Great success for Palcic Taekwondo at LTSI south east championships!!

Palcic taekwondo bought a very healthy 90 students to the now famous LTSI  south east championships. The event is supported by over 30 schools coming from all over the country, and standards are very high with plenty of friendly competition from the competing schools.

Many of our students at this event were beginners to the competition scene, but clearly very quickly adapted to the intense competition that took place. In total we hauled in 30 medals, including 16 bronze, 6 silver, and 8 gold medals!! Listed below are all the medal winners from our school.

Due to the large size of the competition, the morning session was very busy, our kids did battle, some of them having to fight 5 or 6 rounds against other very respected schools, and we were bringing the medals home thick and strong, with Annaliese Morris, Raahil Kamdar, and Zahid Abdur-Rahman all getting gold in their very heated divisions.

Action then picked up again in the afternoon, with our 5 man black belt team showing a very impressive performance to win the team patterns event – check out our facebook page to see the video of this great team pattern –

The afternoon also did not disappoint, with Ewa Iwanow getting gold in sparring and patterns, Dhruvi Shah getting gold in sparring, and Kieran Mallon getting gold in special technique and silver in sparring in the black belt event.

As a very nice touch the tournament organisers gave congratulation certificates to all entries, this is a great gesture and highlights the fact that all 340 competitors on the day are winners!

Following is a full listing breakdown of our medal winners –                         

Annaliese Morris – GOLD -5 to 7 years mixed – 10th to 6th Kup (120cms and
under)
 
Raahil Kamdar – GOLD-5 to 7 years mixed – 5th to 1st Kup (121cms and over)
 
Zahid Abdur-Rahman - GOLD-8 and 9 years mixed – 5th to 1st Kup (126cms
and over)
 
Dhruvi Shah – GOLD-13 to 17 females – 5th to 1st Kup (55kgs and under)
 
Ewa Iwanow GOLD-18 years and over females – 5th to 1st Kup (62kgs and
under)
 
Ewa Iwanow GOLD-13 years and over – 3rd Kup to 1st Kup
 
Team Patterns Adult – GOLD
 
Kieran Mallon GOLD-13 to 15 years Spec Tech (Inc. Black Belts) – Jump Side
 
Nadia Fernandez SILVER-10 to 12 females – 5th to 1st Kup (146cms and
under) -
 
Dilan Patel SILVER-13 to 17 males – 5th to 1st Kup (65kgs and under)
 
Kieran Mallon SILVER-13 to 17 males – Black Belt (65kgs and under)
 
Jeevan Matharu SILVER-13 to 17 males – Black Belt (65.1kgs to 74.9kgs)
 
Pirruntha Sivaharan SILVER-18 years and over females – Black Belt (62kgs
and under)
 
Anay Malhotra SILVER-Black Belts 1st and 2nd Dan – 12 years and under
 
Jeremy Holguin BRONZE-5 to 7 years mixed – 10th to 6th Kup (121cms and
over)
 
Samuel Pourkhabbaz BRONZE-8 and 9 years mixed – 5th to 1st Kup (125cms
and under)
 
Deeyani Patwa BRONZE-8 and 9 years mixed – 5th to 1st Kup (126cms and over)
 
Faisal Aissaoui – BRONZE-10 to 12 males – 10th to 6th Kup (146cms and
under)
 
Justin Henry BRONZE-10 to 12 males – 5th to 1st Kup (146cms and under)
 
Ayesha Abbas BRONZE-10 to 12 females – 5th to 1st Kup (147cms and over)
 
Amaan Quraishi BRONZE-13 to 17 males – 5th to 1st Kup (65.1kgs to 74.9kgs)
 
Kaveesh Weerasuriya BRONZE-13 to 17 females – 5th to 1st Kup (55kgs and
under)
 
Zuzzana Gwodz BRONZE-13 to 17 females – 5th to 1st Kup (55.1kgs to 64.9kgs)
 
Helen Oates BRONZE-18 years and over females – 5th to 1st Kup (62.1kgs
to 69.9kgs)
 
Ian Henry BRONZE-Veteran male – Colour belts Sparring
 
Romario Godfrey-Brown BRONZE-13 to 17 males – Black Belt (65kgs and under)
 
Jaymin Thakrar BRONZE-18 years and over males – Black Belt (72kgs and
under)
 
Amit Sonik BRONZE-18 years and over males – Black Belt (72.1kgs to 79.9kgs)
 
Chris Wilson BRONZE-18 years and over males – Black Belt (80kgs and over)
 
Chris Wilson BRONZE-Black Belts 1st and 2nd Dan – 18 years and over

Our special thanks to LTSI tournaments and organiser Mr Chris Snow VI for organising a great event for everyone. This is definitely the tournament to attend, and we look forwards to the next event where we shall be representing in full force!

Well done to all competitors and thanks to all parents who supported your loved ones and the school in this great event!

Yours In taekwondo

Paul Palcic VI