February 8th - The Journey Home

The last day and everyone met up after breakfast for the journey to the airport. There was a sense of pride and unity amongst the young squad and although extremely tired they still managed to make the most of the last few hours together. Before the coach arrived a squad member, Gavin, decided to give a rendition of kata how it should be performed to much amusement and applause, its safe to say that the kata squads have nothing to worry about!!. The squad then headed off to the airport. The squad took off after a short delay for Istanbul and then onto Heathrow where the squad said their goodbye's.

The Juniors now hand over to the Seniors as it's their year for European and World Championships, this, as Wayne Otto had told the squad in a debrief was not an excuse for a rest, the squad have to build on their success and not rest on their laurels.

A big thank you to John De Bono who was head of delegation for all his support, Surdhar Mohinder for looking after the squads health and to the coaches for supporting and encouraging the young squad. Well done to Dale Gamble and Tony Dent for attending and refereeing at these championships good to see them in action. Thank you to Chikara for organising the squads kit and making them look so professional, and lastly, thank you once again to Jel Legg our webmaster who again worked all hours to ensure results, photos and video footage were placed on the web as quickly as possibly. A good team effort all round - congratulations to all - next stop Greece.

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