Dream Together Master Program ladies got third place in National Kabaddi Championship on May 10-11, 2014 at Soon Chun Hyang University. Anoma received the brave player award. Former Korean national team kabaddi player Hyejin Yeo led the DTM ladies to join two current Korean national team kabaddi players Hyuna Jo and Jaewon Im to form the Heptakill team.
For most of the DTM ladies, it was their first kabaddi game in their life. They trained only a few times before the competition. Taking that into consideration, they were amazing. Students started out leading against the champion-to-be Dong-A University ‘A’ team, but were closely defeated. The score was 44:55, only 11 points behind. They started to get the hang of it in their second match. They secured their third place title with an easy win.
In the national Kabaddi competition, the international Heptakill team really stood out with its array of nationalities – Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Uzbekistan, Colombia, U.S., and Korea.
Hyejin was fabulous in every way – attacking, defending, coaching and supporting. Anoma also took on the role as a core player. Maria, Td and Lisa started out playing in the first match and Elaine, Kamila, Jiyoung and Wiena continued in the second half. Elaine jumped and danced around, keeping the team pepped up. She was a bold attacker. Anoma awed everyone with her great attacking skills. She got down low, was focused and even used her legs to attack.
In the first match, Lisa kept moving her feet back and forth non-stop, guarding her part of the bonus line for her life. In the second, she cooled down some and also made a successful attack.
Toward the end of the first half of the first match, Td was the only survivor. But when the raider came, she made a spectacular tackle – grabbing the raider’s neck and bringing her down. Yes, a highlight moment. Maria quickly grew a fan base. You could hear Maria~ Maria~ being called from all directions. She was great on defense and very competitive. Jiyoung was quick to adjust even though she did not have the benefit of classroom practices. She also attacked several times. Kamila attacked and defended well. She was also very popular among spectators and participants. Wiena also played tough. She was by far the “best” cheerleader.
The DTM ladies really enjoyed this unique experience of playing kabaddi in a national competition and hope to play again.
