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Twelve competitors from the KEES Yorkton Taekwondo club participated at the third Annual Iron Fist Taekwondo Club Challenge in Winnipeg. The event was hosted by Iron Fist Taekwondo, which has been established in Winnipeg for more than 25 years.
The event was a welcome participation and experience opportunity for KEES' junior elite and developing future elite players. The event was capped at 262 players from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario and northern USA, with over 27 clubs in attendance. The events consisted of sparring (Kyorugi), patterns (Poomsae) and Breaking (Kyupka). Atheltes could enter one, two or three events.
Coaches for this event were Master Wayne Mitchell and Autumn Ashcroft. Kathryn Lohnes also coached some Pee Wee players.
There were many notable results. Eric Fookes, Tyler Buenneke and Kallie Beunneke came away as triple medalists.
Shane Varjassy was the gold medalist in the Junior A Black belt light weight sparring division winning all three matches. His first two games were very lop sided victories for him while he final match was a tougher game against fellow club mate, Eric Fookes. Tyler Buenneke and Zane Chopik had a talented division in which they stood out. They met each other in their third game providing a very entertaining technical match that saw Buenneke come away with the gold medal.
