Karateka make notable gains in 2024 rankings

Hairouna Karate Federation has released its official rankings based on the performance of athletes in 2024.

In the individual accumulative ranking, Amani Martin, who began the year with zero points, ended 2024 as top-ranked in the male under-10 category with 450 points from his sole event.

Nathalia Greaves amassed 690 points from 1 event to top the female category ahead of one other karateka.

Liam Bollers amassed 3,005 points from his four events to end the year as top-ranked in the U12 Male category.

He outperformed eight other karateka, moving from 435 points at the beginning of the year to ending on 3,440 and opening 2025 on 1,720.

Ari DaSilva, who attended two events, topped the female category, ahead of seven others, with 1,935 points in 2024, to begin 2025 with 968.

In the U14 male category, Jaeden Guy came out on top, ahead of three others. He began 2024 with 465 points and ended with 1,065 from 1 event. Guy began 2025 with 533 points.

The three events that Amiyah Bascombe attended generated 4,380 points to put her ahead of two other U14 females. Bascombe began 2024 with 375 points and ended with 4,755. She opened 2025 with 2,378 points.

Rishawn Roache outperformed five other karateka in the Cadet Male (14-15) category, in which there were no rankings in the female category.

Roache attended three events in 2024, which he began with 225 points and ended with 2,985. He began 2025 on 1,493 points – 230 more than the closest of rival among the five other karateka.

There were also no female entries in the junior category (16-17), in which Christian Joseph out-ranked two other karateka after two events in 2024. Joseph who began the year on zero points ended with 1,700 and began 2025 with 850.

Terrance Providence was the top performer in the U21 males, ahead of two other karateka, while J-Don Matthews was the sole female in this category and, therefore, topped the ranks.

Claude Bascombe Jr, one of the two athletes in the Senior Male category (21+) ranked number 1. He opened 2024 with 810 points and ended with 2,790 to open 2025 with 1,395 points.

Amiyah Bascombe scored the most points of all the karateka ranked in 2024.

She began the year with 375 points and ended on 4,755 to begin 2025 with 2,378 points.

Liam Bollers secured the second-highest number of points, ending 2024 with 3,440 points – 3,005 more than he had at the beginning of the year. He began 2025 with 1,720 points.