http://www.teamcarlo.com.au Follow the noise Mon, 19 Jul 2010 03:01:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.teamcarlo.com.au/blog/tom-afonczenko-wins-his-place-at-the-2010-british-open/ What an amazing effort by our team of 8 athletes that travelled to Seoul to compete at the 2010 World Taekwondo Culture Expo. This event was much more than a taekwondo compeitition with a cutural display of everything taekwondo and Korea has to offer.  The travelling team were treated to spectacular ... http://www.teamcarlo.com.au/blog/2010-world-taekwondo-culture-expo-jellabuk-do-muju-korea/ The following Timetable will commence from Monday 12th July 2010 to Thursday 16th September 2010 -- please download the pdf copy below... 2010 Timetable (Term 3) (68kb pdf) http://www.teamcarlo.com.au/blog/term-3-2010-timetable/ The parting words from Carlo at our last Melbourne training were "use Steve Currie's World Championship spirit to fight at the weekend". And that's exactly what our team did, with amazing performances by everybody. The team of 40 arrived at Broadbeach on Friday and met for a briefing session on Nutrition ... http://www.teamcarlo.com.au/blog/gold-coast-open-may-2010/ Congratulations to our Poomsae team that competed at the Victorian Open Muye Championships Saturday 22nd May.  This competition was judged differently to how some of our athletes would have competed before.  It was a great competition in terms of 1-on-1, rather than the traditional format, as it was a little more ... http://www.teamcarlo.com.au/blog/victorian-open-muye-championships/ Dear Friends, As you may of heard I fought well, first defeating Russia then Finland.  Both competitors were inexperienced and this helped me to comfortably win with about tens points in front.  The final was against Iran, a very strong taekwondo country were it is a national sport.  After the first ... http://www.teamcarlo.com.au/blog/a-message-from-our-world-champion/ Congratulations to Team Carlo's Steven Currie who was this morning (Australian time) crowned Under 80kg Para Taekwondo World Champion!  What an amazing achievement for Steven who last year won a bronze medal.  This is a first for Australia and we are so very happy and proud for Steven.  We are ... http://www.teamcarlo.com.au/blog/australias-first-ever-world-champion-steven-currie/ Team Carlo's Steven Currie will today compete at the 2nd WTF World Para Championships in St Petersburg, Russia.  After a motorcycle accident 5 years ago, Steve was left without the use of one of his arms.  With absolute determination, Steve has risen above his disadvantage and is a very competitive ... http://www.teamcarlo.com.au/blog/steven-currie-world-para-championships-2010-russia/ The following Timetable will commence from Monday 12th April 2010 to Thursday 24th June 2010 -- please download the pdf copy below... 2010 Timetable (Term 2) (35kb pdf) http://www.teamcarlo.com.au/blog/term-2-2010-timetable/ Congratulations to all Team Carlo Black Belts on their wonderful efforts this weekend at the Victorian Sparring Championships.  Overall our team results were amazing with half of our total competitors winning gold.  The most noticeable victory however was the growth and maturity shown by our players, especially amongst the junior ... http://www.teamcarlo.com.au/blog/victorian-summer-sparring-championships-march-21/