The Jubilee 30th Polish Weight Category Championships were held in Warsaw on the weekend of 29-30 March. The most prestigous ever polish tournament gathered 113 fighters from 67 clubs, including polish star fighters like: Ewa Pawlikowska, Tomasz Najduch, Sypien "golden couple" , Adrianna Bienkowska, Agata Pastuszka, Paweł Mandok. The tournament was played in the Warsaw's Academy of Physical Education and gathered 2000 spectators.
The opening ceremony started with awarding the 200 polish branch chiefs. The 30th Anniversary Cups were handed to the 60 most appreciated ones as well as to the 30 polish european and world championships medalists. Representant of Polish Sports Confederation - Mieczyslaw Bigoszewski awarded Shihan Andre Drewniak and sensei Mariusz Mazur - organiser of the championships with the Cup from the Polish Ministry of Sports and Education. Following Shihan Drewniak in his speech sumarized the achivements of Polish Kyokushin during the 30 year history.
Ewa Pawlikowska, Adrianna Bienkowska, Sylwester Sypien and Tomasz Najduch confirmed their leadership again by winning their weight categories. Additionaly Najduch was awarded with the cup for the best fighter of the championships.
The big advantage of very well prepared tournament was the press coference organised in Warsaw's old city, which was followed by the kyokushin demonstration. Three TV channels were present during the event, what definitely helped to popularize Kyokushin in Poland.
Main judge was PKKO President shihan Andre Drewniak.