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BC e-Newsletter No.7 ===========================
In this issue:
1. Karate BC 2001 Fall Provincial Championships
2. The 2nd World Karate Federation junior and Cadet World
Championships
3. Athletes CAN elects new Chair and Board at 9th annual
Athletes Forum
4. Our Dojo Trip to Japan, August 2001 By Richard Mosdell
5. Upcoming events - Summer 2001
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1. Karate BC 2001 Fall Provincial Championships
Capilano College Sportsplex
2055 Purcell Way
North Vancouver, BC
October 27 & 28, 2001
For more information please contact Karate BC:
info@karatebc.org
~or~ (604) 737-3051
Hosts: NASKA (North American Shotokan Karate Association)
*** Please notify potential BC Team members of this event as
it is one of the
required tournaments for the Grand Prix point system.
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2. The 2nd World Karate Federation junior and Cadet World
Championships in
Athens Greece, October 12 to 15th 2001. 650 competitors and 56 countries
participate in this event.
38 of the countries present were from
Europe. Mexico,
& Venezuela finished in the top half of the medal
count. See
http://www.wkf.net/html/2ndworldjunior-greece.html. for results.
WKF make proposals on women participation:
1. At the next WKF congress, 2 positions on the Directing
Committee will be
mandatory.
2. In future, all WKF committees should have at least one
female.
3. The female members of each committee will, themselves
comprise a
committee, which will be iniatally chaired by Norma Foster
of Canada.
4..At conjunction with the next WKF Congress, there will
convene a special
congress for women.
The Greek Karate Federation was commended for a job well
done on hosting
this event.
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3.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Athletes CAN elects new Chair and Board at 9th annual
Athletes Forum
Oct 2 2001 (Toronto Ontario)) -- Athletes CAN, the
association of
Canada's high performance athletes, held its annual Athletes
Forum this past
weekend in Toronto. Over 120 athlete representatives, media,
sport leaders
and invited guests including Charmaine Crooks, Daniel Igali
and Marianne
Limpert were in attendance at the Regal Constellation hotel.
Athletes CAN is pleased to announce that at elections held
over the weekend,
Greg Edgelow of Vancouver was elected as new Chair of Athletes CAN. Greg is
a former Olympian and Commonwealth Games gold medallist.
Greg commented, "On behalf of the Athletes CAN Board
members, I look forward
to working the athletes, NSO's and our partners to ensure
Canada continues
to build a fair, responsive and supportive sport system for
Canada's
national team athletes. We are very fortunate to be in a
position to enable
athletes to become better leaders in their sport now and the
Canadian sport
system in the future."
Carla Qualtrough, a Paralympic swimmer living in Ottawa, was
elected to the
post of Vice Chair while five other members were elected to
the nine member
Board, including Ian Bird of Ottawa (Field Hockey), Ian
Soellner of
Vancouver (Modern Pentathlon), Patrick Roberge of Montreal
(Judo) and Lisa
Ling of Vancouver (Karate). They will join sitting Board
members Michael
Smith of Ottawa (Wrestling), Tara Teigen (SnowBoard) and
Lilo Ljubisic
(Athletics) both of Vancouver, along with representatives of
various partner
organizations.
Since its establishment in 1992 as the national
representative organization
of Canadian athletes, Athletes CAN has worked with others in
leadership,
advocacy and education to ensure a fair, responsive and
supportive sport
system for athletes.
For further information, please contact:
Thomas Jones Greg Edgelow
Executive Director Chair
(613) 526 4025 (604) 682 2222
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4. Our Dojo Trip to Japan, August 2001 By Richard Mosdell
Typhoons, sweaty Sumo wrestlers, mid-night barbecues,
massive tuna heads,
bullet trains and karate, karate, karate. That kind of sums
up our two-week
tour of Japan from August 16th to 30th for twelve adult
members of Kenzen
Karate Vancouver (well, Leslie Bowers from the Victoria was
also with us
so we knighted him with an honorary Kenzen membership). We
planned the trip
for over one year, even to the extent of having informal
Japanese lessons
every Wednesday night after our karate class.
Click here for the full story:
http://www.karatebc.org/newsletter/eNews/KenzenJapanTrip01.html
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5. Upcoming Events
Oct 26 Kyokushinkai
Seminar Capilano College Sportsplex,
North Vancouver, BC Karate BC (604)
737-3051
Oct. 27-28 Karate
BC Fall Provincial Championships
Capilano College Sportsplex, North
Vancouver,
BC Karate BC (604) 737-3051
Oct 30 - 1 Goju-Ryu Masters Seminar Steveston
Dojo,
Richmond, BC Steveston Karate Club
(604) 272-4589
Nov 3 Officials
Clinic (Non-Certification)
Kelowna Traditional Martial Arts
Center,1894 Ambrosi Road,
Kelowna, BC Tom Mah (250) 712-0268
Nov.10 Victoria Invitational Karate
Tournament
Central Jr. Secondary School,
Victoria, BC
Peter Danniels (250) 388-9241
Nov 18 SFU
Annual Invitational Tournament Simon Fraser University,
East Gym, Burnaby Garson Ho (604)
836-4626
Nov 18 BC
TEAM Training Session (Open) Capilano College Sportsplex,
North Vancouver, BC Karate BC (604)
737-3051
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