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Canning and Dinh clean up at karate tournament

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Anthony Dinh and Sam Canning. Photo supplied

Two members of the Byron Bay Jin Wu Koon Karate club came home from the Australian Martial Arts Championships (AMAC) round two tournament, held in Nerang, with an impressive haul of medals and trophies.

After recently being graded to Shodan (first Dan black belt), Sam Canning took the gold medal for the veterans’ freestyle sparring, coming third in the veterans kata. In the intermediate division, Anthony Dinh won gold in freestyle sparring, 1st in kata, 2nd in points sparring and 3rd in points contact sparring. Sam and Anthony have qualified for the 2024 Queensland Championships, October 13 and will go in with confidence.

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The Byron Bay Winter Whales (BBWW) took to the ocean for the 39th time this year on the first Sunday of May and raised $43,000 for local organisations and charities.
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