November 17, 2014
Volyn Region Tournament was held in Lutsk on November 15th 2014. This competition has turned into good tradition and grand occasion for all karate fighters from Volyn. Pupils of Branch Chief Shihan Dmytro Volynets from all schools in Lutsk and Kovel took part in the tournament. Altogether there were 150 karate fighters in 27 categories, including the youngest sportsmen – children from kindergartens.
The official opening of the tournament was honored by the head of Sports and physical culture committee Volynets Yuriy Yosypovych. Together with Shihan he presented black belts to 3 fighters from Volyn regional branch: Pryhodko Maria (2nd dan), Leshchuk Olga (2nd dan) and Shevchuk Vasyl (2nddan).
Although there were many novice sportsmen, all the fighters have shown good shape and fighting abilities. Stepping on the tatami, everyone tried to show his/her best qualities.
Organization level of the tournament was very high. In spite of great number of participants everything was performed smoothly and without delays. As always, winners of the tournament were granted different awards – cups, medals and letters of commendation.
