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Details: Created: 04 December 2023

Team TAYA had a massive weekend last December 2-3, 2023 with Term 4 Grading including Black Belt Dan/Poom Promotion where 4 of our athletes completed rigorous testing on Saturday followed by a hectic taekwondo competition at the inaugural KPNP NSW Open on Sunday.

It was great to finish the year 2023 with this last tournament where several of Team TAYA Athletes stepped up to a secondary division and some even competed in 3 divisions to assist with their skills development and court experience as they prepare to transition to the next age/belt/weight categories. Team TAYA brought home a medal tally of 38 medals - 18 Golds, 13 Silvers and 7 Bronzes.

It was also wonderful to see everyone having fun and camaraderie, cheering and supporting each other.

Thank you to our Coaches for your dedication and guidance, our Athletes for your commitment and hard work, our Black Belts for your leadership and assistance and for our loving parents for your enduring support and encouragement.

It has been a great 2023 and we look forward to an exciting 2024.

TEAM MEDAL TALLY

GOLD MEDAL

Atharva Pansare

Chelsea Gomez

Ayva Soteriou

Vasili Soteriou

Liana Thunyin

Aarav Kadam

Ayaan Shetty

Kiera Malicdem - Double Gold

Danica De Leon - Double Gold

Layla Malicdem - Double Gold

Kiaan Para

Jason Moffatt

Heleni Moa

Olivia Faccin

Mia Delos Reyes

SILVER MEDAL

Diego Querubin

Jade Macgowan

Ayva Soteriou

Liana Thunyin

Ethan De Guzman

Aarav Menezes - Double Silver

Kiera Malicdem

Jason Moffatt

Heleni Moa

Claire Faccin - Double Silver

Isa Maria Johnson

BRONZE MEDAL

Aaditya Kadam

Vasili Soteriou - Double Bronze

Aarav Kadam

Lachlan Macgowan

Aarav Menezes

Mason Fryirs

PARTICIPATED

Alec Macgowan

Mia Er

Zara Lo

Details: Created: 19 October 2023

Congratulations to our Team TAYA Athletes, Coaches, Parents for a fantastic outcome at the Australian National Championships last weekend 13-15 October 2023 in Perth, Western Australia.

Our team of 23 athletes collectively brought home a tally of 16 medals:

9 Golds

2 Silvers

5 Bronzes

This result earned us Top 5 in the Overall Club Leaderboard Kyorugi Results from total of 79 clubs across Australia!!!

Well done everyone for all your hard work, dedication, commitment, support and encouragement!

Details: Created: 18 September 2023

Massive efforts and wonderful team work led to strong results from Team TAYA on 29 divisions entered bringing home a medal tally of 28 medals at the Blue Mountains Taekwondo Championships this weekend:

Golds 18

Silver 6

Bronze 4

Participation 1

Congratulations and well done Team TAYA!!!

Congratulations also for Ayva who won both her cadet and extra juniors division and awarded the Best Fighter of the Day!

So proud and happy to see everyone’s hard work leading to this fantastic achievements and for supporting each other!!

Thank you to our Coaches Ms Natalia, Sir Ed and Miss Abby for your guidance and dedication, our Novice Coaches Sofia, Ysabella, Aaditya for stepping up and working on the other side of the court and our loving parents for your cheers, unwavering support and encouragement!!!

Congratulations to the BMTC Team led by Jeff Crane for a successful and well organised event.

A great preparation for the upcoming Nationals……….

Details: Created: 19 October 2023

Congratulations to our Coach and Instructor Ms Abby Sangalang for a well-deserved recognition from Australian Taekwondo for her contributions and support as one of the 4 Australian National Team Coaches at the recent 2023 Cadet World Championships.

We are so proud of you!!!

Details: Created: 05 September 2023

A day after the Cadet World Championships ended, our Team TAYA Athlete Chelsea Gomez and Coach Ms Abby along with the rest of the Australian Cadets Team have reset and competed at the Bosnia and Herzegovina Open last 1 September 2023 with Australia placing 2nd overall ranking with 16 medals, a fantastic achievement to finish the trip to Sarajevo.

Chelsea beat Croatia but lost to Serbia in a close semifinals match and settled for bronze in the - 164 cm division. The experience and valuable lessons gained at her second Cadet World Championships and the Bosnia and Herzegovina Open will assist Chelsea to improve her game and further hone her skills in the future as she now sets her sight towards 2024 Junior World Championships in Chuncheon, South Korea where she won Gold at the Korea Open in 2022.

Ms Abby was one of the 4 Coaches led by Olympic Gold Medallist and now Australia's Cadet National Coach Dongmin Cha that guided, supported, trained and coached the AUS Cadet Team to a historic outcome for Australia at the World Championships and Bosnia and Herzegovina Open. This is Ms Abby's second time at the Cadet World Championships to coach the Australian Team. Ms Abby was also one of 4 Australian National Team Coaches at the 2022 Junior World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria and the Australian Performance Pathway Program (PPP) Team that competed at the Dutch Open and Belgium Open in March 2023.

We are so proud of Chelsea and Coach Ms Abby for all the hard work, dedication and passion in chasing their dreams and Taekwondo journeys as a developing elite athlete and AUS and NSW PPP coach, respectively.

Well done Chelsea and Ms Abby!!!