THIRTEEN Eclipse Martial Arts students travelled to Perth on July 12-13 to compete in the Sports Taekwondo Western Australian State Championship.
The championships were conducted over two days with the sparring competition on Saturday and the poomsae competition on Sunday.
The Eclipse students trained up to five days a week in the lead-up to the championships and the hard work paid off with some excellent results produced.
All 13 Eclipse students took part in the sparring competition.
There is always an air of expectation when the competition is on; sparring generates considerable excitement among both competitors and spectators.
The rough and tumble nature of sparring always manages to produce its fair share of tears, knock-outs, broken bones and bloody noses.
The poomsae competition is the more traditional and technical side of taekwondo. It was a strong performance by the Eclipse team.
They now need to harness the energy and confidence generated by their success on the weekend in training over the coming months as they build on their fitness and skills for the upcoming Australian Championships which will be held in Adelaide on December 5-7.
Results
Individual poomsae: Blayne Emmett, male 10-11 years, blue belt, first; Melissa Evans, female 31-40 years, red belt, second; Maeve McNulty female, 12-14 years, black belt, third; Bailey Moloney, male 15-17 years, black belt, third.
Pairs poomsae: Blayne Emmett and Carrie McNulty 10-11 years blue belt first; Bailey Moloney and Maive McNulty 15-17 years black belt, second.
Creative poomsae: Bailey Moloney, male 12-17 years, black belt, first.
Sparring: Cooper Buckley, male 6-9 years yellow belt 25-28kg first; Tamati Chandler, male 6-9 years, yellow belt 25-28kg, second; Hunter Buckley, male 10-11 years, yellow belt 50-55kg, second; Stirling Smith, male 10-11 years, yellow belt, 50-55kg, first; Alexandria Magg, female 10-11 years, yellow belt, 42-46kg first; Callie McNulty, female 10-11 years, blue belt 31-34kg, second; Maia Chandler, female 10-11 years, blue belt 42-46kg first; Blayne Emmett, male 10-11 years, blue belt 42-46kg first; Cooper Smith, male 12-14, red belt 57-61kg, first (uncontested); Melissa Evans, female 17+ open, red belt 73+kg, second; Maeve McNulty, female 12-14 years, black belt 47-51kg third; Kalea Miller, female 12-14 years, black belt 47-51kg, second; Bailey Moloney, male 15-17 years, black belt 45-48kg, second.
