Interior Open Karate Championship

By: Senpai Rex Alvin Francis

Recently about a week ago, our team that consist of 23 peoples (20 participants, 2 coaches and a team manager) has took part in the second Interior open Karate-Do Championship, held at Dewan Masyarakat Keningau on 4th-5th july. Around 320 participants had took part in this tournament. Led by the team manager, Mr or familiarly Cg. Witer, our team under the flag of Ranau team has won 6 bronze medal, despite facing a lot of lost and defeat, it is proven that our karateka had impoved based on their performance, even some of the defeats are due to the poor referre and judging system. Tenom has crowned as the overall champion, followed by Kompleks Sukan Keningau (KSK) and Tambunan. Below are the list of medallists and the categories:

1. Bronze: Team Kata 16-17 years old

1. Marwati Marzuki
2. Nur Farahin Jusli
3. Noraini Amin

2. Bronze: Boys Kumite 16-17 years old (-55kg)

Jackner Pilin

3. Bronze: Girls Kumite 16-17 years old (-53kg)

1. Marwati Marzuki
2. Nur Farahin Jusli

4. Bronze: Girls Kumite 16-17 years old (-59kg)

1. Ooi Tze Chi
2. Shirley Voo

5. Bronze: Boys Kumite 16-17 years old (+68kg)

1. MD. Souvry Eiqhwan