Day 1 - Our developing and high performance Team TAYA Athletes have performed well with a medal tally of 9 Golds, 5 Silvers, 4 Bronzes and valuable court time in black belt divisions earning top ranked on day 1.
Congratulations to Chelsea Gomez for receiving the Best Female Senior Athlete Award of the Competition.
Day 2 - Our grassroots and colour belt Team TAYA athletes continued their developmental pathway with a medal tally of 6 Golds, 7 Silvers, 3 Bronzes and tons of learning experience on day 2.
With the combined results, Team TAYA collectively brought home 15 Golds, 11 Silvers, 8 Bronzes = Total 34 Medals earning 3rd ranked Overall Best Team, 3rd Best Sparring Team and a Top Club Award.
It was wonderful to see a strong team spirit. Everyone supported and cheered for each other.
Congratulations and well done Team TAYA
Thank you to our Coaches for your guidance and our Senior-Junior Athletes for your assistance with the grassroots and colour belts and for undertaking developmental coaching.
Thank you to the Parents for your support and encouragement.
Thank you to Terrence, Travis and TJ Fernandez and the Martial Arts Spirit team for a well organised and fun event
Team TAYA had a fantastic time at the ASMA Open held last 1 June 2025 at Whitlam Leisure Centre in Liverpool.
Our 24 athletes brought home a tally of 25 medals - 15 Golds, 2 Silvers, 8 Bronzes and valuable lessons learned and match experience for our new team members at their first competition.
Congratulations also to our 3 high performance athletes for their Best Athlete of the Competition Awards:
Chelsea Gomez - Gold -49kg
Diego Querubin - double Gold -48kg and -51kg
Vasili Soteriou - double Gold -65kg and +65kg
Thank you to our Athletes for your hard work, commitment and perseverance.
Thank you to our Coaches for your brilliant coaching, dedication and guidance.
Thank you to our Senior and Juniors for your assistance at warm up, marshalling and getting our athletes ready to fight.
Thank you to our Parents for your support, cheering and encouragement.
Thank you to Ali & Angela Khalil and the GMA Team for a successful and well-run fun tournament.
The 2025 World Cadet Championships has ended in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.
Our Team TAYA athletes Mia Er (-41kg) and Vasili Soteriou (-65kg) unfortunately lost in their preliminary matches but gained wisdom, experience and valuable insights watching the world’s best cadets perform, handle pressure and court management, fight tactics and techniques displayed. They are very grateful for the opportunity, honoured to represent Australia and had an amazing life changing experience.
Our big thanks to High Performance Coach Abby Sangalang for all the hard work, dedication, time and efforts with our athletes preparations for the World Cadet Championships and commend her for Coaching AUS Team Members at this event.
Congratulations to Chloe Spencer for securing a Bronze Medal In the -47kg division.
Thank You to the AUS Team support staff for all your incredible work behind the scenes.
Australian National Team Selections for 2025 World Championships
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Congratulations to our Team TAYA Athlete Sofia Querubin for her Silver Medal result in the -53kg division at the Australian Senior National Team Selections on Saturday after 4 tough matches and a close finals match when she lost on the 3rd set. The Selections Event is for the World Championships in October and the World University Games in July.
We also commend Aaditya Kadam for his participation in the -54kg division unfortunately losing on his preliminary match.
Lots of valuable insights learned to improve their game.
2025 Gold Coast Open
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Team TAYA made its annual trek to the Gold Coast Open on 2-4 May 2025 and had an enjoyable time.
Our Athletes have stepped up to the challenges, most fought in double divisions and performed very well collectively brought home a medal tally of 9 Golds, 3 Silvers, 3 Bronze Medals = 14 Medals. Fantastic results!
Well done Team TAYA! Thank you to the Athletes for your hard work and perseverance, to our Coaches for your guidance and support and to the Parents for your cheers and encouragement.
