3 Trophies

The boys in our family have added 3 little trophies to display on top of the tallboy at the entrance, together with the collection of photo frames showing memories of our lives together. The trophies are nothing major, just a little recognition for their love of the sport but I'm still proud of them. 

Hubby got a trophy for being the Yellow Belt Grading Champion for Taekwondo at our club. This is in recognition of him having the highest grading score amongst all the yellow belt gradings. He claimed this was the first time in his life he ever received a trophy for anything. 


Last Saturday, at the annual Christmas dinner organised by City West Taekwondo, KK was nominated and won the Junior Encouragement Award for Point Cook branch. There were 3 awards, Junior Champion, Junior Most Improved and Junior Encouragement. I supposed this is an award for showing encouraging performance during his training. For someone who started not serious and nearly couldn't qualify to take his Yellow 2 grading, KK has indeed come a long way. These days, his TKD instructors are happy with his improvement and commitment during training.


And our dear XX, not of age yet to join the Taekwondo club but already so inspired by the trophies (he calls them 'Piston Cups') his dad and brother had received, decided to make and award one to himself. He asked me for an empty drink bottle, started pasting paper all over it and finally had me write his name and the words 'Junior Champion' on it. I did an impromptu award ceremony on the spot, shook my little champion's hand and congratulated him as he proudly received his 'Piston Cup'. He took the 'trophy' and put it right next to his dad and brother's. One day, I know he will get a real one back to take its place.