Matt Ransom

New Zealand Selection Trials for Oceania Championships

The 2nd annual WTF Oceania Taekwondo Championships will be held in Auckland on the 26th August marking the first ever WTF sanctioned international event of it’s kind ever to be held in New Zealand. The WTF recognized national member association ‘Taekwondo New Zealand’ (TNZ), held it’s selection trials for the Oceania Championships in Dunedin on […]

TUNZ 2005 New Zealand Taekwondo Championships

Once again the TUNZ extended the olive branch to members of all WTF organizations in the spirit of unification and to support the establishment of ‘Taekwondo New Zealand’ by inviting participants from outside of the TUNZ to compete in this years Nationals. Held for the first time ever in Blenheim at Stadium 2000, on the […]

1st Oceania Taekwondo Championships — 17th July 2005, Sydney, Australia

New Zealand continued it's fight back onto the international WTF tournament circuit with Auckland's Dafydd Sanders winning a Silver Medal in the men's heavyweight final during the 1st Oceania Taekwondo Championships. Tauranga's Ben Hardie also competed with success falling short of the bronze medal in the men's featherweight division by just one fight and after […]

Taekwondo New Zealand Incorporated Established To Unify WTF Taekwondo In New Zealand

A new national sports body, 'Taekwondo New Zealand', has made major progress in unifying a number of Olympic WTF-style Taekwondo organisations in New Zealand. This is an exciting and groundbreaking development as never before has any one organisation been able to unite so many independent styles and clubs under one banner. The sport has been […]