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Wednesday, MAY 20, 2015 Page 7
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Locals compete at Tae Kwon-Do event S ubmit ted
Saturday, May 9, and Sunday, May 10, saw the largest International Tae Kwon-Do tournament of it’s kind to date to be held in Lethbridge, Alberta, at the University of Lethbridge. This highly prestigious charity event raised over $15,000 for “Kid Sport” and features over 450 competitors from across Canada, the U.S., England, Scotland, Norway, and as far away as Australia taking part in the competition. Twelve Master Black Belt Instructors were also in attendance including Grand Master C.K. Choi, one of the original twelve founders of Tae Kwon-Do and the first ever Tae KwonDo World Champion! Black belt instructors Jennifer Wachon, Rene Kowalchuk and Simon Wachon expertly coached members of Evolution Tae Kwon-Do Academy, located on 7th Avenue South in Cranbrook, to success
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First left to right: Jordan Bodner, Flavio Faria, Rene Kowalchuk, Jennifer Wachon, Quinn Robertson, Madison Weadon, Simon Wachon and Will Fiddler at the acclaimed International Canadian hosted Competition. Madison Wheadon in the Girls Junior High Grade division was the first to compete on the
Saturday, winning some hard fought sparring rounds but not quite making it into the medalling positions. Will Fiddler was next up to compete in Boys
Junior Grade patterns, winning Silver and then going on to win Bronze in the Sparring division. Simon Wachon, academy master instructor was up next in
the men’s 5th-8th Dan Black belt patterns winning Silver and also went on to win Gold in the Men’s Black Belt over 45 years point stop sparring division to
round off the Saturday. Sunday’s events started with Flavio Faria winning Gold in the Men’s Junior Grade division and Silver in the Men’s Jjunior Grade
sparring division. Jordan Bodner was next up narrowly being pipped into Bronze position in the Men’s Junior Grade sparring division. Quinn Robertson was next up with a convincing Gold medal in the Boys Advanced Grade Sparring division. Simon Wachon finished of the Sunday’s events for the Cranbrook Academy by winning Gold in the Men’s Over 35 Years Black belt continuous sparring division to round up a total of nine medals between the six competitors! The Tae Kwon-Do Academy is actively seeking new beginners, young and old to come and improve their self esteem and fitness levels and offer a free month to anyone who joins before the end of June. Visit www.cranbrookmartialarts.com or call 250 581 1042.
Local hockey players as international envoys Submit ted
On March 16, 2015 a group of 10 hockey players aged 11 to 14 years old from Cranbrook and Kimberley embarked on an epic adventure travelling to Australia for the 2015 International Friendship Hockey Tournament. The trip started in Sydney where they visited the Taronga Zoo, Sydney Opera house, Harbour Bridge and hung out in Hyde Park before they boarded a bus to Newcastle. Newcastle hosted 10 hockey teams from around the world to play for 9 days. The tournament originally started in Japan in 1989 and has been hosted every second year rotating between Japan, Canada, America, Australia and New Zealand. The goal of the tournament is to share the game of hockey in a friendly, non-competitive atmosphere. Points are awarded based on sportsmanship, goodwill, team-building and the sharing of knowledge about the game. The players were billeted by local families and over the 9 days lifelong friendships were formed. It was truly a once in a lifetime experience for these young boys. The players spent 2 years fundraising for the trip holding raffles, bottle drives, hot dog sales, bagging groceries and puck tosses at the Kootenay ICE Games. This trip would not be possible without the support of the commu-
nity and local business sponsors: RDEK, Brothers Insurance, Players Bench, Cranbrook Arby’s, Eastside Mario’s, Kootenay Insurance Services, Pages Book Emporium, EKC, Hillcrest Hyundai, Spring Honda, Premier Plumbing & Heating Ltd, Dr. Spowart, Fiddler Construction, Denham Ford, The Bedroom, Cranbrook Dodge, Western Financial Group, H & R Block, BMO, Geoff’s Construction, Steeples Construction Ltd, USW Local 1-405, Kootenay Marine, Pepsi Cola, Kootenay Chiropractic, Cranbrook Vision Care, Landmark Columbia #5, Superstore 1553, Pharmasave, Dr. S.E. Harris, East Kootenay Realty, Kootenay Ice Hockey Club, Carpet Superstore, The Drive/ B104, Rella & Paolini, Bridge Interiors, Westland Insurance, Mr. Tire, Redding & Associates, Eagle Plumbing Ltd., Kimberley Family Dental, Wildstone Golf Course, Wolseley, FB Drilling, Kokanee Ford/Kemlee Equipment, Cranbrook Pest Control, Garden Consulting Ltd, Wag ”n” Tails, R.W. Anderson Contracting, Kimberley Electric, Columbia Recycling Ltd., New Dawn Developments, Melody Motors Ltd., Econobuilt Contracting, Slim Pickens, Wasa Lions Club, Chalet Chevrolet, Summit Construction, Mardis Forest Products and the countless community members who gave Back row: Norm Anderson (Coach), Jordan Simpson, Mike Ridler (Assistant), Rob Renaud (Assistant). Front row: their change, bottles and support. Ethan Englesby, Nathan Ridler, Michael Yonkman, Brady Anderson, Logan Beable, Ben Verigin, Logan Englesby,
James Johnson, Ryan Renaud.