"Kota Kinabalu City Day" Karate Open Championship 2012

 LABUAN KARATE TEAM WON 8 GOLD, 6 SILVER, 8 BRONZE

           The Universal Shotokan Karate (USK) team of Labuan comprising 27 athletes won 8 Gold, 6 Silver and 8 Bronze at the just-concluded "Kota Kinabalu City Day" Karate Open Championship 2012 which was held on 25th & 26th February 2012 at the KK Community Centre in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.  

USK Labuan, a newly-registered association affiliated to Labuan Karate Association(LKA) is a member of the international karate body, Universal Shotokan Karate Union(USKU) in Japan under founder, GrandMaster Kenichi Fukamizu. 

A total of 11 club teams from Kuching, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Labuan and hosts Sabah took part in the 2-day championship which was organized in conjunction with the month-long K.K. City day celebrations. 

A total of 32 Kata & Kumite categories for the Children/Cadet (between 8 - 13 years / 14 - 15 years), the Junior (16 - 17 years) and the Senior (18 years and above) events involving about 300 participants were competed. Labuan competed in only 22 categories. 

USK Labuan coach Aswadee Taba said the participation was in preparations for the upcoming 22nd National Cadet/Junior Karate championship to be held in Miri, Sarawak on15 - 18 March 2012. 

LKA secretary, Bryan Tan who also heads the 29-member contingent said even though we were placed second, it was yet another outstanding performance considering we lost out by a shortfall of 2 mere bronze medals to the overall champions, Sekolah Menengah Sains Sabah (SMESH) with the highest number of 38 athletes which won 8 G / 6 S / 10 B.

RESULT

8 Gold, 6 Silver, 8 Bronze Winners

No.	Gold	Silver	Bronze
01	Sofea Lee       ·         Children Kata (Girls 8-10 Years)	Syarulniza Binti Abdul Jamil       ·         Senior Kata Female (+16     Years )	Daniel Yeo       ·         Cadet Kata (Boys 8-10 Years)
02	Mohd Norfarhan Bin Nordin                                                 ·        Cadet Kata (Male 14-15 Years)	Sofea Lee        ·         Children Kumite (Girls 10-11 Years)	Marc Dylan Labangka       ·         Cadet Kata (Boys 8-10 Years)
03	Syarulniza Binti Abdul Jamil / Hazimah Binti Jamil / Mohd Norfahan Bin Nordin         ·         Mixed Team Kata	Claudia Lau Kae Shin ·         Cadet Kumite (Girls 14-15 Years)	Thaqif Syarafuddin        ·         Cadet Kata (Boys 11-13 Years)
04	Vivian Lee        ·         Children Kumite (Girls 10-11 Years)	Reneje Lee Kong Loong       ·         Cadet Kumite Boys ( 14-15 Years )	Mohd Norfarhan Nordin        ·         Senior Kata Male ( +16 Years)
05	Hazimah Binti Jamil ·         Junior Kumite (Female 16-17 Years)	Caroline Tan Hui Ting  ·         Junior Kumite (Female 16-17 Years)	Muhd Aiqal Bin Asmadie ·         Children Kumite (Boys 8-9 Years)
06	Nini Erfani Binti Kasman ·         Senior Kumite Female +18 Years (under 53kg)	Syarulniza Binti Abdul Jamil ·         Senior Kumite Female +18 Years (+53kg)	Rainier Owen Yang Yuan ·         Children Kumite (Boys 8-9 Years)
07	Christina Edris ·         Senior Kumite Female +18 Years (above 53kg)		Nicholas Hen, Raphael Angelo Yang Yi, Tan Kang Zhuang ·   Children Team Kumite (Boys 9-11 Years)
08	Christina Edris, Nini Erfani Kasman, Syarulniza Abdul Jamil ·         Female Team Kumite		Hazimah Jamil, Caroline Tan Hui Ting, Eleanor Tan Hui Xing ·         Female Team Kumite