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Local Shotokan members national karate champs■ YMCA team wins numerous firsts, seconds, thirds and fourths in the U.S.A.K.F. action at New Orleans.The Hodding Carter Memorial YMCA Greenville Shotokan Karate Club may have had more National U.S.A. Karate Federation champions this year than any club in the country.For sure, any club its size.Chief instructors Jerry Sr. and Millie Kattawar’s students brought home a galore of first place trophies and a number of seconds, thirds and fourths in the action at the Hilton Hotel in New Orleans this past weekend.Black belt Tony Kelly emerged with two national titles to his credit. Kelly won a championship in 16-year-old advanced junior boys’ middleweight kumite (fighting) and was a member of the championship three-man black belt (all ages) kata team. He also placed third in individual 16-year-old advanced junior boys’ black belt kata.Sharing in with Kelly in thenational team championship were Daryl Adams and Antiocious “Pedi” Johnson.Quinton Williams also brought home a national championship in men’s advanced black belt kumite.Four members picked up a first and second.— Christopher Owens, competing in the nine-year-old advanced boys’ class won a first in kata, a second in team kata and a sixth in kumite.— Stephen Davenport, competing in the 17-year-old boys’ beginners’ class, picked up a gold medal (first place) in kata and a second in kumite.— DeShawn Conquista, competing in the 14-year-old boys’ beginners’ class, won a first in kumite and a second in kata.— Daryl Nash, competing in the15-year-old boys’ beginners’ class, won a first in kumite and a second in kata.Amy Morris, competing in the16-year-old girls’ novice class, fared better than any Greenville girl, bringing home a gold medal in kata and a fourth place honor in kumite.Derek Vaught, competing in the eight-year-old boys’ advanced class, earned a second in teamkata and a fifth in both individual kata and kumite. Vaught was a national kata champion last year and a third place finisher in kumite.Other Greenvillians to place were:— Jill Sullivan, competing in the 10-year-old girls’ novice class, picked up a bronze medal (third place) in kumite.— Doug Bishop, competing in the 11-year-old boys’ novice class, placed fourth in kata and fifth in kumite.— Ben Skelton, competing in the 10-year-old boys’ beginners’ class, placed fourth in kumite and fifth in kata.— Raburn Jones, competing in the 10-year-old boys’ novice class, placed fifth in kata.Hervain Sullivan, Jill’s father, qualified for the nationals, but failed to bring home a place. He competed in the 45-year-old executive black belt class.Black belt Adams, a team captain, served as coach-instructor of the team during the competition.The Kattawars, unable to make the trip because of business, said they were well pleased with the results of their students who worked very hard prior to the competition.JERRY KATTAWAR SR. For the Delta Democrat TimesWinners or top finishers in the National U.S.A. Karate Federation Championship tournament are (front row, from left) Antiocious Johnson, Ben Skelton, DeShawn Conguista,Christopher Owens, Quinton Williams; (back row, from left) Daryl Nash, Amy Morris, Doug Baker and Stephen Davenport. Not pictured — Derek Vaught, Darryl Adams, Tony Kelly, Jill Sullivan, Rabun Jones and Hervain Sullivan.
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Greenville Delta Democrat Times
Greenville, Mississippi, US
Wed, Aug 07, 1991
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