Photos from 2008 Australian Taekwondo National Championship in Homebush, Sydney
Photos from the 2008 Taekwondo Australia Nationals and Open Championships, held in Homebush (Olympic Park) Sydney, are now up. There are various photos of players, coaches and family supporters from Western Australia. Click on the photo to begin viewing the photo gallery.
Obviously, we focused mainly on our ATA members and in the spirit of the sport we gathered as many West Australians as we could for some group photos. The group photos are actually of ALL the Western Australians who remained until the end of the competition days. Unfortunately, there were only 3 of us remaining on the colour-belt sparring day – so no group photo from the Friday’s competition.
We appreciate the efforts that players, friends and family supporters displayed by staying to barrack and cheer on our state players – even competitors from other clubs around Western Australia.
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September 12th, 2008 at 8:44 am
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Roy Khoh says:
September 12th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
I have to say, “Great photos, Richard!”
I like the group photos. Thank you for arranging and organising all of them. It’s good to see the different Western Australian State clubs come together like that. Wish there were more!
Also, nice shots of the ANZ Stadium at the Olympic Park. I like the lighting effects from those night shots.
simplelogik says:
September 15th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
I should get everyone to do their fav kick next time
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No, thank .. you .. for getting everyone together Roy !! .. I’m only there to take the photos. Next time we should try to organize a group photo of everyone at training.
Roy Khoh says:
September 22nd, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Yes, we’ve tried that one before, though – the favourite kick thing. Timing just doesn’t work out well.
Anyway, I’ve mentioned links to the full results for the 2008 Taekwondo Nationals here.
Roy Khoh says:
July 19th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
It’s been almost a year now and preparation for this year’s 2009 Australian Taekwondo Nationals should be underway.
I had already (at the beginning of the year) made the decision not to go this year. A bit unfortunate because it’s somewhere different – Brisbane, Queensland. I haven’t been there for a Nationals yet.
I’m hoping that we as a state, Western Australia, can get together and act as one group. I know it’s a tall ask, and all I can say is “every little bit counts”. A little bit last year, a little bit more this year, some more next year – and eventually we’ll get there.
I’m hoping we can get more WA State Team photos. Like Richard said, some photos at training – then some photos there in Brisbane. Maybe we can even get some more West Australians stay back to barrack until our very last competitor of the day.
Who knows? Maybe they’ll do a state-by-state cheering contest too. We should work on that too!