Mandurah club 2008 annual awards

 Master Head Instructor, Kim Seng, announced the 2008 annual awards for the Mandurah club on Thursday 18th December 2008:

Fairest & Best senior:  Jedi Calcidan & Roy Khoh

Most Improved senior:  Albert Calicdan

Fairest & Best junior:  Miranda Seng

Most Improved junior: Ryan Nafranec

The Mandurah and Falcon clubs will be on Christmas and New Year festive holidays and summer recess.  Classes will re-commence for the 2009 season from the first week of February 2009.

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year to all members and look forward to seeing you back again for another successful 2009 year next year.

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ATA Peel region grading – 14 December 2008 in Mandurah

The ATA Peel region held its end of year grading at Mandurah where 40 members tested for their belt upgrades ranging from white 9th gup yellow belts to 3rd poom black belts.  At the end of the grading the following members were presented with best grading awards:

Best grading;  Miranda Seng (Mandurah)

Best senior grading:  Andrew Harrison (Falcon)

Encouragement senior grading:  Monika Wodzynska (Mandurah)

Best junior grading:  Merendah Wellock (Rockingham)

Encouragement junior grading:  Kai Harrison (Falcon)

Congratulations to the members who have passed their grading.  Kim Seng, the examiner was quite pleased with the standard and skill levels displayed.  It augers well for the next year.

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2008 Commonwealth Taekwondo Championships in Canada

Kim Seng, ATA Peel Region Master Instructor attended the 4^th Commonwealth Taekwondo Championships held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada during November 2008.  He was the Referee Chairman for the event that attracted 200 players from 6 countries from host country Canada, Australia, New Zealand, England, Wales and Northern Ireland.  India and Nigeria were entered but they experienced difficulties in getting visas and missed out on the event.

The International Referees were appointed from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Scotland, Malaysia, USA.  Nigeria and India had visa difficulties and were unable to officate.  Four operating courts were used with the LaJust electronic body protectors being a first for the Commonwealth event.  Canada won the event as the overall champion country.

The International Referees: Kim Seng (Chairman), Maher Magableh, Tony Achkouti, Jacques Ayotte, Tracey Bonertz, Ken Froese, William Jones, Martin Kenneally, Song Chul Kim, Linda Kwan, Pierre LaChance, Gilles LeClerc, Babara Marian, Stephane Menard, Susanne Mitchell, Paolo Polano, Kirk Sinclair, Eric Wah, Choo-Boon Lau, Tsu-Ching Wong, Kevin Woon, Vijay Chhika, Stan Wagner, Bill Darlington, Anne Chase and Randy Waitman.

Canada’s National Referees assisting as recorders, inspection and weigh-in: Alison Braun, Glen Berger, Mike LeCren, David Saucier, Terry Webb.

Best Male referee was awarded to Song Chul Kim of British Columbia, Canada; Best Female Referee was awarded to Susanne Mitchell of Saskatchewan, Canada; and Recognition Referee Award went to Vijay Chhika of Wellington, New Zealand.

The next 5^th Commonwealth Championships will be hosted by India in New Delhi during January 2011. There is a discussion topic in the Forum section under Sparring: Electronic Body Protectors.  you can view the comments and join in the discussion.  click on the link in the comments of this post.

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Coolbellup Bowls over Mandurah and Rockingham – or Did Mandurah Strike Again?

Ten-Pin Bowling was just held today at AMF Rockingham and the victory goes to Coolbellup.

Actually, it could be contested whether Club Mandurah or Club Coolbellup won. What’s certain is that Rockingham came third. There were only three clubs competing in today’s challenge and careful consideration had to be taken in calculating the results. Two players from Rockingham and two players from Mandurah bowled 1 game each. So the final calculation had to consider that four members only played once.

The final scores are tabulated as such:

So, similar to Poomsae Judging, we cancelled some scores out. Traditionally, we would discard the top score and the lowest score and average the remaining unbiased scores. However, since we only had 2 games each (some of us only 1) the top score is used. Those who played 1 game had their score counted as their best. In this case, Coolbellup just edged out Mandurah for top spot with an average of 112.40 over Mandurah’s 110.70.

Having said that, Coolbellup also has the widest fluctuations with their low score average of 77.40 losing out to the rest of the clubs. In this particular instance, Mandurah takes the honours over Rockingham.

Normally, you would take an average; total average, have EVERYTHING averaged out. In this case, Mandurah would have Average honours with 98.30 over Coolbellup’s 94.90.

I’ll scan the actual scores and post them up when they’re ready. I had some chocolate smeared over one sheet so I have to wait for it to dry before scanning it.

Photos will come courtesy of the Ahmad-Niza family when they’re ready and have emailed them to me.

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Power-less Grading at Mandurah – Sunday 21st September 2008

On a day where many students had to perform to nearing their best, to be awarded their next Taekwondo level – the venue for the grading had a bit of a hiccup. On arrival, the premises had no power. No lighting, no fans! Luckily, there were few windows on the very top of the gym hall to provide sufficient natural lighting. The venue was affected by the storm that morning which took out the electrical power in the surrounding areas for half the day. There was no hot water for hot drinks.

Despite the adversity, grading continued and graders who were not scheduled to be examined were permitted the use of another power-less room. Without the door open, the room would have been completely dark. It was amazing to note that many graders were able to use that dark-room facility to practice their routines. The rods in the eyes adjust quite well and after about 1 minute, the once completely dark room becomes useful. It goes to show how resilient taekwondo practitioners are and even the mums and dads and supporters were very patient and progressed as per normal.

Results will be notified to students who did not bring their Taekwondo Australia Grading Handbook. To all those who participated and went through the examination, congratulations – and an extra pat on the back to those who received awards at the end of the event.

Congratulations to the following for their grading awards:

Best senior grading: Jed Calicdan (Mandurah), and Averil Evans (Falcon),

Best junior grading: Munirah Ahmad Niza (Coolbellup) and Alex Battellar (Mandurah)

Encouragement: Neb Miletovic (Rockingham).

Photograher: Julie Cloud (Halls Head).

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