On 19-20 March 2016 in “DZU” Sports Hall, Stara Zagora city, Bulgaria was held the National Quadrathlon Taekwon-Do Tournament for “Stara Zagora” Cup. The event was held under the patronage of the Mayor of Stara Zagora Municipality Mr. Zhivko Todorov. 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 Stara Zagora.

Official guest to the competition were Mrs. Krasimira Chahova – Deputy Mayor for Sports Matters of Stara Zogora Municipality. As part of the opening ceremony were performances from rhythmic gymnastics club „Impala“ and Taekwon-Do demonstration from the kids from the kindergardens in Stara Zagora leaded by Mr. Yordan Kirchev.

183 children aged 6-13 years and junirs from 21 clubs competed in the individual disciplines: Pattern, Sparring, Special Tecnique and Power Test.

The Chairman of the umpire committee Mr. Hristiyan Tsankov - managed a team of 47 umpires in 4 rings for the 2 days. As tradition of Bulgarian Association of Taekwon-Do awards for best complex competitors (quadrathlonists) for each age and gender division were given. The winning places were decided according to collected points from the different disciplines.

QUADRATHLONISTS OF “STARA ZAGORA” CUP

Boys 6-7 years – Stanislav Cholakov – “USC Alians – Stara Zagora” - 30 points;
Girls 6-7 years – Teresa Borisova – TC “Levski - 61 School" - 20 points;
Boys 8-9 years – Stanislav Stoilov – CPTC “Elin Pelin” - 30 points;
Girls 8-9 years – Ekaterina Ivanova – TC “Levski - 61 School" - 38 points;
Boys 10-11 years – Stefan Nikolov – TC “Levski - 5 School" - 20 points;
Girls 10-11 years – Georgia Georgieva - CPTC “97 School” - 37 points;
Boys 12-13 years – Kaloyan Arnaudov - CPTC “Rakovski” - 28 points;
Girls 12-13 years – Gergana Uzunova - CPTC “137 School" - 38 points;
Junior Male – Mihail Dimitrov - CPTC “35 School" - 37 points;
Junior Female – Alexandra Slavcheva – TC “Levski - 61 School" - 38 points.

Final Standings per divisions

Children (6-13 years)
1. CPTC „97 School“ – 22 Gold, 16 Silver, 10 bronze;
2. TC „Levski – 61 School“ - 13 Gold, 9 Silver, 10 bronze;
3. CPTC „NSOU Sofia“ – 8 Gold, 8 Silver, 9 bronze.

Juniors (14-17 years)
1. CPTC „NSOU Sofia“ – 8 Gold, 8 Silver, 9 bronze;
2. CPTC „97 School“ – 5 Gold, 4 Silver, 0 bronze;
3. CPTC „35 School“ – 3 Gold, 6 Silver, 2 bronze

Winners of National Quadrathlon Taekwon-Do Tournament for “Stara Zagora” Cup
1. CPTC “97 School” – 567 points;
2. TC “Levski - 61 School" – 329 points;
3. CPTC “NSOU Sofia” – 310 points.

Yavor Tasev
BAT Secretary General