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“Karate School’s First Tourney”

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Description: These images were taken for the August 20th 1978 edition of the Tribune weekly newspaper – the first of which was published.

The article read: “Pupils from the Palmerston North Karate School are shown taking part in the school's first tournament which was held in the Palmerston North Concert Chamber last weekend. The 45 entrants include karate exponents from Auckland and Foxton, as well as Palmerston North. The instructor in charge of the school, Mr Bill Hall, said the tournament was noteworthy for the number of entrants who scored well in both the kata (formal technique) and the kumite (free sparring).

Bill Harvey of Foxton won his section of kata, and was second in the open fighting section and considering the seniority of his grading he would have been the best in the tournament, Mr Hall said. Others to score wins in both their kata and kumeti sections were Stephen Bell, John Baird and Andrew Butters.

Other results were: Kata: Orange, sixth kyu: Stephen Brown 1, Tom Robertson 2, Rex Painter 3. Green, fifth kyu: John Baird 1, Alister Reid 2, Brett Wilson 3. Blue, fourth kyu: Fraser Smith 1, Mike Hawthorne 2, Peter Walter 3. Purple, third kyu: Wayne Hunter and Brian Johnstone 1 equal. Brown, second kyu: Stephen Bell 1, Lee Gribbin 2, Steve Galloway and Andrew Lake 3 equal. Black stripe, first kyu: Bill Harvey and Warren Bird (Shotekai) 1 equal, Jeff Samson and David Stevens (Shotekai) 2 equal. Shodan: Andrew Butters 1. Brent Carr 2.

Kumite: Orange, Sixth kyu: Tom Robertson 1, Rex Painter 2, Bob Jensen 3. Green, fifth kyu: John Baird 1, Lloyd Romeril 2, Sid Thompson 3. Blue, fourth kyu: Mike Hawthorne 1, Geoff Galloway 2Fraser 2, Fraser Smith 3. Purple, third kyu: Brian Johnston 1, Wayne Hunter 2. Brown, second kyu: Stephen Bell 1, Steve Galloway 2, Graeme Collins Ganoway 2, Graeme Cons 3. Black stripe, first kyu: Bill Harvey 1, David Stephens (Shotekai) 2, Wayne Philip 3. Open Kumite Senior: Andrew Butters 1, Bill Harvey 2, Brent Carr 3.

Junior open: Lloyd Romeril 1, Peter Walter 2. Matthew Twigge 3.”

These images form part of the Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection. Unfortunately, only negatives between April and December 1978 are held.