THE GUYANA Wado Ryu Karate Association (GWKA) will, this Sunday from 10:00hrs, host its Annual Junior Karate championships at the Banks DIH Thirst Park-based Sports Club, where, according to Chief Instructor Sensei Winston Dunbar, over 40 students are expected to compete. At the one-day event students will represent the following dojos which are affiliated to the GWKA, namely Mae’s School, Banks Sports Club, Eccles Primary School and Farm, East Bank Essequibo. Students will compete for top honours in Boys and Girls 6-8 years, 9-11 and 11-14 years divisions and Sensei Dunbar said the students have been training very hard for the championships as they look forward to the Kumite (fighting) category earnestly. “The juniors have been showing great potential as displayed at the recently held National Junior Karate Championships at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall where the (GWKA) secured four first places, three second and two third-place finishes,” Sensei Dunbar said. “We also have two other important events scheduled for next month, the first being the Annual Walkathon from the National Cultural Centre to Banks DIH Sports Club on July 9 while the second event will be the Grading exercise billed for July 13 at Thirst Park,” he added. Sunday’s tournament is sponsored exclusively by Banks DIH Limited, to whom Sensei Dunbar expressed his heartfelt thanks and gratitude. Members of the public are invited to come out and witness the day’s action.