Seven members of the Galway Black Dragon Kickboxing
Club will travel as part of IKF Team Ireland to Marina Di Carrara in Tuscany,
Italy to take part in the Unified World Martial Arts Championships from 30th
October to 3rd November.
They will jet out early on Wednesday morning, 30th
October, with teams from Kilkenny, Navan and Athlone from Dublin Airport to
Pisa Airport where a chartered bus will bring them first to get weighed in and
complete medical checkups, before retiring to their hotel for the evening to
rest up before the competition begins on Thursday.
The Unifieds are the largest Martial Arts
Championships on the planet attracting over 5000 athletes from over 110
countries from all continents and the Galway fighters will compete in the
Kickboxing & K-1 disciplines.
Galway coach Pete Foley who is also the Irish team
manager, is confident that his team have a good chance of winning medals and is
looking forward to a great event.
Once again, the team did all their own fundraising
and Pete wishes to thank anyone who helped in any way such as perhaps buying a
raffle ticket, contributing towards the annual Black Dragon 5k run or donating spot
prizes etc.
It’s all very appreciated and they will do their
utmost to do their club, town and country proud.
