Yvonne’s Friday 11th March

I caught a cold, I think it was in the early hours of Friday morning, but it has kept me home, and not one to waste my precious time, I’ve been organising my databases, and planning for The Lord Mayor of Cork’s reception for the CMAP awards team.

FREE PIC-NO REPRO FEE 06.02.2016Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr Chris O’Leary, speaking at the Cork Martial Arts Promotions (CMAP) awards ceremony, at the Gresham Metropole Hotel, Cork.Picture: David Keane.For more details see attached press release:PRESS RELEASE-West Cork images attachedSent ¦Yvonne Coughlan¦ 29 Jan 2015¦rsvpireland@gmail.com ¦ 0868764685Cork Martial Arts Promotions (CMAP) Awards Ceremony 2015/16. 6 Feb. CMAP Awards Ceremony: This event honours the achievements of County Cork’s Martial Artists; 14 Cork Champions receive 14 awards, and 14 honoured guests make presentations. Leonard Coughlan from Kinsale, the founder of CMAP runs an academy of Tae Kwon Do Schools, in Bandon and Mahon. He created CMAP because he saw a need to celebrate the achievements of our Cork Martial Artists. Leonard has seen first-hand how involvement in these sports disciplines has shaped lives for the better, and how one success story can inspire another, or how one coach can have a positive effect on so many lives. The evening has always been a great success with more clubs and varying disciplines coming together each year, to see the video compilations and award speeches.

CMAP motto “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.”

Lord Mayor Cllr. Chris O’Leary, has invited the Cork Martial Arts Promotions (CMAP) team, this includes award winners, well known Cork guest presenters, the CMAP Hall of Famers, and crew to a reception at City Hall, Thursday 24th March 6pm. This is an opportunity to thank everyone for their contribution to CMAP.

Sebastian Thommen and David O’Brien during their interview with Judie Russell of Irish TV, at the Cork Martial Arts Promotions (CMAP) awards ceremony, at the Gresham Metropole Hotel, Cork. Picture: David Keane.

This year’s CMAP Awards event was covered by Irish TV’s fabulous Judie Russell, so take a look at the programme they made, where the CMAP Awards appear in the opening segment at this link to Cork County Matters 76.

Cork Martial Arts Promotions (CMAP) Awards Ceremony 2015/16 took place Feb 6, 2016 at The Gresham Metropole Hotel: This event honours the achievements of County Cork’s Martial Artists; 14 Cork Champions receive 14 awards, and 14 honoured guests make presentations.

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Leonard Coughlan from Kinsale, the founder of CMAP runs an academy of Tae Kwon Do Schools, in Bandon and Mahon. He created CMAP because he saw a need to celebrate the achievements of our Cork Martial Artists. Leonard has seen first-hand how involvement in these sports disciplines has shaped lives for the better, and how one success story can inspire another, or how one coach can have a positive effect on so many lives.

Leonard Coughlan Managing Director of CMAP, addressing those attending the Cork Martial Arts Promotions (CMAP) awards ceremony, at the Gresham Metropole Hotel, Cork. Picture: David Keane.

 

The evening has always been a great success with more clubs and varying disciplines coming together each year, to see the video compilations and award speeches. This is a moving and inspirational community event, and has many memorable moments every year.  The event is based on the CMAP motto “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.”

Photographs by David Keane.