigues 1st Idress Hussain
2nd Jian Hong Zhang 2nd Jose Rodrigues
3rd Anas Hussain 3rd Anas Hussain
Female 6-8 years – Kata Female 6-8 years – Kumite
1st Amara Nandan 1st Claire Persaud
2nd Emily Santana Leon 2nd Amara Handan
3rd Claire Persaud 3rd Amaya Jairam
Male 9-11 years – Kata Male 9-11 years – Kumite – 40kg
1st Jeremy Hargobin 1st Najeeb Mohamed
2nd Abdullah Hussain 2nd Reshaun Ulla
3rd Diego DeNobrega 3rd Abdullah Hussain
Male 9-11 years – Kumite 40+kg
1st Johathan Ng-a-Fook
2nd Amar Jairam
Female 9-11 years – Kata Female 9-11 years – Kumite
1st Chelsea Benjamin 1st Piya Parasram
2nd Aarti Ramgolam
3rd Alyssa Ramotar
Male 12-14 years – Kata Male 12-14 years – Kumite – 45kg
1st Shamar Francis 1st Shamar Francis
2nd Matthew Gurahoo 2nd Kevin Fraser
3rd Sruti Jairam 3rd Shailendra Haripersaud
Female 12-14 years – Kata Male 12-14 years – Kumite 45+ kg
1st Hannah Farinha 1st Doodnauth Jairam
2nd Rachael Ramlall 2nd Sruti Jairam
3rd Taissa DeNobrega 3rd Shaquan Norville
Female 12-14 years – Kumite Female 15-17 years – Kumite
1st Jasmin Hodge 1st Jayanti Ram
2nd Rachael Ramlall 2nd Rebecca Ramlall
Male 15-17 years – Kata Male 15-17 years – Kumite – 55kg
1st Shakeem Walcott 1st Kristian Cameron
2nd Trevon Miller 2nd Kevin Bradford
3rd Shamar Parkinson 3rd Shakeem Walcott
Female 15-17 years – Kata Male 15-17 years – Kumite 55+kg
1st Jayanti Ram 1st Shemar Parkinson
2nd Aaliyah Seeram 2nd Trevon Miller
3rd Jessica Callender 3rd Andes Roberts
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