27th 28th July 2019 Durban
This past week end in Durban 27th & 28th July 2019. South African Karate hosted the KSA Elite and SA Open Championship that attracted top 6 ranked athlete’s and all brown and black belt athlete’s for the Open championships.
This was also part of a ranking and selection system to get the top 6 Athlete of South Africa from all age group to compete in the following up and coming international for 2018/2019:-
Zone 6 Championship 2020
- WKF K 1 Youth League Championship 2020
- UFAK Snr Africa Cup 2020
- WKF Senior World Championship 2020
- WKF Cadet, Junior & U21 World Championship 2019
| Ref | NAME | KATA | KUMITE | UNISON | Total Medals | Category |
| 1) | ALESSANDRO BIAGIONI | GOLD | BRONZE | GOLD | 2XGOLD 1XBRONZE | ELITE |
| 2) | REECE BAYNES | BRONZE | GOLD | 1XGOLD 1XBRONZE | ELITE | |
| 3) | JUSTIN BAYNES | BRONZE | 1XBRONZE | ELITE | ||
| 4) | ERIN FORD | GOLD | 1XGOLD | OPEN | ||
| 5) | SILVIO BIAGIONI | GOLD | 1XGOLD | ELITE | ||
| 6) | DANIKA STEVENS | SILVER | 1XSILVER | ELITE | ||
| 7) | STEF BIAGIONI | GOLD | 1XGOLD | ELITE | ||
| 8) | BRETT FERRERIA | GOLD | 1XGOLD | OPEN | ||
| 9) | SVEN LANGENHORST | SILVER | SILVER | 2XSILVER | ELITE & OPEN | |
| 10) | THEA LANGENHORST | GOLD | 1XGOLD | ELITE | ||
| 11) | AIDEN ZEEMAN | BRONZE | BRONZE | SILVER | 1XSILVER 2XBRONZE | ELITE & OPEN |
| 12) | MALCOM DRIESSEL | SILVER | SILVER | 2XSILVER | ELITE & OPEN | |
| 13) | NURU MINYUKU-GUTO | SILVER | 1XSILVER | OPEN | ||
| 14) | NICHOLAS DOBSON | GOLD | 1XGOLD | ELITE | ||
| TOTAL MEDALS | 9 X GOLD | 7 X SILVER | 5 X BRONZE | |||
| GRAND TOTAL | 21 X MEDALS | |||||
Congratulation! Must also be said to all my Elite athlete’s for their recognition of Proteas colours at the Awards evening hosted by Karate South Africa on the 26th July 2019. Well done to Danika Stevens, Alessandro Biagioni, Silvio Biagioni, Justin Baynes, Reece Baynes, Thea Langenhorst, Claudia Dobson, Aidan Zeeman, Sven Langenhorst, Malcolm Driessel and Angela Tsita.
Last but not Least a special congratulation to NURU MINYUKU-GUTTO on her first time Protea.
It was a lovely event with entertainment, supper and handing out awards in the form of trophies for 2018/2019 Proteas and KSA colours.
Lastly a special thanks must go to all members of 4Ways Dojo that permanently make an effort to be at a KSA event at their own cost to help out were necessary.
Well done to all that contributed including our 4Ways Dojo!!
