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Hi Terry,

Just a few words from an arch nemises of yours in times gone by. Manys a time we fought against each other in club events and with each other in international events.
I can still remember your unique flamboyant style (hard as nails! during our many contests.
It much be a privilage for you to hear from a person who taught you so much after a long time!
I always knew you admired me, you even joined our club to fight in an event in Crystal Palace one time, I still have pictures, you traitor !
I hope you are keeping well, its looks to me your pictures in this site show you couldnt beat snow of a rope !
Seriously, I think of times in karate in Derry and all the characters in karate at that time.
I hope you agree the sport can offer someone a lot of lessons in life if they are prepared to learn.
I hopeyou get this message, all the best

Paul Bell

Well done to all UKC competitors in the UKF Open Tournament last weekend in Donegal. Many trophies were won and many 'personal bests' were achieved.
Remember "Others will follow".

Just to let everyone know that Carlow Karate Club have a new website.
Visit us on www.carlowkarateclub.net
You might have to use the top address bar on your log in page.
Have a look around and please leave comments on our chat forums.
A new site so please give us time to get it up and going.

Hi Terry,
Lost your email address so decided to "post" you on the website.

FEKO is about to re-join the WKC, and after all of the rubbish that has come about from the likes of the WKF Ex Com members, about time too don't you think!

Look forward to seeing you again to share a gargle or two old mate!

Kind Regards,

Brian Philcox

Just a quick thank you to everyone associated with the competitions on Saturday last in the Queens University. All of our competitors from arlow really enjoyed the day and the standard of kata and kunite displayed from everyone attending.
A special thanks to the Italian Sensi for his class.
Jim Carlow Karae Club. ROI.

The Belfast Youth Karate International
Well done to all members of the UKC who demonstrated high standards of skill and committement during the event. You have done us proud again against somevery tough competiors from Italy and the Republic of Ireland.
WELL DONE TO ALL
Thanks also to all who helped make the day a great success.

Raymond

i will have to say both t-shirts are nice but i think the tracksuit with more blue in it is better lookin green one way to in your face

i like the blue tracksuit wif the blue t-shirt the green
1 is not the best so pick the blue 1 wif blue t-shirt jeff lol !!
ok TJ will do my best for you! Jeff

getting interested again after my two daughters took up the sport, had many a good training session in brooke park with the nihon wado club, big Gavin Duffy, Terry Boyle, Ordhan Lafferty, Kieran Canning, Willie Lynch, Carmal Doherty and god rest Harry Boyle.........great days!

da blue tracksuit an da green top would be nice ! =]

We're for the navy tracksuits and the green t-shirts...think be nice combination =] Nice designs too. are the bottoms zipped up the side??
Yes zip bottoms which must say closed at all times!!!!!!Jeff

were wit shannon on dat 1!!up da NAVY lol

hey!! da tracksuits r reali nice but id go 4 da more blue jacket intsead of da 1 which mostly green!

Lol,dose pics are sooo funny. Had mad craic -can't wait till next year!

anyone any news about rosario karate club?

David news about Rosario will be available soon

dat camp was cracker craic!! laughed lk a lot lol awesome pics!

glad you enjoyed it shannon....stick at karate cos your X factor song ws rubbish!! Jeff

nice pics!!!!great camp really enjoyed it.carols group was the bomb!!
wooohoooo i got da xfactor!!!gud times!!!xD

this is pigeon signing off!!!!!!!!lolxxooxx
well done emer!! glad you enjoyed it!!

Nice pictures guys!
Although ESPORTA rule and so you camp is simply inferrior to ours =p.
Peter Doggart you jave been rumbled but we can discuss at next squad!!!

Excellent pictures!! Was such a great weekend, really loved it and never laughed so much!! Think it should run for a week next year :)

Hi.
Just wondering , I used to do karate almost 20 years ago and still rem some basics and the manguage etc. I am wanting to start back again and have set a goal of reaching shodan by 2010. Is this a bit ambitous or is it acheivable? If i do every grading possible and pass is it actually possible.Many thanx

Alan with proper training and application everything is possible.

does anyone know is sensei cathy mcaleer into kickboxing? Im near sure i have seen her on pro kick stuff?

Alan yes she does she is the former Celtic Champion!!!

Just want to wish Jeff and Cathy the very best of luck at the Senior World Championships in Italy..I'm sure they'll do Northern Ireland and everyone in the UKC very proud...good luck guys!!!!

North West Open Karate Championships Killygorden
Well done to all members and parents and friends from the SKU who did an outstanding job of preparing the venue for the NW Open on Saturday 14 April. Well done also to the host club, North West SKU, for investing almost 8K in new tatami mats, they are without doubt the best mats held by any group within UKC, I would urge other clubs to invest in these particular ones made by Pavigym, contact Carol or Mandy for the details.
Congtatulations to all those who took part and well done done to those who won medals on the day.
Thanks again to all the hard working officials and Tournament assistants without whom the events would not take place.
We look forward to the North of Ireland Open later this year.
Raymond Shannon
Chief Instructor SKU
Director of Refereeing UKC

congratulations to every one in the north west open today. well done to all from rosario!

Congratulations to Cathy Mc Nulty who won Sports Person of the Year last night and to Stephanie Gallagher who won Young Player of The Year...this is another great achievement for them both and we are all very proud of them..well done girls!

jus like to say well done to jeff and hope to see use all at the nxt squad. By the way jeff my legs are killing me after ur wee reaching

On behalf of all the students from the SKU we would like to congratulate Sensei Jeff Hillis who won Northern Ireland Coach of the Year last night!! We'd also like to thank him for all his hard work and dedication over the years...Well done Jeff!!

so were is my photo den jeff lol

only winners ge a picture!! jeff

Well we are just back from another very successful tournament, the highashi event in Reading. Congratulations to everyone who competed at the weekend, they once again did themselves and the UKC very proud! Was a great trip and the support was excellent...also heard that UKC came top of the medal table!!!! Well done to all!

I would like to congratulate Chelsie Rowland on winning the Derry Female Juvenile Sports Award on 24th January. Congrats also to Ryan Dickson on winning Sports Person of the Month in Dromore. Its great to see the Junior Squad getting some well-deserved recognition.

Thankyou to everyone who attended the Referee Course on Sunday 21 January.
It was a great success, we had over 50 people in attendance. I was very pleased to see so many new people signing up for both courses. Excellent work by the Tournament Officials. Results will be announced after the UKC Championships, where I hope to see you all. Raymond Shannon Director of Refereing UKC

Happy Xmas everybody in UKC, from all of the Foyle Wado Kai. Hope the New Year is good to you all. See you at the next Event.

Great pictures of the squad in Germany..love the mug shots of all the parents :)

Congratulations to all the competitors and coaches and assistants of the Ulster Karate Council Team for your achievements at the 5th World Children and Juniors Championships in Hanover last week. From the relatively small team we brought of 14 competitors we brought home 5 medals including 1gold - terrific. Special thanks go Sensei Jeff Hillis UKC Team Manager for organising everything and for preparing the team.

Well done Everyone at the Squad, Fantastic result lifting 5 medals in Germany.
Special praise for one of my own students Chelsie Rowland who won Gold. If you
access the WKC website everyone can see Chelsie in action during the Tournament. Great job done by Jeff and all his assistants !!!! Another UKC WORLD CHAMPION!!!

I would just like to say well done to the whole squad who competed at the World Championships in Germany. They all performed to the very best of their ability and did everyone proud. Also a huge congratulations to Chelsie Rowland who lifted Gold, Cathy mc Nulty silver, Glen Bailey silver, Stephanie Gallagher bronze, and Emer Dullaghan bronze, what an achievement!!!!! The support the parents gave to the squad over the week was fantastic and the team spiirt demostrated from all was phenomenal! It was an amazing experience for all and one we will never forget! Roll on Slovenia!!! :)

It was my pleasure to met some of your members at 5 th Junior World Championships held in Hannover, Germany. Very good boys and girls. Hope too see you soon.
Sincerly,
Alexsander Jankovic, Karate assosiation of the Republic of Srpska (KSRS).

North West Shotokan Karate Club would like to wish Sensei Hillis the very best of luck in the 10k Karate Clash in London tonight

The new site is looking great, keep up the good work. Thanks to Sensei Boyle, and Sensei Shannon for such an enjoyable day last sunday at the Gasshaku, all our kids and parents thoroughly enjoyed it. See you all Soon

Just to thank our UKC friends for supporting our event in Reading on April 29th. Congratulations also on your results.

great website lots of imformation the gallery looks fab also will look even better when we get our photo's on it . look forward to seeing u all on sunday. c ya chelsie

Congratulations to both the coaches and the team who travelled to England for the Higashi Open last weekend and performed so strongly. Well done keep up the good work!

Congratulations on the the new web site, it looks great. Congrats to all the up and coming stars in the North of Ireland Karate scene, keep bringing them titles home.

Well done to all who helped run the North West Open, especially Denis Donaghy for all the catering facilities etc. It was agreat day !
PS Levi was on the U13 Team kata winners, so she can get her wish...

yea jeff weres my picture????? only joking

Levi, you have to win the North West Open to get your picture on the site!!

Nice photo terry, see you in Burnfoot March 18th. Will have a junior and senior squad to contend all the medals we won at your competition last year.

I love the new website. There's only one thing missing though - where's my photo?!?! See you at the North West Open.
Sophie Rodgers

Sophie....your picture is on the UKA website have a look in our links section

Watch out for Scott Thompson, dynamite, next All Ireland Karate Championship. The boy is a natural.

Great to see the new site, Hope to see many new faces at the up and coming junior and senior squads. Lets hope all associations support their National team by sending people to all the squad sessions.

well wat's the craic people?
Good to see we now a web page that we can all check up on, keep the good work up and I look forward to get back trainning and hopefully make the squad!!! also to all senior's get your act together and get back trainning as we could have a good chance in the forth comeing competitions if we get our act together.
!!!come on danny boy!!!!

Nice website, keep up the good work

I have had my club in the UKC for a few years. I echo the views of the present Chairman and think it is great to give everyone opportunity at all levels in karate. Certainly my club now has about 7 kids who regulary represent NI and at least 3 adults who have as well.
We have learned a lot, made many new friends across the world and thougherly enjoyed ourselves.
Well done to all involved and keep up the great work throughout the UKC !

David Brashaw
WKC World Champion

website's looking good jeff,keep up the good work!