Team Taya had a wonderful time and delivered a successful result at the Gold Coast Open held at the Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre last 28-29 July 2018 with our 17 young athletes bringing home a total of 35 medals over the two-day competition, tally as follows: 19 Golds, 10 Silvers, 6 Bronzes in sparring and poomsae. This is an excellent preparation for the upcoming NSW State Selections on August 12 and Australian National Championships on September 22-24.
There were notable performances with Aaditya Kadam winning both Black Belt Juniors <45 kg and <48 kg over 5 fights, Shreyas Gurelli winning both Blue Belt Juniors < 59 kg and < 63 kg over 3 fights rendering his first technical knockout, Ayaan Shetty winning Yellow Belt 8-9 years < 24 kg and < 27 kg over 6 fights, Jade Macgowan winning Blue and Yellow Belt 8-9 years < 24 kg over 3 fights, Diego Querubin winning Black Belt < 27 kg and a close Silver in Red Belt over 5 fights, Ysabella Querubin winning Black Belt Cadets < 44 kg stopping fight in first round under 25 seconds and Sofia Querubin winning Black Belt Cadets < 37 kg and Silver in < 41 kg over 3 fights even with injury.
Thank you to all the parents for your support and encouragement and our passionate and dedicated coaches for bringing the best out of our young athletes.
Well done Team Taya!!!
Watch our team video on https://www.vimeo.com/285238358
SPARRING RESULTS
Aaditya Kadam Double Gold
Shreyas Gurelli Double Gold
Ayaan Shetty Double Gold
Jade Macgowan Double Gold
Ysabella Querubin Gold and Silver
Sofia Querubin Gold and Silver
Diego Querubin Gold and Silver
Shirin Kattukaran Gold and Silver
Heaven Alvarez Gold and Bronze
Alec Macgowan Gold and Bronze
Aarav Kadam Gold and Bronze
Kiara Fleming Gold
Joseph Ombina Gold
Saachi Sharma Silver and Bronze
Audrey Ombina Silver
Lachlan Macgowan Silver
Saanvi Sharma Bronze
POOMSAE RESULTS:
Saanvi Sharma Gold
Saachi Sharma Silver
Heaven Alvarez Bronze
Saanvi/Saachi Sharma Gold, Pair Poomsae
