Both of them showed enormous perseverance in refusing to give in to their competitors, many of whom were more experienced then they were, and they did themselves proud, and Sasha came away with a bronze. Mitra Mansori came second in her patterns division - our first patterns medal of the championships won by one of our most experienced competitors. Also competing in this age group for the boys was Alex Connolly, who likewise did East Coast proud. On the Saturday the veterans competition was also held, in which we had two East Coast representatives – Jeni Field and Chris McCabe. Jeni did a wonderful job in her very tough sparring section, emerging second after a final of extremely high-intensity, to say the least, which was complimented by her silver place in patterns on Sunday. Chris McCabe came second in his patterns division, while also putting on an impressive display in his sparring, winning his division – a spectacular reverse turning kick saw his opponent unable to continue and the crowd in awe.

Sunday was the day for the junior competitors, as well as the seniors. It proved to be an extremely good day for East Coast, with everyone medalling in at least one event. In the junior ranks, Paudie Farrell came second in his sparring division in a powerful display, with Abbie Soon winning hers, displaying her full range of skills (as well as coming third in patterns). The junior events saw extremely high standards, with a large number of competitors fighting at very high levels. Dylan Soon was unlucky in his fights, being faced with some very tough competition, but sparred very well. Both Paudie and Dylan represented Ireland in the junior team sparring, coming second. Shireen Mansori represented the girls on the team which was narrowly defeated by Scotland, showing why she made the Emerald Cup team, and also got second in her patterns. Leigh Martindale showed some great skills in winning his coloured belt sparring division, while his technique and power won him silver in patterns. Owen Mansori claimed the gold in sparring with some fantastic kicking, and also came second in the power breaking, ignoring injury and showing some serious power. Laura Cremen came third in her patterns, and claimed second place in a highly physical sparring division. She also came third in power breaking. Barry Brophy showed his readiness for his black belt grading by coming third in his patterns, with an excellent pattern, and just lost out in his sparring in a tight match. Annmarie Martin faced tough competition in her sparring, fighting extremely well against the biggest opponent in the group and pushing her competitor to her very limits. The senior male sparring team, on which Chris McCabe, Owen Mansori and Barry Brophy competed, did extremely well against a skilled travelling Argentinean team, coming third in the competition.