Karate Canada wishes to salute the dedication of our Canadian Referees who recently officiated at the 31st Senior Pan American Karate Championships in Willemstad, Curacao. A record number of 16 officials attended the event, 7 of them participated in the referee course to update their license and many were selected to officiate during the final rounds of the competition. Our sincere congratulations to:

• Djibril Ba, completed Kumite Judge C
• Aristhène Clairmeus
• Thomas De Freyman, completed Kumite Referee B
• Yoshie Furumoto, completed Kumite Referee B
• Jean-Pierre Gendron
• Andreas Kuntze, completed Kumite Referee B
• Don Mazerolle
• Yogen Mungroosing, completed Kumite Referee B
• Rosella Ng, completed Kumite Judge B & Kata Judge B
• François Persico
• André Pronovost
• Derek J. Ryan
• Jean-Marc Somma
• Yaro Tarana
• Michael Wai-Song
• Valentyna Zolotarova, completed Kumite Referee A