ATA Hedland club looks forward to 2010 year

The ATA Hedland Taekwondo Club is gearing up to start 2010 as it ended the 2009 year when it scored 10 competition medals after attending its first taekwondo tournament in Perth late last year.  A nervous and inexperienced squad of eight students didn’t know what to expect but performed to the highest standard, scoring several unexpected gold medals and several silver medal placings for spearing and form work known as poomsae.

The competition was hosted by the Australian Taekwondo Academy and the 8 clubs competed in the ATA league competition held in November 2009.. 

The achievements included:

Peter Wyn (Poomsae – gold medalist u0 years red belt.

Sean Van Hengel – u14 years poomsae gold medalist and two sparring silver medals.

Torekana Bule-Turner – u10 years blue poomsae gold medalist and sparring silver medal.

Pidavara Bule-Turner – u12 poomsae silver medal and sparring bronze medal.

Tim Turner – veterans red belt masters silver medals for poomsae and sparring.

Pearl Coppin and Khalia Wingo attended as white belts for experience and exposure and are now eagerly training to compete in upcoming yellow belts.  The team was supported by parents and head instructor John Geeves (5^th dan) who were delighted with the results.  Mr Geeves said he was proud of the newly formed club (from July 2009), which showed a depth of talent.

The Hedland Taekwondo Club is going from strength to strength, attracting three-time Australian poomsae champion Rob Zanetti as a new member of the club.  He provides a level of technical skill and expertise highly valued by the club.

The club encourages new membership and looks forward to an exciting 2010. The club hopes to host a series of interclub seminars centered on coaching and refereeing commencing early 2010.

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SouthWest Games – Bunbury

South West Games Inc. will be hosting the tri-annual South West Games which will fall in 2010 for this cycle.  The SW Games will run from March 19 to March 28, with taekwondo (as one of its long term permanant sports) scheduled for 28 March in Bunbury, the host city.

The Games is contested by players who are residents from the South West region and involves a plethora of sports and other competitions to vie for the honour of best sporting shire-or-city for the South West region.  Of course, the official winners must reside within one of the 17 South West Local Government shires or cities.  So, out of the clubs in our ATA Western Australia clubs, it would be mostly players and members from the Falcon, Halls Head and Mandurah clubs, but they will be representing their shire or city where they reside rather than their club.

The South West Games started in 1985 in Bunbury and is modelled along the concept of multi sports games as played in such environments of the Olympic Games or the Commonwealth Games.  It is a popular concept and brings all regional sports persons together in friendly competition.  However, in celebrating the 25th year anniversary, the South West Games organisers are including players who reside in non South West regions

More information on the Taekwondo part of the games will be posted here as soon as more is confirmed.

Venue:  Bunbury PCYC, Parade Road, Bunbury

Weigh-in:  Saturday 27^th March at 5 pm

or Sunday 28^th March at  8 to 9 am or at 11 am

 Competition schedule: – Sunday 28^th March 2010.

Poomsae starts 9 am morning

Sparring starts 1 pm afternoon

You can check the program and competition draws on the Southwest Games website link;

http://www.swginc.org.au/welcome/sportSpec.php?name=Tae%20Kwon%20Do

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ATA Hedland grading and seminar

13-14 November 2010:

at:  JD Hardie Recreation Centre
Cottier Drive, South Hedland
Click for directions to get there

more details can be obtained from club instructor Tim Turner, Mob: 0447 200 155

29-30 May 2010:

at:  JD Hardie Recreation Centre
Cottier Drive, South Hedland
Click for directions to get there

more details can be obtained from club instructor John Geeves, Mob: 0428 831 359

or club president Brent Kara;
Ph: 08 9140 1303; Mob: 0429 795 692 – Club President

12-13 Dec 2009:

at:  JD Hardie Recreation Centre
Cottier Drive, South Hedland
Click for directions to get there

more details can be obtained from club instructor John Geeves, Mob: 0428 831 359

or club president Brent Kara;
Ph: 08 9140 1303; Mob: 0429 795 692 – Club President

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ATA league tournament – 22 November 2009

Location: Mandurah High School Gym, Gibla Street, Mandurah

Date: Sunday 22nd November 2009

Scheduled Times: 8:45 am to 12 noon junior sparring;

Lunch break: 12 noon to 12:30

Scheduled Times: 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm poomsae competition; 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm u18 and seniors sparring

Application forms can be obtained from your club instructors.

Closing date: 14th November 2009.

Tournament report:

Players completed their weigh-in and were ready. Their weights were recorded and the system calculated all correct handicap points in accordance with the criteria for the league competition in each allotted belt and weight age group division.

The day started on time, and the fights commenced with the junior age group divisions, and finishing ahead of schedule. After the lunch break, Tore Bule Turner demonstrated his Michael Jackson impersonation dance moves to the delight of the crowd, including the slides and the moon walk.

The poomsae competition went underway and each player did their best. The seniors came on after that and at the end of the day, there were quite a few sore bodies.

The concept of the league system was designed to enable players to have as many competition bouts as possible in a round robin format. The top 2 players will fight off in the final to decide the gold and silver medal winners while the next placed 3^rd and 4^th player ranked on the league ladder play off for the bronze medal.

This year’s second league comp was contested by 8 clubs and the medal tally shows:

1^st: Mandurah 8 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze

2^nd: Halls Head: 6, 3, 2

3^rd: Narrogin: 5, 6, 2

4^th: Hedland: 3, 6, 1

5^th: Coolbellup: 3, 4, 1

6^th: Rockingham: 2, 2, 0

7^th: Padbury: 1, 1, 0

8^th: Falcon: 1, 0, 1

Results:  click here:  or go to http://www.ata-wa.org.au/results/#2009ATALeague2

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Taekwondo seminar and grading in Port Hedland: 12-13 December 2009

Details can be obtained from John Geeves, Hedland Instructor or Brent Kara, club President – see Instructor or club contacts:

Ph: 08 9140 1303
Mob: 0429 795 692

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