Kayla Maduk

Today I went to the  Regional Track and Field Meet.  I only competed in the Shot Put event.  There were about 30 girls in my division.  Everyone gets three throws and then the 8 girls with the furthest seach get one more throw for the finals.  I won first place. Right after the meet I … Read more

This week our soccer team played in an all day soccer tournament.  We played four games and won all four of them which was fun and exciting.  We really wanted to do well for our two coaches Mrs. Latsis and Mme. Digney since they are both leaving the school this Spring and they have coached … Read more

I don’t even know how to begin or explain what a great few days this has been.  My TKD instructor Mr. LeGrow invited Master Lan (8th degree) to visit from Germany to host a two day seminar.  He is their National Coach and has an amazing track record of developing World Champions. Right after playing … Read more

Last night was the All-Star game at Algonquin College. It was so weird because I have competed in that gym several times for Taekwon-Do but it was a new experience for me to be there for a basketball game. The gym actually looked smaller without all the sparring rings.  When I walked in, I saw … Read more

The last two weeks were all about basketball.  My school team won in the Board Semi-Finals and then lost in the Board Finals.  It was our first loss of the whole season so we were still pleased with our success.  My Grandpa was asked to sit on the players bench for the last game since … Read more

This was an extremely busy week for sports.  My school basketball team played 6 games and we are still undefeated!  At the Regional Basketball Tournament we won first place which means we play in the Board Semi-Finals May 3rd.  We also had our regular basketball practices after school on top of that.  In soccer we … Read more

I went to Montreal this weekend for a soccer tournament but I also wanted to take advantage of training with Mr. Primeau from Samguk TKD in Longueuil.  Mr. Primeau often comes to train in our dojang in Ottawa so it was nice to visit him at his school.  Friday night he worked us very hard … Read more

Last week we received our report cards and at the school assembly I was really proud to earn an Honour Role for having an overall average of a 84% percent.  This was especially hard with all the extra training I’ve been doing.  I also received the Citizenship Award.  It’s great that my Grandpa is so … Read more

April 11th was the 55th birthday of TKD.  To celebrate, three TKD schools in Ottawa all got together for an intense 2.5 hour training.  Master Kou and Mr. Legrow lead the session for 40 students.  It was like an old family reunion for me since I knew everyone from all the schools and I hadn’t … Read more