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On the 20th of October members from Trenic-TKD schools travelled down to Cardiff to compete in the much anticipated British Championships. With a new venue and an air of positivity, this event was setting to be one soon not forgotten. The mornings schedule started with a prompt weigh-in and introductory acknowledgements from the tournament committee followed by ring allocations. Up first and representing region 1 were Nick Lawrie, Dolci Grove, Katie Hetherington, Harry Evans, Jason Morrison and Vicram in the cadet and senior divisions. For all competitors this was a great opportunity to gain valuable experience amongst such strong competition and showcase all their hard training. Nick performed well in the patterns taking a well-earned silver medal and wowed the crowd winning gold after a confident performance in the sparring. This was a strong start for regions 1’s campaign and continued in the same fashion as Dolci, Katie, Vicram and Harry all fought their way to the number 1 spot on the podium, a promising future for the young Trenic-TKD competitors. Although Jason Morrison fell just short of the gold position his heart and technique could not be questioned securing bronze after a 2 minute battle on the mat. Once all the cadets had finished competing it was time for the junior and adult categories to prepare after a short speech from Master Nicholls. This time was taken to share our appreciation for our overseas competitors, show our respects for the dedicated Masters present and announce the new coaches and committee heads.
After a short break giving the adults and juniors time to warm up and mentally prepare, the event continued. Competing from region one in the black belt divisions were Lee Hollingsworth, Laurie Cornwell, Matthew Brunger, Prit Sidhu, Gurlaine Sidhu, Luke Dempsey, Jamie McAvoy and Aaron Mather. With the cadets watching on, it was time to impress and demonstrate a good display of Taekwon-Do. After some tough draws in the patterns it left Matthew, Jamie, Laurie and Prit taking gold, Gurlaine earning silver and Luke winning a respectable bronze medal.
With the team fired up and raring to go, the black belts pleased the crowd with a show of high kicks and furious fists, dominating the sparring divisions. As a newly promoted black belt, making the leap to new divisions showed confidence and true Taekwon-do spirit from Steve Maeght. After a round of intense sparring Steve fell just short to the much more experience overseas competitor.. With the experience he is gaining we are sure to see him reaching that top spot soon enough.
Along with winning gold in a very tough sparring division, it was also a proud moment for Luke Dempsey who had his fist students taking part in the championships from which Karen Abdul Adallah and Coby Esegbona stepped up to win gold and silver in their respective sparring divisions. Keep up the good work!
After a long day of waiting, it was finally the turn of the adult colour belts to step onto the ring and perform. Inspired from watching the black belts compete, motivation was high. Up first were Fran and Jevgenija for the ladies divisions. Stepping up to the blue belts and moving down a weight category posed new challenges for Fran however she kept her composure to win a bronze in patterns and silver in sparring. Jevgenija performed well in her first ever competition winning a bronze in patterns, silver in sparring and gold in power, a solid start to her competitive career.
In the male divisions; Trenic-TKD sent 3 competitors; Arun, Tom and Bart. New to the competitive scene this was again an opportunity to gain a wealth of experience. Tom took to the ring first winning a bronze in patterns and silver in sparring and was followed shortly by Bart who too took bronze and silver respectively. Up last for the male Kup grades was Arun who had to settle for silver in sparring after receiving a nasty blow to the leg at the start of the fight.
Well done to all the competitors that took part and a huge thanks to the tournament and umpire committees that helped run a very professional and smooth running competition. As always thanks must also be sent to all the relatives and friends that travelled down to Cardiff to back all our competitors.
Written by: Matthew Brunger - 29th October 2012
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