Tom Afonczenko wins his place at the 2010 British Open

Congratulations to Team Carlo’s Tom Afonczenko who yesterday won gold at the British Open Selections here in Melbourne.  Tom now has the opportunity to travel to Manchester in September to compete at the new arena for the 2012 Olympic Game.  This is a great opportunity for Tom who also has the opportunity to compete at a tournament that is currently ranked the highest WTF tournament in the world.  Given also that this is the next Olympic site, the best  players from all over the world will be there as part of their olympic preparation.  Well done again Tom on your achievement, you have worked extremely hard for this!

Congratulations also to Peter Tilley and  Steve Currie who competed in yesterday’s event. Both players had some tough matches but fought very well.