At the Competitive Dan Grading hosted by the Yorkshire & Humberside Area and held at Goole Leisure Centre on 14 th May 2017 we had a total of 21 entrants:
17 x Male 1 st Kyu
2 x Female 1 st Kyus
1 x Female 1 st Dan
1 x Female 2 nd Dan
The Ladies all fought each other in a round robin format with 1 st Kyu’s Ella Corbett and Emily Clark each gaining 10 points and 1 st Dan Tabitha Clark gaining 5 points and 2 nd Dan Bryony Elliott gaining 15 points.
In the Male Kyu grades there were 8 line-ups with 3 players successfully completing them and obtaining sufficient points for their 1 st Dan’s on the day, subject to satisfactorily completing the Competitive Theory Examinations at a later date.
These were Jacob Pope, John Harrison and Harry Iman.
Oliver Standsfield acquired 20 points to be successful in obtaining his 100 points needed for 1 st Dan (plus an extra 10 points for good measure). His Competitive Theory is still to be completed.
Phil Pierson was unlucky not to complete his own line-up but did manage to amass a total of 50 points anyway to add to his 50 starting tally and was therefore successful in achieving the 100 points total needed for his 1 st Dan. He needs to now achieve a pass in his Competitive Theory Exam to complete the award.
On the day only two players were unsuccessful in gaining more points towards their 1 st Dan.
But well done to all who took part in the new trial format with only Ippons counting towards a win value of 10 points – much harder than previous gradings!
Mike Leng
Director of Examiners,
Yorkshire & Humberside Area