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2011 Club Awards

Congratulations to the following players who won club awards for the year in 2010

8th Annual Dale Eagling Memorial Championships 2011

The 8th Annual Dale Eagling Memorial Championships was held on Sunday the 13th of November. 2011 was the 40th yea of our club and many used that event to showcase their talents with some great perfformances at this years championships. Grand Master Sung Soo Lee was our special guest for this years tournament and I personnally thank him for giving up his tie to attend, it made the event very special for the club. Chris Blight also attended. Chris was one of our founding members at the clubs inception and Chris was a personal friend to Dale throughout the years and my own training partner throughout my career. Chris currently operates a club on the Sunshine Coast and is the President of Taekwondo Queensland. The Memorial Championship is our favorite event for the year and has again been a favorite amongst club members. Compeition this year was a very high standard and gave players the chance to display the skills they have achieved throughout the year. The competition is an event for all members to have a friendly competition with no pressure, an event to enjoy and sample the true benefits of Taekwondo without the pressure of a full competition. The club championships focuses on traditional Taekwondo style events and does not include sparring. Events include: Poomsae, Creavtive Poomsae. Jumping high kick, multi station kicking events, artisic expression and breaking. Again the senior jumping high kick competition was a crowd favorite with a hotly contested field with Brandon servant breaking the club record for the second time in two years with a height of 2.41. Please see below for results.

The Annual Dale Eagling Memorial Championships is held annually during November it is a closed event for club members and has been bourne with the desire to encourage all members to have a go, whether you win or lose its really not important, its getting out there to enjoy the art and the sport at its purest level. there is deliberately no sparring at our club event, we concentrate on the more artistic and technical aspects of the art. There are a variety of different medals that are presented, Some of the event's will include, Junior Freestyle Poomsae, Team Poomsae, Multi-station Breaks, Junior Matrix Kicking and Senior Power Breaking.

2011 Taekwondo Australia National Training Camp - Victoria

On the 11th December 2011 players from Eaglings Taekwondo attended the Taekwondo Australia National Training Camp in Melbourne. Our players attended as part of our Tournament development program. Players attending the Camp were: Brandon Servant, Sharon Lakoseljac, Brett Hunt, Angela Cantwell. Coaches Hugh Eagling and Ian Snape also attended. Ian was also acting in his capacity as a lecuturer for the camp.

The camp was hosted by Powerhouse Taekwondo in Melbourne. Thanks to Mesut and Elizabeth Kahmaran for opening the door of their gym to host the event. Mesut and I have been friends for many years and thoroughly enjoyed the day.

The taining camp was divided into three sections. Tournament drills, strategy and fight methodology being Coached by Belgium National Coach, Rudy Pilgrims. Dr. Raul Landeo conducted a session on the basics and importance of periodisation training for the Taekwondo athelete. Dr Ian Snape conducted a session on development of a personal, mental, development plan. Ian has coached this extensively in our club and achieved some fantastic results for our players in achieving "combat state".

The camp was well attended and vital to our ongoing development plan. All our players attending gained some significant information pertinant to their development and interacted with some of the best elite players Australia has to offer.

Hugh Eagling

Head Instructor

MTC Competition 21st August 2011

After being delayed at the Hobart airport for 5 hours, the team landed in Melbourne too late to participate in a high performance training session that had been planned for Saturday with coaches and competitors from Melbourne and South Australian clubs.  Ian Snape, one of our senior coaches had flown in the day before and was able to attend the high performance session and put his coaching/mind games into practice.

The Eagling’s Taekwondo team consisted of Coaches Hugh Eagling and Ian Snape. Players attending included Brandon Servant, Holly Jacobson, Angela Cantwell and Sharon Lakoseljac.

The Melbourne Taekwondo Centre competition started early Sunday morning at the Aqua Duct in Box Hill.  Approximately 120 competitors competed from affiliated Melbourne clubs as well as teams from South Australia and of course our team from Tasmania.

Due to referee resource constraints and having 6 courts running non-stop for the competition, Mr Eagling’s refereeing skills were utilised for 4 hours straight, while Mr Snape was called from court to court to coach.  Brandon’s coaching skills were also put to use for team members and other club’s competitors when he wasn’t competing himself.

The competition was “round robin” so that each of our players had at least 2 fights, and most matches were against more experienced players.  Results were mixed with both wins and losses, however all of us can say that the main goal of the trip – that of gaining more experience, getting more fights and having fun, was achieved.

Fantastic competition, thankyou to MTC for inviting us to attend, it was one of best competitions the club has attended. It was really good to attend a competition that focussed on player development. We will look forward to attending in 2012.

2011 Victorian Open

The 2011 Victorian Winter Open was held on the 4th and 5th of June at the Melbourne Netball and Hockey Centre.  The only competitor to participated from Eagling's Taekwondo was Brandon Servant.  Brandon was entered in the Open 74-80kg Black Belt division and was coached by Ian Snape.  The black belt competition started at 9am, Brandons fight was early in the day but unfortunately he was unable to win the match.

Brandons opponent was Ben Hartmann from Tan's Taekwondo in Currumbin, Queensland.  Brandon lead the match for the majority of the fight but due to a coaches protest conceded a spinning head kick in the final few seconds which levelled the score.  During the golden point round Brandon sustained an injury to his knee and lost the fight.

Despite losing the match the day was an excellent learning experience and an opportunity for our development program to forge ahead. Thankyou to Taekwondo Victoria for its hospitality and continuing support for Tasmanian players attending events in Victoria.

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