Kota Kinabalu: Five Sabahans have passed their respective examinations held during the recent National 43rd Senior and 33rd Under-14, Cadet and Junior Karate Championship held here recently.
Cyril Oh, who was promoted to judge A, received his full licence.
Meanwhile, Anney Henry gained promotion to kumite referee B status, Christy Gaibin to kumite judge A, Rayner Subinon to kumite judge B and kata judge B, while Choo Vui Leong retained his kata judge B and kumite referee A status.
window.googletag = window.googletag || {cmd: []};googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.defineSlot('/22826383987/dailyexpress_inline', [1, 1], 'gpt-passback').addService(googletag.pubads());googletag.enableServices();googletag.display('gpt-passback');});Sabah Karate Association secretary general Julian Chin congratulated all five for their achievement.
He said it was a positive development as they need more qualified referees in the State and hope to see more taking up refereeing in the future.