AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Roughrider Football Boosters meet Monday, sports physicals in Jefferson County, Snipe medals, Nicholls judges

Grandmaster Robert Nicholls, seated at left, of White Crane Martial Arts in Port Angeles recently served on a blue-ribbon panel overseeing testing of potential Master taekwondo instructors. Fellow panelists were Kwon Duk Gun, president of the U.S. National Taekwondo Federation, center, and Olympic Gold Medalist Cho Jae Ho.

Grandmaster Robert Nicholls, seated at left, of White Crane Martial Arts in Port Angeles recently served on a blue-ribbon panel overseeing testing of potential Master taekwondo instructors. Fellow panelists were Kwon Duk Gun, president of the U.S. National Taekwondo Federation, center, and Olympic Gold Medalist Cho Jae Ho.

PA Football Boosters to meet

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles High School Football Booster Club meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Monday in the Student Center at the school, 304 E. Park Ave.

Parents and guardians of Roughrider players are encouraged to attend.

If you have any questions, email Lisa Joslin at lisa_a_joslin@hotmail.com.

Snipe is golden

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Retired teacher Dr. Ron Snipe of Port Angeles recently earned five gold medals (50, 100 and 200-yard breaststroke, 50 butterfly and 200 individual medley) and three silver medals (100 and 200 backstroke, 100 IM) at the New Mexico Senior Olympics.

It was Snipes’ 46th state senior olympics/games competition in the past 10 years.

“It was difficult swimming at 6,000 feet when coming from near sea level but worth the effort,” Snipe said.

Next up for Snipe is swimming at the State Games of America National Championship in Grand Rapids, Mich. Aug. 5-6. He has earned 14 national titles since 2009 in these events.

Sports physicals

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County Public Health’s School Based Health Centers are offering sports physicals in advance of the fall prep sports season.

Any interested school athlete can make an appointment at the Port Townsend High School or Chimacum High School center.

The physicals are $45 and due at the time of service or billable to insurance.

Sport physicals are available at Port Townsend High School from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 15, 17 and 22.

In Chimacum, physicals will be provided from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 16, 18 and 23.

To schedule an appointment, phone Jefferson County Public Health at 360-385-9400.

Milestone achieved

CHICAGO — White Crane Martial Arts owner Robert Nicholls recently served for the first time on a blue-ribbon panel for promoting Master instructors at the International Masters Seminars in Chicago, held at the National Taekwondo Federation headquarters.

Nicholls, long one of America’s top-ranked masters, oversaw skill demonstrations by black belts attempting to attain Master status.

This years panel included the world’s foremost authority on taekwondo, and gold medal Olympian, Grandmaster Cho Jae Ho, of South Korea. Presiding over the affair was Grandmaster Kwon Duk Gun, the president of the U.S. National Taekwondo Federation and holder of the highest rank possible: ninth degree black belt, and Nicholls, who holds several eighth and ninth dan black belts.

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