Three martial artists from RMA Karate Centres in Barrie attended the 2012 WKC World Karate &
Kickboxing championships in Montreal this past week as part of the 350 member Canadian national
karate team. Brooke Z and Liam N performed well against top-notch competitors from other countries
but did not advance after being eliminated in the first round.
With 2012 being the last year for RMA black belt instructor Tressa Young to compete as a junior
member, she was eager to leave her mark and did just that. Young received honourable mention for
her accomplishments as a junior competitor through the years at the world competitions in Ireland,
Portugal and Spain. The second degree black belt and 8 time national team member not only advanced
in all 8 of her divisions this year she was asked to be part of the 16/17 year girls continuous and point
fighting teams.
The girls Canadian point fighting team had 3 matches and after 2 fights team England and team Canada
were tied. It was all up to Tressa Young's match and it was such a close one with points being scored back
and forth . At the end of the match Young won her match 6-4 putting team Canada in the finals against
team Ireland where they won gold for Canada.
After defeating the Irish in the preliminary round Canada advanced to the finals for 16/17 girls continuous
team fighting. Canada needed to win 2 out of 3 matches for gold. The first fight Canada lost to England,
Young won her fight but the final match Canada was defeated giving England the gold and Canada the silver.
At the end of the 2012 world competition Young left her mark winning 4 silver and 6 gold bringing her junior
medals for Canada to a total of 49, 23 of which are gold.
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