March 4, 2023 Alpha Secondary, Burnaby British Columbia
On March 4, 2023, ITF Taekwon-Do schools from all over British Columbia participated at the 2023 ITF of BC Provincial Taekwon-Do championships. Hosted in the beautiful city of Burnaby, BC (The City of Parks), the event was the first Provincial Championships in BC after the Covid Pandemic halted all competitions in the country in 2020.
A total of 188 athletes from 11 schools descended on the lower mainland to vie for a chance to be called a BC Taekwon-Do Champion. Included in this year’s events are the heart warming Adapted (Special Needs) Taekwon-Do Divisions which highlighted the skills of our students with disabilities. Championed by Mr. Andaya and his family for over 10 years, this is the first time the Adapted divisions became an actual competition instead of just an exhibition.
Following is the overall medal tally.
| RANK | SCHOOL | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
| 1 | DSA Royal International Taekwon-Do, Burnaby | 33 | 23 | 22 |
| 2 | Sundance Martial Arts, Vernon | 20 | 18 | 29 |
| 3 | Richmond Martial Arts, Richmond | 10 | 8 | 6 |
| 4 | Sage Taekwon-Do, Pitt meadows | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | Pacific Rim, Institute of Taekwon-Do, Coquitlam | 5 | 12 | 14 |
| 6 | Jon Sun’s Taekwon-Do, Vancouver | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Atlantis Taekwon-Do, Terrace | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | Family Taekwon-Do, Prince George | 2 | 9 | 4 |
| 9 | Lakes Taekwon-Do, Burns Lake | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Freedom Taekwon-Do, Prince George | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | Northern Taekwon-Do, SunPeaks | 1 | 1 | 2 |
The host Mr. Darius Andaya, VI degree of DSA Taekwon-Do, would like to thank all the instructors, officials, volunteers, sponsors, parents and athletes who made the success of this event possible. Congratulations to everyone! Don’t forget: We win or we learn!
| DSA Team Results | Patterns | Sparring | Power | Specialty |
| Andaya Darren_Ross | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Andaya Darryl_Paul[1] | 1 | 1 | ||
| Andaya Manuel_Darson | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Biju Nikhil | 3 | 3 | ||
| Bishop Connor_Alexander | 3 | 4 | ||
| Blanchette Rachel | 1 | 3 | ||
| Bradshaw Rachel | 2 | 2 | ||
| Bush Trevor | Did not Compete | 3 | ||
| Chakrabarti Aryadit | 2 | 4 | ||
| Cruz Edmon | 2 | 2 | ||
| Dimalibot Bryssen | 3 | 2 | ||
| Downie Jayden | 1 | 1 | ||
| Fragoso Tiego | 3 | 1 | ||
| Gibbs Slade | 3 | 1 | ||
| Gupta Veer | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| Hunt Ethan | 1 | 1 | ||
| Hunt Lukas | 1 | 4 | ||
| Indicio Leonor | 1 | 1 | ||
| Keller Martin | 1 | 2 | ||
| Keu Jenny | 1 | 3 | ||
| Kim Anatoly | 1 | 4 | ||
| Krishnan Prasanna[1] | 1 | Good Effort | ||
| Kutsche Solenne | 2 | 1 | ||
| Kyer Ryan | 2 | 3 | ||
| Lau Adrian | 1 | 3 | ||
| Lian Isaac | Good effort | 3 | ||
| Li Hayden | 3 | Good effort | ||
| Litonjua Lucas_Jan | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mao Finnegan | Good effort | Good effort | ||
| McGill Qorianka | 2 | |||
| Meherier Md_Izaan | 3 | Good Effort | ||
| Nambiar Saawan | Good Effort | 1 | ||
| Noguera_Vega Joseph_Alexander | Good effort | 3 | ||
| Noguera_Vega Liliany_Elizabeth | Good effort | 3 | ||
| Romero Riley_Alex | Did not Compete | 1 | ||
| Sandhu Parsin | 1 | 1 | ||
| Schmitke Sebastian | 2 | 2 | ||
| Tam Jasper | 3 | 2 | ||
| Tang Tyler | Good effort | Did not Compete | ||
| Tissira Isaac | 2 | 2 | ||
| Waddingham Aaron | 1 | 1 | ||
| Weber Christopher_Amos | 3 | 2 | ||
| Wu Lucille | 2 | 2 | ||
| Wu Raymond | 1 | 3 | ||
| Yamada Azusa | 1 | 2 | ||
| Yim Sarah | 3 | 3 |