Headlines...
Up and coming events...
Forest Lakes moves to Acacia Ridge
At the beginning of the year we moved our
Forest Lakes/Carole Park branch to Acacia Ridge community hall.
The hall is located just off Beaudesert road at 13 Coley Street,
Acacia Ridge. Times remain the same Monday & Wednesday
5.30 - 6.30pm all ages.
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State, National, International events
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Event
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Place
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Date
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Day
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NCAS
Level I
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Brendale |
24-25
Feb |
Sat
- Sun
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Referee
Seminar
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Brendale
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3-4
Mar |
Sat
- Sun |
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Qld
Technical Open |
Brendale |
10
Mar |
Sat |
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Qld
Sparring Open |
Boondall |
11
Mar |
Sun |
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Chos
TKD Comp |
Inala |
1
Apr |
Sun |
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TANS
Open |
Carrara |
12
May |
Sat |
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18th
World Championships |
Beijing
China |
18-22
May |
Fri
- Tue |
2007 Registration
now Due.
Your instructor will have your 2007 registration and insurance
renewal form. New registration forms can be downloaded here.
1st Term Gradings
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Place
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Date
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Day
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Time
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Caboolture
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Caboolture
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24
Mar |
Sat
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10-1pm
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Brisbane
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Enoggera
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25
Mar
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Sun
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9-1pm
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Gold
Coast
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Currumbin
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31
Mar
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Sat
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2-4pm
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Dan
Grading
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Gold
Coast
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15
April
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Sun
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10-1pm
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Roma
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Roma
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29
Apr
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Sun
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9-12pm
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Please download the 2007 Calendar for
events during the year.
Gold at World
Championship Selections
Byron Coleborne and Ben Nicholson were the only
Queenslanders to win Gold at the recent National Selections in Sydney on
4th February.
Both Byron and Ben won team selection to complete at
the 18th World Championships in Beijing China. Byron (Heavy
Weight) has only returned to training 9 months ago after a 4 year
layoff. A broken arm in Aussie Rules pursuaded Byron that
Taekwondo was much safer. Byron had 4 matches and won all of them.
Ben Nicholson had 3 fights and won all to win the
Middle weight division. After coming so close for so many years,
Ben decided to move to Melbourne last year where he has been training
with one of Australia's premier clubs MTC. Ben also travelled to
Poland late last year where he trained with the Polish National
team. He also competed in a number of European open events.
The World Championships will be from the 18-22 May
2007. We will keep you posted in the boys preparation for the
event.
Evert du Plessis narrowly missed out selection by losing
the final in sudden death. After a 3 year absence from
competition, Evert surprised us winning 3 fights and making it all the
way to the final. After regulation time, the score was tied at 4
all with the favourite Mahir from Victoria. In the fourth round,
fatigue set in and a tactical error cost us the match. Evert paid
tribute to his mate Daniel Bennett. Daniel 23 a Triathlon
competitor die of a heart attack earlier this year whilst riding his
bike in training.
Also competing was Ben Hartmann who won a bronze medal and Louise
Port who lost by one point in the elimination rounds.
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Bronze at the Youth
Olympics
Tamara Bingham from Currumbin won 1 or only 2 Bronze medals by a
Queenslander at the AYOF (Australian Youth Olympic Festival). The
event which is sponsored by the AOC is held every 2 years at Sydney's
Olympic park is a multi sport international event for Juniors aged 14 -
17 years. This year there were 15 sports including swimming,
gymnastics, diving, table tennis, and of course Taekwondo. In the
Taekwondo competition there were 6 countries - Australia, China, Great
Britain, NZ, Oceania and Chinese Taipei.
Tamara won selection from her success at the Nationals in Adelaide
last year. Tamara's sister Samantha was also selected, but a knee
injury sustained at the nationals has forced her to sit on the sideline
till July this year.
In the lead up to the AYOF, Tamara trained nearly everyday over
Christmas with the guys at Currumbin. Tamara lost her first fight
to Chinese Taipei but then won the repercharge to claim the Bronze
medal. At 14, Tamara was one of the youngest
competitors and had to fight girls almost 3 years older.
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