Sherwood Park karate club wins 25 medals at one-day tournament
Athletes from the Sherwood Park club took home 25 medals at a one-day tournament with more than 150 competitors from across Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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Eight-year-old Tara Pawelko won gold in kata after starting training in late July. Her Sherwood Park Karate-Do teammates won 25 medals in all at a karate tournament held Oct. 24 at F.R. Haythorne Junior High School in Sherwood Park.
The club's 12 competitors took part in the one-day event, sanctioned by Kyokai Canada and co-hosted with Beaumont Karate-Do. More than 150 competitors from clubs across the Edmonton area, Alberta and Saskatchewan competed in kata, kumite and kobudo, according to the club.
Chief instructor Steve Hartnett said the medals came across all three disciplines and several belt levels. Seven-year-old Logan O'Neil took gold in kumite, silver in kata and bronze in kobudo. His older brother Lincoln won bronze in both kata and kumite.
Luke Stephens won silver in kata, kumite and kobudo. Sisters Akira and Kiara Surisetty combined for five medals in the orange belt divisions. Shane Prasad, the team's only black belt competitor, took gold in kobudo, silver in kata and bronze in kumite.
Kian McElaine won gold in kata and silver in kumite, and passed his black belt test in Lloydminster on Oct. 31, Hartnett said. The club hopes to host another tournament, possibly in summer 2027.
