Team TAYA travelled to the Red Arena in Bendigo, Victoria to compete at the Australian Taekwondo National Championships last 2-4 December 2022 and brought home a medal tally of 7 Golds, 2 Silvers. 4 Bronzes and knowledge and experience.
We are so proud and happy with the team’s results from our 17 athletes with most of our colour belts competing at the Nationals for the first time. There were several large and very competitive divisions that proved to be a challenge for a few of our athletes missing out on medals but have gained significant learnings which would help them in future competitions.
Team TAYA finished top 8th ranking on the Club Leaderboard out of 85 Clubs who participated at the 2022 Australian Taekwondo National Championships at Bendigo VIC based on number of players and results.
Well done everyone for all your hard work and efforts to achieve this result!!!
Thank you to our Team TAYA Families for their support, loud cheers and encouragement and to our Black Belts led by Bella and Sofia for their assistance over the two-day competition. It was wonderful to see Team TAYA buddying up and supporting each other. We are very pleased with the camaraderie, rapport and support our team members have given to each other regardless of the competition results. What a fantastic team spirit we have at Team TAYA!
It was an enjoyable Nationals experience and our post Nationals celebrations and team bonding.
GOLD MEDAL - NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
Chelsea Gomez - Black Belt -44kg cadets
Atharva Pansare - Black Belt -53kg cadets
Evangeline De Guzman - Black Belt -55kg cadets
Prabhjyot Juneja - Blue Belt -55kg cadets
Maxwell Estera - Blue Belt -41kg cadets
Kiaan Para - Blue Belt -28kg 10-11 yo youths
Danica De Leon - Blue Belt -42kg 10-11 yo youths
SILVER MEDAL
Diego Querubin - Black Belt -33kg cadets
Kiera Malicdem - Blue Belt -34kg 10-11 yo youths
BRONZE MEDAL
Aaditya Kadam - Black Belt -54kg seniors
Ayaan Shetty - Red Belt -37kg cadets
Lachlan MacGowan - Red Belt -31kg 10-11 yo youths
Mason Fryirs - Blue Belt -31kg 8-9 yo youths
PARTICIPATION
Alec MacGowan - Participation Black Belt -45kg cadets
Jade MacGowan - Participation Black Belt -37kg cadets
Ethan De Guzman - Participation Black Belt -38kg youths
Jason Moffatt - Participation Blue Belt -28 kg 8-9 yo youths
