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Manmohan Memorial National ITF TKD Concluded
Palpa Claims the Championship Trophy
The official National Championship of Nepal International
Taekwon-Do Federation, Second Manmohan Memorial National ITF Taekwon-Do Championship was concluded on September
16, 2009. The Championship was held on the beautiful city of Nepal Tansen, Palpa.
The organizer team, Palpa, won the Championship trophy with nine Gold, six Silver and three Bronze Medals, whereas
the last edition champion central region secured Second Position with nine Gold, one Silver and five Bronze Medals.
Western Region secured Third Position with three Gold, eight Silver and seven Bronze Medals and the Nepal Army
Team held fourth position with two Gold and four Silver Medals. The Mega national event was held for two days from
September 16 to 17, 2009 where 90 selected players from different regions of Seven Teams participated.
Jhalak Bahadur Magar of Palpa District was judged the Best Player in Men's Sparring while Mamata Thapa Magar, also
of Palpa, was declared the Best Player in Female Category. Both Best Players got the special trophy with One Hundred
and Ten Dollar Cash Prize.
"We are more inspired by the Championship as the new players performed well" said the president of Nepal
International Taekwon-Do Federation, Krishna Bahadur Balal. "New players have shown a great performance and
they made their team (outside of capital) win the Championship; this is the great symbol for the future of ITF
Taekwon-Do in Nepal." Rising young players from the out-of-Valley grabbed the more gold medals and won the
hearts of the thousands of spectators there.
This is the second edition of the Manmohan Memorial National ITF TKD Championship, which has been organized since
2007 in memory of the popular leader of Nepal Ex. Prime Minister Manmohan Adhikari.
The opening ceremony of the Championship was opened by Som Prasad Pandey, a well-known social worker and Parliament
Member of Nepal. Mr. Pandey addressed the opening ceremony, which was followed by the Chief District Officer of
Palpa District, different political leaders of the District, Vice President of Nepal ITF Kumar Thapa and the Chief
of Western ITF Rewat Rana. Nepal Army Officers, Nepal Police Officers and other social workers were the guests
for the opening and closing ceremony.
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