Pomphlett & Plymstock Karate Club
Plymouth Karate Club, Pomphlett
Welcome to the Pomphlett & Plymstock Karate Club, Pomphlett, Plymstock, Plymouth.
Venue: Pomphlett Methodist Centre, Pomphlett Gardens, Plymstock, Plymouth, Devon. PL9 7BL.
Training nights: Tuesday. (Closed during the whole of the Christmas School Holiday).
Time: 7-8.30pm. Intermediate & advanced.
Ages: Beginners minimum age 10, younger if already graded/training.
Price: £5 per session. 2 or more family units £4 per student. Train more than once a week for £3 per extra session/s.
Headquarters (Honbu). The Plymouth Karate Club, Pomphlett is the Honbu of British Wadokai and is our longest established club within the Plymouth Schools of Karate (Est. 2004), which is under direct guidance of Gary Swift Kyoshi 7th Dan.
The Plymouth Karate Club, Pomphlett & Plymstock, is open to all levels; beginners, intermediate and advanced.
A local Karate Club serving the communities of Pomphlett, Plymstock, Oreston, Hooe and Turnchapel, etc.
British Wadokai Southwest. Instructors: Gary Swift 7th Dan, Richard House 3rd Dan.
Tel: 01752-493210. Mob: 07719-773898. Email: garyswift@wadokai.co.uk
Travelling from Plymouth Town Centre take the Number 2 or Number 7 Bus from Royal Parade. Club venue is situated directly opposite Morrison's Supermarket at the Pomphlett Methodist Church, Pomphlett Gardens.
If you are travelling by car there is ample parking, but please ensure you park with consideration of other users entering the facilities (park close to the wall and as far inside as you are able to allow more cars to enter, thank you). (SatNav PL9 7BL).
Venue: Pomphlett Methodist Centre, Pomphlett Gardens, Plymstock, Plymouth, Devon. PL9 7BL.
Training nights: Tuesday. (Closed during the whole of the Christmas School Holiday).
Time: 7-8.30pm. Intermediate & advanced.
Ages: Beginners minimum age 10, younger if already graded/training.
Price: £5 per session. 2 or more family units £4 per student. Train more than once a week for £3 per extra session/s.
Headquarters (Honbu). The Plymouth Karate Club, Pomphlett is the Honbu of British Wadokai and is our longest established club within the Plymouth Schools of Karate (Est. 2004), which is under direct guidance of Gary Swift Kyoshi 7th Dan.
The Plymouth Karate Club, Pomphlett & Plymstock, is open to all levels; beginners, intermediate and advanced.
A local Karate Club serving the communities of Pomphlett, Plymstock, Oreston, Hooe and Turnchapel, etc.
British Wadokai Southwest. Instructors: Gary Swift 7th Dan, Richard House 3rd Dan.
Tel: 01752-493210. Mob: 07719-773898. Email: garyswift@wadokai.co.uk
Travelling from Plymouth Town Centre take the Number 2 or Number 7 Bus from Royal Parade. Club venue is situated directly opposite Morrison's Supermarket at the Pomphlett Methodist Church, Pomphlett Gardens.
If you are travelling by car there is ample parking, but please ensure you park with consideration of other users entering the facilities (park close to the wall and as far inside as you are able to allow more cars to enter, thank you). (SatNav PL9 7BL).
Parking at Pomphlett Church
Dear Members & Visitors, There is plenty of parking accommodation at Pomphlett Church. However, as you may discover there are two halls at Pomphlett Church, which would also require two-sets of parking for the facilities of the relevant members and users to the other clubs & groups using each facility.
Due to the importance of maintaining access and manoeuvring it is vitally important that we remain aware of the needs of all the users to the Church and neighbouring property.
In respect to our use (Karate Club) I have indicated the area for us to use so as there is good accessibility for the users of the adjoining hall.
When parking, please make sure you park as far inside as you can, allowing a vehicle to be able park alongside (although in certain areas this may not be possible). However, we need to maintain the gate area clear at all times for both access to and from the Church plus enabling vehicles to manoeuvre as comfortably as possible.
Your cooperation is greatly appreciated. Thank you. Gary E Swift (7th Dan) Kyoshi.
Due to the importance of maintaining access and manoeuvring it is vitally important that we remain aware of the needs of all the users to the Church and neighbouring property.
In respect to our use (Karate Club) I have indicated the area for us to use so as there is good accessibility for the users of the adjoining hall.
When parking, please make sure you park as far inside as you can, allowing a vehicle to be able park alongside (although in certain areas this may not be possible). However, we need to maintain the gate area clear at all times for both access to and from the Church plus enabling vehicles to manoeuvre as comfortably as possible.
Your cooperation is greatly appreciated. Thank you. Gary E Swift (7th Dan) Kyoshi.
The History of Pomphlett.
Pomphlett. The first written reference we have for Pomphlett or Ponnaflute appears in 1330. The early spelling of the name suggests that it may derive from an old English personal name Puna or Punna, coupled with ‘fleot’, again an old English word, meaning ‘a place where water flows; a creek, inlet, run of water’.
Thus we have Pomfleet as it’s called in Bellamy’s hand-written History of Plymstock (1843?). Bellamy however preferred to interpret the Pom as coming from Pilim, that is the ‘rolling river adjacent’. Making Pomphlett the ‘creek of the Plym’, an attractive enough idea but unlikely. Certainly though it’s easy enough to see how a double ‘e’-’t’ when hand-written can become an ‘e’ double ‘t’.
Incidentally in London ‘The Fleet’ originally described the run of water that flows into the Thames between Ludgate Hill and Fleet Street; today it is a covered sewer. Similarly at Pomphlett when the old mill at the head of this fleet was demolished in 1969 it was replaced by a sewage installation.
Source: www.chrisrobinson.co.uk/places/pomphlett.shtml
Thus we have Pomfleet as it’s called in Bellamy’s hand-written History of Plymstock (1843?). Bellamy however preferred to interpret the Pom as coming from Pilim, that is the ‘rolling river adjacent’. Making Pomphlett the ‘creek of the Plym’, an attractive enough idea but unlikely. Certainly though it’s easy enough to see how a double ‘e’-’t’ when hand-written can become an ‘e’ double ‘t’.
Incidentally in London ‘The Fleet’ originally described the run of water that flows into the Thames between Ludgate Hill and Fleet Street; today it is a covered sewer. Similarly at Pomphlett when the old mill at the head of this fleet was demolished in 1969 it was replaced by a sewage installation.
Source: www.chrisrobinson.co.uk/places/pomphlett.shtml
British Wadokai Southwest
