Team Douvris ready to represent Canada at the Worlds

This past weekend Team Douvris competitors who had previously qualified provincially competed for a spot on the national team representing Canada at the WKC World Championships in Orlando, Florida, in November. The national qualifiers took place in Ottawa, where the best competitors from all over the country battled for a place on the national team. Only the top four competitors in each division qualified for the Worlds, and we are proud and pleased to report that many Team Douvris athletes are among them.

Below are our results.

Juniors:

Kimberly Hopkins: fourth in classical kata

Payton Rudder: bronze in point sparring

Sébastien Bélanger: silver in point sparring, gold in continuous sparring

Malik Thomas: fourth in hard style kata, fourth in classical kata, fourth in traditional weapons, fourth in creative weapons, first in point sparring

David Patenaude: fourth in point sparring

Éloïse Kuelz: fourth in point sparring

Nico Campagna: gold in continuous sparring, gold in point sparring

Rhane Daly Stevens: silver in continuous sparring, silver in point sparring

Megan Bowman: fourth in open team kata, bronze in traditional team kata, bronze in Chinese forms, bronze in Korean forms, bronze in hard style kata, silver in classical kata

Robbie Hughes: fourth in traditional weapons

Calvin Foote: fourth in point sparring, silver in continuous sparring

Bronwyn Foote: silver in point sparring

Alejandro Miguelez: gold in continuous sparring

Kaleb Hihnala: silver in continuous sparring

Niko Couture: bronze in traditional team kata, bronze in hard style kata, silver in continuous sparring, gold in point sparring

Justine Sénéchal: fourth in open team kata, silver in point sparring

Hannah Morrier: fourth in hard style kata, silver in classical kata, silver in point sparring

Zoë Houle: fourth in classical kata, silver in point sparring

Isaiah Lang: silver in point sparring

Caleb Lang: silver in point sparring

Katarina Tessier: fourth in Chinese forms, bronze in point sparring

Michele Lorusso: bronze in point sparring

William Carr: bronze in Korean forms, bronze in Chinese forms, gold in continuous sparring, gold in point sparring

Catherine Robson: fourth in point sparring

Jayce Vergette: bronze in point sparring

Sierra Vergette: bronze in point sparring

Patrick Gourde: gold in continuous sparring, gold in point sparring

Adults:

Elyse Gorrell: gold in point sparring, grand champion women point sparring

Anna Bélanger: silver in point sparring

Martina Couture: silver in point sparring (35 and over, +65kg), gold in point sparring (42 and over, +65kg)

Brigitte Pellerin: fourth in traditional kata, bronze in point sparring (35 and over, -65kg), gold in point sparring (42 and over, -65kg)

Jevon Rudder: gold in continuous sparring, gold in point sparring

Subadhra Shrestha: fourth in team kata, gold in hard style kata, gold in classical kata

Ben Clarke: fourth in open team kata, bronze in hard style kata, gold in classical kata, gold in creative weapons, gold in point sparring

Cody Diesbourg: gold in point sparring, grand champion men point sparring

Congratulations to all!