End of year newsletter.

A big thank you from Senpai John and Senpai Leeann for a fantastic year.

Over the past few months we have seen Mollie Milton become junior world champion, Matt Owen become undefeated in the cadet knockdown and Aimee Owen, Dave Belleen, George Hustwayte, Leeann Lee, Matt Owen and Mollie Milton all representing England at the England v Wales.

George has also become not just the Regional champion, but the National champion in the novice knockdown.

Dwayne Sutton took first place in the kata at the beginning of the year and the juniors and cadets went to the Crawley interclub competition and wiped the floor by winning 90% of the first, second and third places on the day. Every where we go everyone knows who we are and what we are capable of.

Thank you for all your hard work.

Just to let everyone know; ALL LICENCES will need renewing as they all run out on 1st January 2010 so please can you start making arrangements with the secretary to re-new them.

Also yearly memberships will need to be renewed as well in January. I am giving you all lots of notice. I'm afraid I have had to make the decision to increase membership by five pounds. Senior's £35 and Junior's £25 due to increase of hall hirer etc. Monthly fees will stay the same.

We will be holding a Christmas meal on 5th December at Cosmo in Hastings. Please let us know if you will be attending and how many seats you will need to book. Let's celebrate what a great year we have had together.

Our last session before Christmas will be Monday 21st December and we will be back Monday 4th January 2010.

We are selling raffle tickets (£1 a strip) to be drawn on the last session before Christmas. We have lots of prizes to win from chocolates, syllabus books, badgets and gis so please get them when you sign in!

Thank you for a great 2009 and lets make 2010 the same. From all the Senpais; Happy Christmas and a happy new year.