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♦ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2007
GISA state cross country tourney
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Westfield’s Mallory Eubanks helps pace the field as the GISA AAA state cross country meet begins Monday in
Macon. The Hornets finished 12th overall with 272 points, while the Lady Hornets were 10th with 256. Of Westfield’s
girls, Eubanks was first.
Jacob Parnell
passes slower
runners at the
beginning of the
race.
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TAEKWONDO
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continued. “Also, the par
ents, kids, and staff have
been working diligently to
make the tournament is a
success.”
Special guests for the event
include: Mayor Jim Worrall,
Perry Police Chief George
Potter and high-ranking
martial artists/instructors
from Georgia, Alabama and
Florida.
The event is sanctioned
by the American Taekwondo
Association, one of the larg
est martial arts associations
in the United States.
It is the school’s fifth such
tournament, having begun in
1999, and is expected to draw
600-700 competitors plus sev
eral thousand spectators from
across the Southeastern U.S.
Some will come from as far
away as Texas and Indiana,
Feldman said. Participants
will range in age from 4 years
old to over 60 years old, and
competition is divided into
appropriate age, gender, and
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The tournament provides
a welcome economic impact
to the Perry Area, Feldman
added, filling local hotels
and restaurants with visit
ing competitors and family
members.
Events will include: Tiny
Tigers (4-6 year olds),
Traditional Forms, Sparring,
Traditional Weapons, XMA
(Free-style) Forms, and XMA
(Free-style) Weapons.
Activities actually begin
Friday night, with an instruc
tor clinic and workout at the
Perry Taekwondo School
from 5-7 p.m.
Competition will start that
Saturday at 8 a.m. with Tiny
Tiger and XMA events, fol
lowed by opening ceremo
nies, then all Traditional
events. Competitors must be
members of the ATA, must
adhere to a strict code of con
duct, and must wear a stan
dardized ATA Taekwondo
uniform. Judges are certified
to ATA standards in order to
adjudicate any portion of the
competition.
On Sunday, there will be an
ATA Instructor Certification
Camp held at the Agricenter
from 7 a.m.-6 p.m. for those
seeking higher certification.
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Contributed
Mydrel Lightfoot, center left, and Devan Huddleston, center right, practice sparring competition as Black Belt instruc
tors David Feldman, left, Katie Ferrell, center, and Linda Miner, right, oversee the action.
SPORTS
A portion of the pro
ceeds go to the Perry Police
Scholarship Fund.
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Cally Brown and Lizzie Stokes run side by side after the
first lap.
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dents and family members
have been busy for several
months preparing for the
tournament,” Feldman said.
HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
“Initial preparations begin a
year in advance, and include
securing facilities and asso
ciation sanctions.”
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Leigh James
completes
her first lap.
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