14 British Champions and 32 medals for Gassor’s Tournament Team!!!

34 students represented Gassor’s Tournament Team at the UK ITF British Championships in Crawley, West Sussex on Saturday 25th October and they came away with an amazing 14 British Champions! The team won a brilliant 32 medals in total, which were 14 Gold medals, 10 Silver medals and 8 Bronze medals!

The club are extremely proud of all 34 students and the medal results for the team were:

Gold Medals: (British Champions)
Caitlin Nail – Sparring and Special Technique (Jumping High Kick)
David Perry – Sparring
Ellis Murphy – Sparring
Georgia Southway – Sparring
Lexie Smith – Special Technique (Jumping High Kick)
Matiss Jekalis – Sparring
Owen Carter – Sparring
Rhiannon Nielsen – Sparring
Robert Howell – Sparring
Sam Chand – Sparring and Special Technique (Flying Side Kick)
Tomos Sharwood – Sparring
William Holmes – Sparring

Silver Medals:
Arron Rose – Patterns
Axel Hegarty – Special Technique (Flying Side Kick)
Craig Radford – Sparring
Daniel Holmes – Sparring
Emilio Thacker – Sparring
Jake Rendle – Sparring
Jamie Yung – Sparring
Lexie Smith – Sparring
Owen Powell – Sparring
Rhys Thomas – Sparring

Bronze Medals:
Arron Rose – Sparring
Chayton Worrell – Sparring
Craig Radford – Patterns
Daniel Holmes – Patterns
Gwyn Blackmore – Sparring
Jake Rendle – Patterns
Jake Rogers – Sparring
Robert Howell – Patterns

A Big ‘WELL DONE’ also goes to:
Alexander Hemming, George Williams, Harri Radford, Kai Stewart, Kian Luton, Lewys Burge, Liam Rossiter, Logan Hegarty, Morgan Stones and Myles Bassage-Morgan who also all gave excellent performances.

Gassor’s Senior Instructor and Head Coach, Mrs Leanne Gassor-Jones 4th Degree Black Belt, praised the effort and hard work that all 34 students put into the tournament and said that she is extremely proud of them all. The club are also really grateful for the consistent support they receive from their students and their families. The team are now focusing their efforts on the Taekwon-Do Challenger Cup in Barcelona next month.

Gassor’s would also like to thank the UK ITF tournament committee, umpire committee and all those involved with the organisation of the tournament. Everyone from Gassor’s had a great day.....thank you.

Go Go Gassor’s Go Go!