Mangalore: St Aloysius Student, Oralia Rego, Bags Karate Budokan Gold
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (RD/SP)
Mangalore, Dec 2: Oralia Rego, a student of St Aloysius Pre-University College here, has bagged gold medal for her outstanding Karate skills in Black Belt Kumite event in the 16 to 17 years category, in the Karate Budokan international tournament, held at Thoppil indoor stadium, in Thrissur district of Kerala, recently.
Oralia also won a bronze in girls individual as well as the team Kata, under black belt girl's category. She is a student of Karate instructor Padmanabha.
Multi-talented Oralia, daughter of Joseph and Queenie Rego, was also a finalist in the face-off round of Airtel's Verbattle Senior debate competition, the biggest English debate tournament, conducted during August this year, at R V Dental College, Bangalore. Both Oralia and Delroy Pereira represented St Aloysius Pre-university College as a team and won a cash prize of Rs 10,000 as the runners-up.