Team Taya athletes competed at the NSW State Championships which is also a Selection Event for the upcoming Australian National Championships in October 6-8, 2017 and have all qualified for their respective divisions. Half of the team were sick with the winter colds and flu but still managed a tally of 17 medals as follows:

Sparring - 7 Golds, 5 Silvers, 2 Bronzes from 12 athletes

Poomsae - 3 Golds from 3 athletes

Some notable point gap wins from our State Champions are:

Connor Fleming - winning both cadet divisions of under 53 kgs and under 57 kgs with scores of 36-20 and 40-5 respectively 

Aaditya Kadam - winning cadet division of under 41 kgs with a score of 32-12 

Sofia Querubin- winning youths division of under 34 kgs with a score of 32-0

Arjun Bhandari - winning all three fights in youths under 28 kgs division with scores of 16-1, 27-2, 14-2 respectively 

Our big thanks to our dedicated and passionate coaches and supportive parents! We're off to Bendigo!