by Wendy Nussey, Activities Manager, Lakeside Campus -

CIS took a team of 24 students to the 2016 International School Taekwondo Championships on Monday, 11 April. With 20 students from Lakeside and 4 students from TK participating at the Toa Payoh Sports Hall, team spirit was visibly high! After a snack, quick practice and team photograph, we were ready...

The team performed really well and CIS came in third overall. In addition to our team success, there were many individual performances worth celebrating. Congratulations to the following students on their medals.

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Poomsae (a defined pattern of defense-and-attack motions)

Senior Female Red Belt

Naomi Trevatt - Gold

Junior Male Yellow Belt

Gabriele Maheswara Palma - Gold

Junior Male Green Belt

Zhang Ming Xuan - Silver

Junior Male Poom Belt

Kenya Tan - Bronze

Junior Female Yellow Belt

Yuna Shin - Bronze

Junior Female Green Belt

Zlata Chaykun - Silver

Junior Female Blue Belt

Susannah Shortell - Bronze

Amanda Bote Evangelista - Bronze

Junior Female Blue Belt

Ginger Lok Yee Ng - Gold

Junior Female Red Belt

Jemima Shortell - Bronze

Junior Female Poom Belt

Isabel Pelekani - Bronze

B Division Female Black Belt

Samantha MacMillan - Gold

Junior Female Blue Team

Susannah Shortell - Gold

Lia Murphy - Gold

Amanda Bote Evangelista - Gold

Junior Male Poom Belt Team

Kenya Tan - Silver

Beom Su Shin - Silver

Felix Yat Long Ng - Silver

Kyorugi (sparring)

Senior Male Poom Belt - Under 51kg

Oleg Chaykun - Bronze

Junior Male Red Belt - Under 22kg

Alexander De Mello - Gold

Junior Male Red Belt - Under 32kg

Daniel Ng - Bronze

Junior Male Red Belt - Under 29kg

Jareth Neoh - Silver

Junior Male Poom Belt - Under 43kg

Gleb Chaykun - Gold

Beom Su Shin - Bronze

Junior Male Poom Belt - Under 48kg

Kenya Tan - Bronze

C Division Male Poom/Black Belt - Under 48kg

Jeremiah Neoh - Gold

Lastly, a huge thank you to our CIS parents Camille Seah and Roman Chaykun, along with Grade 11 student Samantha MacMillan for helping to coordinate the day and make sure things ran as smoothly as possible. Samantha, who has a coaching certificate in Taekwondo also helped to coach the team prior to the competition. Thank you Sam!

Congratulations to the whole team!