2011 UK-ITF British Championships in Reading  

In the early hours of Saturday 8th October, 53 members of Gassor’s Taekwon-do Team set off for the two day event of the UK-ITF 2011 British Championships in Reading.  Gassor’s Taekwon-do departed from the MAFC in Newport, South Wales with a large coach and convoy of cars as they were hugely supported by family and friends who travelled up to Reading.  

The students were really looking forward to competing in the Tournament as this is the biggest UK-ITF event.  The Tournament attracted International fighters from all over the UK and with fighters coming from Spain, Italy and other Countries.  

The Tournament was a great success and was well organised and attended.  All of our students had a great time and Gassor’s Tournament Team were very pleased to come away with 12 new 2011 British Champions and 51 medals overall.  Please find medal winners listed below:  

British Champions - Gold Medal Winners:

Arron Rose – Gold Sparring

Camron Griffiths – Gold Sparring

Georgia Southway – Gold Sparring

Gwyn Blackmore – Gold Jump Kick (Special Technique)

Harri Shelley – Gold Sparring

James Shaw – Gold Sparring

Jessie Taylor – 2 x Gold Sparring

Jordan Casey – Gold Sparring

Logan Hegarty – Gold Sparring

Luke Fernandes – Gold Sparring

Milly Taylor – Gold Sparring  

Silver Medal Winners:

Alex Gould – Silver Sparring

Axel Hegarty – Silver Sparring

Ayrton Mullins – Silver Sparring

Carys Blackmore – Silver Patterns

Carys Blackmore – Silver Sparring

Connor Davies – Silver Sparring

Isobel Southway – Silver Sparring

Jack Taylor – Silver Patterns

Jake Rendle – Silver Sparring

Jessica Heybyrne – Silver Sparring

Joseph Drinkwater – Silver Sparring

Katie Ford - Silver Sparring

Mark Sharwood – Silver Sparring

Michael Williams – Silver Sparring

Ryan Gane – Silver Sparring

Sam Taylor – Silver Sparring  

Bronze Medal Winners:

Alex Gould – Bronze Patterns

Arron Rose – Bronze Patterns

Caitlin Nail – Bronze Sparring

Dana McAvoy – Bronze Sparring

Daniel Jones – Bronze Patterns

Ellis Murphy – Bronze Sparring

Gwyn Blackmore – Bronze Sparring

Harri Shelley – Bronze Patterns

Jack Powell – Bronze Sparring

Jack Taylor – Bronze Sparring

Jessie Taylor – Bronze Patterns

Joseph Drinkwater – Bronze Patterns

Joshua Taylor – Bronze Sparring

Liam Rossiter – Bronze Sparring

Owen Powell – Bronze Sparring

Rhiannon Nielsen – Bronze Sparring

Rhys Thomas – Bronze Sparring

Sam Pupic – Bronze Patterns

Sam Reynolds – Bronze Sparring

Shaun Jeffries – Bronze Sparring

Taylor A Baldwin – Bronze Sparring

Tim Porter – Bronze Sparring

Tony Fernandes – Bronze Patterns  

Also, a big WELL DONE for a great effort to Adam Reed, Alex Forehead, Jack Heybyrne, Jamie Yung, Kian Urquhart, Kyle Gould, Logan Maskell, Nash Jefferies, Oliver Lebrocq, Lewis Ali-Williams and Tomos Sharwood.  

The students had a great weekend staying at the Premier Inn and on the Staurday evening Mrs. Gassor-Jones had booked a party of 70 people at TGI Friday’s for a celebratory meal as a ‘treat’ for the Team.   We would like to thank the parents, families and friends who came along to the UK-ITF British Championships and to all fighters who gave a great performance.  We appreciate your time, effort and loyalty.  

We would also like to thank Master Nicholls and all of the UK-ITF Instructors and students for a great day and the kind invite to the Tournament.

56 members of Gassor’s Tournament Team are now looking forward to attending the Mediterranean Open Tournament in Italy in February, 2012.