Oceania Championships 2016

New Zealands International Taekwon-do organised and hosted the 2016 Oceania Championships which doubled as the countries National Championships which were held in the beautiful Bay of Plenty city of Taurunga. A team of 12 competitors from Australia travelled across to compete in a lead up preparation to the ITF World Cup 2016.

Australia won a total of 4 Gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze with some excellent competition against the ITF world’s number 1 ranked nation. The organisation and execution of the tournament was flawless with 372 competitors and six competition rings which ran non stop over 2 days.

Meetings and discussions were held at the Oceania Taekwon-do Federation board meeting and during the weekend between Master Daher, Master Davidson, Master McPhail, Master El-Sheikh, Steve Sarkis and Dave Worsley on a exciting future competition concept between the two nations with more information to follow stay tuned.

ITF Taekwon-do Australia would like to thank New Zealand for their warm hospitality extended by all to the Australians and we look forward to meeting once again at the ITF Open National Championships, Sydney Olympic Park, Australia in November 2016. Thank you to Master Davidson, Master McPhail, Master Rimmer, Christine Young and their organising committees for hosting a memorable Oceania Championships.