KJK judokas return smiling after SA Championships

Numerous judokas from the KJK Judo Club participated in this year’s South African Judo Championships at the Emerald Casino in Vanderbijlpark.

They took part in various categories and collected many medals between them.

The results were as follows:

• Individual Kumite (fighting):

– Harm Venter (gold medal and silver medal in the Seniors division)

– Shawwal Bagaria (gold medal)

– Dewald Schultz (two gold medals, for Cadets and Juniors divisions)

– Keagan Diab (gold medal)

– Tyla Stacey-Hale (gold medal)

– Rynard Hall (gold medal)

– Hendrik Alberts (silver medal)

– Shalyn van den Heever (bronze medal)

– Reece-Hunter Erasmus (bronze medal)

– Rikus Hall (bronze medal)

– Stephanie van der Riet (bronze medal)

– Christiaan Theron (bronze medal)

– Oabile Molefe (bronze medal)

– Team Event: Silver medal in the Boys Group and a bronze medal in the Girls Group

• Novice Tournament (All Novice participants received a participation medal)

– Armand Coetzee (first place)

– Mercedez Erasmus (first place)

– Jacques le Roux (first place)

– Aiden Stacey-Hale (second place)

– Ruan Goosen (second place)

– Wian Coetzee (third place)

– Kristopher Hull (third place)

– Team Event: Gold in the Boys Group

• Kata (They participated in groups of two)

– Louis Truter (gold medal)

– Willem Truter (gold medal)

– Shawwal Bagaria (one gold and one bronze medal)

– Shalyn van den Heever (gold medal)

– Kristopher Hull (gold medal)

– Rynard Hall (gold medal)

– Louw Schultz (silver medal)

– Gerhard Schultz (silver medal)

– Reece-Hunter Erasmus (silver medal)

– Ferdinand van den Heever (silver and bronze medal)

– Tyla Stacey-Hale (silver and bronze medal)

– Stephan Boshoff (silver medal)

– Aiden Stacey-Hale (bronze medal)

– Ruan Delport (bronze medal)

– Ruhan Terblanche (bronze medal)

– Hanu Boshoff (two bronze medals)

– Moagi Molefe (two bronze medals)

Tyla Stacey-Hale, Rynard Hall, Keagan Diab, Dewald Schultz, Shawwal Bagaria and Harm Venter were also announced as National Champions.

Dewald also attended a training group in Porec, Croatia, where a group of youngsters did a stint in Split with coach Vojo Vujevic, (bronze medallist for Yugoslavia and multiple Yugoslavian champion). He also took part in the Adriatic Cup Tournament and won a bronze medal in the cadet boys category and senior category.

Keagan, Dewald and Shawwal will also be attending the Commonwealth Judo Championships that will be held in Birmingham, England, during September.

“I am very proud of every judoka that participated, as it takes a lot of courage to compete in this tough sport,” said Katja Bruwer, head coach.