Medals at the European Championships for Crawley Karate stars

Once again U21 lightweight Callum Chapman took the gold defeating a tough fighter from Kazakhstan in the final after winning his semi final by KO with a knee to the body. This added the European crown to his World title won in 2022.

In the Womens lightweight category Olivia Pickthall stepped up in class and took silver by beating her Polish opponent in the semi final and then losing to the more experienced teammate Hayley Beth Rowlands of Cwmbran, Wales by decision.

The club achieved its second silver in the U14 -50kg Boys category with Isaac Warnfeldt Rush losing out the Armenian Champion in the final. In the semi final he won the bout with a point for a head kick.

The two other Crawley fighters Elliott Fortnam U16 +70kg and Cody Chapman U18 +75kg both lost in the quarter finals but gained valuable experience for the future.

Great Britain ended up in 3rd place on the medal table with 3 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze.

Next up is a domestic event where Crawley have fourteen athletes competing in the Welsh Open .

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