Britain’s Aaron Cook Strikes Gold at
Taekwondo World Junior Championships

Teenage Taekwondo sensation Aaron Cook became the first ever male British athlete to win a WTF World Junior Championship title after taking gold in Turkey, while team-mate Bianca Walkden completed a successful weekend for Team GB by seizing silver.
 
Aaron Cooke (Scorpion Taekwondo Club, Doncaster), 17 was in scintillating form bringing an early end to his -78kg final bout against Korean Yeong Rae with the score at 12-8. This followed convincing victories in earlier rounds in which he beat Afghanistan, Chinese Taipei and Russia each within the 3 rounds by creating a 7 point gap and before overcoming China in the semi-final.
 
Cook said, “China and Korea are traditionally the two strongest nations so to beat them in the semis and finals is an absolute dream - I can’t stop smiling. I knew I was in good form from my earlier rounds but my match against Korea felt a breeze. Going into the final round at 10-8 I decided not to hang around and managed to score 2 points quickly to take it to 12-8 which means I automatically won and the fight stopped early.”
 
Bianca Walkden (Elite Taekwondo Club, Liverpool) continued Britain’s rich vein of form by taking the +68kg silver medal in a tightly contested final, losing to her Tunisian opponent 4-3. The 16 year-old beat athletes from France, Canada and Russia to reach the final but ultimately could find no way past the Tunisian who has already proved herself to be of world-class calibre by qualifying for the Olympics and winning the Beijing Test Event.  Jordan Gayle (Aces Taekwondo Club, Manchester) put in a series of strong performances in the qualifying rounds leading to an encouraging -59kg quarter final appearance before eventually lost to Kazakhstan.
 
The WTF World Junior Championships were the last major international event that British Taekwondo will send a team to before the Olympics in the summer where the British team have secured 3 out of a maximum 4 Olympic spots. The squad to travel to Beijing will be announced to the Press at the Korean Cultural Centre in central London on Tuesday May 20th.

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The 2008 BTCB National Championships

The British Taekwondo Control Board (BTCB) has the pleasure in
announcing the dates for this year's National Championships.

The Championships will take place on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th
September 2008 at the Manchester Velodrome. 

To be eligible to take part each competitor must be a member of the
British Taekwondo Control Board (BTCB) or affiliated member group and
comply with the rules of the World Taekwondo Federation.

The closing date for entries is Wednesday 27th August 2008.

Full details and application form can be downloaded here.

Information for World University Games 2008

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Games in 2008 please visit the following link:

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BRITAIN TO STAGE FIRST INTERNATIONAL TAEKWONDO OPEN
 
Britain will stage its first evermajorTaekwondo Open later this yearwhen Manchester's Sportcityplays host toThe BritishInternational Openfrom 1-2 November. The event being organisedby BTCB Sport TaekwondoUKLtd, is furthe rtestament of Britain's rapidly growing status within the
Olympic sport, having successfully staged the World Olympic Qualifierslast year with the support of UK Sport'sNational Lottery backed WorldClass Events Programme.
 
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