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November 2019 National Taekwondo Competition
A Fantastic day had by all at the 37th TTA national championships held in Glasgow and hosted by Grandmaster TK Loh the head of the Traditional Taekwondo Association.Falkirk and Callander club won! the championship trophy. Thanks to all competitors and parents for supporting our squad. A great achievement for the club! Well done to all our students for your tenacity drive and bravery! We won 9 Golds 6 Silver and 4 Bronze medals on the day.


For the children female category we had 2 entries Ruby Morrison and Artemis McIntyre both did well on the day.Ruby overcame a much bigger opponent to get into the final where she won the Gold it was her first sparring competitionwhere she overcame many emotions/challenges which will make her stronger in life. Artemis won Bronze in the sparring andGold in the children patterns, Ruby also won Bronze in the children patterns.
For the female cadet category Toni Kent won Bronze, Toni’s level of patterns knowledge and skill are a great asset to her where she won Gold in the patterns section. Toni also recently passed her black belt grading to achieve the level of juniorBlack Belt.
The female junior sparring category we had 2 competitors Eva Morrison and Emily Aitkenhead, after getting through the semi finals where Eva won the match in the last 5 seconds with a great axe kick to the head they met in the final. Eva won Gold and Emily won Silver and to make their day even more successful they both won Silver medals at patterns.
For adults female sparring category we had the experienced Areti Lymperopoulou and first time in the adults Alex Tweedie just 16 years of age. Areti had a tough match in the final to win Silver, she also won Silver for patterns. Areti also recently passed her black belt grading to achieve her 1st Dan.For Alex’s first adult fight she was against a more mature experienced opponent in the final where she won Gold again in the last few seconds with a great axe kick, she has a lot of potential for future success not only in Taekwondo but in life.First time competitor Charlotte Schmautz also competed in the junior patterns event and won a Bronze for her efforts.
For the male events we had 2 entries in the children sparring category where Jacob Clark met Arlo Cathro-Brownin the final, they had a close fight on the day with Jacob winning Gold and Arlo Silver. For the boys cadet category we had 2 competitors Jonathon Connell who done well for his first competition and just missed the medals, I am sure he will improve for this experience. Samarjit Santhosh won Gold in his weight category with a technical KO he is a true Taekwondo athlete with great potential in future international competitions.
In the junior male category Rhys Clark won Gold for sparring and for patterns, Rhys is planning to do his black belt next year where he will surely do well.
Full sparring results can be found on the kihapp competition website 37th TTA championships:
If you would like to join the TTA please contact Duncan Irvine chief instructor at falkirk taekwondo.co.uk or facebook https://www.facebook.com/ForthvalleyTaekwondo/
Call Duncan 07713 193841. We are a family friendly club with sessions open to all.
Taekwondo competitors great start to 2019
Falkirk and Callander Taekwondo club had a great start to 2019 at the recent british Taekwondo championships held by the Traditional Taekwondo Association led byGrandmaster TK Loh.
We had some new young competitors competing for the first time and they allenjoyed the experience.
We won Silver medal in the team poomsae event where Areti Lymperopoulou won medalswith her daughter Artemis McIntyre and Ruby Morrison. Areti also won Silver in the adultfemale team sparring event along with team mates Dilyana Radulova and Holly Rivett.
For sparring brothers Rhys and Jacob Clark won Gold medals in their respective weight category,Ross Duff also won Gold in the children’s sparring event.In the female individual sparring Toni Kent won Gold and Emily Aitkenhead won Silver.
Overall we received 4 Golds and 7 Silvers, winning best team spirit for our efforts.
Our club trains 4 days a week in Falkirk and Callander, all new students are welcome tocome along and give Taekwondo a try. Contact Duncan on 07713 193841 or email duncirvine@gmail.com.
Here is a photo of our competitors with Duncan Irvine chief instructor of Callander and Falkirk clubs along with Grandmaster T.K.Loh the head of the Traditional Taekwondo Association.

Taekwondo on a High 2018/2019
Callander and Falkirk Taekwondo club had a great end to 2018 with our youngsters winning multiple medals at the 36th annual British Taekwondo Championships held in Glasgow by the TTA.

Our competitors achieved 4 Golds 2 Silvers and 3 Bronze medals.
Aaron Connelly had a gruelling final bout to win the junior male sparring event he is a young man with great potential to excel in Taekwondo.
The junior female sparring event went to Alex Tweedie who had 2 tough fights to win Gold, she beat fellow club member Emily Aitkenhead who achieved Bronze for her first sparring event, Emily also just missed out on a medal for the patterns event.
Eva Morrison won Gold in the female cadet event this is her 4th consecutive Gold in competition, each year she gets stronger and stronger at these events.
Brothers Jacob and Rhys Clark had close fights just losing by a few points they received a Bronze and Silver medal respectively for their effort. Rhys has great potential for future success in competitions and has a great relaxed attitude to his Taekwondo challenges.
Matthew Johnston had a few tough fights winning his final in the last 5 seconds of the bout with an accurate axe kick to win by 1 point.
Toni Kent competed in sparring and patterns winning Silver and Bronze respectively.
Another end of the year bonus for our club was 2 new Junior Black Belts Alex Tweedie and Samarjit Santhosh as well as 2 new Junior 2nd Dan Black Belts Aaron Connelly and Fred Murray.

Our club trains 4 days a week in Callander and Falkirk, all new students are welcome to come along and give Taekwondo a try. Contact Duncan Irvine 07713 193841 or email duncirvine@gmail.com. Come and join us in our 2019 challenges!
Class 11 Nov 2017
- The Winners!
- Happy bunch.
- Eva.
- Emily.
- Jintu stretch.
- Proud Matthew.
- The Clarks.
- Ryan.
- Flying Tiger.
- Rosie/Freya.
- Caitlin.
- Georgina.
- Lauren.
2017 another great year
This is our 35th year in Falkirk and another great year for our established club:
At the recent November 34th TTA individual national Taekwondo championships held by Grandmaster TK Loh we had a large haul of medals a lot coming from our new intake of students. We also won best team spirit trophy again, showing what a committed team we have and a close club community.
Summer Training 2017
2016 successes
Santhosh Kumar 1 Silver