A Fantastic day had by all at the 38th TTA national championships held in Glasgow and hosted by Grandmaster TK Loh the head of the Traditional Taekwondo Association. Thanks to all competitors and parents for supporting our squad. A great achievement for our students and club!  Well done to all our students for your tenacity drive and bravery!  

A big thanks to our coaches on the day William Ferguson, Tony Devine and Angus Young senior.

We won 4 Golds 3 Silver and 3 Bronze medals on the day.

For the cadet female category we had 2 entries Ruby Morrison and Artemis McIntyre both did very well they met in the final in sparring with Ruby winning Gold and Artemis winning Silver. Artemis also won Bronze in the cadet patterns.

For the female Junior category Toni Kent won Gold at Sparring and Patterns, Toni’s level of patterns knowledge and skill are a great asset to her in the patterns events. Toni also recently passed her black belt 2nd dan grading.

The female adult sparring category we had competitor Eva Morrison who recently turned 16 this was the first time she competed in the adults section, she won Silver after a hard thought fight with a 4th dan more experienced adult. Eva also recently passed her black belt 2nd dan grading.

We also had our senior students performing refereeing duties on the day Areti Lymperopoulou performed well on the mat controlling the sparring events.

For the male events we had 3 entries in the Junior sparring category where Arlo Cathro-Brown won the final winning Gold. Seamus Bridges had a tough few fights for his first competition and was unlucky to win Bronze on the day, he has the right attitude to do very well in future events. Ross Duff had a hard final event and won Silver for his efforts.

For the boys cadet category we had 1 competitor Angus Young this was his first competition he done very well to win Bronze on the day losing the event by a few points.

This was Seamus and Angus’s first competition where they showed great spirit in their matches they will be stronger for this event and will come back stronger for the experience.

Full sparring results can be found on the kihapp competition website 38th TTA championships:  38th-tta-annual-british-individual-championships/results

If you would like to join the TTA please contact Duncan Irvine chief instructor at our contact page or facebook https://www.facebook.com/FalkirkTaekwondo/

Call or WhatsApp Duncan on 07713 193841. We are a family friendly club with sessions open to all.

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 competition where 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: 

https://www.kihapp.com/tournaments/6112-37th-tta-individual-championships/clubs/16154-falkirk/results

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/FalkirkTaekwondo/

Call Duncan or WhatsApp 07713 193841. We are a family friendly club with sessions open to all.