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5th November 2023 National Competition
A Fantastic day had by all at the 39th 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 Areti Lymperopoulou, Tony Devine and Angus Young senior. William Ferguson was on referee duty for sparring.
We won 3 Golds 2 Silver and 4 Bronze medals on the day.
For the female Adult 2nd Dan category Toni Kent won Silver at Patterns and Eva Morrison won Bronze this was a great achievement for both competitors who just moved up to the Adult category this year.
We also had 3 Juniors competing in the Red belt patterns Faye Burns, Arlo Cathro-Brown and Ross Duff who all did excellent on the day with Arlo winning Bronze.
Our final patterns competitor was Junior Ellis Morrison who won Silver in the Green belt category.
In the Cadet male category we had 4 competitors in different weight divisions, Luke Smith had a hard 3 fights to win a well deserved Gold in the under 33 to 37kg category. Lee Skelsey won Bronze in the 37 to 41kg category. Tom Nicols won Gold in the 45 to 49kg category. Angus Young just missed out in the medals and will be back next year to try again.
This was Luke and Toms first competition and they have many more victories to come.
In the Junior male sparring we had Arlo Cathro-Brown and Ross Duff in different weight divisions, Arlo won Gold in a tense match. Ross gave everything he had to just lose to a more senior and experienced fighter, he won Bronze on the day and will benefit hugely from this event.
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.
FREE! Taekwondo in Falkirk in September
Falkirk Taekwondo is opening its doors to New Students for the month of September. You can train Tuesday and Thursday for free in Graeme High School.
Come along and give this great sport a try just send us a message or come along to Graeme High.
You have nothing to lose and so much to Gain we hope to see you at a training session soon.
April 2023 Team Championship
A Fantastic day had by all at the 34th TTA team 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. Well done to all our students for your tenacity drive and bravery! A big thanks to our coaches and parents on the day for making this a great success.
We won 6 Golds 1 Silver and 5 Bronze medals on the day. 4 for patterns and 8 for sparring.
For the cadet female patterns category we had 2 entries Ruby Morrison and Artemis McIntyre both did very well on the day with Ruby winning Gold, Artemis just missed out on a medal. Artemis also won Bronze in the patterns pairs event with Toni Kent also getting bronze.
For the female Junior sparring category Toni Kent won Gold and Faye Burns won Silver for the club.
For the female adult sparring category Eva Morrison won Gold this was her 2nd adult event she won Silver the last time. Eva also competed in the paired patterns event with her sister Ellis they both won Bronze on the day.
For the male events we had 2 entries in the Junior sparring category where Arlo Cathro-Brown won the final winning Gold. Ross Duff had a hard final event and won Gold in the event.
For the boys cadet category we had 2 competitor Angus Young won Gold and Lee Skelsey won Bronze.
Overall it was a great day the best achievement was winning 4 Bronze medals in the patterns events as the standards were extremely high competing against top class poomsae competitiors.
We should also mention our other pattern pairs team Angus Young jnr and snr who also competed in their first event together.
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.
November 2022 National Taekwondo Competition
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.
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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 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:
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.
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!
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.
Taekwondo Championship Results April 2011
At the TTA National team championships in Coatbrige our clubs achievements were again OUTSTANDING we won 11 Golds, 14 Silver and 4 Bronze medals as well as the Best team spirit.
In the children’s category we participated in 8 events and won 5 Golds 4 Silver and 3 Bronze Medals:
Robbie Player won his first Gold and was over the moon with his achievements he had to fight hard for his trophy and is the new under 37kg UK champion he had to beat 3 opponents including his team mate on his way to victory, Daniel Hesp fought Robbie in the semi final but had to pull out due to a foot injury Daniel received a Bronze medal for his efforts.
In the under 40kg category Callum Gray just missed out in a medal when he lost his match by 1 point, he is improving every competition.
We then progressed onto the under 43kg category where Liam Ferguson received Bronze for his efforts and his team mate Scott McCoull won his 2nd Gold medal in consecutive competitions, Scott fought well to win the final decisively.
In the under 25kg category we had sisters Naomi and Tegan O’May up against each other in the final, even though they are sisters they gave each other a hard match with Naomi just getting the better of her sister to win Gold with Tegan winning Silver. After this match Naomi went straight into another final for the under 31kg category and had a hard match against the existing champion where she lost by a few points and won the Silver medal.
Naomi and Tegan are a credit to their parents and club for the dedication they put into their training at least 4 times a week, it will be good to see them in a few more years as they continue to develop.
In the next female category under 44kg we again won Gold and Silver with the reigning champion Anna Holden defeating team mate Eilidh Johnston in a close fought well spirited match.
The next children’s match saw John-Jo paterson getting through to the final and just losing to give him Silver medal position for the under 27kg category his team mate Lewis Witherspoon done well to get a Bronze at his first competition.
Our last children’s match of the day the under 53kg category saw Eilidh Walker retaining her championship crown winning her third successive Gold medal in the last year.
In the Junior’s category there was 5 events with our club winning Gold in 3 of them:
Liam Muir won Gold in the under 45kg category when he beat a tough opponent from Ireland in the final to receive another Gold medal to add to his trophies, this was Liam’s first event in the Juniors and he has a great future ahead.
Ross Walker had two hard fights against team mates from the Harrogate club and came home with another Gold medal for the under 73kg event.
Eilidh Johnston moved up to the Junior event and won her 1st Gold medal for the under 42kg category, this was Eilidh’s first sparring competition and she won a Gold and Silver, we are looking forward to seeing her in the next competition.
In the adult event we also did very well considering a few years back we had no adult teams, this time we had 3 winning 3 Golds and 10 Silver medals.
In the five man Coloured belt team we had 2 sets of players who had to defeat Ayr and Nottingham to meet each other in the final. They both did this after some strong competition from their opponents setting up an all Falkirk final. Although they are team mates they gave each other some hard fights. There had to be winners and for their efforts Ian Hodge Tony Clark and Andy Harrison received Gold with William Ferguson Lee Hesp Sandy Robertson Marek Dzurko and Kenny McQuaide receiving Silver.
The other team event was the Black Belt team, this was only the 2nd competition for our newly formed senior team and they did outstanding, they had to compete against strong opposition from Nottingham to get into the final which they did by winning 3 to 2 against more experienced players. This meant they progressed to the final against the reigning champions Glasgow where unfortunately they lost out on Gold but won a well deserved Silver with matches a lot closer than expected with only a few points separating them from their victors. For their efforts Conan Irvine Kristofer Irvine Ricky Buchanan and Marc Rivett all went home with a Silver. We are looking forward to next year for the rematch.
In the female adult event we had Laura Macdougall competing in the under 67kg category competing against more senior grades she won her 1st two fights convincingly to progress to the final where she won a Silver medal for her efforts. At 16 years old and a Green Belt she did very well to get to the final and has a great future in Taekwondo.
This again was a great achievement, without the help of parents and students it would not be possible to reach these heights! I’d like to thank everyone for their time and dedication which made this event a success.
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