Leeanne receiving her award pictured above with Clarion Hotel Manager & Rob Heigh (Gazette Group Sports Editior)

 Leeanne pictured above with Rob Heigh (Gazette Group Sports Editior ) & Paul Dempsey (Sky Sports & Setanta Sports Presenter)

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The USKFI had an extremely successful day of courses and gradings with Senseis Andy Sherry and Frank Brennan of the KUGB. Congratulations to the following sucessful dan grade candidates, as well as the 97 successful 6^th-1^st kyus! Click title for more.

Sandan

Eleanore Coates

James Farrelly

Nidan

Siobhan Elliott

Shodan:

Modupe Adenuga          Leon Hoban

Zara Daly                    Ross Merriman

Gerard Donoghue          Noel Daly

Shauna Egan               Barbara O'Brien

Fran Hoban                     Fiona O'Reilly

Congratulations to the following candidates who passed their USKFI Judges' Exam last month. The new Judges are pictured here having been presented with their certificates at the USKFI Shotokan Cup

James Bartley (Cabra)                  Rhonda Balfe-Hoban (Navan)

Georgia Coates (Corduff)              Siobhan Elliott (Corduff)

Raymond Stritch (Palmerstown)     Keith Sherlock (Newbridge)

Pictured above with USKFI Chief Instructor Sensei Michael Sherlock are the 2011 Shotokan Cup's Best Overall Performers, Eleanore Coates (left) and Leeanne Royle. Click title to read more...

The USKFI had a tremendously successful day at the recent KUGB Shotokan Cup, held in Chesterfield, England, last weekend. Click title to read more...