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The annual clicker competition for 2003 was held
on Saturday 6th December 2003. This was open to all students including high
grades. The venue was Westport Dojo. Preparations had been ongoing in all clubs
for months prior to this event. Such was the desire to compete that the draw
was only made 3 days prior to the tournament and even on the day we had one or
two late entries. The final set-up of the hall was complete by 11.00 and
following the referees meeting and a demonstration of the rules the tournament
proper kicked off.
There were four categories for this competition
- Aged 10 and under (Approx 60 entrants)
- Aged 13 and under (Approx 16 entrants)
- Aged 16 and under (Approx 10 entrants)
- Over 16 (Approx 16 entrants)
With a total entry of over 100 fighters it was
going to be a long day for everyone not least the referees who performed
admirably throughout the day with little or no breaks. There were three
fighting areas each with a dedicated head referee, mirror referee, arbitrator,
timekeeper and draw controller. As usual Sensei Kevin ran around ensuring that
everything went smoothly. Each category was fought off through to the semi
finals and at this point all the fighting action switched to the centre area.
The days fighting finished on time at 17.00.
| Place |
10
and Under |
13
and Under |
16
and Under |
Over
16 |
| 1st |
Shannon
McGuinness
(Mullingar) |
Ciaran
Maguire
(Mullingar) |
Bartley
Heanue
(Letterfrack) |
Ken
Fitzpatrick
(Mullingar) |
| 2nd |
Gillian
Daly
(Mullingar) |
Sam
McGarry
(Killester) |
Alan
McCoy
(Mullingar) |
Patrick
English
(Finglas) |
| 3rd |
Ryan
Bracken
(Mullingar) |
Derek
Heanue
(Letterfrack) |
Jason
Ridge
(Letterfrack) |
Colm
Callan
(Killester) |
| 4th |
Niall
Curley
(Letterfrack) |
Alan
McDonnell
(Mullingar) |
Robert
Lydon
(Letterfrack) |
Stephen
Quaille
(Killester) |
Each Competitor received a medal to commemorate the event and the top four
all received a trophy and Certificate.
Special thanks must go to Sensei James
O'Malley for organising such a sucessful event.
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