Author: Sampo Pajulampi

The championship competitions took place in Tampere on July 8. In addition, 9.7. the beginners' Tampere Cup was held. The atmosphere of the team was on the roof and the result was born. Success came from a wide front, both in the match and in the business series.

YLE made a live broadcast of the competitions, you can watch it here: http://areena.yle.fi/1-4108951

Championship competitions:

Cadets

SM – Cadets Female A -29, Sofia Sarala 2.

SM – Cadets Female A -33, Aino Kortelainen 1st, Jenny Vettenniemi 2nd, Sofia Sarala 3rd.

SM – Cadets Female A -41, Janika Tatti 3.

SM – Cadets Female A -44, Sara Quinones 1.

SM – Cadets Female A -47, Tuikku Holopainen 1.

SM – Cadets Male A -33, Luca Leskinen 3.

SM – Cadets Male A -45, Plum Kopisto 2.

SM – Cadets Male A -49, Plum Kopisto 1.

SM – Cadets Male A +65, Eddie Quinones 1.

Young people

SM – Youth Female A -49, Tuikku Holopainen 3.

SM – Youth Female A -52, Emilia Lahti 2.

SM – Youth Male A -68, Eddie Quinones 2nd, Severi Sarala 3rd.

Adults:

SM – General Female A -53, Emilia Lahti 3.

SM – General Male A -63, Sami Leskinen 3.

SM – General Male A -68, Sami Leskinen 5th, Severi Sarala 5th.

 

SM – General Male A +87, Teemu Heino 1.

Business series:

Cadets Male A, Plum Kopisto 2.

Freestyle Male A, Christian Kamphuis 1.

Cadets Female A, Sara Quinones 1st, Aino Kortelainen 3rd.

Under 30 Male A, Christian Kamphuis 3.

Under 30 Female A, Essi Labart 2.

Group of three: Christian Kamphuis 1. (Olli Siltanen, Frans Salmi, Budokwai)

Couples under 17, Plum Kopisto 4. (Mia Knutssonin, EHT)

Tampere Cup for enthusiasts:

Match

D1 juniors Male A -46, Henri Hulikkala 1.

C2 juniors Male A -50, Lauri Hulikkala 1.

D2-MA -30, Lassi Holopainen 1st, Markus Liuko 4th.

D2-FA -35, Kaisla Seimola 3.

Business series

Ilves greens A, Alex Jürgens 2.

Ilves blue-black A, Sofia Sarala 2.

Yellow-green Female A, Tiitu Sipilä 2nd, Maija Mansikkala 3rd.

Siniset Female A, Sofia Sarala 2.

Couples, hobby A, Sipilä, Tiitu / Mansikkala, Maija 2.

The coaches are Heikki liukkonen, Pauli Raivio, Juho Ranta and Sampo Pajulampi. The photos were taken by Matti Holopainen. In addition, the support crews helped throughout the day with minor and major adjustments.

All results: http://www.suomentaekwondoliitto.fi/sm-kalpiluot/tulokset/

Christian dropped quite a bomb by grabbing gold in the extremely tough U30 series of the Austrian G1 Championships on 17 June 2017.

Christian left behind a whole line of business series giants of the moment. There were e.g. the reigning European champion Joachim Wien and Joel van der Weiden fell in the final, who is the European champion of sleds from the last European Championships. Christian also knocked out this year's European doubles champion Benjamin Hellegaard Harden.

Aino excelled in the children's series, taking silver in her individual series and gold in pairs and groups, where Aino complemented the team of her Austrian training friends.

Warm congratulations to both of them for their amazing performances!

Bardia Mirzai took gold in the Under-21 Finnish Championship in Ikaalilsi on 21.5. The good result of the small team was completed by Emilia Lahti with her bronze

In the amateur tournament held in the morning, Venne Viitaniemi and Teemu Takala took silver and Lauri Hulikkala bronze.

The club was well represented by Ali Lahti, who got to referee the first SC final of his life from the middle.

The traditional spring day of taekwondo athletes once again gathered enthusiasts, parents and instructors together to enjoy the training and say goodbye to the company.

The best of 2016 were awarded to:
Athlete of the Year: Christian Kamphuis
Enthusiast of the Year: Risto Hyvärinen
Young Athlete of the Year: Emilia Lahti
Young Enthusiast of the Year: Tuikku Holopainen

A nice addition was brought by the news from Rhodes, Christian Kamphuis took the Beach Pooms team bronze from the first World Championships of the sport.

Together with Ollis Siltanen and Frans Salme, Christian Kamphuis took the World Championship team bronze in Beach Pooms. In Rhodes, the European Championships will continue, where the World Championship medal gave a flying start.

Union news on the subject: http://www.suomentaekwondoliitto.fi/?x103997=2939259

The Sofia Open G1 tournament took place on March 4-5. in Sofia, Bulgaria. Our club was represented by Tuikku Holopainen, Eddie Quinones, Sara Quinones and Aino Kortelainen.

Tuikku and Eddie applied for competition screens for the cadet European and World Championships. Unfortunately, both missed the goal. Tuikku's opening opponent came from Israel and Tuikku took a clear victory with his precise style. Instead, the Greek in the second round was too hard. The match stretched all the way to the golden point of the overtime, where a small mistake cost a medal and a place in the competition.

Eddie faced a Greek who would have been easy to beat with a basic performance. However, Eddie's work was a bit sloppy in these races and several small mistakes cost him the victory.

Sara only had a final in the children's series. The Cypriot was a clear opponent in the match, and Sara won in quite a superior style.

There were no opponents in Aino's own series, but as a lively girl, Aino competed in a higher weight category. In the semi-final, the representative of Greece was much weaker, while Aino took an overwhelming victory. In the final, there was another Greek who was really tall and strong. Aino couldn't find a way to knock down a hard-kicking opponent and thus brought home a nice silver medal.

The race arrangements work surprisingly well. However, the new judging line was still variable and it caused a lot of headaches for the competitors, from whose point of view the warnings were quite unpredictable in places.

Next, Eddie heads to the Dutch Open next weekend and the rest of the team to Belgium a week later.

Eddie Quinones took silver from the German Open. Driton Kurtelian from Switzerland fell in the semifinals. In the final, the Bulgarian opponent was stronger 9-17.

Tuikku played against Greece's Effrosyni Kaltsi 1-2. The match was scoreless and one unclear hold warning turned the match for the Greek.