News 2011

VLADIMIR GLAVCHEV WON GOLD MEDAL AT THE 12th BALKAN TAEKWONDO CHAMPIONSHIP

 

Taekwondo club Hereya won 3 medals for Bulgaria at the Balkan Taekwondo Championship, which took place on 17.12.2011 in the "Millennium" hall in Vrsac, Serbia: Vladimir Glavchev - gold medal, Hristina Stoeva - silver Medal and Tzvetelina Nikolova - bronze medal in the cadet age category (12-14years old). In the competition attended 8 countries of the Balkans with theirs A and B national teams. Bulgaria was presented in all age categories (cadets, juniors, seniors) with 17 athletes who won 12 medals. Referees from Bulgaria were Miroslava Kolyandova and Diana Parvanova, who received excellent evaluations from the organizers.

Extremely impressive was the presentation of Vladimir Glavchev (cadets 33 kg) from TC Hereya who was ruthless in his category and won the Gold medal after defeating Bosnia and Herzegovina with 17:8, Macedonia with 18:4 and Serbia with a convincing win in the final fight with 16:2. The fights in the Semifinal and the Final were terminated earlier due to the 12 points difference.

The other two competitors of TC Hereya - Hristina Stoeva and Tzvetelina Nikolova also were excellent in their fights, winning two more medals for Bulgaria.

The coaches of TC Hereya express their gratitude to their competitors for the indicated level, and want to say "thank you" for their best efforts and let them remember that the way to the top in sport is very long!

 

 

 

ON 06.11.2011 TC HEREYA WON TWO MEDALS AT ONE OF THE STRONGEST TAEKWONDO - WTF TOURNAMENTS IN EUROPE - ETU A-CLASS TOURNAMENT "CROATIA OPEN-2011".

 

On 06.11.2011 TC Hereya won two medals at one of the strongest Taekwondo - WTF tournaments in Europe - ETU A-Class Tournament "Croatia Open-2011". The competition was held in the capital of Croatia - Zagreb and  was attended by over 170 teams from Europe, Africa, Asia and South America. In the crowed hall there were eight fight courts. The organization was on a very high level. The Bulgarian clubs that participated were: TC Hereya, TC Sung-Ri Atlantic, TC- Force Sofia, TC Trakiec and TC Hurricane. The Referees from Bulgaria were: Mr. Svetoslav Valchev (4th dan), Mr. Iliya Dimitrov (General Director of the Bulgarian Taekwondo Federation - WTF) and Mr. Vladimir Belokapov, who received excellent marks from the organizers.

 
Taekwondo club Hereya was represented by their best players:
Tzvetelina Nikolova (Cat-44 kg Cadet W): Silver Medal, showing great faith, strength and spirit after defeating Serbia (national team) with 9:0, Germany with a 5-3, Croatia 7-6 and losing in the finals against the competitor of the hosts after an ankle injury and inability to continue the fight.
Sotir Dimitrov (Cat-33 kg Cadet M): Bronze Medal, won after successful fights over the Czech Republic (national team) with 12:0, Croatia with a 5-3, over Egypt (national team) 6-3 and loss in the Semifinals from Ukraine (national team)  with 12:13 after Kyongo four seconds before the end of the match.
Vladimir Glavchev (Cat-33 kg Cadet M): Very strong performance after the first leg with a victory over Slovenia (national team) with 12:6. After that he faced the Ukrainian fighter in the Quarterfinals. The meeting ended with score 12:12. In the additional round the Ukrainian fighter won the Golden point and later became a champion in the category with an easy win in the finals against Sweden.
Hristina Stoeva (Cat-44 kg Cadet W): In the first fight there was no opponent, in the second game she did it very well and won with 6-1 against Croatia. In the Quarterfinals she unfortunately lost 3-4 at the end of the meeting due to lack of concentration and missed the chance for the medals.
Dimitar Kostov (Cat-33 kg Cadet M): He had an excellent first game against a strong opponent from Sweden (national team), but due to lack of good physical fitness lost with 9:10. After that the opponent reached the finals after four victories.
 
Coaches of TC Hereya thank to their students for their exceptional performance, wish them to be strong, very motivated in training and to remember that the way to the top in sport is very long!
 
 
 
 
VLADIMIR GLAVCHEV - CHAMPION AT TURKEY OPEN
 

Vladimir Glavchev - CHAMPION at Turkey Open. The competition took placeon 21stand 22nd  of May 2011 in Edirne, Turkeyand was attended by over 800 athletes from nine countries, including the traditionally strong in TaekwondoTurkey, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russiaand others. There were all age categories – children, cadets, juniors and seniors. Bulgaria was represented by seven clubs, including TC Hereya. We were presented by seven students whomanaged to win 4 medals: 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 2 Bronzeandthisis an excellent performance not only for our club but also for Bulgaria.
Championin his categoryisVladimir Glavchev (children-30 kg)who was able to prevail in hisfour matches against opponents from other countries. He showedvery good physical, technical, mental and tactical skillsand at the end of the day deserved to win theGold medal.Hristina Stoevawon the Silver medal (children -45 kg)after an excellent performancein herthree fights. With Bronze medals came back to BulgariaDimitar Kostov (children -33 kg), beating competitors from Iran and Turkeyand losing at the Semifinals with minimal points difference from Kazakhstan,and Tzvetelina Nikolova (children -40 kg)for who it was the first competition abroad. The coaches of TC Hereyaare also satisfied with the performanceby theother competitors (Sotir Dimitrov,Pamela VassilevaandDamyan Dimitrov), who showed a good level in Kyorugi and desire to win. It is very important for our students to know that it doesn’t matter how many medals they have won but to improve his skills permanently!

 

 

"1-ST HEREYA OPEN 2011"

 

 

"1-stHereya Open 2011"

On 20thof March 2011 in "Siconco" hall took place "1-st Hereya Open 2011"for children and cadets. The competition was promoted by the Bulgarian Taekwondo Federation – WTF and organized by Taekwondo club Hereya.  About 300 competitors from 22 Bulgarian clubs attended the tournament which is a record for this age category. The participants were divided into Class B (no kicksin the headallowed) and Class A (kicksin the head allowed, WTF rules).The tournamentwas openedby Mr. Andrey Georgiev (President of the Bulgarian Taekwondo Federation -WTF)and the coaches of TC Hereya Stanimir Lazarov and Angel Kirchev. Chief of the Refereeswas Mr. Svetoslav Valchev (international referee, 4th Dan). TC Hereya was represented by 16 athletes (10 in Class A and 6 in Class B), who managed to win 14 medals: 8Gold, 3 Silver and 3 Bronze. This was enough for our club to win the Trophy for the first place in age category children in the most attended tournament in Bulgaria for the last years! 
Winners in their categories are: Sotir Dimitrov (cadet -33 kg), Hristina Stoeva (cadet -44 kg), Vladimir Glavchev (children -31 kg), Dimitar Kostov (children -36kg), Pamela Vassileva (children -25 kg), Silvia Mihailova (children +40 kg), Damyan Dimitrov (children-33 kg), Ivanka Radkova (children B Class-27 kg). Silver medals won: Tsvetelina Nikolova (children -40 kg), Rumina Kircheva (children B Class-27 kg), Gabriela Ivanova (children B Class-29 kg). Bronze medals won: Dimitar Kozhuharov (children -29 kg), Radina Radkova (children -33 kg), and Krassimir Bachvarov (children B Class -29 kg). Our club was also well presented by the other students from B Class Vladislav Yankulov and Radoslav Ivanov who didn’t reach the medals because of lack of experience. 

The coaches of TC Hereya thank to all clubs which participated in the competition, to the coaches and the athletes, to the parentswho supported their children and toall people who helped for the great organization of the tournament. We hope that Hereya Open willbecome traditionally strong international tournament and the number of competitors from Bulgaria and abroadwill increase significantly. We thank to our children for their concentration, spiritand desire to win.  It is very important for our students to know that it doesn’t matter how many medals they have won but to improve his skills permanently!