Team Douvris at the WKC Provincial Qualifiers

This past weekend Team Douvris travelled to London, Ontario, to compete in the WKC Provincials. This is the first qualifying event on the road to the World Championships that will take place in Orlando in November.

Competitors had to place in the top eight positions to qualify for the Nationals in May that will determine who gets to represent Team Canada in Orlando.

The pressure was on, and we are pleased to report that our competitors rose to the occasion, and not just a little. Below are our results. See everyone at Nationals in Ottawa next month!

Juniors

Jayce Vergette: silver in point sparring

Sierra Vergette: gold in traditional kata, bronze in point sparring

Emily Richards: bronze in point sparring, qualified in open weapons

David Patenaude: bronze in point sparring, qualified in traditional kata

Alejandro Miguelez: gold in continuous sparring, gold in point sparring, qualified in traditional kata, qualified in traditional weapons

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

Niko Couture: gold in classical kata, silver in continuous sparring, silver in point sparring, qualified in traditional kata

Isaiah Lang: bronze in point sparring, qualified in traditional kata

Caleb Lang: silver in point sparring, qualified in traditional kata

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

Payton Rudder: silver in point sparring

Katarina Tessier: gold in Korean forms, silver in Chinese forms, silver in classical kata, fourth in point sparring, qualified in traditional kata

Robbie Hughes: gold in open weapons, bronze in traditional weapons, bronze in creative weapons, qualified in point sparring

Megan Bowman: gold in Korean forms, gold in Chinese forms, gold in classical kata, silver in traditional kata

Hannah Morrier: gold in classical kata, silver in point sparring, fourth in traditional kata

Éloïse Kuelz: silver in point sparring, qualified in classical kata, qualified in traditional kata

Bronwyn Foote: bronze in point sparring

Calvin Foote: gold in continuous sparring, gold in point sparring

Rhane Daly Stevens: gold in continuous sparring, gold in point sparring, gold in creative weapons, qualified in traditional kata, qualified in classical kata, qualified in traditional weapons

Justine Sénéchal: bronze in classical kata, fourth in point sparring, qualified in traditional kata

Malik Thomas: gold in classical kata, silver in traditional kata, silver in traditional weapons, bronze in point sparring

William Carr: gold in continuous sparring, gold in point sparring, gold in Chinese forms, silver in traditional kata, silver in classical kata, bronze in Korean forms

Catherine Robson: bronze in classical kata, bronze in point sparring, qualified in traditional kata

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

Sebastian Bélanger: gold in continuous sparring, gold in point sparring

Aviana Bélanger: silver in point sparring

Michele Lorusso: fourth in point sparring

Kimberley Hopkins: silver in point sparring, fourth in traditional kata, qualified in classical kata

Liam Hopkins: qualified in classical kata

Kaleb Hihnala: qualified in classical kata, qualified in Korean forms, qualified in point sparring, qualified in continuous sparring

Adults

Elyse Gorrell: gold in point sparring

Alexander Dworkin: silver in point sparring

Martina Couture: double gold in point sparring (35 and over as well as 42 and over)

Becky Jackson Foote: qualified in point sparring

Nancy Baker: qualified in traditional kata

Ben Clarke: gold in point sparring, gold in weapons, gold in traditional kata, silver in classical kata

Anna Bélanger: double silver in point sparring (35 and over as well as 42 and over)

Subhadra Shrestha: gold in classical kata, gold in traditional kata

Brigitte Pellerin: double gold in point sparring (35 and over as well as 42 and over), double silver in traditional kata (35 and over as well as 42 and over)