Congratulations to Danielle Baker who has been selected for the Great Britain team for the European Under 21 Championships in the Ukraine in Sept.

from the BTCB web site

13th August 2010

2nd European Taekwondo Championships 18-21, Ukraine

Congratulations go to the following athletes who have been selected to represent Great Britain at the European Taekwondo Championships which will be held in Kharkov, Ukraine from 9 to 12 September.

Female:

-49 Jessica O'Hanlon

-57 Danielle Baker

+73 Stella Whitehead

Male:

-54 Joel Jackson

-58 Kieron Briggs

-63 Jibreel Malik

-68 Joshua Webley

-80 Aaron Cook

We hope you will join us in wishing them well during preparation and competition.

Good luck Team GB!

http://www.britishtaekwondo.org.uk/index.php?pagename=british-taekwondo-...

Issue Eleven of SportingWales is online now. Taekwondo is featured on pages 38 to 41.

http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1nv05/SportingWalesIssue11/resources/38...

Jade Jones from North Wales gets the Bronze Medal at the ETU WTF European Senior Championships in Russia. Jade who has only just turned 17 dropped down a weight division to -53kg to replace Caroline Fisher who had to withdraw from the team with an injury.

Congratulations to Sabir Miah who won 1st place at the Ultimate Taekwondo Championships held at the Metrodome in Barnsley on Sunday 25.04.10 in the Junior -59kg division.

28.03.2010

Congratulations to Amanda Roberts from Wrexham who won Gold in the K1 Senior Female division at the British National Poomsae Championships in Sheffield.

Taekwondo poomsae (pattern) is a combination of techniques of blocks and attacks performed consecutively while moving in certain directions. There are a series of poomsaes designed to correspond with each learning level from beginner to advanced.

Poomsaes serve a multi-dimensional role, aiding in development and refinement of coordination, balance, timing, breath control and rhythm, all of which are essential skills to the Taekwondo student.

The 5th WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships will be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in October

Amanda teaches BODYCOMBAT classes at Waterworld in Wrexham. BODYCOMBAT is a non-contact, mixed martial arts-based fitness programme with moves drawn from Taekwondo and other Martial Arts. It is an exhilarating exercise experience that delivers ultra-fast fitness results.
Classes are Tuesdays 9.45am and Thursdays 6.30pm

Jade Jones won the Silver Medal at the Junior World Championships in Mexico. After winning 5 fights on the way to the final Jade missed out on the Gold Medal by the smallest margin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1loHBwdk7E

Jade was coached by Sarah Stevenson, herself a former Junior World Champion amongst the many other impressive titles, including Olympic Bronze Medallist that Sarah has. The two first met in August 2006 at a Sport Taekwondo Seminar that Sarah Stevenson and Stephen Jennings did for Matrix Taekwondo at the Morgan Llwyd Sports Centre in Wrexham. It was one of the things that helped Jade decide to take up the WTF Olympic version of Taekwondo.

Sarah Stevenson is doing an Excellence Tour this year, details can be found at

www.sarahstevensoninspires.co.uk

Jade now had a busy season ahead of her which includes the European A Class competitions in the Netherlands, Belgium and Manchester as well as the Junior Olympic Games in Singapore.

.Jade Jones from Flint had qualified for the Youth Olympic Games at the Qualification Tournament in Mexico Yesterday. She won matches against competitors from Ukraine, India, Italy and Spain to qualify.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/taekwondo/8508919.stm

The BTCB British Taekwondo Championships were held over the weekend 30th-31st January at Sportcity in Manchester.

The BTCB British Championships is the most important Taekwondo Competition in the UK because the BTCB are responsible for all aspects of WTF/Olympic style Taekwondo in the UK. This includes selecting National Teams to compete at The European and World Championships, The Commonwealth Championships, The World University Games and The Olympic Games. There were some solid performances from the regions Taekwondo Athletes.

Jade Jones (Manchester Aces) from Flint won the Gold medal in the Junior Female -55kg division with the most dominant performance of any of the weight divisions. This is Jades 3rd year in a row as British Champion and with her Gold medal wins at the British International and Paris Open last year makes this talented 16 year old the number 1 ranked Junior player in the UK of any division, male or female.

Danielle Baker (Manchester Aces) won 3rd place Bronze in the Senior Female -57kg division. Danielle, age 19, has represented Wales more than any other current Taekwondo player but she is coming back from a very serious broken bone injury. This was Danielle’s first Championships since the injury and important step in her rehabilitation.

Sabir Miah (Matrix Taekwondo) is an up and coming player from Wrexham who was competing in his first British Championships. Sab, age 16, made it to the Quarter Final of the Junior Male -59 kg division and but lost on points in a very close match. With this experience behind him this talented Taekwondo Athlete should have a good 2010.

Beytullah Kem (Team Ultimate) from Prestatyn was competing in the Senior Male -74 kg division. Beytullah picked up a foot injury 2 weeks before the championships and was not fighting to his full potential but he still managed to have two of the most entertaining matches of the championship. Spectators were on the edge of there seats and there was some disbelief when he did not get the result in his second match.

Amy Truesdale (Stoke UTA) won 3rd place Bronze in the Senior Female -62 kg Division. Amy from Chester was the Star of the Welsh Team at the Commonwealth Championships when they were held in Australia. Amy is always good to watch and in the Quarter Final she produced the best kick of this year’s tournament to proceed to the Semi Final.

Full results should be available very soon at www.btcb.org

Jade Jones with her Paris Open 1st place trophy at the Saltney Sports Centre in St David's School.

.Jade Jones won Gold at the Paris A Class ETU/WTF Open at the weekend. (Dec 2009) The Fighter from Flint in North Wales won 5 matches against players from Germany, Croatia and Russia. This follows her Gold at the last ETU A class competion which was held in Manchester in August.

ETU
www.etutaekwondo.org