Taekwondo Tournament and Training

Kudos to the black, blue and yellow belts during training this week. Wednesday’s training focused on introducing the white belts to sparring and kicking techniques. White belts were put through their paces, with older boys refereeing practice tournaments between them. The training resulted in camaraderie being built in the group.

Saturday 31 May 2025

Saint Ignatius’ College Riverview (Riverview) vs Shore
Barker College

Will G (Year 10) was up by two points to nil, then received a penalty, resulting in an unfortunate loss.

Next up was our Captain Andrew G (Year 12), who lost three-nil. He came out aggressively with some good kicks, but just got unlucky and was kicking a little bit low. Sadly, he didn’t get the rub of the green.

Josh L (Year 11) came out humming, trying to score his first initial points with big punches. He ended up scoring his first punches and then two more points with a turning kit. He won by beating his opponent, the captain of Riverview, three-nil.

The score was two (Riverview) games to one (Shore). Christian W (Year 11) needed to win this one to make it a one-game shootout. Christian lost his bout three-nil, so there was no chance of Shore winning this time.

There was one more bout to go. Benjamin P (Year 12) vs one of the Riverview yellow belts to hopefully make this game 3-2 instead of 4-1. He had a lot resting on his shoulders.

Benjamin was rushing, and he was winning early by 1. He won the dead rubber by three-nil. Kudos to Benjamin for marked improvement from last week. His win makes the total score Riverview 3 – 2 Shore.

Some hard but necessary lessons were learned this week; the boys should be proud of their high level of discipline. Go Shore!

Ms Fiona Gabanski-Sykes and Mr Steve Wyllie
Taekwondo Coaches