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Dear Instructor/Coach We would like to invite you to Europe’s largest Martial Arts Tournament The Irish Open has evolved into the NO 1 Tournament in Europe, nothing compares to the energy and excitement and enthusiasm which the fighters get from this truly amazing event, it is a spectacle to behold and unique in its energy and vitality and definitely not to be missed or experienced in your Martial Art career.
We are very excited about our new
collaboration with the US Open, the largest and most prestigious tournament in
America. The two events will
The 2009 IO Event saw 27 Countries attend with over 1700 + fighters from all over the world on the mat. We had TV coverage from Setanta Sport and RTE and it was covered in several international magazines. We had the greatest fighters in the world today converge on Dublin to see who really is the best. People like, Raymond Daniels, Zoltan Dancso, Andrea Lucchese, Robbie Lavoie, Zolt Moradi, Gregorio Di Leo, Jack Felton, Kristian Jaroszkievicz, Kostas Tabolreas, Robbie McMenamy, Morten Spissoy, Jacey Cashman, Mimmo De Marco, Harold Schmidt, Josh Heyes, Michael Page, Grazzian Aalession, Joey Greenhaugh, Robert Knodlseder, Roberto Monturo, Henry Robinson, Ross Levine, Lee Mathews, Andrea Ongaro, Maurizio Valessia, Daz Ellis, Dave Hylton, Roland Krummenenauer, Gloria De Bei, Sharon Gill, Elaine Small, Zsofia Minda, Maureen Deareen, Betty Kovags, Angelopoulos Andreas, Bev Sturzaker, Yaz Anderson, Melanie Moder, Dezsos Debreczeni and Corey Caine, a virtual who is whoon the tournament fighting scene in the world today. We can not go by without thanking the referees over the years, to many to mention, but with people like, T Rondo Van Cleefe, Nevil Wray, Elaine Small, Lloyd Allen, Tony Cashman, Peter Edwards, Des Leonard, Filippo Fusco, Darragh Geoghegan, Michael McCann, Ilija Salerno and others we really do have the best officials in the world, whose only focus is the safety and enjoyment of the fighter without politics or favour. Our volunteers are legendary, 140 people helping out over three days to make our experience more enjoyable. The Logo for 2009 was “DOING IT FOR THE CHILDREN” and it really was a very good description of the 2009 event. We continue to strive to make our event better for the fighter and to this aim we have changes some things in the schedule to bring about a better balance over the entire weekend for the senior fighters. In particular we will be hosting the team event on Friday night 5th
March. All senior male black belt divisions on Saturday 6th march and the male grand champion division on Sunday. Open committee is delighted to once again associated with the Irish Society for prevention of Cruelty to Children (ISPCC). PRE REGISTRATION EVENT All teams must be FULLY registered on or before 6th March. ABSOLUTELY no late registrations will be accepted. We have automatic pre registration for all teams on line from DEC 2010. This will streamline and automate the registration process. We are very proud of what the Irish Open has become, it really is an amazing event, with so many international fighters. But don’t forget it is one of the very few remaining tournaments, that continues to have white belt (beginner), Green Belt (Intermediate) and brown/Black Belt (Advanced) divisions, separated by weight/height. This truly gives your students a rare opportunity to compete against international fighters of the same level. We look forward to seeing all our friends at what is a very unique get together of the worlds most talented Martial Artists. Regards, Irish Open Organising Committee
Dates Confirmed for 2010 Event 5-6-7TH March FULLY confirmed
Please be aware the Irish Open Committee are in the process of organising next years event with a number of improvements. As always the committee try and look at ways of improving our event. 1 TEAM Event will be on Friday night 8 - 10pm 2 Weight Control will be Friday from 2pm - 6pm 3 Male Black Belt Divisions will be held on Saturday 4 Marquee Are will be available for Fighters to Warm up 5 Better Security 6 All Fight Sheets will be put on notice board BEFORE division starts |
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closely linked in 2010 with all winners from the 2010 Irish Open receiving
automatic seeding at the 2010 US Open event. All competitor from the 2009 US
Open event will receive automatic seeding at the 2010 Irish Open. Both of these
world class events are without question the largest events on each continent and
it is a natural progression for our sport that they are now associated with each
other and cooperate in the development of martial arts on a truly global scale.