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We need the names and payments ($100) of anyone who needs an Auckland
North tracksuit this Sunday (at team training in Warkworth).
This needs to be done this Sunday as orders have to be placed the following
week.
If you haven't already got a tracksuit please bring $100 to team training.
Hopefully we will have some tracksuits for you to try on. Can those people
who already have tracksuits please bring them along so others can try them
for sizes.
The sizes are as follows,
128cm - XXXS
140cm - XXS
152cm - XS
160cm - S
170cm - M
180cm - L
190cm - XL
200cm - XXL
Combined team training
The next Auckland North team combined training will be:
Date: Sunday 10th August - 11a.m – 2 p.m
Venue: Mahurangi College, Woodcocks Road, Warkworth
Time: 11 a.m – 2 p.m
What to bring: completed registration form (if you haven’t already)
$50
training fee (if you haven’t already)
your
Auckland North tracksuit.
sparring
gear and drink bottle
We are hoping to finalise the team at this training session. It
is important that you are there.
The following dates have also been confirmed for combined training at
Mahurangi College:
Sunday 7th September - 11 a.m – 2 p.m
Sunday 28th September -11 a.m – 2 p.m
Auckland Area Weekly Training
Date: Sundays starting 20th
July
Time: 2-4pm
Venue: Auckland Boys Grammer School
Whangarei Area Weekly Training
Mr Konia to advise
Far North Area Weekly Training
Mr Couling to advise
Please remember to hand in your completed registration form along with
your training fees.
2008 Nationals
Auckland North Trials
Date:
Sunday 13th July 2008
Where:
Mahurangi College, Woodcocks Road, Warkworth
Time:
Registration & Weigh-in 10:45
Start:
11:00am
Finish:
2:00pm
Cost:
$50.00 per person
To be handed in with completed registration forms (get here )to the Manager
Please bring your sparring gear/mouth guard/drink bottle & warm jacket.
If for any valid reason, you are unable to attend but are wanting to be part of the team please contact the Team Manager prior to trials. Email Mrs Debbie Trotter pauldeb@ihug.co.nz
Auckland Academy Changes
Now open to 1st Gups - Join before the price increase - and don't forget
the Concession Card.
The Auckland Taekwon-Do Academy Black Belt Class runs Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings, 6.30-8pm, at the Tamaki Dojang. The concept behind the class
is that students can attend one of the two nights each week without interrupting
their normal club training.
Open to all black belt grades - we have 1st Dans through to 4th Dans training
regularly - and now we're also opening the class up to 1st gup students
who are training for their black belt grading. (The classes will not necessarily
be focused on the 1st gup syllabus specifically, but just about every class
will be applicable in some way to the student's grading or ongoing training!)
At present, the training fee is $20 per month by automatic payment. On
the 1st of August, the fee for new students will increase to $30 per month,
(existing students will retain the $20 rate) - so if you've been thinking
about joining up, get in before the increase!
Also new to the Academy is the Concession Card, ideal for students who
can't commit to a weekly class but who want to occasionally make it along
for some extra trainings. For $100, the student receives a card with ten
'clips', which may be used for a session at either an Academy Black Belt
class (on Tuesday or Wednesday), or an Academy Athletes class (on Friday).
We've heard suggestions from Instructors already for ways the Concession
Cards might be used, apart from a student purchasing his or her own. The
Instructor might purchase a card, and have it available for members from
the school who can borrow the card and pay the Instructor for any sessions
they use.
The Instructor might give a card to a black belt student as a thank you
for assistance in teaching, or as a congratulations for a successful grading,
or as encouragement for an upcoming grading or tournament. Or the Instructor
might purchase a Card and take several black belts from the school along
to a session focusing on an aspect that needs some work. Please contact
Matthew Breen beforehand to arrange this possible option.
At present, the Black Belt classes are taught by Matthew Breen (V degree),and
the Athletes classes by Mark Trotter (IV degree, world champion), Luke
Thompson (II degree, world champion), Carl Van Roon (II degree, world champion),
and Carolina Dillen (I degree). We aim to have guest instructors for specialist
topics as well - keep an eye on the website for details!
Thanks again,
Sonya Robinson - Secretary of the ATKDA.
Protect and Hurupaki ITF team up again for a very special day…
On Tuesday 13th May, Phil Thompson from Protect Self Defence and Amy Reeder from
Hurupaki ITF teamed up again for a very special event held in Whangarei. The
theme of the day was “Keeping Ourselves Safe” and the participants
were 15 children with disabilities from a Northland school Special Needs Unit.
“The day was amazing, the kids there are incredible human beings and we
were honoured and humbled to have been able to share this day with them and make
new friends” Phil says.
Many different topics were covered in an adapted, high energy format, all centred
around “keeping ourselves safe”.
“It was challenging for us because of the range of different disabilities
that the kids had which obviously meant a lot of adaptation was required, but
the kids loved it and got a lot of value from it, and we certainly learned a
lot from them too. There were a lot of very special moments which will remain
with us for a long time.”
“This is the second time that Amy and I have worked with kids with disabilities
in Northland, and there is certainly a lot more to come. Amy is a wonderful person
with an enormous heart and she is also a good friend. That is no surprise really
though given that her instructor is Mr George Konia, another person with a huge
heart and a very inspiring attitude. Athena and I are privileged to be surrounded
by so many amazing people who support what we do and are so willing to give their
time, energy, and caring to help other people”
“We were happy to do the event for free, but the school insisted on paying
us something, so Amy, Athena and I decided on the day to donate the money to
the Elim Christian College Mangatepopo Memorial Fund.”
We are looking forward to the next opportunity to work with, teach, and learn
from these wonderful kids. Watch this space…
Changes at the Auckland Taekwon-Do Academy Black Belt Club
Training times for the Black Belt Club have now changed and are 6.30 to 8.00pm
on both Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
We now also have a Concession Card so if people don't wish to commit to training
with us full-time but would like to join in from time to time they certainly
can!
The Concession Card is $100.00 for 10 Classes, fully transferable between practitioners
and valid for both the Black Belt Training or the Athletes Class.
We are hoping that some Instructors may purchase a Card on behalf of their Club
to encourage their students with extra training opportunities......
Bank account details have changed, please see the ATKDA
website. Estee Speirs is now the Treasurer.
As the Secretary and the first point of contact if people are interested in joining
or just want more information then it would be great if they contact me at B.fit.B.healthy@xtra.co.nz
or phone 5755 726.
Any questions or other information needed please call or e-mail.
Sonya Robinson
Secretary for the ATKDA
Award ceremony of Prime Minister's Sport Scholarships for Taekwon-Do students
Sport and Recreation Minister Clayton Cosgrove congratulated 120 North Island
recipients of the 2008 Prime Minister’s Sport Scholarships during a special
presentation ceremony at Baradene College in Auckland on Wednesday 16th April.
2nd Dan Carl van Roon and 1st Dan Carolina Dillen, both from Impact Kingsland
club, are two of the 7 ITFNZ students earlier awarded SPARC Performance Enhancement
Grants.
The Prime Minister’s Sport Scholarship programme is a government initiative
that enables emerging and talented New Zealand sports people to concurrently
pursue tertiary study or professional development while striving for sporting
excellence.
Taekwon-Do was the only martial art to receive scholarships this year.
