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2008 NATIONAL SELECTION CHAMPIONSHIPS

The 4^th & 5^th October saw Sports Taekwondo Australia conduct the 2008 National Selection Championships to choose teams for the World Poomsae Championships to be held in Turkey in December, The Oceania Sparring & Poomsae Championships in New Zealand also to be held in December and the Commonwealth Sparring & Poomsae Championships to be held in Canada in November. The Championships were held at the Australian Institute of sport in Canberra.

Members from our Oh Do Kwan Maddington, Port Kennedy and Victoria Park Branches, along with members from our South Australia Affiliated Branch Total Taekwondo competed in the tournament, coming away with considerable success.

Coaches Ross Hartnett, Anita Tippet, Daniel Moir and Graeme Hartnett were all pleased with the overall result and congratulate athletes on their efforts. The following athletes have been selected for the following International competitions representing Australia as members of the official national team to these World Taekwondo Federation events. It is hoped that Anita Tippet will be included in the Oceania team as a coach.

 World Poomsae Championships - Turkey

Carmela Hartnett

Oceania Sparring Championships – New Zealand

Chad Cross
Catherine Dawson
Robert Hissey
Julie Dawson
Dylan Gaymer
Ruth Rowe
Jasmine Cross

Oceania Poomsae Championships

Neil Brickwood
Sherman Kwan 

Commonwealth Sparring Championships – Canada

Graeme Hartnett
Taiha Gorton
Shaunie Moreton
Michael Baldwin
Leon Shaw
Vincent Passarelli
Graeme Riddell
Nicole Mitsigeorgi

Past success from some of our competitors indicate that our members should see success at these championships, with Carmela Hartnett a 4 time World Championships Bronze Medal Winner, Ruth Rowe a World University Championships Bronze Medal Winner, Julie Dawson, Chad Cross and Jasmine Cross all previous Oceania Championship medal winners and Catherine Dawson an Asian Championships Bronze Medal winner. We wish all competitors luck at their respective championships.

TAEKWONDO AUSTRALIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS

Congratulations to all students who participated in the championships in Sydney, taking place from 4 - 6th September 2008. The championships had over 2200 entries, with overseas entries from Germany, Italy, Korea, Samoa, New Zealand and Malaysia making up some of the numbers. The following students achieved medals -

(Chad Cross Gold Medallist)

POOMSE
GOLD - Kasia Majewski, Ben Henry.

SILVER - Alexander Wallace.

(Julie Dawson Gold Medallist)

SPARRING
GOLD - Justine Warren, Cassidy Keleher, Damon Rooney, Erika Darr, Eve Yeung, Amber Carter, Liam Heidt, Owen Ridgewell, Alyce Macualey, Ross Delport, Barry Porter, Dylan Gaymer, Chad Cross, Julie Dawson.

SILVER - Tiger Turner, Keegan Thompson, Joshua Yeung, Amelia Griffin, Keearnah Thompson, Bailey Maloney, Nicholas Carter, Lorelle Klumpp, Daniel Mountstephen, Darren Rix.

BRONZE - Jesse Ramshaw, Kyle Bock, Sean Warren, Rebecca Caripidis, Sarah Turner, Chloe Delport, Amanda McDiarmid, Johnathan Cripidis, Jordan Alweyn, Dion Moustos, Ludek Seda, Patrick Dawson.

(Dylan Gaymer with coach Anita Tippett)

TKD WA STATE TAEKWONDO CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS

Congratulations to all students who participated in the championships on the 7th and 8th of June 2008. The following students achieved medals -

POOMSE
GOLD - Ashlyn Wilinson, Larnie Henness, Jacob Larkin, Alexander Wallace, Sian Champman, Janette O'Keefe, Rodney Hartmann, Ketisha Gill, Kasia Majewski (3 Gold), Catherine Dawson, Ben Henry, Robert Collings, Esme Squires, Talesha Panting.

SILVER - Alana Bloomer, Deborah Dean, Cassidy Keleher, Olivia Dearle - Sheane, Erica Darr, Liana Oliver, Chris Mercer, Jordan Alweyn, Talesha Panting, Julie Dawson, Adam Henry, Robert Dawson, Andrew Duddy, Shane Page, Katisha Gill.

BRONZE - Havanna Gill, Shaydin Gill, Justine Warren, Luke Buhlmann, Kyle Bock, Jordan Javanovic, Jessica Dean, Sean Warren, Keearnah Thompson, Darragh Nagle, Steven Dawson. 

SPARRING
GOLD - Emily Green, Jesse Ramshaw, Josh Jovanovic, John Dowey, Zoe Broomer, Bailey Maloney, Rossow Laubscher, Cyril Norment, Jayme-Lee Smith, Erika Darr, Jack Robertson, Keearnah Thompson, Sarah Turner, Ross Delport, Caleb Henness, Ajana Plunkett, Adam Henry, Georgia Moloney, Katisha Gill, Ben Henry, Liam Heidt, Amanda McDiarmid, Julie Dawson, Taiha Gorton, Nebojsa Radulovic, Steven McDiarmid, Patrick Dawson, Dylan Gaymer, Catherine Dawson,  Jasmine Cross, Alex Sejournee, Vincent Sew Hee, Chad Cross, Neil McLagan, Tanya Howlett, Lorelle Klumpp, Stephen Ball, Kristopher Hartmann, Ben Elphick, Keegan Thompson, Chloe Delport.

SILVER - Ella Mongomey, Cindee Della - Pollina, Daniel Sepe, Malan Laubscher, Tiger Turner, Kymberley Warren, Jordan Javanovic, Sean Warren, Raian Darr (2), Zoe Broomer, Taj Wood, Shaydn Gill, Kyle Bock, Cassidy Keleher, Ashlyn Wilkinson, Jessica Dean, Matthew Reuben, Esme Squires, Katy Jones, Jake Read, Justine Warren, Roberta Warrell, Tanaya Ellis, Ashley Howlett,  Cassandra Hankinson (2), Marizaan Laubscher, Amber Carter, Catherine Dawson, Jasmine Klumpp, Shaunie Moreton, Jake Klumpp, Deborah Dean, Julie Dawson, Damon Rooney, Patrick Dawson, Janette O'Keefe, Denise Mercer.

BRONZE - Kymberley Warren, Alana Boomer, Sebastian Hira - Gardiner, Wil Watson, Connor Watts, Justin Norment, Jasmyne Tweed, Benjamin Hartmann, Jacob Larkin, Liam Reuben, Rodney Hartmann, Georgia Moloney, Teighan Mercer, Aiman Kamar, Jordan Alweyn, Bailey Milne, Julia Oliver, Anthony Shaw, Shane Emery, Jason Yoo, Tana Vogel, Blair Wootton.

OH DO KWAN SUCCESS AT 2nd WORLD TAEKWONDO CULTURE EXPO

(Welcoming Committee greeting the team at Incheon Airport)

A team of 25 Oh Do Kwan representatives recently returned with a swagger of medals from the 2nd World Taekwondo Culture Expo held in Jeollabuk-Do from the 4th - 11th of July. Participants from Maddington, Port Kennedy and Bunbury all travelled with coaches Graeme Hartnett, Anita Tippet, Justin Warren and Melissa Warren. The competition was used as a development exercise for the athletes as well as gaining some international experience for the more inexperienced athletes.

Arriving in Incheon on the 3rd of July, the team took a 3 hour bus trip to Jeonju, where they spent 4 days experiencing the hospitality and culture of Korea. From there it was onto Muju, the venue of the competition, where the following athletes achieved medals.

(Dylan Gaymer on his way to the gold Medal against Korea)

Poomse
Gold: Shaunie Moreton, Catherine Dawson, Julie Dawson
Silver: Graeme Hartnett
Bronze: Kris Hartmann, Steven McDiarmid

Sparring
Gold: Alex Sejournee, Shaunie Moreton, Jasmine Cross, Dylan Gaymer, Chad Cross
Silver: Steven McDiarmid, Kris Hartmann, Patrick Dawson
Bronze: Jake Read, Graeme Hartnett

(Poomse Medallists after day 1)

After the event, it was back to Seoul where athletes got to visit the home of Taekwondo, the Kukkiwon. After some much needed rest and relaxation the team then headed back home to Perth.

(Coaches with Organising Committee Member Yoo In Jong 6th Dan)

2nd World Taekwondo Expo

A contingent of 21 Taekwondo Oh Do Kwan’s members will make up our club team to the 2^nd World Taekwondo Culture Expo a international open tournament to be held in Muju, Korea from 4^th – 11^th July. The competition although a medium level international competition will be a excellent development exercise for our up and coming competitors and good preparation and practice for our competitors wishing to compete at the selections for the national team to the Commonwealth and Oceania Championships later in the year. 

Oh Do Kwan coaches for the event will be Anita Tippet, Justin Warren, Melissa Warren and Graeme Hartnett who was recently the Junior National Female Coach to the World Junior Benchmark event the World Junior Championships.

(Graeme Hartnett coaching Catherine Dawson at recent World Junior Championships)

The event will see competition in sparring, forms and breaking categories in both senior and junior divisions. Our competitors are expected to do well with both national & international champions in both poomsae and sparring making up part of the team. In fact Taekwondo Oh Do Kwan is the Australian club that has won the most medals in the Benchmark event for World Poomsae, the World Taekwondo Federation World Poomsae Championships, having won 3 Bronze Medals. The expo will be good practice for our poomsae competitors who will have the opportunity later in the year to compete for a spot on the National Team to contest the 3^rd World Poomsae Championships to be held in December this year. 

(Julie Dawson on her way to success in poomsae at the 2007 Nationals)

Our competitors for the competition come from a number of our clubs including Maddington, Port Kennedy, Vic Park and various locations in Bunbury. The competitors are Dylan Gaymer, Chad Cross, Jasmine Cross, Shaunie Moreton, Steven McDiarmid, Jake Read, Alexander Sejournee, Kristopher Hartmann, Catherine Dawson, Julie Dawson, Patrick Dawson, Jasmine Klumpp, Jake Klumpp, Ashley Howlett, Ajana Plunkett, Branden Madaffari and Tanya Howlett.

Several of the team have signifigant international experience having won medals or competed at a variety of international competitions on a variety of occasions, these include Chad Cross, Catherine Dawson, Jasmine Cross, Julie Dawson, Jasmine Klumpp and Shaunie Moreton.      

(Chad Cross on the way to Medal Success at ICTO 2007)

 We hope our experienced players add to their success and our newcomers to international competition have success and benefit from the experience. Oh Do Kwan is in the position were it can offer to our clubs experienced leadership in all areas of Taekwondo from the traditional self defense aspects to elite level competition in sparring and poomsae.

World Junior Championships

4 Oh Do Kwan members have recently returned from Turkey after having participated in the 7th Junior World Taekwondo Championships in Turkey. The Oh Do Kwan contingent was made up of Graeme Hartnett who was selected by Sports Taekwondo Australia as the National Junior Female Coach for the event. Jasmine Klump, Catherine Dawson and Chad Cross all garnered selection through a national selection competition held earlier in the year by Sports Taekwondo Australia.

The team departed for Izmir, Turkey on the 3rd of May, with Perth athletes meeting up with the rest of the country in Singapore. After arriving in Turkey after exhausting travel the team took a couple of days to both relax and prepare for the competition ahead. The team also got to attend a Welcome Dinner at one of the official hotels of the event to honour the more than 1,000 participants from 80 countries before their minds were firmly focused on the competition ahead.

Catherine Dawson from Maddington and Vic Park clubs who previously represented Australia at the Asia benchmark event the 2007 Asian Championships were she garnered a Bronze medal, competed on the first day. Catherine received a bye into the 2nd round of the competition. It was a very long day as the event was delayed over 4 hours due to a computer crash, with Catherine not fighting her first fight until 8:00pm. Catherine who was matched against Chinese Taipei, one of the Worlds powerhouse nations, was unable to defeat her taller Chinese opponent and was unable to add to her medal tally at benchmark international events. 

Jasmine Klumpp from Justin Warren's club in Bunbury also had a bye on day 3. Jasmine came up against an opponent from Russia and although inexperienced at this level, showed plenty of resolve but was narrowly beaten by 1 - 0. Jasmine has had negligible international experience and her participation in the Junior World Championships is sure to accelerate her development and add to the natural talent she displays and the improvement already evident in her skills thanks to her club coach, Mr Warren.

Chad Cross from our Port Kennedy club was the final competitor for Australia competing on day 5, and after Australia's first medal of the event the previous day (Chloe Iriyadi from Victoria came away with Silver) confidence was high in the Aussie camp. While this was Chad’s first competition of this magnitude he has had significant international experience with success through Oh Do Kwan international club initiatives and the efforts of his Instructor, Anita Tippet. Chad had a tough fight first up against China who are renowned for being tough to beat in the heavier divisions. Chad looked very focused during his first fight and managed to come away with a win against the favored Chinese opponent 5 - 8. Hopes were high and with Chad now in the Quarter Finals, one more win would guarantee him a medal.

His Quarter Final fight was against a more defensive Jordanian fighter, and although Chad came close, he couldn't defeat his opponent who ended up being the eventual Gold medalist and Junior World Champion.

After the competition it was time to relax with the farewell dinner before the team departed back home the next day. All Oh Do Kwan and Australian athletes did themselves and their country proud and we wish them all continued success in the future.