Damascus-SANA
With a remarkable organization comparable to the international championships, the Open Karate Clubs and Sports Clubs Championship for the under 14, 16 and 18 age groups in combat and individual and group kata was concluded at Al-Jalaa Hall in Damascus.
In the general rankings for the under 14 years category, Nassib team achieved first place with 3 golds and a silver, followed by Barada with 3 golds, then Al Jaish with 2 golds, 2 silvers and 6 bronzes.
In the under-16 category competitions, Al-Arabi won first place with 3 gold, two silver and two bronze, followed by the Army with gold, three silver and two bronze, then Homs workers with gold, silver and bronze.
Al-Arabi continued his brilliance to win first place in the under-18 category with 4 golds, 2 silvers and 2 bronzes, followed by the Army with 3 golds, 4 silvers and 3 bronzes, then Jaramana with gold, 3 silver and the same bronze.
The President of the Game Federation, Jihad Mia, explained in a statement to SANA’s sports representative that the tournament witnessed strong competitions and a technical level acceptable to the participating players from clubs and sports houses, pointing out that clubs are the main pillar for building a healthy sport, so they must take care of all games, including karate, through good training and securing Players' supplies to be ready when they are called up for the national teams.
Mia pointed out that this tournament is important in terms of players' friction and playing more matches with different methods, in addition to that the tournament helps players to obtain points specific to the tournament that are added to their balance in previous tournaments within the points program that was approved by the federation to classify the players and then they are invited to the tournament Elite end of this year.
Referee Basil Dabbous said that the tournament did not witness any arbitration objections because all the referees are at the same distance from all the clubs in applying the international law of the game during the fights, pointing out that the Karate Federation managed during the previous period to refine and qualify many of the referees through the central and subsidiary courses.
In turn, the coach of Sheikh Badr Nazih Suleiman team stated that the rural clubs had a strong presence in the tournament due to the popularity of the game in all regions, noting that his team won gold and silver in the under-18 category, gold in the under-16 category and bronze in the 14-year category. .
A number of players confirmed that they will continue their training in their clubs to win more advanced positions and medals to be added to their balance in the classification that qualifies them to participate in the elite tournament and to be ready to represent the team in the upcoming benefits.
Hana Sokoor