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Ashley McKenzie stormed
to a gold medal win as the British team captured five medals at
the German European Cup in Hamburg on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8
August.
The gifted 21-year-old
opened his account in the under 60kg class by overcoming Berend
Werkman of the Netherlands. In the second round McKenzie scored
one of the biggest wins of his career after seeing off Ludwig
Paischer, Austria’s former two-time European Champion and 2008
Olympic silver medallist. That win was followed up by others over
Israel’s Artium Arshansky and Yaakov Abetbool. McKenzie sealed
one of the most memorable gold medals of his young career by besting
Swiss fighter Ludovic Chammartin.
Megan Fletcher produced
some fine displays in the under 70kg category to take a well-deserved
silver medal. Fletcher had a bye in opening round before beating
Switzerland’s Maite Eisner and Germany’s Laura Vargas Koch. Fletcher
beat U23 European Champion, Maria Bernabeu of Spain, before taking
the silver medal after losing out to former Olympic medalist Edith
Bosch of the Netherlands in the final.
Bronze medals came from
the talented female trio of Sally Conway, Gemma Howell and the
returning Sophie Cox.
In the under 63kg division
Gemma Howell defeated Germany’s Alice Schweinoch and then Germany’s
Marion Weissensteiner before losing out to France’s Urska Zolnir.
Howell beat France’s Rizlen Zouak, Germany’s Claudia Ahrens and
Jennifer Wichers of the Netherlands to seal a bronze medal.
In under 52kg action
was the returning Sophie Cox who had bye in first round. The 28-year-old,
who had taken a break from competing since 2005, beat Germany’s
Jessica Borchardt in the second round before slipping to Germany’s
Susi Zimmermannin. In the repechage Cox beat Miranda Wolfslag
of the Netherlands and Germany’s Jenny Nisser a to scoop an impressive
bronze medal in her return to the international fold.
The final bronze medal
come courtesy of under 70kg star Sally Conway who beat Luxembourg’s
Lynn Mossong, Germany’s Melanie Gerber and Anne-Katrin Lisewski
also of Germany. Conway lost the semi-final to Netherlands’ Edith
Bosch who went on to win the gold medal. In the repechage Conway
defeated German Laura Vargas Koch to seal a bronze medal.
Elsewhere under 60kg fighter
Greg Varey beat Stef Oomen of the Netherlands before falling to
Israel’s Yaakov Abetbool. Varey beat Brian-Miles Smith of Germany
before he was bested by Tobias Englmaier, also of Germany.
James Millar fell to Mikos
Salminen of the Netherlands in his opening fight.
In under 66kg action Sam
Dunkley had a bye in the first round but lost out to Germany’s
Adrian Kulisch in second round. In the repechage he lost out to
Austria’s Andreas Mitterfellner.
In the under 73kg division Germany’s
Norbert Fleischer defeated Brit Iain Feenan.
Lee Shinkin overcome
Czech fighter Micha Vanicek ahead of losing out to Moldova's Marcel
Trudov. In the repachage he swept past Germany's Stefan Friedrich
before falling to Germany's Karl Schoneburg.
Jerome Robinson-Reid
bowed out after losing his first contest to Norway's Martin Thiblin.
Daniel Williams triumphed
over David Miccoli of the Netherlands before losing to Israel’s
Ioseb Palelashvili.
Colin Oates defeated Neal
V. D. Kamer and Dmytro Sheretov before coming undone against Germany’s
Karl Schöneburg.
Patrick Dawson lost his
opening fight to German Soshin Katsumi.
In the under 81kg division
Tom Davis beat Vitaliy Dudchyk before losing out to Germany’s
Robert Conrad.
Tom Reed beat Milan
Bürges of Hungary and Germany’s Niklas Ebert before falling to
Belgium’s Joachim Bottieau. Reed bounced back in the repechage
by pulling off wins against Iceland’s Birgir Omarsson and Swiss
fighter Jonathan Jaquet. He lost to the bronze medal fight to
Robert Gess of Germany.
After a bye in the first
round Craig Stewart defeated Germany’s Daniel Falk before being
overcome by Arisar Sheinmann of Israel.
Adam Bick got the better
of Czech fighter Tomas Muzik in his first contest but lost his
second to Tom Rouwers.
David Groom defeated Ukraine’s
Vitalii Popovych, Germany’s Alexander Hampfe and Moldova’s Radu
Gincu before losing the semi-final to German Robert Gess. Groom
lost to Gemany’s Sven Maresch in the repechage.
In under 90kg action
Winston Gordon bested Dominik Wenzinger of Switzerland before
losing to Sweden’s European Champion Marcus Nyman. Gordon returned
to winning ways in the repechage as he beat Germany’s Frank Dedek
and fellow Brit Michael Horley before being edged out by Ukraine’s
Roman Gontiuk.
Michael Horley beat Iceland’s
Saevar Robertsson, and Germans Erik Wagner and Maksym Chykurda
before tasting defeat against Sweden’s Marcus Nyman.
Andrew Burns lost his opening
fight to Slovakia’s Milan Randl. In the repechage Burns beat Germans
Oliver Zabel and Florian Germroth before coming up short against
Ukraine’s Roman Gontiuk.
Luke Taylor lost his opening
contest to Finland’s Samuel Mäki.
In the under 100kg division
James Austin won through against Iceland’s Ingthor Valdimarsson
and the Nertherlands’ Jelle V.D. Berg. Austin entered the repechage
after a defeat to Moldova’s Stanislav Cernega where he lost out
to Stefan Krause.
In under 48kg action Kimberley
Renicks lost her first fight to Vanessa Garcia of Spain.
Francesca Steggall lost
her first outing to Spain’s Aida Sarmiento and lost out in the
repechage to Ukraine’s Olha Sukha.
In under 52kg action Louise
Renicks lost to Germany’s Jacqueline Lisson in her first fight
having had a bye in the opening round. Renicks beat Nikki Pluymaekers
of the Netherlands in the repechage but lost to eventual bronze
medallist, Holland’s Miriam Polak.
Siobhan O’Neil lost
to German Jenny Nisser in her opening contest.
In under 57kg action
Rebecca Dunning lost to France’s Tiffany Fraiderik after a bye
in the first round
Connie Ramsey had a bye in the first
and second round before falling to eventual bronze medallist Sandy
Nisser of Germany. In the repechage Ramsey defeated Spain’s Fatima
Ribot before losing out to Germany’s Viola Wächter who went on
to capture a bronze medal.
Faith Pitman beat Germany’s
Julia Malcherek in her opening fight and then Austria’s Hilde
Drexler before losing to the Netherlands’ Jennifer Wichers who
finished the tournament in fifth place. In the repechage Pitman
lost to Japan’s Tomoko Kumamoto.
Scarlet Woolcock lost to
Spain’s Maria Bernabeu in her opening fight. Woolcock defeated
Germany’s Julia Dorny in the repechage but then fell to Barbara
Bandel, also of Germany.
In over 78kg action
Sarah Adlington lost her first fight to Carola Uilenhoed of the
Netherlands. In the repechage Adlington defeated Germany’s Melanie
Gasch and Gerdien Kupers of the Netherlands before falling to
Slovenia’s Lucija Polavder in the bronze medal fight.
2010
German European Cup Gold Medalist Ashey McKenzie
British medallists:
Ashley McKenzie – Gold
(u60kg)
Megan Fletcher – Silver
(u70kg)
Sally Conway – Bronze (u70kg)
Gemma Howell – Bronze (u63kg
Sophie Cox – Bronze (u52kg)
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