Local karate athletes, Levi Kane and Amy Adair both from Conlig, recently travelled to the British Open Karate Championship in Harlow, Essex. The championships, hosted by Karate England, attracted karateka from across the UK and Republic of Ireland. In the individual events both ladies shone. In the Wado-Ryu kata category Levi collected a silver medal and was closely followed in the bronze medal position by Amy. Levi then went on to add anther British silver medal to her growing collection in the All-Styles individual kata event. Current IKU world bronze medallist Amy, then collected another bronze medal. This time it was in her Sanbon Kumite (three-point sparring) event. Coach David Brashaw added. “This was a fantastic event. I was delighted to see our top two ladies mixing it with some of the best in the world and bringing more medals back to Northern Ireland. Simply superb.”
