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For the 1st WKC these members were Jock Hopson, Keith Feltham, John O'sullivan, John Howell, Len Bean, Victor Harris and Deborah Hopson. The first 5 were in the team and all 7 were in the individual's matches.

Lots of strange things began to happen on the day before the Championships started.

Mr.Knutsen turned up with a second team stating that they were the official team which he had selected as he was the secretary general of the BKA and had not been consulted about the makeup of the team to represent GB. This situation had to be decidedbefore the next day, and asa a result all the team members were up until well after midnight in consultation with our VicePresident, Mr Takizawa, who eventually said that the team selsected by Mr.Fujii was the one to take part in the Championships and represent GB. For an association so young in experience the team did extremely well. Fighting ourselves through three rounds with Jock Hopson getting the better of the Captain of the Hawaiian team who was 6th Dan, myself managed the same thing in the individual matches. 

The 1st WKC and its upsets was the start of a lot of bad feeling within the BKA. 

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