Two golds for Stefania, one gold for Adam

Stefania Kotowicz won two gold medals in children’s events, while Adam Zięba won one gold medal in the senior competition during the Polish Open Cup, held on 19 and 20 November 2016 in Opole. Another gold medal, although in a non-ranking event, was won by Maciej Stupak in the veterans’ group.

This year’s edition of the Polish Open Cup took place at the Congress and Exhibition Centre in Opole and brought together 524 competitors from 24 teams from Poland, Ireland, Ukraine, Moldova, Russia and the Czech Republic. Among them were 15 competitors from our club. Unfortunately, injuries, studies or a period of detraining ruled out several of our favourites, while some of them joined the judging panel.

Here are our results:

Stefania Kotowicz – 1st place, special techniques, children born in 2009; 1st place, soft-stick sparring

Adam Zięba – 1st place, light-contact sparring, senior men, -66 kg

Maciej Stupak – 1st place, semi-contact sparring, veterans

Mikołaj Chrząszcz – 2nd place, speed breaking, cadets

Florian Markiewicz – 2nd place, light-contact sparring, juniors, -60 kg

Mateusz Kopciński – 2nd place, light-contact sparring, seniors, -84 kg; 3rd place, light-contact sparring, +84 kg

Dariusz Pazdan – 3rd place, patterns, juniors (non-ranking)

The team consisting of: Rafał Żelazko, Karolina Nowak, Adam Zięba, Jan Gorazda and Mateusz Kopciński – 2nd place, team patterns (non-ranking).

The judges representing our club were: Maciej Stupak, Rafał Żelazko and Magdalena Wardzała. In addition, Jan Gorazda, Karolina Nowak and Aleksander Gorazda completed the judging course and officiated on the mats.