Team Taya had a fantastic time at the NSW State Championships held at Blacktown Leisure Centre, Stanhope Gardens last 12 August 2018 which served as the Selections for the Australian National Championships to be held in Bendigo, VIC from 22-24 September 2018 bringing home a total of 25 medals - 15 Golds, 7 Silvers and 3 Bronzes from our sparring and poomsae athletes.
We are off to Nationals! Well done Team Taya! Thank you for the support, encouragement and loud cheers from our parents and families and our dedicated coaches.
Standout performances are from Aaditya Kadam, Ysabella Querubin, Shreyas Gurelli, Chelsea Gomez, Diego Querubin and Shirin Kattukaran who dominated their matches winning in gap points and our double gold medalists Chelsea Gomez and Saachi Sharma winning both in sparring and poomsae. Tally as follows:
Gold
Aaditya Kadam
Ysabella Querubin
Kiara Fleming
Charlize Blissett, Poomsae
Heaven Alvarez
Chelsea Gomez, Sparring and Poomsae
Diego Querubin
Shreyas Gurelli
Aleena Moyler
Saachi Sharma, Sparring and Poomsae
Joseph Ombina
Shirin Kattukaran
Silver
Saanvi Sharma, Poomsae
Audrey Ombina
Heaven Alvarez, Poomsae
Aarav Kadam
Alannah Bouery
Ayaan Shetty
Jeremy Rutlidge
Bronze
Joseph Ombina, Poomsae
Alec Macgowan
Jade Macgowan