Success in France

The Great Britain team have returned home from Paris with another successful haul of medals.  The 14-strong team came home with two gold, three silver and one bronze in a largely contested Olympic-weight tournament.

Craig Brown (Fusion Taekwondo Club, London) and Aaron Cook (Scorpion Taekwondo Club, Doncaster) competed at the senior male -80kg achieving a silver and bronze respectively, both losing to the gold medallist from Canada. Tyrone Robinson achieved an impressive silver medal in a large -58kg weight division. 

The junior team was also successful with Bianca Walkden (Liverpool Elite Taekwondo Club, Liverpool) dominating the junior +63kg weight division adding another gold to her impressive tally this year.  Farren Cummins (Manchester Aces Taekwondo Club, Manchester) and Stella Whitehead (Scorpion Taekwondo Club, Doncaster) met in the final of -63kg weight, with Farren becoming the eventual winner.

 

 

 

Senior Male Team  
Tyrone Robinson:   -58kg   Puma Taekwondo Club, Mansfield
Michael Harvey: -58kg   Manchester Aces Taekwondo Club, Manchester
Romaine Bailey:   -58kg   Fusion Taekwondo Club, London
Martin Stamper:   -68kg    Liverpool Elite Taekwondo Club, Liverpool
Tony Grisman:  -68kg   Kang Han Taekwondo Club, Mansfield
Daryl Stokes:    -80kg   Liverpool Elite Taekwondo Club, Liverpool
  Craig Brown: -80kg Fusion Taekwondo Club, London SILVER
 Aaron Cook:   -80kg   Scorpion Taekwondo Club, Doncaster BRONZE
Adam Corrigan:   +80kg Fusion Taekwondo Club, London
Senior Female Team  
Louise Mair: -49kg   Focus Taekwondo Club, Elgin
Junior Male Team  
 Jordan Gayle: -63kg Manchester Aces Taekwondo Club, Manchester
Junior Female Team  
Farren Cummins: -63kg Manchester Aces Taekwondo Club, Manchester GOLD
 Stella Whitehead:   -63kg Scorpion Taekwondo Club, Doncaster SILVER
Bianca Walkden:     +63kg  Liverpool Elite Taekwondo Club, Liverpool GOLD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TECHNICAL CENTRES    |   HIGH PERFORMANCE    |   VACANCIES  |   CONTACT US  |  POLICIES 

 

Sport Taekwondo UK Ltd is the performance arm of the British Taekwondo Control Board (BTCB) for Olympic Taekwondo.  The BTCB is the National Governing Body for WTF Taekwondo in the United Kingdom and through them Sport Taekwondo UK Ltd is charged with running and developing all aspects of the Taekwondo Olympic sport development.This site will keep you informed of all the latest developments and news in sport Taekwondo.If you wish to find out information regarding membership or clubs in your area then please visit our National Governing Body website at: www.btcb.org

  LATEST NEWS

Watch all the matches from the 3 days of the World Qualifying Tournament recently held at the Manchester MEN Arena.

All of the matches can be found at:

 http://www.247.tv/index.php?men

=PAGE74&tourid=07taek01

ENTRIES OPEN FOR NATIONAL TAEKWONDO CHAMPIONSHIPS

Top class taekwondo action is set to return to Manchester later this year with the staging of the BTCB (British Taekwondo Control Board) National Championships, which will be held from 15-16th December.

The event follows hot on the heels of the World Taekwondo Qualification Event for the Beijing Olympics which was held in Manchester last month, featuring over 300 athletes from more than 100 countries.

Read more

 

 

 

Copyright ©2005 Sport Taekwondo UK Ltd. All rights reserved.