Competitions

2010 Competition Dates

~~Scottish Open - 17th April 2010 - Bellahouston Leisure Centre, Glasgow~~
~~Welsh Open - 16th May 2010 - UWIC, Cardiff~~
~~London Open - 18th July 2010 - Guildford Spectrum, Guildford~~
English Open - 25th September 2010 - K2, Crawley (Entry Form)
UK Open - 7th November 2010 - UWIC, Cardiff

Welsh Open - 16th May 2010

With many of the senior competitors unable to make the trip to Wales, it was left to the junior members to bring home the medals from the Welsh Open Championships, held recently.

It was a return to competition after a long break for Kiera Seabrook who faced a tough challenge in the under 13's Blue and Red belt category. It was also a new challenge for Tyler Hiscock, making the step up to the 13-17 years category. Both did remarkably well, given the challenges they faced, with Kiera taking a bronze in the sparring and Tyler coming away with silver in the pattern division.

To earn her bronze medal Kiera had to face a tough seasoned tournament competitor and local favourite, whose experience showed as Kiera struggled to match her for work rate and technique. Having perhaps showed too much respect to her opponent and taken some punishment earlier in the round, resulting in the bout being stopped, Kiera dug deep in the latter stages, showing great resilience and spirit to end the bout with her head held high, knowing she had done her best, but eventually losing out to a superior competitor on the day, who eventually went on to take the gold medal. Undeterred, Kiera is already setting her sights on the next competition - true Taekwondo spirit!

Having enjoyed regular success in the under 13's division, Tyler was not expecting to do too much as this was his first competition stepping up to the 13-17 years category, but he acquitted himself extremely well to take the silver medal position in a large and strong division. Tyler sailed through all the rounds up to the final, eventually narrowly losing out on the gold medal position. This was an impressive display and despite the jump in division, Tyler made the transition effortlessly. Based on this performance and with continued hard work and a little improvement there is no doubt Tyler will enjoy the same success in this division as he enjoyed in the under 13's.

Well done to Kiera and Tyler for outstanding effort in bringing home their hard earned medals.

English Open 2009

Ellie Gold Medal On the 27th of June members of Tidworth Taekwondo descended on Crawley for the annual UKTA English championships. All members performed extremely well on the day, collecting a number of medals for patterns and sparring. Competitors worked hard to overcome the extreme heat, with temperatures outside reaching the high 70's and the heat in hall proving considerably exhausting. Neil Sanderson continued his recent success, receiving 2 medals overall, in particular a Gold in sparring against a very tricky and seasoned competitor, overcoming a bloodied nose in the process and going on to become the victor. A special mention goes to Ellie Standidge who has shown considerable improvement in her sparring skills and performed exceptionally well to secure Gold medal, at her first attempt in the Under 13's Red and Blue belt category. Check out the gallery for photographs taken on the day.

Neil Sanderson - Patterns - Silver
Neil Sanderson - Sparring - Gold
David Standidge- Sparring - Bronze
Ellie Standidge- Sparring - Gold

Scottish Open 2009

Scottish Champs The 2009 UKTA Scottish Open took place at Inverness Leisure Centre on the 28th March. The Standidge family embarked on an extremely long journey in order to take part in the competition. Thankfully it proved to be a very successful day for all three of them, returning with a selection of medals. You can read David Standidge's recount of the day here.

David Standidge - Patterns - Silver
Abigail Standidge - Sparring - Silver
Ellie Standidge - Patterns - Bronze
Ellie Standidge - Sparring - Bronze
David Standidge - Sparring - Bronze