Last Sunday, April 16, the XV Francisco Pérez del Pino Memorial Championship was held in the Municipal Pavilion of Güímar (Tenerife), organized by the Canary Islands Karate Federation, in which the "Club Karate Poliarrecife" climbed "to the top" of the podium in the two categories in which it participated, winning two gold medals.
In the Novel Female Juvenile Kata category, Laura Salvador Sanginés won the gold medal, clearly prevailing in the two rounds of the competition.
For its part, in the Kumite modality, and in the Mixed Cadet Team Kumite category, the team made up of Amelie Skiba, Mikel González Rodríguez, Jimena Padilla de Armas, and Alejandro García Abdul-Jalbar, won the gold after winning their three rounds against teams from Gran Canaria and Tenerife.
And next week will be one of the great events on the calendar for the karatekas of the Arrecife club. The WKF Youth League (The World League for young people) that will be held in A Coruña, from April 27 to 30, where Amelie Skiba, in Female Kumite under 14 years -52kg, Jimena Padilla, in Female Cadet Kumite -54 kg, Alejandro García, in Male Cadet Kumite - 52 kg, and Mikel Gonzalez, in Male Cadet Kumite - 57 kg, will compete against athletes from the five continents, and will try to fight for the podium positions.