September 8th the team that will represent Belgium at the upcoming European Championships 2019 in Sarajevo, BIH, October 10th-14th, had a squad training in Woluwe under guidance of Master Virginia Dionisi, Bob Wigman, Hans Rombaut, Erika Knihti-Van Driessche, Andreea Musca, Erik Van Hoeck & Gonzalo Tejerina.
All athletes worked hard and proved that this belgian team is ONE team. We’re looking forward to their performances in one month.
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.
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
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
Tabitha Van Lierde: junior tul I°degree, junior power breaking
Lisa Ghijsens: junior tul I°degree
Arthur Delhaye: junior tul I°degree, junior sparring -68kg
Officials: GrandMaster Frank Vanberghen, Master Annick Van Driessche
The AETF Umpire Committee selected 50 umpires for the championship. Amongst them are also 2 belgian referees: Eddy Van Damme and Benito Martinez.
Many thanks to our sponsors, FROS and Mighty Fist.
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.
During the Belgian Championships of February 25th the national coaches announced the 2018 selection for the national team (EC in Maribor, Slovenia April 12th-15th):