Club Constitution

The Club Constitution is now complete and available to all members. The document is compliant with all current legislation. If you want a copy please let myself or Marie know. This has been a large undertaking and the finished document is 34 pages long. However with this completed we are Sports Council compliant and in a better position to apply for funding and grants etc.

Also remember there will be no Children's Karate classes for the month of August. Classes commence again the first week of September. If you know of anyone who wants to start let us know immediately as there are only a limited number of spaces available.

Adult classes will break for the first two weeks of August and recommence the third week.

Faolchú Championships

Here are some photos from our competition today. Congratulations to all those who took part.

Faolchú Championships

Here are some early photos from our Championships

Trophies for the Championships

We received the trophies yesterday and here is a pic of some of them. We hope all our karate kids enjoy themselves tomorrow. The draws for the first rounds of each event have been made and we have a near full turnout for the competition. Best of luck to you all.

New Web Site

I would like to let everyone know that we have created a new web site. You can now also find us at

http://www.tuamkarate.com/

We will still be using the blog to post current news and events. Help raise our web profile by searching for and visiting our site.

A reminder that Friday is the last day for entries to the competition and the draw for the first rounds of each Event will be made during the senior class on friday so feel free to attaend if you want.

Faolchú Club Championships

Entry forms are now available for the competition along with a cover poster to give details of the events and age groups.
Make sure to get one from us at your next class as all entries must be in before the event. We are not accepting late entries or any entries on the day.

Each student may enter 2 events and will leave with at least 2 participation medals so it is well worth while taking part.

We intend to try and recreate on a smaller scale the feel and rules etc. of a normal competition, to give each student and their parents an introduction to what that may be like. Competition is a usefull tool to improving Kata and fighting skills and boosting confidence, so we are encouraging everyone to give this in house competition a go.

COMPETITION

After receiving feedback from students and parents, we can now confirm our inhouse competition will go ahead at the end of July.
The competition plans to be a fun day out with the intention of giving the children's karate and confidence a boost before we take our holidays for August.
There will be trophies for 1st, 2nd and 3rd and a participation medal for those who do not place.
The Tuam Karate Competition will be held in The Indigo Holistic Healing Centre, talk to your Instructors for details on the event.

Well done to our students of the Month

Nathan Collins
Sisters Aela and Naoise Kane, with Eoghan Murphy.

Competition in Co. Sligo

Jayden Murphy entered a novice tournament last Sunday in Sligo. He was unfortunate to be placed in the age group above his own due to his height and having previously competed. In his first continuous bout there was a 5-5 draw by the end of the match, this caused extra time to be added. There was a close fight and Jayden was not victorious on this occasion, the wee guy who eliminated Jayden went on to be the overall winner.
Jayden is our only club member who is currently training in kickboxing although we hope to change that before the year is out.