Everyone at North East Martial Arts has been overwhelmed by the support we have got for Kickathon 2010. Money is still coming in and so far the total is over £1,500...a brilliant result. Over the week we performed almost 10,000 kicks , it was incredibly tiring but a lot of fun,as the video on www.northeastmartialarts.co.uk  shows.

Winners medals were awarded to the students who could perform the most kicks in 1 minute: For higher grades more advanced kicks such as reverse turning kicks had to be included.

Under 6's:

Gold - Sam Hume (South Gosforth) 108 kicks

Silver - Jude Norris (Tigers) 106 kicks

Bronze - Harrison Smith (Whitley Bay) 99 kicks

Beginners:

Gold - Kate Armstrong (South Gosforth) 128 kicks

Silver - Andrew Shipley (Broadway) 122 kicks

Bronze - Oliver Clare (Tigers) 116 kicks

Intermediates:

Gold - Tadgh Brennan (Longbenton) 117 kicks

Silver - Omkar Dixit (Jesmond) 115 kicks

Bronze - Jed Kilday (South Gosforth) 107 kicks

Bronze - George Robson (Longbenton) 107 kicks

Advanced:

Gold - Steph Robson (Longbenton) 121 kicks

Silver - Tania Gopaulen (South Gosforth) 100 kicks

Bronze - Holly Appleby (Whitley Bay) 98 kicks

Medals will also be awarded to students who raised over £50 sponsorship each. Well done to Bethany Doherty who despite being injured and unable to kick still completed a ‘Punchathon’ and raised a massive £120 on her own.