NEW CALEDONIA : OCEANIA OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS

The Team with IOC Member Phil Coles (left) and President of the Oceania Region John Kotsifous (right) at the welcome party
Fighters: Amy Ryan and Myself

WE ARE FINALLY HERE!!!! AT THE OCEANIA OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS! It was a long day to get here even though the country is only 3/4 hours north east of Sydney. All the teams are here now...not that there are many of them, but Im sure every athlete will be fighting with their hearts on their sleaves to qualify.

Present on the Team:

Head Coach: Daniel Trenton
Assistant Coach: Tae Ho Uhm
Team Manager: Stuart Lee
Head of Team: Bryan Wilson (ASC)
Osteopath: David Collosimo

Athletes:

Ryan Carneli: u/58kgs
Amy Ash: +67kgs
Tina Morgan: u/67kgs

Our schedule is:

Thur: Training/Relax etc
Fri: Weigh in/Draw
Sat: Fighting:) All 8 weight categories:

I will fill this in after training.....I have to go now:)

My knee's Come back

My knee has recovered from injury, but it hasn't been an easy ride. There are still times it is painful, but the progress I have made in 7 months has been worth it.

Double Day

Today was the first day I had no thought in doing double actions. It just seemed to come. Its definately the first time since the accident Ive been able to do this and Im pretty damn happy with how it held up and my performance. SCARY all the same...but whats taekwondo without all these challenges: big and small.

YAYAYAYA

AOC: BEIJING BOUND NEWSLETTER

Im currently featured in the current Beijing Bound Newsletter = Edition 16. I am talking about career ambitions. You can access through the link below.

http://www.olympics.com.au/News/Gallery/tabid/119/Default.aspx?pageTabID=1002&MediaIndex=1&AlbumIndex=3

OCEANIA OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION

The website for this competition is the Oceania region site:
www.otu.org.au

One Step Closer

The Shadow Team Members present at the camp
Me, Brittney and Jasmine cooling down

The shadow team camp was a success for myself and my knee:))) My little toe that got dislocated had a harder time! hehe But nonethe less Everything is on track and looking very positive. I got selected today for the under 67kgs division to go to the Oceania Olympic Qualification! Amy my bud from WA also got selected in the +67kgs division and Ryan Carneli from Melbourne was selected again for -58kgs. It was a good weekend for us and hopefully we will qualify the divisions for Australia in the next few weeks.

We are now off to New Caledonia on the 28th of November and will fight December 1st. I'm Glad to be back on the matt again!
One step closer to Olympic GOLD...

SHADOW TEAM CAMP

This weekend we will have a shadow team camp in Canberra -- after which the final team for Oceanias will be selected:) Wish me luck! I can't wait to get in the mix of everything again. Insallah all goes well

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Sydney Morning Herald : http://www.smh.com.au/news/beijing2008/fight-goes-on-for-athletes-despite-funding-being-chopped/2007/10/30/1193618884227.html

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TAEKWONDO AUSTRALIA IS NO LONGER RECOGNISED BY THE AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE.

Please see the below article as advertised on the Aus olympic site.:
http://www.olympics.com.au/News/AustraliaNews/NewsArticle/tabid/223/Default.aspx?ArticleID=9645

News has already hit many newspapers, including the age, the herald sun, the sydney morning herald, the abc news and the brisbane times. The link to an article in my home town "The West" is shown below
http://www.thewest.com.au/aapstory.aspx?StoryName=431769

The age: http://www.theage.com.au/news/Sport/Olympic-bosses-rescue-taekwondo-athletes/2007/10/29/1193618789527.html

The Australian: AOC kicks out Taekwondo body http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22669143-5013406,00.html

The Herald Sun: Olympic Taekwondo Hopes Back on Track
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22669844-2863,00.html