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Page 2 of 8 Light Contact
At 12 noon the light contact divisions started simultaneously on all twelve areas, Irelands Julie Mc Hale was against Norway’s, Ina Grindheim in the final, with Julie dispatching her opponent with superior power and technique, joint third went to, Hanna Stephenson, Ireland and Ann Marie Birmingham, England. Julie the current WAKO European light contact champion deservedly taking the 2007 title which in fact is her fifth Irish Open individual light contact win in a row, a feat unmatched in the world today.
 The largest light contact division at the event with 55 fighters from 16 countries entered was the -85kg Light Contact division. Nizioket Muniosz from Poland beat a game and strong Steve Williams, from England in a electrifying final, with Scotland’s, Craig Foster a multiple winner at previous Opens and the infamous Stewart Edgeworth from Ireland taking a very credible third place in this extremely tough division.
In the men’s light contact intermediate division, Croatia’s, Boris Martinovio, won his countries first gold at the Irish Open with a very strong, Martin Rasmussen from Denmark, taking silver, Keith Shelly, Ireland and Lindell Taylor, England, took joint third.
Grand Champion Female
The grand champion female division saw 65 of the worlds top female fighters battle it our to see just who is the best of the best. The final was between, Lorraine Hughes from UK and Melissa Mayer from USA, with Ina Grineim from Norway a credible third.. this was an excellent final with both ladies deservedly getting to the final, it was close over each round, but Mayer nudged ahead to take overall victory and the €750 Euro cash prize to boot.
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