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Protea colours for local karate stars
The WKF tournament is one of three pre-qualification tournaments for the Youth Olympic Games to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2018.
Edenvale’s Sensei Michael Roetz and his two daughters, Renstia and Marinda, received their Official Protea Colours issued by SASCOC for All Style Karate.
The two girls will represent SA in the 10th World Karate Federation (WKF) Youth World Cup in Croatia later this year.
Sensei Michael is the director of coaching for Karate South Africa.
The WKF tournament is one of three pre-qualification tournaments for the Youth Olympic Games to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2018.
Both girls hope to qualify in order be part of the first-ever karate events at the Olympics.
