The IKK sent another big team to the BKK regional in 2014.

Mens Novice Heavyweights:Piotr Korpal went two rounds and though he fought well he lost on decision. David Pommer also went two rounds before losing on weight. Richard Dunne also went one round before losing on decision.


Mens Open Heavyweights: Patrick English went one round but lost on decision. Alan McCoy also lost on decision after one round. Both fighters fought well especially since it was quite a while since either had last fought. David King beat his first round opponent by Ippon with Shita-Tsuki during Sai Shai. In the Semi final Dave gained a decision on weight before losing the final by Ippon.

Mens Open Lightweights: Ben Kelly  won his semi final by decision before losing by Ippon in the final to the current British Champion.

Mens Novice Lightweights:  Senan MacAodh won the Novice lightweighst having blitzed his opponent with aggression and power gaining the judges decision in the first round of the final.

All in all a good day and a few more trophies for the collection.

Ken

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The next Junior Clicker training session will be held in Galway Dojo (http://www.kyokushinireland.com/galway.html) on Saturday 31st May 2014

The Training will run from 14.00 to 16.00 and the cost is €7.00. Please bring Pads and Water.

Please encourage all Juniors to attend as the Coaches will be using these sessions to determine the team for the Severn Challenge/Cup of Europe in October and also for the World tournament in Israel in 2015.

Shane

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Senpai Aneta of Killester dojo recently returned to Lithuania to compete in their National Tournament. After a hard days fighting Senpai Aneta was crowned champion in her category adding to her growing collection of trophies.

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Frank O'Connor from Galway was kind enough to send on some photos he had taken at the Severn Challenge in 2013 and we present them here.

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Shane

On Saturday 29th March 2014 the Irish Karate Kyokushinkai held its annual Clicker Tournament in the Kingfisher Club in NUI Galway.

As usual on the morning of the event there was a lot of work to be done including setting out the mat areas, tables, trophies, finalise and update the draws, posting the draws, referees meetings, table officials meetings etc etc. I could go on and on and on.

Organising and running a tournament like this requires a committed team of people and this one was no exception. Thanks must go to all the coaches, parents and fighters for all of their hard work and commitment.

The team of officials performed above and beyond the call of duty with very few breaks throughout the day. Thanks to Ken, James, Patrick, Nigel, Anthony, Dave, Ben and Alan. The table officials are equally deserving of thanks for keeping the fights running. Thanks to Eric, Paul, Mark, Bridget, Shauna, Emilia and anyone else who helped out. Thanks to our in house photographer Ian. Thanks as ever to Shihan Kevin who ensured it all ran smoothly and to Shane who helped him.

Last thanks must go to Dave King and Louise Collins for their hard work that started long before everyone arrived and continued long after they left.

At the end of a hard day of fighting we had our winners and the results are presented below.

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Shane

Nikita Carrick

Congratulations to Senpai Aneta Meskauskiene who trains primarily in Killester dojo on her recent success at the KWU World Tournament in Sofia Bulgaria where she finished runner up in her category.

Aneta had some tough fights over 2 days facing opponents from Holland, Bulgaria, Great Britain and finally Russia. This was Anetas 4th Tournament of the year (and her second World Tournament). So far this year she has picked up two first places and two second places.

And she is not finished yet as I understand she is also entered in the upcoming British Open.

A great example of fighting spirit and determination.

Osu

Shane

Best of luck to our fighters competing in this weekends KWU World Tournament being held in Sofia, Bulgaria. We have Dave King and Aneta Meskauskiene competing in their Second World Tournament of the year. Looking after them is their Team Representative Shane MulhalBest of luck also to our neighbours and friends from Team GB.

The tournament is being streamed live here www.superkarate.ru

Sensei Stephen Quaille and Sensei Jon Maher held the latest Junior Squad session in Mullingar dojo on Saturday 27th July 2013.

After many squad sessions the coaches have picked their team for the forthcoming Severn Challenge in the UK. The Severn Challenge started life many years ago as a competition between England and Wales and has grown to include Switzerland, Ireland, Holland and Norway.

The Irish team has been out of the competition for a couple of years now but are looking forward to the event in October. The team is as follows:

• Shauna Arthur
• Allanah Arthur
• Thomas Holding
• Shane McLoughlin
• Frank O'Connor
• Brian O'Connor
• Joey Ward