Taekwendo Association of Malawi (Tam) has kick started qualifiers for the Presidential Tournament finals.<\/p>\n
The finals will be held on April 30 2017 at Blantyre Youth Centre (BYC).<\/p>\n
Ahead of the national finals, regional qualifiers will take place in centres across the country on March 18.<\/p>\n
According to Taekwendo National Coach, Lovemore Masinga, this year\u2019s Presidential tournament is called Women, Junior and Kids Presidential Taekwondo Championship.<\/p>\n
Masinga said the tournament\u2019s main target was to identify youthful athletes.<\/p>\n
Masinga said the qualifiers are open to all age groups.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are encouraging women to take part in taekwondo training so as to build good athletes for 2020 Olympics Games in Tokyo, Japan,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He also appealed to all taekwondo athletes that were ranked verbally to seek proper accreditation.<\/p>\n
Speaking at BYC during a taekwendo training session, taekwondo instructor, Andrew Soole, said he was impressed with the enthusiasm which new taekwondo athletes are showing.<\/p>\n
Soole also hinted that in July, Tam will host newly-introduced Taekwondo Open Championship sponsored by Master Kim through GBS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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