2011 YEAR IN REVIEW

2011 KARATE NATIONALS

   Karate New Brunswick team captains shine at the 2011 Canadian national karate championships.
   On the weekend of March 18-20, karate New Brunswick sent 10 athletes, 3 coaches and two officials to the 2011 national Karate championships in Saint Hyacinthe Quebec. The team captains of the provincial team, Miss Kate Campbell of the New Maryland Karate Club, and Mr. Gabriel Gates of the Kings County Karate Club dominated the field with 5 national medals and two national awards.
   Kate won for the 3rd consecutive year, Gold in the under 21 -60Kg. women's kumite. In her second division she won bronze in the senior women's -61 kg. kumite, and a further gold in the women's open weight kumite. Gabriel won bronze in the senior men's -84kg. category, then Silver in the men's open weight category.
   To further the success, Kate additionally won the Senior Sportsman award, and the Karate Canada Academic achievement award. We are all so proud of her accomplishments.
   Both Kate and Gabriel have been named to karate Canada's Senior national team, an event that has not happened for over 25 years. Congratulations to you both. As a result of their success, New Brunswick finished in 4th. place, behind Que., Ont., and B.C., who were all sporting 60-90 athlete teams. Our medal success ratio for this nationals was 50%.
   Although many of our athletes did well in their categories, they just missed out on several occasions. The good news is that even with our new young athletes, no one got hurt.
   Representing New Brunswick Provincial team at the Nationals were:

Sincerely,
Paul Oliver KNB President