Best of the Best Championships September 2008 Report.
It was an early start because the Black Belt fighting sections were held first. Pat White, the competition organiser, planned to run these sections first so that the Black Belts would help to referee once they were finished competing. Trying to get a Black Belt to referee just before they are due to compete would be like asking Eminem not to curse. It’s not going to happen! The kids sections were held a little bit late but everything was finished by 6pm, which as competitions go is early. Declan Kidd and I remember leaving some competitions at 11.30 at night and that was after having to register at 9am!
As per usual, we had a great turn out. Everyone fought very well and the improvement from all MAI competitors at each competition is very evident. If we charted the progress on a graph, there would be a large arrow pointing upwards. There were a few sections where Team MAI took home a couple of placings e.g. Black Belt Men’s Continuous; 1st, 2nd & 3rd.
Our Black Belts & a couple of our brown belts got stuck in refereeing and did a super job. Everybody noticed that the standard of refereeing was better than ever before and it can only be directly attributed to our involvement.
It was very hard to keep track of the results because so many of the sections were held at the same time. Please let me know if there are any inaccuracies or omissions.
Mens Black Belt Continuous: 1st Keith Quinn, 2nd Kiefer Crosbie, 3rd Colm O’Griobhtha
Mens Brown Belt Point: 1st Robert Mikulic, 2nd Stephen Large, 3rd Mark Masterson
Mens Purple Belts Continuous: 1st James Cramer, 3rd Ciaran Skerry, 3rd James Merrigan
Mens Purple Belts Points: 2nd James Merrigan, 3rd Ciaran Skerry
Mens Yellow/Orange Belts Continuous: 2nd Derek Rowe
Mens Yellow/Orange Belts Points: 1st Jurijs Savachuks
Womens coloured Belts Continuous: 1st Jenny Galander, 2nd Georgie Maher
Womens Purple Belt Points: 2nd Jenny Galander
Womens Yellow/Orange Belt Points: 1st Georgie Maher
Teen Boys Coloured Belts Points: 1st Geoffrey Kavanagh, 2nd Victor Peretz
Teen Boys Coloured Belts Points: 1st Daire Byrne
Teen Boys Coloured Belts Points: 3rd Eddie Lawlor
Teen Girls Coloured Belts Points: 1st Place Leanne Lawlor
Boys Coloured Belts Points: 2nd Place Dennis Dusmetov
Boys Coloured Belts Points: 2nd Place Glenn Lawlor
Boys Coloured Belts Points: 3rd Place James O'Flynn
27 MAI competitors and 25 medals won.
Congratulations to everyone who took part. Thank you to everyone who supported. There is plenty of room for more members to get in on the action and to start to compete alongside us. We look forward to the day that we have an army of 100+ MAI members competing. To make it easier for everyone to start and to give even more experience to our current members, we are delighted to be running ‘The Battle of the Dojo 7’ on Sunday 12th October 2008 at our D.15 Dojo. This is our very own club competition and a chance to compete in a friendly environment and to meet other MAI members. Please attend to show your support even if you are not competing.
Please click here for the Battle of the Dojo 7 Poster.
See you there,
Robert Devane
 The young guns. |
 1st, 2nd & 3rd. |
 Adam & Derek compete. |
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