CPJ regional taekwondo set

The Regional CPJ Taekwondo Championships 2007 takes place on January 28 at the Cebu Doctor's University gym.

Registration and weigh-in for the event will be taking place at the Team Cebu City Taekwondo gym at the Cebu City Sports Center on January 20.

Registration fee is pegged at P200 plus a donation of two canned goods for the charitable projects of the Philippine Taekwondo Association.

The drawing of lots will be on the 27th.

The event will be divided in four divisions namely the senior, junior, mid-junior and the children's.

The senior division will be open for jins 17 years-old and above while the junior level will be for 15-16 year-olds.

The mid-juniors will be for the 13-14 year-olds and the children's division for 12-under bets.

The senior division will be featuring eight weight divisions both in the men and women's including the finweight, flyweight, bantamweight, featherweight, lightweight, welterweight, middleweight and heavyweights.

The junior division, on the other hand, will have two additional weight categories from the senior level including the light middle and light heavyweight class.

The mid-junior division will also have eight categories, but instead of a heavyweight class, they will have the light middleweight category.

The children's division will be classified according to their age and height.

Not over 120 centimeters for 8-under, over 120 cm to 128 cm for 10-under, over 136cm to 144 cm for 11-under, over 144 cm to 152 cm, 152cm to 160cm and over 160cm to 168 cm for 12-under bets.

The overall team standings for the team championship trophy will be determined via points system.

Each gold won will be equivalent to seven points, silver for three points and one point for the bronze medallist.

For more inquiries, one can call Rene Brojan at 0917-3223585.