Dungiven kickboxing star set for World Championship bid in Italy

Dungiven’s Irish Kickboxing champion Alex Moore will travel with the Ireland team to next month’s WAKO World Kickboxing Championships in Venice.

The 12-year-old student at St Patrick’s Maghera, will head to the iconic Italian city in mid-September to compete as a result of her success earlier in the season.

Alex won the Irish Open International Championships in March this year.  It was followed by qualification for the National Kickboxing Ireland Championships in Dublin in April.

She trains with Gary Kelly’s club KFMA in Dungiven and is indebted to her sponsors for their support in helping to make this trip possible.

Sponsors are: Happy Feet Reflexology, Sperrin Scaffolding, Big Moo Design, Ballymore Services, Meritcom, Lowry Construction, Bradley Construction, EHA Group, WH Alexander, Braidwater Construction

If any local business who would like to support Alex contact [email protected]