Kyokushinkai Karate
THE SCOTTISH Open tournament, which is run by Iain Rodger from the Oban and Lochgilphead clubs, was great success with all those who took part vowing to return next year. There were very few Scottish fighters in the mix but Karen Paterson from the Lochgilphead Kyokushinkai Karate club took a second place in the ladies’ novice category, which has spurred Karen on and she is now in training for the Irish Open in June.
Darryl McLaughlin has sustained an injury and now won’t compete at the Kyokushin Cup in Glasgow on April 7. His sights are now set on the Irish Open in June and the British Open in October.