Tuam Karate Club had great success at the Irish Open Shotokan Karate Championships in Fermoy, Co. Cork on Sunday last. 10 members of the club took part in the competition and a total of seven national level medals were brought home, with successes across almost every category and division. This really was a fantastic result for the club, especially as it was many of the squad’s first ever time competing in a Karate tournament! The standard at the Irish Open was, as ever, very high, but the club easily held its own and all our hard training every week clearly paid off! We hope to build on this success and return to the event next year with even more members attending and maybe even a few more medals too! A huge congratulations to all who attended, you all did the club proud. Thanks also to Sensei Brian Toomey, 6th Dan, and all at Kenbukan Dojo in Fermoy for an enjoyable and well run event. OSU! Persevere!
1st, 2nd AND third for Tuam! DaithÃ, Matthew and John from the club won all three medals in the under 16 Kumite (fighting) category! The medals were presented by the head coach of the Italian Karate team who traveled over for the event. More photos from the day have been added to the photo gallery.
Ben.
