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Letterkenny Shotokan Karate Club held its first grading since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic at the Aura Centre on Saturday.
The students grading have been training hard over the last few months and it paid off.
Students from white belt to brown belt took part in a test to obtain their next belt, as well as three students taking part in a pretest for their dan (black belt) grades.
The following students, working with sensei John Wilkie, were successful and were awarded their next belt.
9th kyu - Orange belt: Oliver J Augustine, Aleena Jomon, Lily Gallier, Matthew Gallier, Diya Anish, Joshua McHugh, Dominic McHugh, Shreya Satheesh, Arya Satheesh, Satheesh Kumar, Agnieska Sokol, Petra Bodna, Micheal Harvey, Mia Jane Boyle, Seanan Kelly, Marlyn Alex, Meera Sudheesh, Sudheesh Satheesan, Darsheed Sadheesh, Deepu George Vazhayil, Joshua George Vazhayil, Maya Niranjana, Leo Gubbins, Megan Callaghan, Emily Callaghan, Luke Murray, Dilan O'Boyle, Peter O'Boyle.
8th kyu - Red belt: Oliwia Sypniewska, Matthew Grant.
7th kyu - Yellow belt: Gerard Doherty.
6th kyu - Green belt: Ivana Benney, Benny Jose, Taylor Hughes, Kyle McGuigan.
4th Kyu - Purple white Belt: Megha Manoj Thampi, Aoibheann Keys.
3rd kyu - Brown belt: Anika Benny, Georgia Martin, Evan Ward, Rishon Sojan.
2nd kyu - Brown white belt: Peter Ogle
1st Dan (black belt) pretest: Manoj Radhakrishnan
2nd Dan (black belt) pretest: Brian McGlynn
3rd Dan (black belt) pretest: Mary O'Neill
The Letterkenny Shotokan Karate Club training takes place on Mondays from 7-8pm at the Letterkenny Community Centre, Wednesdays from 7pm -8pm at Aura Leisure Centre and Saturdays at Letterkenny Community Centre from 1-2pm.
The next club competition will take place on April 23rd 2022. There will be a barefoot walk for Irish Guide Dogs Donegal Branch May 28th at The Aura Leisure Centre at 2.30pm.
The next club grading will take place in June or July, date to be confirmed.
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