Impact Taekwon-Do Australia took seven students to Gold Coast to compete in the Australian Championships. There were over 100 competitors from all across Australia. New electronic scoring technology was trialed and made the competition a lot more efficient and fair for all competitors.
Despite the excruciatingly humid weather, the team dominated their divisions to take out 4 Gold, 7 Silver and 3 Bronze. Sabumnim Michael Nguyen also tied with another competitor on the medal tally for Overall Male Champion this year creating a major dilemma. But Sabumnim decided to give the Championship trophy to his younger opponent.
All athletes competed in the true spirit of taekwondo and should be very satisfied with their progress. Well done.
Results from the competition:
Leon Sejranovic
1st – Junior 3rd-1st Gup patterns
2nd – Junior male colour junior special techniques
2nd – Junior 4th-1st Gup sparring
Tim Hon
3rd – Senior 3rd-1st Gup patterns
2nd – Male light/heavy 7th-1st Gup sparring
Larita Bouphasavanh
1st – Senior 3rd-1st Gup patterns
Jennifer Nguyen
2nd – Junior female 1st Dan black belt patterns
2nd – Junior female middle weight sparring
Matthew Nguyen
3rd – Senior male 1st-2nd Dan black belt patterns
Tony Nguyen
2nd – Senior male 3rd-4th Dan black belt patterns
3rd – Senior black belt special techniques
Michael Nguyen
1st – Senior male 3rd-4th Dan black belt patterns
1st – Senior light/heavy male sparring
2nd – Senior black belt special techniques
Overall male champion
