Karate club members in medal success
FIVE members of the Maid- stone-based Kimura Shukokai Karate Club fought their way to top place at this year’s KSI World Karate Championships held in Atlantic City, USA. The five travelled over to At-
lantic City with the rest of the SKF England Karate Squad to compete in the fast-paced “ku- mite”, where points are awarded for speed, accuracy and power of punches and kicks, as well as ‘Kata,’ which highlights speed and accuracy. Samantha Riddell (17), from Sutton Valence, took bronze in the girls 16-17 years individual Kata, while Jack Cutler (14, from Leeds, and the current European Champion for his age
daughter Katie, a former Junior World Champion, powered her way to the final of the ladies’ individual Kata competition, where she won silver. Katie also won a bronze in
the ladies’ individual Kumite as well as leading the England ladies’ team to a bronze in the team Kata event. The fifth member of the
Chris Simpson, Samantha Riddell, Katie Simpson, Elle Osborne, and Jack Cutler
group, reached the finals in both his events and took 4th place in both the boys’ 14-15 years individual Kata and Ku- mite.
Instructor Chris Simpson,
from Kingswood, narrowly missed out on bronze by fin- ishing fourth in the veterans individual Kata, while his
Litter fines net £80,000
MAIDSTONE Borough Council made about £80,000 from fines for littering, dog fouling and fly- tipping in the year 2011-12. Company XFOR Local Au- thority Services took on the contract for patrolling and issu- ing fixed penalty notices in July 2010. In the first year of its con- tract, 2010-11 it made £62,545 for the authority. In answer to a Freedom of In- formation request to the council,
it was revealed that two years be- fore the contract began, in 2008- 9, 16 notices were issued and 10 paid, giving the council an in- come of £750. The following year, 2009-10, 23 noticeswere is- sued and 15 paid, giving the council an income of £1,125. After XFOR Local Authority Services took over the contract in its first year, 2010-11, it is- sued 3,298 fixed penalty notices of which 2,373 were paid,
bringing in £177,975. The con- tract cost the council approxi- mately £115,430 before VAT, giving the authority an approx- imate net income of £62,545. Last year, the second year of
the contract, XFOR made around £80,000 for the council, issuing 4,434 penalty notices, of which 3,220 were paid, bring- ing in £241,500. The contract cost over the same period was £161,500.
team, Elle Osborne (16), from Pluckley, reached the final where shewon a bronze medal in the girls 16-17 years’ heavy- weight Kumite. Chris said: “All students
have worked so hard to get to these championships. It was a joy to see that hard work re- warded with success”.
Homes blocked MARCUS Monger’s plan for two single-storey homes at 1 Wordsworth Road, Penenden Heath, has been refused. Maidstone Council felt the proposal, which would have provided two parking spaces per home, “would result in a cramped and poorly-designed form of development that would be out of character with the appearance and layout of surrounding development, and result in a poor standard of amenity for future occupants”.
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