The Tribune

THE Bahamas Taekwondo Federation sent a combined team - consisting of 13 competitors - to the Daedo Truescore Taekwondo Championship at the Educational Center in Miami Lakes, Florida, earlier this month.

The competitors comprise of kids from Lynx Taekwondo Bahamas and the TG Glover Taekwondo Club, both coached by Sheano Dorsett and Rudolf Ramsey along with the Bahamas Martial Arts Academy coached by Basil Damianos.

The event is one of a series of taekwondo championships hosted by Daedo, the official approved scoring electronic equipment of Olympic Taekwondo and one of a series of Daedo Championships culminating in the Florida Taekwondo Championships next year.

This was the first time that these Bahamian participants had experienced international competition with the Olympic electronic scoring system, a priceless experience although there was some concern over how the federations theoretical training - without electronic gear - would fare.

Facing competition from taekwondo athletes from the US, Mexico, Peru and Puerto Rico, pulled off an impressive performance.

The Bahamas received the award for the best team performance in Olympic sparring and taekwondo forms.

Bahamas Taekwondo athletes achieved victory in near all of their competitions and garnered interest from coaches from the other countries to enthusiastically ensure that the team would be in attendance at other top line competitions.

The Bahamas Taekwondo Federation was very pleased with its performance of Messrs.

Dorsett, Ramsey and Damianos and considers it a critical validation of its long term taekwondo athlete development that the Bahamas Olympic Committee endorses.

With the continued determination of these taekwondo athletes, the incredible support of their parents and the ambition of the coaches, we plan to make a mark on this circuit, specifically the Florida Championship.

“There is much work to be done within our region to assist our developing athletes and we at the Bahamas Taekwondo Federation look forward to working with others in developing the sport of taekwondo,” said a press release.