2017, a great year for the Atlantic Jiu Jitsu Team!
This year brought huge successe for our club, here’s some highlights of the best moments of 2017;
Success at Sub-Only 3 Tournament (February)- Declan Foy winning Silver 
Daniel Wisniewski Gold 
Huge Success at Irish Championships (June)- 22 members competed and 11 medals were won!
(2 Gold, 6 Silver, 3 Bronze)
Atlantic Jiu Jitsu Host Seminar with Legend Romero “Jacare” Cavalcanti (June)
Atlantic Jiu Jitsu Coaches Awarded Black Belts by Romero “Jacare” Cavalcanti– Sligo’s First Black Belts! (June)
Interclub training with Team Torres (July)
Success at Sub Only Summer Smackdown (August) – Gary Conneelly Silver & Daniel Wisniewski Bronze 
Dominik wins Gold at Irish No-Gi Championship (September)
Success for Atlantic BJJ at the Irish Winter BJJ Open (October) – 3 members competing who all won medals. 
Dominik Gold, 
Gary Silver, 
Dylan Bronze
National Irish Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Championships (November) – 16 members competed and achieved 11 medals ( 5 Gold, 1 Silver, 6 Bronze)
2017 Belt Promotions
In 2017, many of our members, due to continuous hard work, determination & consistent training were promoted to the next belt level.
New Blue Belts;
- Mike Doherty
- Justin McGarry
- Luca Carrelli
- Anton Casey
- Ryan Grace
- Declan Foy
- Colin Noone
New Purple Belt;
- Piotr Cichon
New Brown Belts;
- Arto Toomsalu
- Dominik Szerszen
New Black Belts;
- Ryan Smyth
- Morgan Smyth
- Micky Downs
Huge congratulations to all our team members who have made huge achievements this year in terms of gaining new knowledge and skills, competing in competitions and tournaments and moving further up in the belt ranks.
2017 has been a wonderful year for Atlantic Jiu Jitsu and its members. In 2018 we plan to grow and achieve further success. Looking forward most of all to do it side by side with you!
From All the team at Atlantic Jiu Jitsu – Have a great New year!
OSS!
