RESULTS: 2008 BTCB London Open Championship

Team Gurumu have just return from the 2008 BTCB London Open Championship that took place at Tooting Leisure Centre on Sunday 5th October 2008.

As it was a regional championship, Gurumu had a very high interest by its members who wanted to compete. The team mainly consisted of novice fighters with a hand full of Gurumu Elite fighters.

The Gurumu Elite Fighters used this championship as a warm up round before they compete at the Ultimate Open Championship that is due to take place on the 12th October 2008 in Mansfield at the Metro Dome Leisure Complex.

Although the team consisted of many novice fighter, the entire squad performed exceptionally well with a lot of Star Performances from both our novice and elite fighters.

With a great performance the team managed to win an astonishing 14 Gold, 16 Silver and 8 Bronze medals. With an outstanding team score of 163 points Gurumu Taekwondo lifted the 1st Place Team Award.

The above result would not have been possible if it was not for our excellent coaching and championship management team. Let together thank the Gurumu coaches, Samy GuruNaidu (Head of Team), Harwinder Singh, Manikandan Renganathan, Pirabu Manickam. Also a big thanks to Sajidah Norat (Team Manager), Jayanthi Renganathan, Varnisha Maisuria, Geetha Narayanan and Karthika Narayanan for their excellent work in managing the team and the fights. Finally thank you to all the parents and supporters who come along on the day to show your support to the team.

Here are the full medal / fighter results:

GOLD MEDAL WON BY
1. Kajamugan Shanmuganathan
2. Thomas Doyle
3. Amarjyot Singh
4. Manminder Singh Bassi
5. Amrou Greenidge
6. Viroshan Gnanapandithan
7. Sandhya Balakrishnan
8. Siena Limbu Lingden
9. Neeleeny Nithirajah
10. Haytam Greenidge
11. Nikhil Fransis
12. Thomas Murphy
13. Thangaes Nithirajah
14. Sahar Ahmadi

SILVER MEDAL WON BY
1. Jashua Davey
2. Denis Neuman
3. Kaanthan Anbarasu
4. Shireen Mohammadi
5. Nithin Fransis
6. James Kulaisingham
7. Muazzam Ul-Hassan
8. Ershad Ahmadi
9. Callum Darling
10. Amratpal Singh
11. Hana Nakhuda
12. Marley Jay Angeli
13. Atar Singh Shergill
14. Humoon Afsardeir
15. Hary Sivakumar
16. Kane Atkinson

BRONZE MEDAL WON BY
1. Michelle Saguan
2. Karna Joy
3. Tarunveer Sehmi
4. Shameer Yasin
5. Jake Thomas White
6. Andre Ali Ayobi
7. Vaisaly Gnanapandithan
8. Brandon Agullano

LOST IN THE QUARTER FINALS
1. Jay Velu
2. Shaun Forde
3. Fahim Anjum

NO FIGHTS
1. Anju Lama
2. Nisha Hajamohideen

TEAM STSTISTICS
14 Gold Medals Won
16 Silver Medals Won
8 Bronze Medals Won
42 Fighters
38 Medals Won
64 Fights Fought
41 Fights Won
64% of Total Fights Won
14 Knockouts
7 KO’s
7 Technical Knockouts
7 Sudden Deaths
3 Sudden Deaths Won

FINALLY 1 HUGH TEAM TROPHY.

Well done and let the success continue.