The Cup rotates every Saturday at the Prokick Gym and is one of the weekly highlights at Ireland’s premier kickboxing club. The competition lasts for a year, the person with the most names on the shield will be presented with the Cup to keep for good, with their achievements immortalised on a shield which will go on display in the gym.

Competition has never been so hot amongst the Prokick junior members. With the final weeks approaching for the infamous Brookland’s Cup and with none of the kids winning it twice out of the 44 weeks that has gone by, they’re all out to prove that they are best and most deserving.

“Each week, we take good attitude, improvement in technique, respect to others and attendance into consideration when choosing the winner. It’s getting harder to pick a winner every week. So far we’ve had 44 winners out of the 80 kids that frequent the Prokick gym every Saturday morning.” Said Prokick chief Billy Murray

“I was presented with the cup by Mr McCartney, the Principal at Brooklands Primary School after a unique event at the school when I took 200 of the pupils through a specially tailored training class,” Murray explained.

“I felt there was no better way to keep that cup as a celebration of the achievements of kids than to inaugurate the competition. “Since it’s inception in June 2007 it’s proved a hit with the young ProKickers who are all very keen to get their hands on it. All the winners are setting quite a standard for others to follow!”

The Prokick team hope to make the last week of the Brooklands Cup a grand event day for the junior members with all the winners getting their photograph outside Carrickfergus Castle.

 Check out the ProKick image Gallery for all the winners of the Brooklands Cup