It was a happy and successful day at the ASMA Rio Olympic Dream Competition with Team Taya winning 2nd Overall Best Club with 14 Golds, 5 Silvers and 2 Bronzes today at Whitlam Leisure Centre at Liverpool.
Our Head Instructor Ms Natalia Sangalang was honoured to personally meet Dr Chung Won Choue, the World Taekwondo Federation President at the Welcome Dinner for Dr Choue held at the NSW Parliament House on 19 July 2016. This dinner was attended by several of Australia's most prominent taekwondo officials, athletes and dignitaries and was hosted by Rio Olympics International Referee Maher Magableh.
Our Team Taya athletes and coaches have achieved excellent results at the recent 2016 Gold Coast Open held at the Carrara Indoor Stadium from 28-29 May 2016 bringing home total of 6 Golds, 4 Silvers and 3 Bronzes all in sparring events. There were many "firsts" for our athletes - competing and some winning against higher ranked opponents in Blue Belt and Red Belt divisions, first time experiencing Daedo electronic scoring and head kicks for our cadets, it also marked the successful comeback of Jordan Elliott after a long layoff from the sport. They have all stepped up to the challenges and have learned so much from this experience. Summary of our results is as follows:
Team Taya's Jordan Elliott competed at the ACT Taekwondo Championships at the Australian Institute of Sports Combat Centre in Canberra held last 4-5 June 2016 bringing home a Silver Medal in the Blackbelt Junior under 73 kgs, good comeback from long layoff
Congratulations and Well Done to our Team Taya Athletes and Coaches for a strong result achieved at the recent 2016 Sydney Taekwondo Festival winning total of 18 Golds and 5 Silvers in sparring and poomsae! Thank you to all the families for your cheers and support. Summary of results are as follows:
SPARRING
Connor Fleming Two Golds, two divisions
Kiara Fleming Two Golds, two divisions
Sofia Querubin Two Golds, two divisions
Ysabella Querubin Two Golds, two divisions
Arjun Bhandari Two Golds, two divisions
Arnav Kamboj Gold
Chelsea Gomez Gold
Diego Querubin Gold
Saachi Sharma Gold
Aadtiya Kadam Gold and Silver, two divisions
Kyan Gonzales Silver
Brynley Llewellyn-Roux Silver
POOMSAE
Chelsea Gomez Gold - Individual and Team
Sofia Querubin Gold - Pair and Team
Kaira Jog Gold - Pair and Team, Silver - Individual
Saahil Jog Silver - Individual
Chelsea Gomez and Arnav Kamboj not in team photo
