On Saturday, June 9, the sixth WKF Karate Tournament for the Kocie Góry Cup took place in Kryniczno near Wrocław. The competition brought together 175 athletes from 11 karate clubs in Lower Silesia. The competitors took part in five events: kihon and forms kata (technical events), phantom and kumite (fights), as well as an agility obstacle course for the youngest competitors.
Our town was represented by 18 karate competitors from TOP Bolesławiec: Dominika Grzyb, Karolina Sacher, Mateusz Bagłaj, Maciej Graczyk, Maciej Przybilski, Filip Dudyński, Radosław Burdzy, Adam Rosiński, Wiktor Małkowski, Jakub Kasprzyk, Fabian Zmaczyński, Filip Kafel, Julia Stadnik, Gabrysia Ostrowska, Mikołaj Olek, Dominika Korzeniewicz, Michał Bieliński and Wiktor Małkowski.
After a full day of competition, coach Robert Bieliński’s trainees won 20 medals in tough sporting rivalry.
Special recognition goes to our youngest competitor, Julia Paszek, who won three medals at her first competition: silver in the obstacle course and bronze in kihon and phantom.
Here is the medal tally of the other competitors:
- Radosław Burdzy – bronze in kata and kihon
- Dominika Korzeniewicz – bronze in kata and kumite (open, 2008 age group)
- Maciej Przybilski – bronze in kihon and phantom
- Adam Rosiński – bronze in kumite (open, 2005 age group) and team kata
- Wiktor Małkowski – bronze in kumite (open, 2004 age group) and kata
- Maciej Graczyk – bronze in open kumite 2007 age group and kihon
- Jakub Kasprzyk – bronze in phantom
- Mikołaj Olek – silver in kihon
- Mateusz Bagłaj – bronze in phantom
- Dominika Grzyb – bronze in team kata
- Karolina Sacher – bronze in team kata.