Moon's karate club returned to North Port triumphant again. The North Port Shotokan Karate Club who train at the Boys and Girls club were able to return with 35 medals after competing in the Regional Tournament. However it did not start off well. The wild fires were causing havoc and there was a major accident on I-75 holding up many competitors. When it came time for the teams to line up, North Port only had 13. 17 were held up in traffic. Then came news three competitors, sisters, would not be able to come due to a bereavement in the family. The girls lost their grandmother that morning. So things were not looking good. Eventually they started trickled in and no-one missed their call so were able to compete.

The Regionals was a qualifier for the Nationals and all of the North Port team were able to qualify. The club's Chief Instructor Sensei Paul Moon was able to get special permission for the three sisters to qualify for Nationals as they had medaled in 2 previous tournaments. So all was well.