Congratulations to Emma Flanagan and Shannon Murphy who both have won gold at the World Kickboxing Championships. Two new world champions for Coachford. We are all so proud of you.

Emma Flanagan of Coachford wins WKA gold in Full Contact! It’s taken Emma a huge amount of hard work and dedication to reach this point. This is her fifth WKA World Kickboxing Championships. In last year’s event she won two silver and now it’s gold. Emma still has two more finals to come (continuous sparring and Tul). Emma Flanagan – WKA Full Contact World Champion.

Shannon Murphy of Coachford receives her gold medal on the under 17s Full Contact sparring section. Shannon fought amazingly against the same Scottish opponent that had beaten her in the semi finals of the continuous sparring! It was a non stop action bout but Shannon used her expedience and intelligence to take the world title! Shannon Murphy – WKA Kickboxing World Champion!