Congratulations to Conor Kelly & Kiah Reid who both won Gold today at the Irish Open in Dublin. Conor won the minor boys u45kgs and Kiah won the minor girls u33kgs. Also well done to Daniel Curry who won Bronze in the u34kg category.
Irish Open Results
Well done to Alan Kerr who won Gold today at the Irish Open in the Junior men’s u90kg category, he also finished in 5th place in the seniors. James Reid had a good day winning 2 Bronze medals in the Cadets & Juniors while Ian Mitchell claimed Silver in the seniors. It was a good day for the slightly older players competing in the Masters event, Ricky Sloane won Silver in the u90kgs with Iain Kelly claiming Bronze in the same category, and there were Bronze medals in the u73kgs for Robert Morrow & Adam McCune. Well done to everyone who fought today & good luck to Conor, Kiah & Daniel who fight tomorrow.
4th National Medal for Jodie Kee!
Congratulations to Jodie Kee who today claimed Bronze in the Junior Women’s under 57kg category. This is the 4th time Jodie Kee has medalled at the British Championships and the 8th National Medal Murakwai have won in the last 7 years. Well done Jodie!
Cameron Kelly becomes British Champion!
Cameron Kelly has become the first Judo Player ever from Northern Ireland to win the Junior British Championships! Cameron claimed Gold in Pre-Cadet Boys (12 & 13 year olds) under 60kg category. This is Cameron’s 2nd British Championship medal (and Murakwai’s 7th in recent years) as he claimed Bronze in the same event 2 years ago. Daniel Mayhew also performed well winning 3 fights at his first British Championships, finishing up in 7th place. James Reid & Robyn Kelly completed Murakwai’s line-up on Day one. Good luck to Jodie Kee who fights tomorrow.
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5 out of 5 on day 2 of the Leinster Open
All 5 players who fought for Murakwai today all returned home with medals. Matthew Elliott followed up his success yesterday where he won the Irish Open Wrestling Tournament by winning Gold in the minor boys u45kgs. In the same category, Conor Kelly claimed the Silver after narrowly losing out to Matthew in the final. There were Silver medals for James Reid (Cadet u60kgs) and Caitlin Hull (Cadet u52kg) and Bronze medal for Kiah Reid. Congratulations to all!