August 2009

A relatively small team of JNT athletes competed in the Victorian Selection Championships on Saturday August 1^st and Sunday August 2nd at the State Netball & Hockey Centre. Many of our senior team members are competing in the Selections for World Taekwondo Championships in late August, and decided not to risk injury by competing in the Victorian Selection Championships. Despite the frustrations of the manual scoring system 86% of our athletes won medals, with 38% winning gold medals. Perhaps the highlight of day 2 of the competition, the Black Belt competition, was the courageous gold medal fight of Janelle Hocking. Four points down after some controversial point scoring, Janelle fought her way back to even the score at the end of the third round and move into a sudden death 4th round. With the match still tied at the end of the sudden death round Janelle was awarded the gold medal based on her attacking approach to the fight. Throughout the fight Janelle remained focused and more importantly, never gave up. Congratulations Janelle, your victory was truly inspirational. Congratulations to all our medal winners, who are now eligible to compete for Victoria at the National Taekwondo Championships to be held in Brisbane in October.

A small but dedicated JNT Poomsae Team competed at the Victorian State Poomsae Selection Championships on August 8th (Seniors) and August 22nd (Juniors). This competition was a return to the old format where judges sit at a table at the front of the court and deduct points when they feel the competitor has made a mistake. This can lead to some unexpected results that can be very frustrating for the competitors. Despite this our poomsae team performed very well with every team member winning a medal. Congratulations to all the medal winners.

RESULTS

Gold Medal Winners (Sparring)

Janelle Hocking Female Black Belt 14 – 17 years 52 – 55 kg

Michael Metaxotos Male Black Belt 14 – 17 years 00 – 45 kg

Lachlan Findlay Male Black Belt 14 – 15 years 65 – 70 kg

Byanna Cheong Female Black Belt 12 – 13 years 40 – 45 kg

Benecia Cheong Female Black Belt 12 – 13 years 31 –35 kg

Daryl May Male Black Belt 10 – 11 years 24 – 27 kg

Jack Stockdale Male Red Belt 08 – 09 years 50 – 55 kg

Tony Lee Male Yellow Belt 08 – 09 years 27 – 31 kg

Silver Medal Winners (Sparring)

Arthan Ioannou Male Black Belt 14 – 17 years 48 – 51 kg

Kanica May Female Black Belt 14 – 17 years 42 – 44 kg

Johanna Tachas Female Black Belt 12 – 13 years 50 – 55 kg

Sanya Milic Female Red Belt 14 – 17 years 55 – 59 kg

Nikki Stockdale Female Blue Belt 10 – 11 years 40 – 45 kg

Katelyn Gale Female Blue Belt 10 – 11 years 35 – 40 kg

Bronze Medal Winners (Sparring)

Jasmine Hocking Female Black Belt 14 – 17 years 44 – 46 k

Steven Vasilopoulos Male Black Belt 14 – 15 years 50 – 55 k

Nemanya Milic Male Red Belt 10 – 11 years 35 – 40 k

Joshua Lee Male Blue Belt 10 – 11 years 31 – 35 k

Stefan Milic Male Blue Belt 08 – 09 years 27 – 31 kg

Gold Medal Winners (Poomsae)

Nuvolari Seneviratne Male Black Belt 18 – 30 years Individual Poomsae (Senior)

Bryanna Cheong Female Black Belt 00 – 13 years Family Poomsae Siblings

Benecia Cheong Female Black Belt 00 – 13 years Family Poomsae Siblings

Bryanna Cheong Female Black belt 00 – 13 years Team Poomsae Mixed

Jack De Highden Male Black belt 00 – 13 years Team Poomsae Mixed

Benecia Cheong Female Black belt 00 – 13 years Team Poomsae Mixed

Johanna Tachas Female Black belt 00 – 13 years Team Poomsae Mixed

Silver Medal Winners (Poomsae)

Alexander Khun Male Black Belt 18 – 30 years Individual Poomsae (Senior)

Jack de Highden Male Black Belt 11 – 13 years Individual Poomsae

Benecia Cheong Female Black belt 11 – 13 years Individual Poomsae

Jack de Highden Male Black belt 00 – 13 years Pairs Poomsae Mixed

Johanna Tachas Female Black belt 00 – 13 years Pairs Poomsae Mixed

Bronze Medal Winners (Poomsae)

Bryanna Cheong Female Black belt 11 – 13 years Individual Poomsae

Bryanna Cheong Female Black Belt 00 – 13 years Pairs Poomsae Female

Benecia Cheong Female Black Belt 00 – 13 years Pairs Poomsae Female

Jason Wynn Male Red Belt 00 – 10 years Individual Poomsae

May 2009

On 16th and 17th of May Tiger Team members traveled to the State Netball & Hockey Centre to compete in Victorian State Sparring Championships. Competitors from all over Victoria and Interstate participate in these tournaments to gain valuable competition experience. Stand out performer on the day was Michael Metaxatos who maintained his unbeaten record from the March State Championships by demolishing all his opponents in a convincing manner. Congratulations to all the medal winners listed below*.

On May 30, 2009 a small poomsae team competed in the Victorian State Poomsae Championships held at the State Netball & Hockey Centre. For the individual pooomsae, Taekwondo Victoria were again trialing the international poomsae format with a competition draw similar to sparring. During this competition, two competitors performed their poomsae patterns at the same time and the 3 to 5 judges positioned around the court held up a red or blue flag to decide who won. The winners then proceeded through to the next round until there were only two competitors left to compete for the gold medal. This poomsae format results in a much fairer transparent competition, which was reflected in the teams medal tally. Only one competitor missed out on a medal in the individual poomsae, which was due to the fact that the 2nd black belt pattern Geumgang is difficult to do with a broken foot.

Congratulations to all the medal winners.

RESULTS

Gold Medal Winners (Sparring)

Seda Demirkiran Female Black Belt 53 – 57 kg 15+ years (Senior)

Michael Metaxotos Male Black Belt 00 – 42 kg 14 – 17 years

Daryl May Male Black Belt 24 – 27 kg 10 - 11 years

Silver Medal Winners (Sparring)

Alexander Khun Male Black Belt 00 – 45 kg 15+years

Kanica May Female Black belt 00 – 42 kg 14–17 years

Bryanna Cheong Female Black Belt 40 – 45 kg 12–13 years

Benecia Cheong Female Black Belt 27 – 31 kg 12–13 years

Tony Lee Male Yellow Belt 27 – 31 kg 08 – 09 years

Bronze Medal Winners (Sparring)

Steven Vasilopoulos Male Black Belt 45 – 50 kg 14–15 years

Jack De Highden Male Black Belt 40 – 45 kg 12–13 years

Gold Medal Winners (Poomsae)

Jack De Highden Male Black Belt 11 – 13 years One-on-one Individual Poomsae

Benecia Cheong Female Black Belt 11 – 13 years One-on-one Individual Poomsae

Jason Wynn Male Red Belt 08 – 10 years One-on-one Individual Poomsae

Silver Medal Winners (Poomsae)

Nuvolari Seneviratne Male Black Belt 18 – 30 years One-on-one Individual Poomsae

Jack De Highden Male Black Belt 11 – 13 years Pairs Poomsa

Johanna Tachas Female Black Belt 11 – 13 years Pairs Poomsae

Bryanna Cheong Female Black Belt 11 – 13 years Team Poomsae

Benecia Cheong Female Black Belt 11 – 13 years Team Poomsae

Johanna Tachas Female Black Belt 11 – 13 years Team Pommsae

March 2009

On Saturday March 14th and Sunday March 15 a small number of Tiger Team members competed in the Victorian Junior Sparring Championships. Despite the controversy with the point scoring, (using the manual scoring system) our JNT athletes performed very well with half winning gold medals.

Congratulations to all our medal winners for their outstanding performances.

RESULTS

Gold Medal Winners

Kostan Ioannou Black Belt 14 – 17 years

Janelle Hocking Black Belt 14 – 17 years

Jasmine Hocking Black Belt 14 – 17 years

Kanica May Black Belt 14 – 15 years

Michael Metaxotos Black Belt 14 – 17 years

Daryl May Black Belt 10 - 11 years

Silver Medal Winners

Kanica May Black Belt 14 – 17 years

Jonathon Lay Red Belt 12 – 13 years

Oscar Sturm Red Belt 10 – 11 years

Bronze Medal Winners

Nemanya Milic Red Belt 10 – 11 years

Stefan Milic Blue Belt 8 – 9 years