2015 World Championships

wcThe time schedule for the World Championships are online.

Without any changes, the belgian competitors will be performing on Wednesday and Thursday:

  • Wednesday morning May 27th :
    • Bram De Corte, sparring -62kg, ring 4 or 9
  • Thursday morning May 28th :
    • Bram De Corte tul I°degree, ring 1 or 2
    • Pablo Pascuzzo, sparring -57kg, ring 3 or 4

The ring depends on the draws.

Concerning our friends from ITF-Luxembourg : Philine Wassenaar will be competing in sparring -55kg on Wednesday morning & in tul on Thursday morning, Melanie Eysschen will be up on Friday morning for tul, in ring 2.

One week to go for World Championships

wcOnly one week to go…..

Monday 25th & Tuesday 26th the belgian delegation for the World Championships will travel to Jesolo, near Venice, for the World Championships.

Due to all kinds of reasons (school, work, injuries, retirements, etc.) the belgian team is quite small for this championship, but we can for sure say that the teammembers have a high standard and quality.

Competitors :

  • Pablo Pascuzzo : senior male sparring -57kg
  • Bram De Corte : junior male tul I°degree & junior male sparring -62kg

Andreea Musca & Alexia Pagalis were also selected for this WC, but they’re not in the possibility to travel to Italy due to resp. work & school exams.

Umpire & official : Annick Van Driessche
Computer assistant : Sotirios Pagalis

They will be accompagnied by Liviu & Iudith Musca, Virginia Dionisi, Gonzalo Escribano Tejerina and Felipe, Martin Behar.

Tuesday May 26th : coach meeting, umpire meeting, weigh-in & registration, opening ceremony

  • Wednesday 27th – Sunday 31st May: competition
  • Friday May 29th : ITF Congress Meeting
  • Monday June 1st : departure of the team

If you want a daily update on the belgian athletes and the WC, please check this website, the Facebookpage ITF-Belgium or the WC page.
Or take a look at http://wchamp2015.pztkd.lublin.pl/ for the draws and results.

NB : our friends of ITF-Luxembourg will be present on a WC for the first time, with Melanie Eysschen and Philine Wassenaar as competitors and Hardy Viktor & Jan-Philip Wassenaar as coaches and officials.

Holland Cup 2015

Pijnacker, The Netherlands

April 11th-12th

holland

At this 6th edition of the Holland Cup – on an earlier date to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Taekwon-Do & to give competitors the opportunity to compete a last time in their preparation to the World Championships – there were nearly 600 competitors present, 88 clubs of 28 countries, 80 umpires.

Also ITF Brussels, Taekwon-Do Norden and Ge-Baek participated.

Results:

  • Alexia Pagalis : silver tul junior female I°degree
  • Bram De Corte : silver tul junior male I°degree
  • Jessica Geerinck : gold tul youth female 10°-9°kup
  • Damir Abdulin : silver tul youth male 6°-5°kup
  • Tabitha Van Lierde : silver sparring youth female B -160cm

Open Zeeuwse championships

itfResults of the belgian participants :

  • Lukas De Groote : silver sparring
  • Roeland Heirbaut : silver sparring & silver special techniques
  • Bram De Corte : bronze sparring
  • Margeaux Pollefeyt : silver tul
  • Matteo Preys : bronze sparring
  • Nicolas Ketels : gold tul
  • Jonas De Backer : gold sparring & silver tul
  • Arthur De Backer : gold sparring
  • Parsa Habib : gold tul & bronze sparring
  • Claude Duyck : gold sparring
  • Jerome Van den Eynde : gold tul & silver sparring
  • Stijn Denhaerinck : gold tul & silver sparring
  • Matteo Van Lierde : gold tul & silver special techniques
  • Wout Dero : gold sparring
  • Ian Van Bouwel : silver sparring
  • Bernd Van Bouwel : bronze sparring
  • Jens Baetselier : bronze sparring

Open Barcelona Cup

barcaAbout 400 competitors from Spain, Italy, Belgium, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, France & Israel.

Results of the belgian participants :

  • Pablo Pascuzzo : silver sparring senior male black belts -78kg
  • Bram De Corte : bronze tul junior male I°degree
  • Lukas De Groote : bronze sparring junior male black belts +68kg
  • Martin Behar : gold tul senior male coloured belts
  • Sven Bernaerts : bronze sparring senior male coloured belts -69kg
  • Lisa Ghijsens : gold sparring youth female coloured belts +149cm
  • Tabitha Van Lierde : bronze sparring youth female coloured belts +149cm