Galway Karate Clubs Grading

Faolchu Karate held our largest ever grading over the weekend with 166 students trying out for their next rank. Well done to everyone who challenged themselves to the next level.

What about your Mammy???

For many scholars and athletes the nature vs nurture debate is a common one. 

Are you a born talent or has training and study brought you to your current abilities.

Personally I've researched a lot about the subject and that's another days debate. 

Today after bringing 10 of our students aged from 9 years to 14 to Squad training in Dublin, where they had to be got out of their beds before 6am by Mammies and Daddies. The evidence is larger than ever, neither nature nor nurture can prevail without those parents.

The parents who make sure their child makes classes, competitions, squad training and all the other demands.

No child can prevail without a supportive parent.

And I would like to say a big thank you to all of you who sacrifice your sleep ins. 

Getting Busy

Karate preparation is well underway, with today's main tasks of cleaning, painting and paperwork.

The painting is fairly orderly by Malcolm , however the paperwork and computer mess is mine. This year I promised myself to create order.

Friendly Meet and Compete

 

A great day out in Tuam with Pat Murtagh Sensei and his students coming down train karate in Tuam . A big thanks to all who travelled down and competed on the day.

Tesco for Clubs & School

A huge thanks to everyone who collected the Tesco for clubs and school vouchers during the summer. I am please to say our extra training equipment arrived this week.

Tuam Karate Tournament Results

AGE 4&5 Kata
1st Anna Joyce
2nd Lukas Kiaulakis
3rd Sander Muller
3rd Mervyn Burke

AGE 4&5 Boys Kumite
1st Sander Muller
2nd Mervyn Burke
3rd Rian Murray
3rd Lukas Kiaulakis

AGE 4&5 Girls Kumite
1st Maeve Mc Cormac
2nd Anna Joyce

AGE 6&7 Kata
1st Alyssa Fahy
2nd Jamie O Toole
3rd Luke Comer
3rd Gabriele Kialkyte

AGE 6&7 Boys Kumite
1st Dmitrijs Cigulovs
2nd Jamie O Toole
3rd Luke Comer
3rd Shane O Hara

AGE 6&7 Girls Kumite
1st Gabriele Kialakyte
2nd Alyssa Fahy
3rd Alana Doherty
3rd Caoimhe Mc Carthy

AGE 8-10 Kata Mixed beg-red
1st Aaron Quinn
2nd Aodhan Mc Carthy
3rd Rian Maloney
3rd Ben Ronan

AGE 8-10 Kata Mixed yellow-brown
1st Jayden Murphy
2nd Róisín Brogan
3rd Dylan Joyce
3rd Jadzia Murphy

AGE 8-10 Girls Kumite
1st Sarah Rigney
2nd Jadzia Murphy
3rd Róisín Brogan

AGE 8-10 Boys Kumite
1st Jayden Murphy
2nd Ciarán Fleming
3rd Aaron Quinn
3rd Dylan Joyce

AGE 11+ Kata beg-red
1st Gordon Skinner
2nd Amy O Hara
3rd Sinéad Mullins
3rd Meadhbh Finnegan

AGE 11+ Kata yellow-brown
1st Nathan Collins
2nd Shauna Flynn
3rd Dean Rigney
3rd Regan Warde

AGE 11+ Girls Kumite
1st Shauna Flynn
2nd Laura Daly
3rd Cathy Mullins
3rd Sinéad Mullins

AGE 11+ Boys Kumite
1st Nathan Collins
2nd Dean Rigney
3rd Gordon Skinner
3rd Regan Warde

Tuam Competing

We have two upcoming competitions in May.
Firstly there's the Little Dragons Open Tournament in Ballina, Co. Mayo. This is suitable for all children under the age of 14, with semi-contact points; light contact-continuous; karate kumite and kata.
Then on the 13th of May in Dublin there's the JKS Ireland National Championships, this is best suited to age 6+ up to adult.

Entries must be in by Thursday the 1st of May.