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Last updated 00:00, Friday, 23 November 2007

THE 33rd annual Chojinkai Karate Cup was staged in Carlisle with Workington and Cockermouth clubs competing along with eight others.

One hundred and fifty competitors entered the 35 categories at the Sands Centre event organised by the chief instructor Doug James (7th Dan).

During the competition Cockermouth club’s senior instructor Murray Denwood was awarded his 4th Dan black belt.

Murray, 45, started training at the Cockermouth Club in 1991 under club head instructor Iain Abernethy (5th Dan).

Rikki-Leigh Johnston, of Workington club, won the ladies’ kata brown/black belt competition.

There was a half-share in third place for Edwards in the men’s intermediate kumite

Cockermouth’s Maria Dixon was joint third with a Penrith fighter in the ladies’ junior kumite and Workington’s Johnston was second in the ladies’s senior kumite.

Workington’s Deana Burns took gold in the boys’ and girls’ 6-9 years kata while clubmates Kelsie Dawes took silver and Tyler Ramage shared bronze.

Charles van den Bosshe, of Cockermouth club, won the boys’ and girls’ 10-15 years kata and Workington’s Demi Hayton won the boys’ and girls’ nine years and under kata in which Cockermouth’s Liam Dugdale shared bronze.

Workington’s Marc Dawes shared bronze in the boys’ 9-11 years kumite and Cockermouth’s Stephen Cole shared bronze in the boys’ 12-15 years kumite. Dawes also took bronze in the boys’ 10-12 years kumite.

Workington’s Ramage won the girls’ 6-15 years kumite in which Delsie Dawes was second.

The girls’ 9-11 years was won by Workington Hayton with clubmate Jasmine Ramage second and Cockermouth’s Jenny Bradley third.

In team events Workington took bronze in the boys’/girls’ junior and gold in the boys’/girls’ senior competitions.