5th South and West Indian Taekwon-Do championships

The 5th South and West Indian Taekwon-Do championships, was held in Bangalore between 25th-27th July, 2008.

The Goa Taekwon-Do team, won a total of 29 medals, of which 21 were gold, 4 silver, and 4 bronze medals. Goa came third, overall, as a team. There were 309 competitors from 8 states in India. Goa’s team consisted of 13 practitioners from age 7 upwards. They left Basilio’s Gym, in St. Inez, where they were seen off by Mr. Rahim Bernard (Senior Instructor) and Aldrine Soares, (Basilio’s Health Club owner). The team travelled by bus to Bangalore for the 2 day event, which was hard on the young players but they did their job and made Goa very proud. The whole team performed well for the state of Goa.

Prithvi Tamang (Instructor), won 5 gold medals, and earned the title of the competition’s, best overall fighter. They returned to Goa on 30th July, 2008, where they were welcomed home with great applause and cheers from the members of Basilio’s Gym and by Aldrine Soares and Mr. Rahim Bernard.

Goa's representatives in the event

1. Prithvi 5 gold
2. Shera 4 gold, 1 silver
3. Bale 2 gold, 1 silver
4. Siba 1 gold, 1 bronze
5. Shaishi 2 gold, 1 bronze
6. Dipak 2 gold, 1 bronze
7. Sadanath 1 gold, 1 silver

8. Federicuco 1 gold
9. Naveen 1 gold
10. Sairaj 1 bronze
11. Prakash 1 silver
12. Akash 1 gold
13. Raju 1 gold