Andrew competed in another Taekwondo tournament. It was out in Vernonia, OR which is out in the boonies. Laura was here for a weekend visit so I felt bad that we were going to spend most of the day sitting in a high school gym. When we got there, the gym was frigid!! Apparently the boiler had broken in the middle of the night and had been sending cold air into the building for several hours. They had the doors open because it was warmer outside than it was inside. Needless to say, it made for miserable conditions. Andrew competed in his form, board breaking and sparring. We came unprepared for board breaking. He told me that he didn't want to compete in it because he had never broken wooden boards before. When we got there though, they had said that he could do it and they had extra boards. Andrew did really well, despite the cold. He finished first in his forms, second in board breaking and third in sparring. He should have been second in sparring as well, but there was a mistake with the judging. They had an inexperienced teenager keeping score during one of Andrew's sparring matches. Andrew had beaten his opponent, but the kid had scored it wrong. Even the head judge questioned it and said he thought Andrew had won. To be fair, they sparred again, but Andrew got beat the second time around. It was good experience for him. I am so proud of how far he has come in taekwondo. He is getting so close to getting his black belt. This time next year and he should have it.
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