KARATE: Sydenham’s Nicole Arnold enjoyed a third-place finish at the recent British Open in Crawley.
The Sydenham Girl’s School sixth form student was competing in her first karate knockdown tournament having fought and represented England as a junior.
However, the step up to full contact, especially at the British Open competition at the K2 Sports Centre in the largest domestic tournament of 2014, was a big one.
Arnold was fighting in the lightweight female cadet category and had a number of tough fights against rivals from England and Ireland before facing a girl from Wales knowing victory would secure a podium finish.
The Crystal Palace Karate Club member attacked with a Mae-Geri Chudan, a fast kick to the stomach judged by the referees as a Wazari as it stopped the opponent, halting the fight and awarding victory and third place overall to Arnold.
RUGBY: Ben Chappell intercepted and raced away 60 yards for what in the end was a consolation try for Charlton Park in Saturday’s 17-5 defeat at Sutton.
After their excellent result last week, Old Colfeians were in fine spirit for Saturday’s south coast visit to Deal & Betteshanger.
Their hopes were, however, severely dashed when Deal scored three tries in the first 20 minutes, and although the Lee team dominated most of the remainder of the game, they went down 15-10.
OCs’ scores came from an Adam Hodgkiss try together with a conversion and penalty from Ed Livett.
Shooters Hill picked up another win and bonus point, staying seventh following a 25-22 success at Askeans.
Michael Smith (2), Harry Barham, Paul Stephen crossed the line, with Pete Deady kicking one conversion and a penalty for Shoots.
HOCKEY: Bromley and Beckenham Ladies’ first team trounced Ipswich’s second string 7-1 thanks to strikes from Emma Greenway (2), Liz Buddell (2), Jemma Stephenson (2) and Ellie Hearn.
The men’s first team lost 3-1 at Cambridge City.
CRICKET: Bexley Girls’ U12s cricket team took on Old Elthamians U12 girls in an indoor cricket match at Erith Leisure Centre on Sunday.
The result went right down to the last ball of the match as Bexley (290-3) achieved a four run success.
SQUASH: Bromley duo Billy Jones and Ted Jeal became the British doubles racquet ball champions at Chapel A Squash Club in Leeds on October 11.
Opponents Declan Christie and Sam Cantle were backed by more than 300 home supporters, but it couldn’t prevent Jones and Teal sealing a 3-1 victory.
The victorious pair have trained and played at Nuffield Health Club for more than a decade with the support of coach Eric Sommers and family members.
DIVING: Crystal Palace Diving Club member Emma Sefton, aged nine, won a silver medal in the girls’ Group E national skills competition.
The Crofton Junior School pupil from Petts Wood placed sixth in the preliminary round of 19 girls and performed 12 dives.
Commonwealth Synchro Champion Alicia Blagg presented Emma with her medal
In a three dive final, she scored 85.6 points just short of the winner’s tally of 87.6.
In a strange coincidence, elder sister Lucy placed sixth and went on to secure silver in her first white rose competition in 2012 before going on to become white rose champion on one year later.
FOOTBALL: Gravesham Girls & Ladies U16s suffered a heavy 7-1 Kent Cup defeat at the hands of Long Lane with Roisin Fuller grabbing a solitary consolation.
An injury to centre back Tatjana Seymour disrupted the U18s as they went down 3-2 to Deal Town despite goals from Kelsey Barham and Maya Madurai.
Brooke Hutson equalised for the U12s but they eventually lost 2-1 to Herne Bay.
Gravesham saw three of their teams face Larkfield Ladies FC this weekend
A brace from Megan Crowson ensured a 2-2 draw for the U10s in their away cup clash.
The U11’s battled on to a 4-4 draw, but the U15s went goal crazy in a 19-0 win.
BASKETBALL: Tickets for NBA Global Games featuring the New York Knicks v the Milwaukee Bucks will go on sale October 31 at 9am it was announced today.
The game, which will be played at The O2 in Greenwich on January 15, marks the fifth NBA regular-season game to be played in London in as many years.
Tickets for NBA Global Games London 2015 will be available at theo2.co.uk/nba2015
SWIMMING: Erith & District Swimming Club (EDSC) recently returned to Division One of the National Arena League and finished third in round one of the new season.
EDSC had one winner during the gala, James Vick in the U15 100m freestyle, and secured13 second and eight third-place finishes.
They also recorded 33 personal bests out of a possible 50, while 10 club records were also broken.
Personal bests came from: Daniel Wilding, Reece Hayes, Charlotte Clark (3), Megan Cave, Nathan Butterworth, Tyler Hayes, Lewis Hayes (2), Lara Seager, Lucy Jeffery, Madison Retour (4), Myles Ellis (2), Vick (2), Danielle Hills, Georgia Burdett (2), Jessica Clark (2), Ruby Verge (3), Olivia Maunders, Daniel Wesley, Sam Delatouche and Daniel Bassett.
KARATE: Deptford-based club ESKF hit the gold standard again at last week’s WUKF world championships for children, cadets and juniors in Poland.
The 12-strong squad returned home with five golds, three silvers and a trio of bronze medals from the four-day competition.
Chief instructor Sensei Shreif said: “I am so proud of all the competitors, they have trained very hard for the last four months and performed magnificently over the weekend.
“Every single competitor returned home with one or more medals and everyone did their very best.
“This is a fantastic achievement for the children of Lewisham and Greenwich.”
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