AS THE curtain came down on the 2012 International Karate Daigaku Shoto Camp and World Cup Karate Tournament in Toronto, Canada last evening, Team Guyana put in a stunning performance with the Guyana Karate College (GKC) placing second with 24 gold, 4 silver and 17 bronze, a total of 45 medals ahead of Trinidad and Tobago, who brought third and just behind Ontario that brought first. Young Guyanese Karate sensation, 10-year-old Alliyah Wong led the way for Guyana’s success story with a phenomenal feat, winning every event in her category on her way to copping five gold medals.
The GKC which was led by its Senior Instructor and Vice-chairman Sensei Jeffrey Wong (6th Dan black belt), was particularly proud of its achievements since it was its first World Cup in which  they were participating, and they took a very young team that with the exception of two seniors, only had international experience at the Caribbean and Pan American tournaments.
This first IKD International Daigaku Cup which was held July 7-8 of this year saw delegations from all over the globe compete in both Kata and Kumite events.
Practitioners of karate in all ages vied for the top ranks in traditional Shotokan Karate which saw a series of exciting matches with a demonstration of the physicality and mental toughness that are characteristic of karate practitioners.

Results for the GKC are as follows: Individual Kata (8-13) Tyler Orderson (silver), Individual Kumite (8-13) Tyler Orderson and John McGrath (bronze), Team Kata Embu and Boys (8-13) Orderson, McGrath and Yannick Rameshwar (bronze) and Team Bunkai Boys (8-13), Orderson, McGrath and Rameshwar (gold).
Individual Kata Girls (10-11) Alliyah Wong (go;d), Individual Kumite Girls (10-11) Alliyah Wong (gold), Team Kata Girls (8-13) Alliyah and Tashana Wong and Alyssa Persaud (gold), Team Kata Bunkai and Embu Girls (8-13) Alliyah and Tashana Wong and Alyssa Persaud (gold).
Team Kata Boys (14-15): Desmond Fernandes, Mark Wong and Joshua Mortley (gold), Team Kata Bunkai Boys (14-15) Fernandes, Mortley and Mark Wong (bronze) and Team Embu Boys (14-15) Fernandes, Mortley and Mark Wong (gold).
Team Kata Embu Boys (14-15) Matthew Hurry and Carlos Gonsalves (bronze), Team Bunkai Boys (14-15), Hurry and Gonsalves (gold),
Individual Kumite Girls (16-17) Kerry Ramkumar (bronze), Men (16-17) Kenny Wong (gold),  Individual Kata Men (18-19) Eric Hing (bronze) and Team Kata Boys (16-17) Kemo Allen, Romel Rameshwar and Kenny Wong (silver).
Team Kata Embu Boys (16-17) Allen, Rameshwar and Kenny Wong (gold) while the Masters Team which comprised Aubrey Bettencourt, Chetram Mortley and Dr Guy Low won a bronze medal in their Team Kata competition.
The hosing of the next IKD World Shotokan Karate Tournament which is scheduled for 2015, has been awarded to Caracas, Venezuela, and the GKC would like to thank all the sponsors who were responsible for making this historic occasion a reality for this very young team.