If you think the last freak winter slush storm of the season can stop us from competing, you don’t know Team Douvris very well. On Saturday we drove through muck to get ourselves to Repentigny, just east of Montreal, to compete at the Cobra International tournament organized by Sunfuki karate.

This was the last tournament before the WKC provincial qualifiers in London, ON and our competitors showed everyone how ready they are to make the cut at Provincials and earn the chance to compete for a spot on Team Canada. As well, everyone – competitors, coaches and family members – showed fantastic team spirit, encouraging and cheering each other on, coaching the newer competitors, and generally being very loud and enthusiastic in their support. It was a great day, as you can see from our results, below.

Junior underbelts

Kaleb Hihnala: fourth place in traditional kata, fourth place in point sparring

Aviana Bélanger: bronze in point sparring

Catherine Robson: silver in traditional kata

Kimberley Hopkins: silver in classical kata

Nikita Capalb: silver in traditional kata, silver in traditional weapons

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

Caleb Lang: bronze in point sparring, gold in traditional weapons

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

Payton Rudder: gold in point sparring

Katarina Tessier: gold in open forms

William Carr: bronze in point sparring, silver in continuous sparring, gold in traditional kata, grand champion underbelt forms ages 8-11.

Adult underbelts

Nancy Baker: silver in traditional kata

Shawn Tougas: bronze in point sparring, silver in traditional kata

Junior black belts

Liam Hopkins: fourth place in classical kata

Tabitha Brown: fourth place in traditional kata

Megan Bowman: fourth place in classical kata, fourth place in traditional kata

Hannah Morrier: fourth place in traditional kata, bronze in point sparring

Sébastien Bélanger: bronze in continuous sparring

Zoë Houle: bronze in traditional kata, silver in point sparring

David Patenaude: silver in point sparring

Justine Sénéchal: silver in point sparring

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

Nico Campagna: gold in point sparring

Niko Couture: gold in traditional kata, grand champions forms ages 12 and under

Adult black belts

Nicole Laporte: gold in classical kata

Brigitte Pellerin: bronze in point sparring, silver in traditional kata

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

Cody Diesbourg: silver in point sparring

Danielle McConachie: gold in point sparring