The National Championships Report
Angela Barltrop 2nd Gup
Riccarton Taekwon-Do
Photos taken by Mr Craig Oliver (for more photo's of National
Champs by Mr Oliver please contact the webmaster).
The 2008 Nationals Champs were held and the Queen Elizabeth
Youth Centre in Tauranga on the weekend of the 4th & 5th
of October 2008. I will not claim to be a legend at writing
up the events of the weekend so I have just included some
pics with some captions and hopefully you will get the general
idea! The team this year was relatively small but hugely enthusiastic
and everyone did a fantastic job. The highlights and embarrassments
of the weekend for me personally were when I managed to crash
our rental van in a super market car park, (welcome back to
National Comps Ange!), Mr Sopers gruelling 5 round final (which
he won) and the South Island Men's teams first round of team
sparring which honestly impressed me so much I was almost
brought to tears. All the boys did such an amazing job. I
was especially impressed with Mr Michael Davies who was told
by Mr Herbison after he sparred that it was the best sparring
he had ever seen from him, and Mr Hamish Duncan who was matched
up against the very experienced and formidable Mr Dave Ballard,
V Dan and coach of the NZ team for next years world champs.
Both young fella's coming out with wins. Well done!
Enjoy the photo's!
Mr Eade won his first round fight to go on
and win gold for Men's Dan Middleweight Sparring
Mr Davies was the recipient of the silver
medal in this division!
Mr Soper won this first round to go on to
a gruelling 5 round final! Well done for the hard work Mr
Soper!
Mr Eade and Mr Duncan doing a fine job in
the Pre-Arranged Sparring division.
Male Team Pattern
Mr Davies won his first round in the Men's
Dan Middleweight Sparring division.
Mr Burt one this bout to then go on and spar
possibly the biggest man I've ever seen. Unfortunately Mr
Burt didn't win the 2nd bout but a brave effort in my book!
Ms Caley sparred well but was defeated by
Yvette Perrott who went on to win Best Overall Red Belt.
Mr Luke Jackson sparred bravely but was defeated.
I was defeated by Amelia Perry from Counties
Manukau
Mana Williams-Eade gives it heaps!
Miss Read sparred well but was defeated by
scary Freya Thomson of Central Districts, who had also defeated
Holly Eades in the previous bout.
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Nicole Woods did a great job, taking out the
silver medal for Intermediate Girls 1-4 Gup Hyperweight.
Sophie Hadjis sparred with talent but unfortunately
was let down by a lot of warnings and was defeated. Well done
at her first ever National Championships, we have high hopes
for her next time!
Miss Read & Miss Eades with their Silver
and Bronze medals well earned after sparring Miss Thomson
of CD.
I'm not sure exactly what we are all watching
here but it must have been important!
The South Island won the following medals:
Gold:
Shane Eade, Mens Dan Middleweight Sparring
Samuel Soper, Men's Dan Hyperweight Sparring
Craig Oliver, Men's 5-8 Gup Middleweight Sparring
Josh Patterson, Peewee Boys 5-8 Gup Middleweight Sparring
Silver:
Kris Herbison, Male 4th Dan+ Patterns
Helen Caley, Female Red Belt Patterns Adult
Michael Davies, Men's Dan Middleweight Sparring
Wayne Burt, Men's 1-4 Gup Hyperweight Plus Sparring
Helen Caley, Women's 1-4 Gup Middleweight Sparring
Natalie Read, Women's 1-4 Gup Lightweight Sparring
Nicole Woods, Intermediate Girls 1-4 Gup Hyperweight Sparring
William Arbuckle-Hill, Junior Boys 5-8 Gup Hyperweight Sparring
Sophie Hadjis, Int Girls' 5-8 Gup Hyperweight Sparring
Kris Herbison, Men's Black Belt Power Test
South Island, Male Team Power Test
Bronze:
Shane Eade, Male 3rd Dan Patterns Adult
Lorraine Eade, Female 2nd Dan Patterns Adult
Samuel Soper, Male 2nd Dan Patterns Adult
Tomonori Shibata, Male Blue Belt Patterns Adult
Craig Oliver, Male Green Belt Patterns Adult
Sophie Hadjis, Female Yellow Belt Patterns Junior
Gareth Hopkins, Junior Boys Dan Heavyweight Sparring
Hamish Duncan, Int/Junior Boys Dan Hyperweight Sparring
Angela Baltrop, Women's 1-4 Gup Hyperweight Sparring
Mana Williams-Eade, Peewee Boys 1-4 Gup Middleweight Sparring
Holly Eades, Women's 1-4 Gup Lightweight Sparring
Luke Jackson, Int Boys' 1-4 Gup Lightweight Sparring
Hamish Duncan, Junior Mens Black Belt Power Test
South Island, Male Team Patterns
South Island, Male Team Sparring
For more results and other nationals photo's please see the
Nationals
Information page on the ITFNZ website.
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