Team Polish Championships in Zawiercie

On 24 April in Zawiercie, 36 male and female athletes from Krakowskie Centrum Taekwon-do took part in the ZS PUT Team Polish Championships in Taekwon-do. In total, our athletes brought home 29 medals, including: 10 gold, 6 silver and 13 bronze. The very good form of KCT athletes gave the club second place in the overall standings of the competition.

The last two months have been very busy for the athletes of Krakowskie Centrum Taekwon-do. We took part in three major tournaments, and our medal tally increased by 84 medals. At the Team Polish Championships, under the direction of coach Mateusz Dylawerski, KCT athletes won 10 gold, 6 silver and 13 bronze medals. Thirteen teams from all over Poland took part in the competition. Events were held for children, younger cadets, cadets, juniors and seniors, with 292 male and female athletes competing.

Michał Podborski and Wiktor Grabski, together with Bartosz Bukowski from Pabianice, won bronze medals in tag team sparring. Cadets Aleksandra Kucharz and Ewa Gabriel were loaned to the “Orient” club, where they won silver medals in tag team sparring. Emilka Wójcik, loaned to “Azja Pabianice”, won silver in semi-contact sparring and bronze in speed techniques. Karolina Czech joined the Hwa Rang team in double match sparring and won a silver medal. Dominik Bar, Wojciech Bar and Jakub Kania took fourth place in speed techniques and soft-stick sparring

Competition results:

Children’s events:

3. Speed techniques “TKD Assassins” – Zofia Urbaniec, Alicja Kucia, Stefania Kotowicz

Younger cadet events:

1. Speed techniques “Warrior Dragons” – Kinga Konieczny, Weronika Niemiec, Magdalena Daniel

1. Speed techniques “Hussars” – Grzegorz Pajda, Mikołaj Chrząszcz, Bartosz Różkiewicz

3. Speed techniques “Salt Pickaxe” – Jakub Kania, Jacek Nielipiński, Dominik Kiełbowicz

3. Soft-stick sparring – Wiktor Grabski

Athletes loaned to other clubs:

2. Speed techniques “Clever Little Foxes” – Pabianice/KCT (Zuzanna Śmiałkowska, Jessica Żabolicka, Emilia Wójcik) outside the ranking

3. Tag Team sparring “Asian Dragons” – KCT/Pabianice (Michał Podborski, Wiktor Grabski, Bartosz Bukowski) outside the ranking

Cadet event:

3. Double Match sparring “Warrior Women” – Aleksandra Kucharz, Ewa Gabriel, outside the ranking

3. Double Match sparring “Gdów” – Szymon Mamoń, Bartosz Adamek, outside the ranking

Female athlete loaned to another club:

2. Tag Team sparring “Warrior Girls” – KCT /Orient (Aleksandra Kucharz, Ewa Gabriel, Aleksandra Gątkowska) outside the ranking

Senior and junior events:

1. Double Match sparring “Women of Krakow” – Karolina Nowak, Dobrochna Dolicka

2. Team sparring “Ladies from Krakow” – Karolina Nowak, Karolina Czech, Dobrochna Dolicka

2. Tag Team sparring “Women of Krakow” – Karolina Nowak, Dobrochna Dolicka, Karolina Czech

1. Double Match sparring “Lines” – Mateusz Dylawerski, Jakub Włodarz

3. Double Match sparring ”Gdów” – Mateusz Durczok, Mikołaj Chyba

Athlete loaned to another club:

2. Double Match sparring “Crazies” – KCT/ Hwa Rang (Karolina Czech, details confidential)