Eight students from the Alloa School of Taekwon-Do (PUMA) travelled down to Swindon last month to represent the club at the 2008 British Championships.
This year saw the tournament being split into separate colour belt and black belt competitions. Despite this it was still the largest PUMA Competition to date.
Ryan Davidson took home Bronze in an excellent display of sparring against very experienced opponents. Graeme Boag also battled his way to a Bronze medal in the sparring division and has shown great potential at this tournament and at the Scottish Championships earlier this year. Shaun McGill completed the hat trick of Bronze Medals with a fine display of sparring in his first continuous event.
Alastair Boag demonstrated how commitment to training pays off after winning the Alloa Schools only Silver medal. The hard work he put into training saw him upgrade the Bronze he won at the Scottish Championships to Silver at the British.
Other fine performances were given by David McNaughton and Dylan Christie, David who was competing at his first British Championship was unlucky not to finish in the medals. Dylan, who won the championship last year, was also unlucky in his match - a few weeks harder training and it would have been a different story for both the boys.
Two Students from the school returned home from the tournament as British Champions. Gary McNaughton, in his first tournament south of the boarder battled his way to win Gold in the Sparring Division. This was an excellent display and was an improvement on the Silver and Bronze won at the Scottish October.
Andrew Ballentyne continued to show his dominance in his sparring division by adding the British Title to the Scottish title he won in October. He is without doubt a future star in the sport.
The British Championships are the highest level of competition domestically for a colour belt. The Alloa School are extremely proud of their students - medal or no medal. just by taking part you learn valuable experience that will help you in your training and future competitions.
Well Done Everyone!
This year saw the tournament being split into separate colour belt and black belt competitions. Despite this it was still the largest PUMA Competition to date.
Ryan Davidson took home Bronze in an excellent display of sparring against very experienced opponents. Graeme Boag also battled his way to a Bronze medal in the sparring division and has shown great potential at this tournament and at the Scottish Championships earlier this year. Shaun McGill completed the hat trick of Bronze Medals with a fine display of sparring in his first continuous event.
Alastair Boag demonstrated how commitment to training pays off after winning the Alloa Schools only Silver medal. The hard work he put into training saw him upgrade the Bronze he won at the Scottish Championships to Silver at the British.
Other fine performances were given by David McNaughton and Dylan Christie, David who was competing at his first British Championship was unlucky not to finish in the medals. Dylan, who won the championship last year, was also unlucky in his match - a few weeks harder training and it would have been a different story for both the boys.Two Students from the school returned home from the tournament as British Champions. Gary McNaughton, in his first tournament south of the boarder battled his way to win Gold in the Sparring Division. This was an excellent display and was an improvement on the Silver and Bronze won at the Scottish October.
Andrew Ballentyne continued to show his dominance in his sparring division by adding the British Title to the Scottish title he won in October. He is without doubt a future star in the sport.
The British Championships are the highest level of competition domestically for a colour belt. The Alloa School are extremely proud of their students - medal or no medal. just by taking part you learn valuable experience that will help you in your training and future competitions.
Well Done Everyone!
