Carl Alsop of Opotiki in action against Greg Newell from Waimarino. Photo / Andrew Warner
Bay athletes performed strongly at the Bay of Plenty Taekwondo Championships.
Local Team KO received 21 gold medals, 10 silver and six bronze. Fighters will now turn their focus to attending the nationals in Auckland in October.
Results
Female under 32kg - 8-6 Keup: Gold Maia Masina - Titahi Bay; Silver Isabella Fell - Phoenix; Bronze Anahera Williams - Phoenix.
Female U36kg - 5-3 Keup: Gold Casey Rendall - Team KO Tauriko; Silver McKenzie Hill - Team KO Tauranga.
Female U38kgs- 8-6 Keup: Gold Jorja Muaulu - Pride; Silver Cheyenne Alsop - Phoenix.
Female U40kg - 8-6 Keup: Gold Luca Cruickshank - Team KO Tauranga; Silver Isabell Edwards-Jull - Phoenix.
Female U 44kg - 5-3 Keup: Gold Abbie Thomas - Team KO Tauranga; Silver Jenna Ruck - Team KO Tauriko; Bronze Amanda Payne - Team KO Tauriko; Bronze Lucy Peterson - Titahi Bay.
Female U46kg - 8-6 Keup: Gold Leah Cooper - Phoenix; Silver Sophie Dibble - Active.
Female U49kg - 8-6 Keup: Gold Ashanti Pirini - Phoenix; Silver Mereaira Edgar - Phoenix
Bronze Morgan Barrimore - Tauranga.
Male U24kg - 8-6 Keup: Gold Giles Lightfoot - Western Bay of Plenty; Silver Charlie Dibble - Active.
Male U30kg - 5-3 Keup: Gold Oscar Winter - Pride; Silver Lucas Cotterill - Western Bay of Plenty; Bronze Hohepa Kokiri - Aotearoa.
Male U39kg - 5-3 Keup: Gold Max Crozier - Tauranga; Silver Zane Terrill - Team KO Tauranga: Bronze Alex Ruck - Team KO Tauriko.
Male U42kg - 8-6 Keup: Gold Cruyz Ford - Team KO Tokoroa; Silver Tarn Reddish - Phoenix.
Male U45kg - 8-6 Keup: Gold Oliver Wilson - Waimarino; Silver Harrison Smith - Western Bay of Plenty; Bronze Hakeke Mokomoko - Phoenix.
Cadet Female U55kg - 5-3 Keup: Gold Brianna Burt - Team KO Tauranga; Silver Anais Wallace - Active.
Cadet Female U59kg - 8-6 Keup: Gold Morgan Burt - Team KO Tauranga; Silver Georgia Gault - Phoenix.
Cadet Male U39kg - 5-3 Keup: Gold Rajat Chauhan - Team KO Tauranga; Silver Morehu Tangehere - Aotearoa; Bronze Cameron Hyde - Tauranga; Bronze Trent Thompson - Otaki
Cadet Male U42kg - 5-3Keup: Gold Deklan Gear - Team KO Tauranga; Silver Max Cosgriff - Tauranga.
Cadet Male U63kg - 8-6 Keup: Gold Adam Burton-Brown - Team KO Tauranga; Silver Alexander Kannee - Titahi Bay.
Cadet Male +63kg - 5-3 Keup: Gold Jacob Hill - Team KO Tauranga; Silver David Ifopo - Pride
Bronze Connor Hill - Team KO Tauranga.
Junior Male U55kg - 8-6 Keup: Gold Jonathon Te Awa - Team KO Tokoroa; Silver Nathan Mathews - Western Bay of Plenty; Bronze Furkan Demirsoy - Team KO Tauranga.
Junior Male U68kg - 8-6 Keup: Gold Damon Quarrie - Western Bay of Plenty; Silver Josh Wild - Tauriko; Bronze Aaron Westbury - Titahi Bay; Bronze Maxwell Wallace - Waimarino
Junior Female U63kg - 8-6 Keup: Gold Ariana Iti - Team KO Tauranga; Silver Tiahuia Turei -Aotearoa; Bronze Merepea Smith - Waimarino.
Male Adult 87+kg - 5-3 Keup: Gold John Williams - Phoenix; Silver Anthony Dibley - Team KO Tauriko; Bronze Ted Grant - Aotearoa.
Female Adult U53kg - 8-6 Keup: Gold Alice Del Corro - Heretaunga; Silver Gergia Gault - Phoenix.
Male Black Belt Jnr U59kg: Gold Jack Francois - Heretaunga; Silver Kishan Jitenial - Pride.
Male Black Belt Jnr U63kg: Gold Alex Ryder - Heretaunga; Silver Christopher Jung - Browns Bay.
Male Black Belt Jnr U68kg: Gold Gleb Geinke - Western Bay of Plenty; Silver Nick Campbell - Team KO Tauranga; Bronze Cobain Tomai-Coppell - Western Bay of Plenty.
Male Black Belt Junior +78kgs: Gold Tyler Hutchings - Western Bay of Plenty; Silver Cory Thomson-Kohi - Phoenix.
Male Adult Black Belt U63kgs: Gold Gleb Genke - Western Bay of Plenty; Silver Vaughan Clinton - Tauranga.
Male Adult Black Belt +87kgs: Gold Danny Hammond - Team KO Tauranga; Silver James Tanner - Aotearoa.
Female Black Belt Jnr U55kgs: Gold Holly Petera - Team KO Tokoroa; Silver Brooklyn Storey - Western Bay of Plenty.
Female Adult Black Belt U73kgs: Gold Marie Ryder - Heretaunga; Silver Hayley Storey - Western BoP.