2026 Sydney Taekwondo Festival

Well done to our Team TAYA Athletes and Coaches for a strong performance at the Sydney Taekwondo Festival held at the Oran Park Leisure Centre on 14 June 2026 earning a top 3 overall ranking among 30 clubs that competed at this event. Our medal tally are:

Gold 14

Silver 9

Bronze 2

TOTAL 25

Its a good momentum on this midyear result leading to more competitions coming up over the next several months.

It was inspiring to see our young grassroots and developing athletes performing at their best and showing growing confidence, resilience and match experience.

Thank you to our coaches for your dedication and guidance and to our parents for your unwavering support and encouragement.

Congratulations Team TAYA!!!

Heleni Moa, Yuvin Parmar not in team photos

GOLD MEDAL

Max Wang, Double Gold in 10-11yo Black Belt -38kg, 10-11yo Red Belt -38kg

Olivia Faccin, Cadet Red Belt -45kg

Yuvraj Makkar, 10-11yo Red Belt -34kg

Zac Cao, 8-9yo Red Belt -31kg

Keona Shrestha, Cadet Blue Belt -59kg

Avantiga Ashok, 10-11yo Blue Belt -31kg

Dhyan Hirani, 10-11yo Blue Belt -28kg

Kaci-Ariana Malicdem, 8-9yo Yellow Belt -22kg

Arya Kaushik, Junior Yellow Belt -55kg

Bea Dakoykoy, 8-9yo Yellow Belt -25kg

Yuvin Parmar, 8-9yo Yellow Belt -28kg

Leone Martin, 8-9yo Yellow Belt -19kg

Arnit Chakraborty, 6-7yo Yellow Belt -25kg

SILVER MEDAL

Heleni Moa, Junior Black Belt -49kg

Kiera Malicdem, Cadet Black Belt -41kg

Layla Malicdem, Cadet Black Belt -37kg

Mia Delos Reyes, Cadet Red Belt -37kg

Yuvraj Makkar, 10-11yo Red Belt -34kg

Claire Faccin, Cadet Blue Belt +59kg

Claire Faccin, Cadet Blue Belt -59kg

Noah Magayaga, 8-9yo Yellow Belt -34kg (merged division)

Leone Martin, 8-9yo Yellow Belt -22kg (merged division)

BRONZE MEDAL

Zac Cao, 8-9yo Red Belt -34kg

Trishika Chakraborty, Cadet Yellow Belt 59+kg