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Mike holds his trophy amongst his supporters and team-mates.
Mike Marsh recently competed and won in a professional 'Fight Night' in Melbourne. Held on the 4th September, Mike fought in the Main Event of the night and beat the Australian Heavyweight who is heading to the World Championships in Denmark. Also present to support Mike on 'Fight Night' was his partner Diana Kasad (also from Auckland TKD) and fellow NZ Team representatives Hayley Schofield and Randy Javier. Congratulations to Mike, and we look forward...
This year's New Zealand Black Belt Championships were held on the 29th August at the Avondale College Sports Stadium in Auckland. Our Auckland Team of four competitors came away with two Gold, two Silver, and two bronze medals completing a great day's effort all round Vivienne Luckman won Bronze in the Female Individual Poomsae competition which was a great result against some top competition. In the fighting, Mark Tee won the Junior Lightweight Division against...
25th July, New PlymouthHeld on the 25th July in New Plymouth, this year's Union North Island Championships had a record 380 competitors. This was the biggest North Island Championships ever, and it was a very challenging tournament for our team.Vivienne Luckman won silver in the female black belt individual poomsae, and Vaughn Luckman won bronze in the colour belt poomsae. The standard of poomsae competition continues to improve, particularly at black belt level and there...
27th June, ChristchurchAuckland TKD scored six out of six Gold at the recent Union South Island Championships held in Christchurch on the 27th June. It was a freezing cold day down south and the Auckland team certainly felt the drop in temperature, but this did not affect their performances.First up was Vivienne Luckman in the senior female Poomsae event who once again faced two of her NZ Team mates Vanessa Beel and Diana Sim. This...
The Union's 2009 Instructor Camp was held on the weekend of the 14th and 15th March and saw a return to the back country of Wellington. There was no cell phone or internet coverage, just lots of bush, rivers and hills. 50 instructors, black belts and senior colour belts from Union clubs around New Zealand participated. The camp wasn't just for instructors either, black belt members and some senior colour belts were also allowed to...
Sunday, 1st of March, AucklandDafydd Sanders Central Olympic club hosted the first development day for the Northern Region in 2009. Over 40 players and officials from the Welcome Bay, Auckland TKD, Onehunga, and the Central Olympic clubs participated in the big day. Many of our general class members from both the Pakuranga and City training locations took the opportunity to get in some valuable ring-time and experience. It was also great to see our black...
A proud moment for Dafydd as NZ Flag Bearer
The 3rd Oceania Taekwondo Championships were held at the YMCA Stadium in Auckland on the 6th & 7th December. The organising committee for this international competition comprised largely of our own members, parents and supporters from Auckland Taekwondo who all worked very hard behind the scenes to ensure the event ran smoothly.A proud moment for Dafydd as NZ Flag BearerThe championships drew over 150 competitors from 10 countries and also featured for the first time...
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