Surrey youth wins gold

Tiffany Jiloca, an eight-year old Filipino-Canadian from Surrey, won two gold medals during the 2014 Goju Ryu Karate Friendship Tournament. It was her first time participating in a karate tournament since she began practicing last May 2014.

The tournament was held on November 30, 2014 in Richmond. Tiffany received her first gold medal in the 8-15 years old girls individual Kihon Ido event. She bested 10 other players in her group and advanced to compete with the winners from three other groups. Tiffany eventually advanced to the finals and earned the nod of the three judges who declared her as the winner. She won her second gold medal in the 16 year old and below girls individual kata event.

A Grade 3 student at Our Lady of Good Counsel School in Surrey, Tiffany was born in the Philippines and moved to Vancouver with her parents when she was 1½ years old.

The tournament was organized by the Ku Yu Kai Karate Club and included close to 100 players from various Ku Yu Kai clubs in Surrey, Richmond, Marpole, False Creek and Thunderbird community centres.

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