Tag: competitive
Successful championships
The Sm-kisat and the Pori Cup were a success
Taekwondo athletes match by match
Milla Väyrynen, SM – Cadets -37 Kg
In the first match, Milla fought Lotta Parta, who won the series. Lotta led the match until the last seconds, when Milla tied the match. In Sudden Death, Lotta would miss the head, but the judges gave the points. In the final, Partanen won 12-0 before full time. Bronze for Milla.
Kasper Wargelin, SM – Cadets -37 Kg
Kasper faced Santeri Helte, who knew how to reset Kassu's match well. Kassu couldn't make use of his best qualities and thus the defeat was a fact. Bronze for Kassu
Aaha Moullaev, SM – Cadets -53 Kg
Aaha was overweight for his series, but he competed above the series. Niko Saarinen was clearly better 21-4. Aaha gets bronze in the first cadet match.
Aleksi Väyrynen, SM – Cadets -41 Kg and SM – Youth -45 Kg
Aleksi had the same opponent in both series, Naantali's internationally experienced Keijo Soinio. In the first match, a good rhythm was already found, but the initial hesitation brought defeat. In the second match, the rhythm disappeared again and both sets won bronze.
Voker Feka, SM – Youth -63 Kg
Still a cadet, Voker debuted in the juniors, where the experienced Pessi Närhi was better. However, silver for Voker.
Tanja Lovikka, SM – Adults -49 Kg
Tanja couldn't find an opponent, so she took home the gold at the weigh-in.
Pauli Raivio, SM – Adults -68 Kg
Pauli I pressed the longest day of the whole team, when the final was the third match of the day. Henri Jutila fell in the first and Aleksi Nurisalo in the second. The final was exciting in advance, when Loviisa's Sami lahtinen faced off. Sami is a familiar opponent and training partner. The game was again decided by a questionable header, but one of the only international-level finals of the day was still a brilliant performance.
Petteri Kauppinen and Juho Kostianen SM – Adults -80 Kg
Gold for Juho and silver for Petter. In the first match, Petteri made a show of Wahid Ahmad. The second match also seemed to go great and Petteri pushed Juho hard.
Teemu Heino, SM – Adults +87 Kg
Teemu is still the number one big man in Finland. The match was relaxed and several physical difficulties did not prevent the final to be an overwhelming points victory. Teemu's 15th championship and a great display of the liberated match brought by the routine.
Megii Moullaev, D1 juniors -40 Kg
Megii played well at her level. The result is silver, which will surely brighten up in the near future.
The guardians are Sampo Pajulampi, Juho Ranta, Teemu Heino, Petteri Kauppinen, Juho Kostiainen and Pauli Raivio.
Sm-kisat and Pori Cup
A team of taekwondo athletes for the World Championships
Milla Väyrynen, SM – Cadets -37 Kg
Kasper Wargelin, SM – Cadets -37 Kg
Aaha Moullaev, SM – Cadets -49 Kg
Aleksi Väyrynen, SM – Cadets -41 Kg and SM – Youth -45 Kg
Voker Feka, SM – Cadets -61 Kg and SM – Youth -63 Kg
Tanja Lovikka, SM – Adults -49 Kg
Pauli Raivio, SM – Adults -68 Kg
Juho Kostiainen, SM – Adults -80 Kg
Petteri Kauppinen, SM – Adults -80 Kg
Teemu Heino, SM – Adults +87 Kg
A team of taekwondo athletes to the Pori Cup
Megii Moullaev, D1 juniors -40 Kg
Sara Quinones, D-juniors -28 Kg and E-juniors -28 Kg
Eddie Quinones, D-juniors -40 Kg
The guardians are Sampo Pajulampi, Juho Ranta, Teemu Heino, Petteri Kauppinen, Juho Kostiainen and Pauli Raivio.
NOTE! 15., 16. and 17.11 all trainings have been canceled because of the race!
Competition invitation Pori Cup
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Jesus Ramal and Suvi Mikkonen will organize an international camp in Madrid on December 26-30, 2013. At least 2 athletes from our club will go to the camp. You go too. More information from Sampo.
Here is Suvi's message to Finnish taekwondo players:
"Finns! 26-30 December will be held in Madrid 2 winter camp! Last year the camp was amazing and this year many teams have already registered, for example: Mexico, Portugal, Scotland, Germany... And many others are interested. It is possible to get home accommodation with a family from our company, but there is not enough for everyone, so if you are interested, contact us and reserve your place!! Of course, you can also stay in a hotel. There is no information about the prices of the camp yet, but it is not expensive. Last year there were 3 Finns, I hope there will be more this year! There are 2 training sessions in 2 groups: children and cadets are 1 group and junior and senior are the other group. And the race on the last day. Are you going to miss it?”
- Suvi Mikkonen
The taekwondo athletes opened the autumn season at Loviisa's Junior Challenge. There were medals and one trophy.
Joni Ståhl and Sara Quinones took gold, Luca Leskinen, Kasper Wargelin and Severi Sarala took silver and Eddie Quinones took bronze. In addition, Luca was awarded as the fighter of the children's series.
The most special ranking is perhaps for Eddie, who played with Sever in a pool of three players. The wins were mixed and the Final Rankings do not really describe the events of the series. Sever and Eddie's "inter-member" was a real battle.
Kasper, who was the only one competing in the cadets, played a decent match, although getting used to the new rhythm was difficult in the first set. The final climb was tough, but not enough to win.
Up, down, up, down…
St. Petersburg's Baltic Sea Cup is a traditional team invitational tournament, where the following team was sent this year:
58 kg Toni Lahtinen, Loviisa Taekwondo (Mustafa Yevloyev, St. Petersburg)
-68 kg Sami Lahtinen, Loviisa Taekwondo
-80 kg Juho Kostiainen, TU11
+80 Teemu Heino, TU11
Coach: Petteri Kauppinen, TU11
Physiotherapist: Juho Ranta, TU11
Technical delegate and team leader: Sampo Pajulampi, TU11
The first setback was felt already on Thursday, when Toni Lahtinen got a new assignment for the rest of his military service, which meant canceling his weekend vacations. The matter was investigated persistently on Friday, but even though the Defense Forces were willing to be flexible, Toni was not included.
Therefore, the young Mustafa Yevloyev from St. Petersburg came to strengthen the team, who, despite his hard effort, was clearly a weaker player than Toni.
In the first round, they faced the first team from Moscow. The whole team had a rough start, and the match ended in a draw after Mustafa and Sami lost their match. When the draw still brought the -58 kilos for the deciding match, and Mustafa couldn't find new drugs, the opening round defeat was a fact.
In the second round, St. Petersburg's second team gave up -58 and -68 kilograms due to injuries. Teemu and Juho handled their part in an exemplary manner.
The bronze medal match took place as an 8-minute match, so that each weight class competed for one minute in two rounds. Manual scoring and flying substitutions were used.
Juho and Teemu's high percentage points in particular brought a clear victory for Finland.
So bring bronze medals and crystal drinking glasses.
At the evening banquet, we discussed cooperation and good help in both directions came about commendably.
As a match referee!
The match referee committee of the Finnish Taekwondo Association will organize a match referee basic course in Helsinki on Saturday, November 23, 2013.
Do you want to develop your sport skills in a new and interesting way?
The match referee's basic course provides the skills to act as a corner referee and, to a limited extent, as a center referee in domestic matches. The basic course includes preliminary assignments, the next day, a theory test and a demonstration test given in a separately agreed competition.
The course participant must be at least 16 years old and have a 6th kup belt (or equivalent).
The club supports the participants!
As a volunteer for the league finals
Come join us in organizing the biggest taekwondo competition in Finland!
The games need a lot of volunteers to help with the arrangements.
In particular, we need for the race day:
- Russian experts - those with an organizer's card
- IT experts
- Brisk adults for various tasks in organizing meals, guiding the competitors and to the competition areas
Please send an e-mail to the address info@taekwondourheilijat.fi
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