Competing at Home and Abroad: Changhua County Honors Athletes

(Taiwan Business News) In the first half of this year, students and residents of Changhua County representing the county in national and international competitions delivered outstanding performances. Changhua County Magistrate Cho Po-yuan personally commended the athletes with excellent sporting results in the county government courtyard yesterday (the 16th) morning, and encouraged all athletes to keep improving tirelessly and surpass themselves.

At yesterday's award ceremony, the athletes honored had taken part in 7 competitions, including the "2014 ITF World Junior Tennis Competition", the "2014 International Karate Open", the "2014 World Hong Kong Night Dragon and Lion Dance Championship", the "2014 National Primary and Secondary School Competitive Dragon Dance Championship", the "102 Academic Year Championship for Go in Schools Below Secondary Level", the "102 Academic Year Youth Cup National Croquet Championship", and the "102 Academic Year National Secondary School Cheerleading Championship", with a total of 77 athletes achieving excellent results and bringing glory to the county.

Coach Yin Chen-hao of the Chinese Taipei World Junior Tennis boys' team and Su Yu-hsiang, a student at Huatan Junior High School, took part in the "2014 ITF World Junior Tennis Competition" boys' Asia/Oceania qualifying tournament held in New Delhi, India, and bravely won Taiwan's first World Cup (Asia-Pacific region) championship in 22 years since Taiwan first entered the competition in 1992. In August this year, they will represent Taiwan in the Czech Republic for the World Group finals, and it is hoped that Su will achieve even greater results for Taiwan.

Members of the Changhua County Karate Association took part in the "2014 International Karate Open" held in the Philippines this year and achieved excellent results of 1 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze medals, overpowering the competition. Mr. Chan Nai-an, a resident of this county, won gold in the men's individual kumite in the 36-48 adult group, silver in individual kata, and bronze in team kata; Mr. Cheng I-chin won silver in individual kata and bronze in team kata in the 17-35 adult group. Tsai Tung-lin, a student at Tiantou Elementary School, won silver in the boys' individual kumite in the 10-11 youth group; Chu Ko-chieh, a student at Pitou Junior High School, won bronze in team kata; and Chen Jui-hung, a student at Wanlai Elementary School, and Hsieh Chang-chun, a student at Nanchou Elementary School, each won bronze in the boys' individual kata in the 11-15 youth group.