24.4.2015 / 21st Junior, 30th Senior, 7th Veteran & 5th Youth European Championships3 coments

All roads lead to Rome, or to Andria...

Old saying in title should lead us to the eternal city, but Czech Representation Team goes even further to south of Italy. Precisely to Andria near Bari, where 30. senior, 21. junior, 7. veteran and 5. youth EITF European Teakwon-do Championship.
Organizers await around 800 competitors from all of Europe. The biggest team is traditionally from Russia, then from Ukraine, Belarus and Greece. Czech team belong among the medium clubs with 6 members of Sonkal.

Also Ondřej Vrábel is going on his 15. European Championship as member of four Czech people in team of referees. The five Sonkal members, who will fight with Czech flags on their doboks are Tomáš Vodička, Jana Kovářová, Jiří Novák, Tereza Žilinská and Tereza Štekerová. For the last two, this will be the first international championship.

And what disciplines will Sonkal members appear in?
- Tomáš vodička - senior male pattern III. dan, senior male sparring -71 kg, senior male team
- Jana Kovářová - senior female pattern III. dan, senior female sparring -57 kg, senior female team
- Jiří Novák - junior male pattern I. dan, younger junior male sparring -69 kg, junior male special techniques, junior male team
- Tereza Žilinská - junior female pattern I. dan, older junior female sparring -52 kg, junior female team
- Tereza Štekerová - younger junior female sparring +70 kg, junior female special techniques, junior female team

All Czech Representation Team is leaving Prague Airport on Tuesday 28th of April. They have very early meeting - at 4 a.m. Take-off is planned for 6 a.m. and they will be landing at 7 a.m. They will be coming back also on tuesday, one week later.

We wish to our expedition good flight and to the competitors good luck during the competition!