Road to Nationals 2023
More than 600 of the top karatekas from across Canada descended on Place Bell in Laval, Que., July 7-9, 2023, for the largest National Championships ever. And Veronica was one of those athletes
🥋January 2023 became a Karate Alberta Team Prospect at the direction of her Sensei
🥋Attended 5 training seminars between January & June
🥋Competed in the Provincial Selection Tournament as an Advance Athlete
🥋May was confirmed a member of the Provincial Team
Veronica’s Training Schedule:
- Monday is traditional Kata Class
- Tuesday is Sparring focused
- Wednesday is Competition Crew Training
- Thursday is traditional Kata Class
- Friday is specialized sparring class
- Saturday specialized Kumite class
As a Team Prospect she has been a part of 5 one day trainings in February, March, April & 2 in June
Team training will also happen on July 4, 5 & 6 in Quebec.
Karate Alberta Provincial Selection Tournament
Provincial Tournament April 30, 2023 Veronica is ranked 19/101 competitors in all divisions & categories.
Below is a snippet of Veronica’s Kumite Division at Provincials
2023 National Championships DETAILS
Veronica competedg in Youth (U14) Kata Female and Youth (U14) Kumite Female +52KG,
Competition day was Friday, July 7, 2023
Kata Individual Female – Youth 9:05 AM EST Tatami 4
Kumite Individual Female – Youth +52 kg 12:40pm EST Tatami 1
Below is Veronica’s Kata at Nationals Score of 32.9, Final Ranking 11th in Individual Female Youth
Start at 57.43 & end at 59.43
Below is one of Veronica’s Kumite Fights Final Ranking 9th in Kumite Individual Female – Youth +52 kg
Start time begins at 4:51:34
This was a huge financial investment. This is a breakdown of the costs involved for 2023’s trip to Nationals.
This is a comprehensive list of what was involved for her to compete:
Training & Tournament fees (each session starts at $100+)- Transportation: fuel, airfare, shuttle service,
- Accommodations including hotels & billeting
- Meals, a girl has gotta eat & we do our best to meal plan to ensure our intake of restaurant & fast food is very minimal
- Equipment, 4 Gis ($215 each), 2 sets of gloves ($39 each), 2 sets of shin pads ($61.90 each), body vest($66.67), breast protector, mouth guard, 2 belts, helmet
- Celebration banquet on the last day ($89 each)
- Formal wear for banquet & proper attire for podium presentations
- Team Uniform
- The cost of a legal guardian to travel with her as she is a minor
Through donations, bottle drives, sponsorships & gifts $1416.00 was raised to use towards the costs to send Veronica to nationals.
Thank you to everyone who was apart of this for Veronica.
