The European Championships 2019 are coming closer, and some of the athletes are searching for some means to collect money to pay for the travel and the hotel. For the WC in April most clubs gathered funds for their own competitors, but now some of them thought it would be a good idea to combine all of their efforts. Some initiatives are on their way, but already Leen managed to make a page through Trooper.

Trooper? Trooper is an online forum that combines a lot of online shops, like e.g. CoolBlue, Zooplus, Dreamland, Booking.com and many more. If you buy online and do this through the Trooper page instead of going directly to the online shop, you can decide to give a small piece of the profit to an organisation. The customer chooses of course his/her own charity.

As from now, the national team has a page: http://www.trooper.be/itftaekwondo   

Are you planning to do some online shopping and would you like a small piece of the profit to go to the national team members, to support them on their way to Sarajevo? Then from now on you can shop through Trooper, thanks to Leen.

Sunday June 23rd the trials for the 2019 EC in Sarajevo were done, followed by a meeting with the coaches. The members of the belgian team received the announcement a day later.

Are selected for the European Championships in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, October 2019:

• Musca Andreea: tul IV°-VI°degree, sparring -50kg, pre-arranged free sparring, team power breaking
• Erik Van Hoeck: sparring -78kg, team sparring
• Esther Meulemeester: sparring -75kg, power breaking, team power breaking
• Roeland Heirbaut: tul II°degree, sparring -70kg, special techniques, team sparring
• Terence Bewa: sparring -78kg, team sparring
• Tomàs Chacon Torrealba: tul II°degree, sparring -70kg, team sparring
• Leen Walraeve: tul I°degree, pre-arranged free sparring, team power breaking
• Laura Mouret: tul I°degree, sparring -68kg, team power breaking
• Hans Van Lierde: power breaking
• Nicolas Taylor: sparring -85kg, team sparring
• Corentin Besonhé: sparring -85kg, team sparring
• Margaux Pollefeyt: junior sparring -60kg, junior power breaking, junior team power breaking
• Tabitha Van Lierde: junior tul I°degree, junior power breaking, junior team power breaking
• Lisa Ghijsens: junior tul I°degree, junior team power breaking
• Arthur Delhaye: junior tul I°degree, junior sparring -68kg

Officials: GrandMaster Frank Vanberghen, Master Annick Van Driessche

ITF-Belgium has 3 candidates to be selected as umpire for the European Championships, we’re still waiting for news from the AETF Umpire Committee. As soon as we have more information, the result will be published.

On Sunday June 23rd, in Lokeren, the trials for the 2019 European Championships will be held. The trails will start at 13.00.

Are you a black belt, and would you like to be part of the national team for the European Championships in Sarajevo, October 2019? This is your chance to get selected.

Show your abilities to the coaches. Umpires appointed by the U&T Committee ITF-Belgium will be present to judge you, and will create the same environment as on a championship.

Take a look at the selection criteria to see if all of the conditions are fulfilled.