WKGB 2025 Welsh Open Championships

Results

KA01 KATA MIXED U10YRS
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	O'neill Emilie	Worcestershire Karate Squad
2	Smithers George	Shito Ryu Karate Wales
3	Parfitt Leo	JKS Wales
3	Roberts Soffia	Dragon Karate Cymru

KA02 KATA FEMALE U12YRS
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Kaur Ruby	PC Karate Academy
2	Ahmed Ammal	PC Karate Academy
3	Gromski Beth	Worcestershire Karate Squad
3	Dong Olivia	Wales Karate Association

KA03 KATA MALE U12YRS
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Griffiths Benjamin	Bristol Karate Academy
2	Taylor Billie	PC Karate Academy
3	Branchett WilLiam	Worcestershire Karate Squad
3	Mashford Luke	Bristol Karate Academy

KA04 KATA FEMALE U14YRS
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Metsiou Nephele	Bristol Karate Academy
2	Harris Tosia	Shito Ryu Karate Wales
3	Morgan Eden	Shushokan Shito-Ryu Karate Organistion
3	Awad Lina	Welsh Karate Alliance

KA05 KATA MALE U14YRS
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Preston Harley	PC Karate Academy
2	Ahmed Priyan	Carmarthenshire Karate
3	Gromski Sam	Worcestershire Karate Squad
3	Wilson Harry	Worcestershire Karate Squad

KA06 KATA FEMALE CADET
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Tarr Lucie	Bristol Karate Academy
2	Davies Olive	Bristol Karate Academy
3	Lloyd-Williams Lexi	Shito Ryu Karate Wales
3	Ealey-Fitzgerald Charlotte	Shushokan Shito-Ryu Karate Organistion

KA07 KATA MALE CADET
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Major Emmanuel	Shito Ryu Karate Wales
2	Hughes Ben Isaac	Welsh Traditional Karate Federation
3	Beards Ioan	Shito Ryu Karate Wales
3	Lloyd Stan	JKS Wales

KA08 KATA FEMALE JUNIOR
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Pawson Sophie	Dragon Karate Cymru
2	Hunkin Alice	Wado-Ryu Karate-Do Academy
3	Bonham Freya	Worcestershire Karate Squad
3	Hunkin Heidi	Wado-Ryu Karate-Do Academy

KA09 KATA MALE JUNIOR
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Mashford Liam	Bristol Karate Academy
2	Daniels Drew	Shushokan Shito-Ryu Karate Organistion
3	Kostromin Liam	Budokan Wales

KA10 KATA FEMALE SENIOR
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Harris Gabby	Welsh Karate Alliance
2	Hunkin Alice	Wado-Ryu Karate-Do Academy
3	Lewis-Stephens Gemma	Budokan Wales
3	Haslam Lucy	Welsh Karate Alliance

KA11 KATA MALE SENIOR
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Tarr George	Bristol Karate Academy
2	Moore Ryan	JKS Wales
3	Griffiths Timothy	Bristol Karate Academy
3	Mashford Liam	Bristol Karate Academy

KA12 KATA DISABILITY, MIXED SEX, U16YRS
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Beards Ioan	Shito Ryu Karate Wales
2	Wilson Harry	Worcestershire Karate Squad
3	Vennard Noah	Worcestershire Karate Squad
3	Branchett Molly	Worcestershire Karate Squad

KA13 KATA DISABILITY, MIXED SEX, 16YRS+
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Ealey-Fitzgerald Annabelle	Shushokan Shito-Ryu Karate Organistion
2	Dark Hayley	Budokan Wales

KA15 KATA MALE VETERANS 35YRS+
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Griffiths Timothy	Bristol Karate Academy
2	Ceccarelli Alessandro	Welsh Shotokan Karate Union
3	Ward Jamie	Wales Karate Association
3	Dosanjh Jas	Black Sun Coventry Karate

KA16 KATA FEMALE VETERANS 35YRS+
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Lewis-Stephens Gemma	Budokan Wales
2	Lloyd Kate	JKS Wales
3	Hanlin Gail	Welsh Karate Alliance
3	Singleton Samantha	Shito Ryu Karate Wales

KAT1 KATA PAIRS Mixed U16YRS
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Griffiths Benjamin Mashford Luke	Bristol Karate Academy
2	Major Emmanuel Beards Ioan	Shito Ryu Karate Wales
3	Harris Tosia Lloyd-Williams Lexi	Shito Ryu Karate Wales
3	Metsiou Nephele Davies Olive	Bristol Karate Academy

KAT2 KATA PAIRS Mixed 16YRS+
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Tarr George Mashford Liam	Bristol Karate Academy
2	Loveridge Maddison Harris Gabby	Welsh Karate Alliance
3	Ward Jamie Lloyd Kim	Wales Karate Association

KU01 KUMITE FEMALE U10YRS -25KG
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Park Verity	Wado-Kai Karate Union
2	Daniels Nellie	Kaisho Karate
3	Lloyd Annabelle	Wales Karate Association
3	Morgan Eryn	Wado-Kai Karate Union

KU02 KUMITE FEMALE U10YRS +25KG
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Handley Jayda Jet	Kempo Karate Association
2	Engledow Emily	Sport Karate Academy
3	Pullman Ella	Wado-Kai Karate Union
3	Milliner Paisley	Elite Karate Club Bristol

KU03 KUMITE FEMALE U12YRS -37KG
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Daniels Emme	Kaisho Karate
2	Thomas Tilly	Wales Karate Association
3	Dong Olivia	Wales Karate Association
3	Kaur Ruby	PC Karate Academy

KU04 KUMITE FEMALE U12YRS +37KG
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Standerwick Hollie	Kaisho Karate
2	Griffin Tanah	Welsh Karate Alliance
3	Williams Tayla	Carmarthenshire Karate
3	Williams Kimi	Wado-Kai Karate Union

KU05 KUMITE FEMALE U14YRS -47KG
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Burgess Tianna	Wales Karate Association
2	Daniels Freya	Kaisho Karate
3	Vaughan Ffion	Wales Karate Association
3	Guy Freya	Kaisho Karate

KU06 KUMITE FEMALE U14YRS +47KG
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Iliffe Charlie	Kaisho Karate
2	Lewis Chloe	Kaisho Karate
3	Williams Lola	Wado-Kai Karate Union
3	Lewis Bella	Kaisho Karate

KU07 KUMITE FEMALE CADET -54KG
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Perry Maisie	Kaisho Karate
2	Barrow Allana	Kaisho Karate
3	Brown Rhaea	Wales Karate Association
3	Montague Amelia	Wado-Kai Karate Union

KU08 KUMITE FEMALE CADET +54KG
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Rees Maidie	Wado-Kai Karate Union
2	Hunkin Lucy	Wado-Ryu Karate-Do Academy
3	Griffiths Cerys	JKS Wales
3	Housova Barbora	Carmarthenshire Karate

KU09 KUMITE FEMALE JUNIOR -59KG
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Campbell Imogen	PC Karate Academy
2	Kamatoy Kayla	Wado-Kai Karate Union
3	Da Silva Nikole	Wado-Ryu Karate-Do Academy
3	Hunkin Heidi	Wado-Ryu Karate-Do Academy

KU10 KUMITE FEMALE JUNIOR +59KG
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Ewing Maia	Cek-Association
2	Stone London	Elite Karate Club Bristol
3	Clement Jasmine	Wales Karate Association
3	Robertson Catrin	Wales Karate Association

KU11 KUMITE FEMALE U21YRS -61KG
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Bow Nia	Wado-Kai Karate Union
2	Jones Ellie	Budokan Wales
3	Whitby Madison	Wales Karate Association

KU12 KUMITE FEMALE U21YRS +61KG
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Ewing Maia	Cek-Association
2	Cook Shivani	Budokan Wales
3	Cole Ashleigh	Budokan Wales

KU14 KUMITE FEMALE SENIOR +61KG
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Cook Mina	Budokan Wales
2	Hayward Lauren	Wales Karate Association
3	Cole Caitlin	Budokan Wales
3	Grundy Daisy	Wado-Ryu Karate-Do Academy

KU15 KUMITE FEMALE SENIOR OPEN WEIGHT
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Jones Ellie	Budokan Wales
2	Cook Mina	Budokan Wales
3	Cole Ashleigh	Budokan Wales
3	Cole Caitlin	Budokan Wales

KU16 KUMITE FEMALE VETERANS 35YRS+
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Coleman Natasha	Budokan Wales
2	Lloyd Kate	JKS Wales
3	Lloyd Kim	Wales Karate Association

KU17 KUMITE MALE U10YRS -27KG
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Gibby Louie	Wales Karate Association
2	Sethna Theo	JCK Karate
3	Hicks Harry	Wado-Kai Karate Union
3	Obbard Thomas	Shito Ryu Karate Wales

KU18 KUMITE MALE U10YRS +27KG
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Bell Ted	Kaisho Karate
2	Normanton Oliver	Wado-Kai Karate Union
3	Letuchev Leo	JCK Karate
3	Brownhill Laurence	PC Karate Academy

KU19 KUMITE MALE U12YRS -40KG
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Griffiths Benjamin	Bristol Karate Academy
2	Isakovs Matvey	Wado-Ryu Karate-Do Academy
3	Coleman Kay-C	Budokan Wales
3	Mashford Luke	Bristol Karate Academy

KU20 KUMITE MALE U12YRS +40KG
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Watkins Cody	Wado-Kai Karate Union
2	Lewis Ace	Wado-Kai Karate Union
3	Hollingsworth James	Sport Karate Academy
3	Muneer Adyan	Budokan Wales

KU21 KUMITE MALE U14YRS -50KG
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Howard London-James	Khalsa Karate Association
2	Preston Harley	PC Karate Academy
3	Jones Ioan	Wales Karate Association
3	Engledow Arthur	Sport Karate Academy

KU22 KUMITE MALE U14YRS +50KG
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Miller Finley	Wales Karate Association
2	Malthouse Reiss	PC Karate Academy
3	Isakovs Daniel	Wado-Ryu Karate-Do Academy
3	Bobkovs Markus	Shito Ryu Karate Wales

KU23 KUMITE MALE CADET/U16 -57KG
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Goth Alfie	PC Karate Academy
2	Ball Charlie	Sport Karate Academy
3	Suddell Caius	Welsh Karate Alliance
3	Watkins Kaylem	Wado-Kai Karate Union

KU24 KUMITE MALE CADET/U16 +57KG
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Major Emmanuel	Shito Ryu Karate Wales
2	Lewis Oscar	Kaisho Karate
3	Beards Ioan	Shito Ryu Karate Wales
3	Hopkins Tyler	Wado Kai Wales

KU25 KUMITE MALE JUNIOR/U18 -68KG
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Mashford Liam	Bristol Karate Academy
2	James Ioan	Wado-Kai Karate Union
3	Cook Raman	Budokan Wales
3	Pynadath Tom	PC Karate Academy

KU26 KUMITE MALE JUNIOR/U18 +68KG
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Howe Logan	Wado-Kai Karate Union
2	Kostromin Liam	Budokan Wales
3	Leach James	Wales Karate-Do Wadokai- Biko
3	Hall Lucas	Elite Karate Club Bristol

KU31 KUMITE MALE SENIOR +75KG
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Lawrence Alex	Wado-Kai Karate Union
2	Rees-Williams Cole	Wado-Kai Karate Union
3	Thomas Codi	Budokan Wales
3	Miller Stuart	Wales Karate Association

KU32 KUMITE MALE SENIOR OPEN WEIGHT
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Lawrence Alex	Wado-Kai Karate Union
2	Rees-Williams Cole	Wado-Kai Karate Union
3	Thomas Codi	Budokan Wales
3	McInnes Jason	Wado-Kai Karate Union

KU33 KUMITE MALE VETERANS 40YRS+
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Smith James	Budokan Wales
2	McInnes Jason	Wado-Kai Karate Union
3	Miller Stuart	Wales Karate Association
3	Ward Jamie	Wales Karate Association

KUT01 KUMITE 3-PERSON TEAM FEMALE U10YRS
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Park Verity Pullman Ella Morgan Eryn	Wado-Kai Karate Union
2	Daniels Nellie Abdulgani Lottie Palmer Evie	Kaisho Karate

KUT02 KUMITE 3-PERSON TEAM FEMALE U12YRS
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Daniels Emme Waring Ava Standerwick Hollie	Kaisho Karate
2	Kaur Ruby Ahmed Ammal Walters Lilly	PC Karate Academy
3	James Lara Dong Olivia Thomas Tilly	Wales Karate Association
3	Williams Kimi Nicholas Brooke Cook Millie	Wado-Kai Karate Union

KUT03 KUMITE 3-PERSON TEAM FEMALE U14YRS
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Ward Amelia Rogers Sadie Burgess Tianna	Wales Karate Association
2	Lewis Bella Lewis Chloe Daniels Freya	Kaisho Karate

KUT05 KUMITE 3-PERSON TEAM FEMALE SENIOR
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Cook Mina Cole Ashleigh Jones Ellie	Budokan Wales
2	Hayward Lauren Whitby Madison Lloyd Kim	Wales Karate Association

KUT06 KUMITE 3-PERSON TEAM MALE U1OYRS
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	McIntyre Woody Letuchev Leo Johnstone Oscar	JCK Karate
2	Palmer Eddie Bell Ted	Kaisho Karate
3	Coffey Elijah Jones Hefin Gibby Louie	Wales Karate Association
3	Rees Dylan Normanton Oliver Lewis Gabriel	Wado-Kai Karate Union

KUT09 KUMITE 3-PERSON TEAM MALE CADET
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Coleman Ritche Lloyd Ben	Budokan Wales
2	Isherwood Zac Suddell Caius	Welsh Karate Alliance

KUT10 KUMITE 3-PERSON TEAM MALE SENIOR
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Rees-Williams Cole McInnes Jason Lawrence Alex	Wado-Kai Karate Union
2	Smith James Thomas Codi Pritchard Dafydd	Budokan Wales
3	Rogers Logan Miller Stuart Gibby Alex	Wales Karate Association

KUT11 KUMITE 3-PERSON TEAM male-female-male JUNIOR
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Howe Logan Kamatoy Kayla James Ioan	Wado-Kai Karate Union
2	Cook Raman Kostromin Liam	Budokan Wales

MERGED - KU27/KU28 MALE U21 -75KG/+75KG
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Lawrence Alex	Wado-Kai Karate Union
2	Thomas Codi	Budokan Wales
3	Carrier Jake	Elite Karate Club Bristol
3	Mashford Josh	Bristol Karate Academy
4	Jones Joseph	Budokan Wales
4	Evans Sion	Carmarthenshire Karate

MERGED - KU29/KU30 MALE SENIOR -67/-75KG
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	Carrier Jake	Elite Karate Club Bristol
2	Beards James	Shito Ryu Karate Wales
3	Handford George	Elite Karate Club Bristol
3	Biao Zeng	JCK Karate

MERGED - KUT07/KUT08 KUMITE MALE TEAM U12/U14
Rank	Name(s)	Club	Country
1	James Zak Watkins Cody Lewis Ace	Wado-Kai Karate Union
2	Miller Finley Jones Ioan Coffey Jac	Wales Karate Association

Our biggest for years!

The 2025 WKGB Welsh Open Karate Championships, held on July 19th, featured over 400 athletes. The diversity and quality of the competition is testament to the strength of karate in the UK and the appeal of Welsh tournament.

Praise for the competitors

Competing on the tatami, especially in front of a large and enthusiastic crowd, takes immense courage and determination. Every athlete who participated demonstrated remarkable focus, composure, and fighting spirit. This event showcased talent and celebrated the hard work and commitment that goes into training.

Special thanks

A heartfelt congratulations go out to all the competitors who took part, their families and supporters who cheered them on, and the dedicated coaches who guided them every step of the way.

A special thanks must go to the tournament officials, whose professionalism and hard work ensured the smooth running of the event.