Mr Alan Walsh and Mr Darren Healy organised the recent IUTF Cork Open Championships which was held in Neptune Stadium. There was a great turnout at the competition from all over Ireland, with a large team from Argentina also taking part.  There was 4 weight divisions for Black Belts, two of which were dominated by Blackrock. Paul Manning and David O Mahony took 1st & 2nd in the Light Weight Division (-64kg). Then James Dwyer and Daniel O'Sullivan then went on to take 1st & 2nd in the Middle Weight Division (-76kg).