2006 World Poomsae Championships
Seoul, Korea

Anne Povh
National Poomsae Team Manager

Australia Wins Medals

Australian competitors, Bromwyn Butterworth (Sliver) and Camela Hartnett (Bronze) were medal winners at the 1st World Poomsae Championships.

Mr. Tae-eun Lee (first from left), an auditor of the WTF, poses during the awarding ceremony for the female individual master 2nd division (over 51) on the second day of the 1st WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships at the Olympic Gymnasium in Olympic Park in Seoul on Sept. 5, 2006. Korea's Chung-hee Jang won the gold medal in the division and Australia's Bronwyn Butterworth won silver.

Mr. Young-tae Kim (first from left), a member of the WTF Council, poses during the awarding ceremony for the female individual master 1st division (41-50) on the final day of the 1st WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships at the Olympic Gymnasium in Olympic Park in Seoul on Sept. 6, 2006. Korea’s Mi-ok Lee won the gold medal in the category and Australia's Camela Hartnett won bronze.

Day 3 - Day one of Competition - Monday 4th September 2006

Individual Junior Male

Man Jae Kim (Australia) went through the preliminary, semi-final and final rounds and finishedjust outside the medal placings. In the division the final result was:

Korea - Gold
Iran - Silver
Chinese Taipei - Bronze.

Individual Junior Female

Wilhelmina Baljeu - There were 32 contestants in this division, Wilhelmina was placed outside the semifinal round by 0.2

Individual Female 1st Senior 19-30 years.

Kyung Eun Yang - competed all day, going through the preliminary, semifinal and final rounds. In this division Australia was placed 4th.

Korea - Gold
Sparin - silver
Gemany - Bronze

Male Team - Under 35 years

Mark Johns, Dale Bryce, Joshua Warren - Only the preliminary round was run through today. Australia goes through to the semi final in this division on day 2.

Male Team over 36 years.

Barry Akehurst, David Atkinson, David Cronin -The Male team were placed in the top ten after the semi final.

Korea - Gold
Iran - Silver
Turkey - Bronze

Female Team over 36 years.

Bronwyn Butterworth, Anne Povh, Sue Hughes - Our female team were placed 4th after the final round.

Korea - gold
Gemany - silver
Spain - Bronze.

Day 2 - World Poomsae Championships

Sunday 3rd September 2006

Again the team were up at 6am with stretching and a run/walk. The days are hot but he mornings are fabulous.Its been great getting out of the hotel and into the fresh morning air. In the morning we left for training at Korean Masters Association Dojang, abut 1 hour from Seoul. As part of the training a demonstration was organised by Master Kang with some of the teenagers from the dojang. The Championships begin tomorrow - (Monday).

Division for the first day of competition:-

Junior Male Individual
Junior Female Individual ( preliminary)
1st Senior Female
Male team under 35
Male team over 36
Female team over 36.

Day 1- World Poomsae Championships

Today, the team were up at 6am for early morning run and stertch in the park. After lunch we travelled to the army sports training facility Dojang outside of Seoul. We trained at their Dojang for 3 hours, going through all the required poomsae in each division. The day endeed with a traditional Korean dinner together.The team registration was complete today and competition schedule was issued.