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Rising Donegal karate star to compete in European Championships

written by Chris McNulty February 4, 2020
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EMMA Dolan of the Three Rivers Karate Club in Lifford heads for World Karate Federation Junior European Championships this week.

Emma kets out to Budapest tomorrow with the IKAKAI Irish Karate tam tomorrow.

The Royal and Prior Raphoe student, who hails from Argary, previously competed at the XI WKF Junior Championships in Chile in November.

There, she finished in seventh spot – the highest by an Irish female at any WFK World Championships.

On Friday night, she was named as the martial arts category winner at the 2019 Donegal Sports Star Awards. 

At the weekend, Three Rivers Karate Club members traveled to Belfast for a north v south competition. 

Ciaran Crawford, Caoimhe Dolan, Ace Rodriguez and Brodie Hannigan took home bronze. 

Thia Hannigan, the youngest member of the team, took home a well-deserved silver. 

Rising Donegal karate star to compete in European Championships was last modified: February 4th, 2020 by Chris McNulty
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Chris McNulty

Author of 'Boxing In Donegal: A History (2021)' - the definitive history of the sport in County Donegal - and 'Relentless: A Race Through Time', the 2019 memoir of former Irish Athletics Team Manager Patsy McGonagle. From St Johnston and now based in Letterkenny, Chris was a nominee for NUJ Sports Journalist of the Year in 2010. Honoured by the Donegal Boxing Board in 2016 for his coverage on the sport.

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