Shima Karate athletes did well at the Westcoast Goju-Kai Invitational this month. The club sent a contingent to Coquitlam on Saturday and many athletes returned with medals.
8-9-year-old boys – Corin Cooper, gold, forms, gold, sparring; Russell Good, gold, forms, gold, sparring; Caelin Haapala-Wilson, silver, forms, silver, sparring; Daegan Haapala-Wilson, silver, forms.
8-9-year-old girls – Amelia Cooper, gold, forms, silver, sparring; Paige Mushenski, bronze, forms.
Seven-and-under boys – Noah Usborne, gold, sparring, silver, forms.
Seven-and-under girls – Jade Fearn, gold, forms, gold, sparring; Genevieve Draginda-Burnett, gold, moving basics, bronze, sparring; Sophia Miles, silver, forms, silver, sparring.
10-11-year-old boys – Trenton Harper, gold, team forms, silver, forms; Cole Soderstrom, gold, sparring, silver, forms; Hanxi MacIlquham, gold, forms; Joshua Colonna, gold, forms; Matthew Rurka, silver, forms; David Fraser, silver, forms; Caleb Person, bronze, forms, bronze, sparring.
10-11-year-old girls – Samantha Wolff, gold, forms, gold, team forms, silver, sparring; Olivia Vallee, gold, sparring, gold team forms, silver, forms; Abigail Miles, gold, forms, bronze, sparring.
12-13-year-old boys – Corin Cooper, gold, weapons, silver, sparring.
12-13-year-old girls – Samantha Wolff, silver, weapons; Shaw Beuk, gold, forms, gold, sparring; Brittany Carpenter, silver, forms, silver, sparring.
