Congratulations to Bungay Taekwondo students who attended the Northamptonshire Inter Club Tournament on 15th Feb 2015

A much smaller contingent of Bungay and Beccles Taekwondo students than usual travelled the 100 miles to Northampton in order to compete in this year’s inter-club competition.  Many of the usual stalwarts were on holiday or unavailable due to prior commitments but those that did attend achieved great success.

From Bungay High School Christian Everett (year 7) and Liam Everett (year 9) represented the club superbly with Liam getting 2 silver medals for sparring and patterns in his age and belt category whilst his brother Christian gained bronze for patterns and brilliant gold for sparring in his division.  He was also praised by all the black belts for his level of technical ability and self-control whilst fighting some slightly smaller boys in his category.  Mr Baddour’s son Jed, who trains in the Wednesday after school club also did really well to win gold for patterns and bronze for sparring in the Pee-wees (under 12s).

From Beccles Barbara Mazza won silver for sparring and a great gold for patterns with the same results for Jason Drake whilst Gary Wheeler got silver for patterns and a fabulous gold for all coloured belt veterans destruction. Bella Gibson competed well but just missed out on a medal place.

Mr Gillett finished of the medal haul by winning gold in sparring and silver for patterns in the Veteran black belt males.  With all the medals won we came 4^th in the area, only beaten by much bigger towns such as Wellingborough and Northampton which was a great if somewhat surprising achievement with our diminished team!

Students are getting ready for the British GTUK Championships at the moment but it is still possible to come along and train, just contact the clubs for further details www.bungay-taekwondo.co.uk or www.beccles-taekwondo.co.uk

 

Northants Interclub Tournament

on Sunday 15th February 2015

All Ages and Belts Categories

Patterns, Sparring and Destruction

Venue: Thomas Beckett School, Northampton

Time: 9am set up, 9.45am competitors arrival. 

Prices: £8 competitors, £3 spectators (under 4s free)

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This is a great entry level tournament, with a friendly family atmosphere,

not as big as the Nationals, but still great competition, very well run and good fun.

So try to make it if you can!

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Well done to all Bungay‬ ‪Taekwondo‬ students who entered the 2014 GTUK British Nationals in Coventry

Medal winners:

Amber Swanston (aged 6) Silver Patterns

Christian Everett (aged 11) Bronze Sparring

Lucy Thurbon (aged 12) Gold Sparring and Bronze Patterns

Buster Aspinall (aged 14) Bronze Patterns

Lewis Fuller (aged 16) Gold Sparring and Silver Patterns

Amanda Burden (aged 40) Silver Patterns and Bronze Sparring

Jake Swanston (aged 11) came 4th in a massive patterns division,
while Tegan Brown, Liam Everett, Adam Fuller, Jenna Akerman,
Jacob and Ben Burden all competed superbly but did not get onto the medals table at this event.

 

Competition Time!

GTUK Championships – Sat 25th October 2014

Ryton on Dunsmore near Coventry

All ages and belt ranks, including white belts.

We need to know who is interested in going as soon as we can.

The competition is for Patterns, Sparring all belts, and Destruction for adult green belts and above.

These are brilliant tournaments, National status with big medals!

A great experience to see what your Taekwondo is really all about, and the chance to meet some great people and senior instructors, including Grand Master Oldham.

Also a chance to see the black belts in action!

Please click below to see full details:

 

OCT 2014 POSTER

GTUK Championships Information Oct 2014

GTUK 2014 Champs Entry Form

 

Global Taekwon-do United Kingdom, Unified ITF, Taekwon-do International, British Taekwon-do Council

NEW MEMBERS ALWAYS VERY WELCOME, ALL AGES, FOR FUN FITNESS AND FIGHTING!

Well done to Bungay Taekwondo students who competed at the British Championships on Saturday 8th March 2014 at Ryton Nr Coventry.

Medal Winners were:

Lucy Thurbon (aged 12) Gold Peewee Patterns

Amanda Burden (aged 39) Adult Coloured belt Ladies Silver Patterns, Silver Sparring

Liam Everett (aged 13) Junior Coloured belt Bronze Patterns

Mr Clinton Gillett, Veteran Black Belt Males 3-4th Degree Silver Sparring

A few photos below, many courtesy Mr Graham Wells Official GTUK England Squad photographer.

Many other photos can be seen and purchased from DE Photo.

A BIG WELL DONE to all who competed at the Wellingborough Interclub Tournament on Sunday 23rd Feb 2014.

Bungay and Beccles represented the East and came 3rd overall in a competition that had 9 other clubs taking part.

East Anglia Interclub Success

Fifteen students of all ages travelled to Wellingborough in Northamptonshire to compete in this year’s East Anglia Interclub tournament and came away with a superb haul of 18 medals, 3 trophies and a creditable 3^rd place.  The students from Beccles and Bungay Taekwondo clubs had the furthest to travel and the longest day but fought against stiff opposition in order to reach the podium.

Gold medals were won by Lucy Thurbon (aged 12) and Amanda Burden (who also won a silver for patterns and the best adult female competitor award), Lucy also gained a bronze for her sparring after bravely fighting on with a split lip.  Adam Fuller (aged 11) won silver for patterns and bronze for sparring whilst his brother Lewis (aged 15) won silver for patterns.  Jacob Burden gained silver for patterns and bronze for sparring whilst his brother Ben narrowly missed out on a medal in a huge Peewee division.  Danny Hammond won silver for sparring, Karl Swanston won silver for patterns and bronze for sparring whilst also gaining the best adult male competitor award, unfortunately his son Jake finished 4^th in both sparring and patterns after coming up against larger competitors and narrow decisions. Liam Howes  (aged 12) fought bravely to win a silver for sparring in his 1^st ever competition.  Jason Drake achieved a superb silver for sparring in an all coloured belts adult category in which he was the lowest grade whilst also getting bronze for patterns.  Henry Howe (aged 15) was rewarded for his artistic patterns with a great silver medal, and battled hard to win a bronze for his sparring, this also earned him the award for best junior male competitor of the day.

In the black belt section Jenna Akerman (aged 17) won bronze for patterns and Saskia Baylis (also 17) got bronze for sparring in the tough adult female category which rounded off a very busy day.

Clinton Gillett the area international instructor said “all competitors from the region did themselves proud as just having the guts and determination to stand up in competition and fight opponents as well as nerves deserves respect and admiration, only 10% of club members nationally compete so just taking part is a credit to themselves”.

Students are now gearing up for the British Championships and the next grading but there is always room for new beginners so if you want to come along to either Bungay or Beccles club you will be made very welcome in our family friendly classes and you can find details on our websites www.bungay-taekwondo.co.uk or www.beccles-taekwondo.co.uk

The next tournament is the Big One the GTUK British Nationals 8th March at Ryton Nr Coventry. 

Any one wishing to enter needs to get an entry form filled in by the end of next weekend.

See the web site for Details of the upcoming British Champs 8th March 2014