Newsletter 2/2015 “Lulin” Cup Report
On 25-26 April 2015 in “Lulin” Sports Center, Sofia city, Bulgaria was held the VIII Regional Quadrathlon Taekwon-Do Open Championship for “Lulin” Cup. This event was held under the patronage of the Mayor of Sofia Municipality – Lulin district Mr. Milko Mladenov. Coorganizers of the event were Sports Association of Ministry of Interior, Central Police Taekwon-Do Club, Bulgarian Association of Taekwon-Do and the Municipality of Sofia – Lulin District.
Official guests to the competition were Mr. Ivan Mladenov – Secretary General of Sports Association of Ministry of Interior. Special gratitude plaques were given to the representatives of the schools on the territory of Lulin district which develop Taekwon-Do in cooperation with Bulgarian Association of Taekwon-Do.
Organizing Committee of the tournament would like express sincere gratitude to the special guests – the teams from Greece, leaded by Master Panagiotis Gialamas – President of Hellenic Quadrathlon Federation ITF, and the team from Romania, leaded by Mr. Cosmin Oprescu – President of Federatia Romana de Taekwon-Do ITF. In the evening after the first competition day the leaders of the two guest delegations and representatives of the BD of BAT had a nice friendly dinner where were discussed some matters for better development of Taekwon-Do in the region and mutual support of events, especially the upcoming competitions in Romania and Greece in June 2015.
The competitors were divided in groups of children (6-13 years), juniors (14-17 years) and seniors (18+ years). 323 competitors from 26 clubs participated in the individual disciplines: Pattern, Sparring, Special Tecnique and Power Test.
The Chairman of the umpire committee Mr. Vencislav Ignatov - managed a team of 65 umpires in 5 rings for the 2 days and for the first time the wireless version of Bulscore (the Bulgarian scoring system was used in 3 rings). Awards for best complex competitors for each age and gender division were given for third time. The winning places were decided according to collected points from the different disciplines and the Overall winners were determined by the points of all competitors.
Final overall standings:
| Children (6-13 years) | ||||
| 1. | Hellenic Quadrathlon Federation ITF | 20 gold, | 17 silver, | 12 bronze; |
| 2. | TC Levski “61 School” | 16 gold, | 12 silver, 9 | bronze; |
| 3. | CPTC “97 School” | 9 gold, | 11 silver, | 8 bronze. |
| Juniors (14-17 years) | ||||
| 1. | CPTC “97 School” | 6 gold, | 6 silver, | 7 bronze; |
| 2. | CPTC “Rakovski” v 4 gold, | 3 silver, | 4 bronze; | |
| 3. | Hellenic Quadrathlon Federation ITF | 4 gold, | 1 silver, | 3 bronze. |
| Seniors (18+ years) | ||||
| 1. | SC “Fight” | 6 gold, | 5 silver, | 1 bronze; |
| 2. | CPTC “137 School” | 2 gold, | 2 silver; | |
| 3. | CPTC “192 School” | 2 gold, | 1 bronze. | |
Quadrathlonists of “Lulin” Cup
| Boys 6 | 7 years | Konstantinos Stogiannis | Hellenic Quadrathlon Federation ITF | 27 points; |
| Girls 6 | 7 years | Parthena Dimitriadou | Hellenic Quadrathlon Federation ITF | 20 points; |
| Boys 8 | 9 years | Grigorios Longinidis | Hellenic Quadrathlon Federation ITF | 29 points; |
| Girls 8 | 9 years | Demetra Kishkilova | TC Levski "61 School" | 29 points; |
| Boys 10 | 11 years | Gavriil Feidantsis | Hellenic Quadrathlon Federation ITF | 35 points; |
| Girls 10 | 11 years | Georgia Kotoumpa | Hellenic Quadrathlon Federation ITF | 27 points; |
| Boys 12 | 13 years | Zhulian Marchev | TC Levski "61 School" | 38 points; |
| Girls 12 | 13 years | Alexandra Slavcheva | TC Levski "61 School" | 39 points; |
| Junior Male | Serkan Hasan | CPTC “97 School” | 38 points; | |
| Junior Female | Tedislava Georgieva | CPTC “97 School” | 39 points; | |
| Senior Male | Duke Nwamerue | SC “Fight” | 29 points; | |
| Senior Female | Petya Staneva | SC “Fight” | 28 points. |
