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London Open - 13th July, Guildford Spectrum
The following are the results for the ITF Wales competitors from the recent London Open - a few are still to be collected and will be updated once known. A good set of results as ever despite some very odd officiating the two oddest of which saw James Taylor lose his first patterns round then win two rounds (which should have put him in the semi final in a group of 8) and then the person he beat went on to the semi-final and in the Veteran dan grades Dave Lund and three other males performed against each other in knock out stages until Dave made it to the final whereas the female in their group had byes right through to the final. But an ok day over all and plenty of new opponents for everyone to face with 330+ competitors from almost 60 schools. 20 students picking up 15 gold, 9 silver and 9 bronze so far between them is a good return for all your hard work - well done all of you.
Competitor School P S ST Po   Competitor School P S ST
Sophie Collins II Fairwater     Bethan Pezzack Fairwater  
Cassie Lund I Ely       Rebekah Alexander Cardiff Uni r1  
Dave Lund I Ely       Kane Collins Fairwater
Tom Harris I Ely ne       Sarah Jones Ely r1  
Lee Crews I Fairwater       Lewis Brooks Ely r2 ¼
George Crews I Fairwater ¼ ne       Sarah Farthing Cardiff Uni  
Lauren Robson I Ely       Ingram Weeks Cardiff Uni  
Conah Prosser I Ely r1     Jonathon Cole Fairwater r1  
Delme Pezzack I Fairwater r2       James Taylor Ely ¼  
Lanny James I Ely r1     Claire McIver Cardiff Uni  

PS any errors please contact me at press@itfwales.co.uk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Scottish Open - 21st June, Kelvin Halls Glasgow
This weekend saw around 30 Welsh travel to Scotland for the Open worst journey award goes to Valerie and William Barrett who had their flight delayed so didn't get in until about 2am Saturday morning! The competition kicked off about 10am and for a change had a timetable that was pretty much kept to working through patterns and sparring in the afternoon fitting in special technique where possible and ending the day with power. The Welsh contingent were on fire on the day as was shown with no less than 5 out of the 6 categories that had 2 or more Welsh in seeing all Welsh finals -
Veteran kup patterns Leighton Prosser (Ely) vs Valerie Barrett (Fairwater)
u13 red belt patterns Bethan Pezzack (Fairwater) Vs Kane Collins (Fairwater)
13-17 male I dan patterns Conah Prosser (Ely) Vs Lee Crews (Fairwater)
18+ green belt patterns Sarah Farthing (Cardiff Uni) Vs Ingram Weeks (Cardiff Uni)
18+ male I dan patterns Tom Harris (Ely) Vs Wayne Brooks (Ely)

With 23 gold and 13 silver medals won on the day you can see plenty of the others made the finals too and that is with a quarter of our competitors at their first ever Scottish Open. At lunch time there was a breaking display by Scottish club members and a brief but impressive display of breaking from some of the Masters. Kane Collins received his individual overall award from the English Open and Ely school were presented with the trophy for overall school at the English Open. At the end of a long, eventful and thoroughly successful day everyone headed back to their hotels  for a well deserved rest, relax and maybe drink or two. Congratulations to everyone who competed you did yourselves, your clubs and Wales proud and yet again showed what great standards there are in welsh Taekwon-Do. Quote overheard from local competitor which sums up the day was "Aren't those Welsh noisy with that silly oggy song it is so annoying - why can't they sing something with a melody like we will rock you, but they are very well trained aren't they."

Competitor School P S ST Po O   Competitor School P S ST O
Sophie Collins II Fairwater     Ryan Davis Ely    
Wayne Brooks I Ely         Valerie Barrett Fairwater    
Tom Harris I Ely         Leighton Prosser Ely    
Lee Crews I Fairwater         William Barrett Fairwater r2    
George Crews I Fairwater         Daniel Anderson Fairwater r1    
Gareth Francis I Ely r1         Sarah Jones Ely ¼    
Conah Prosser I Ely         Sarah Farthing Cardiff Uni    
Delme Pezzack I Fairwater r2         Lewis Brooks Ely r2    
Lanny James I Ely       Jonathon Cole Cardiff Uni    
Bethan Pezzack Fairwater       Ingram Weeks Cardiff Uni    
Rebecca Alexander Cardiff Uni ¼         James Taylor Cardiff Uni r2    
Kane Collins Fairwater       John- Michael Chidwick Cardiff Uni    

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English Open - 15th March, K2 Crawley

29 Students from 6 different Welsh Schools made the trip to the K2, Crawley for the English Open this year, due to minibus problems the 10 students from Cardiff University were unable to get up on the day. The day was slow to start but soon picked up momentum as the patterns groups were worked through, the standard for the day being set with the first medals won being Kane Collins gold, Bethan Pezzack silver and Ethan Davis bonze in the under red belt patterns. From this point on the tally just kept racking up with some very good displays from all our competitors and plenty of hard work especially in the sparring after lunch. As the seniors entered power the Welsh contingent were one eye on the results for the day and one eye on the TV as the Wales-France match kicked off and despite the centre closing they were allowed to stay and watch the match to completion and round of a great Taekwon-Do day with the the national team winning the Grand Slam. With some having to head off back home straight away and other staying on to celebrate the day everyone finished the day in fantastic spirits and all the competitors can be very pleased with their achievements. The overall results for the day showed Kane Collins taking the under13 colour belt individual award and Ely school winning overall on the day with 69 points - this is the third year running that a Welsh school has won the English Open so congratulations to you all for once again showing Wales' strength in Taekwon-Do.

Competitor School P S ST O   Competitor School P S ST O
Luke Wakely III Ely     Kane Collins Fairwater ¼
Jenna Wakely II Ely       Bethan Pezzack Fairwater    
Sophie Collins II Fairwater       Daniel Kilford Cyncoed ¼    
Victoria Phillips II Ely ¼       Ben Hull Ely    
Cassie Lund I Ely       Ethan Davis Ely  
Lee Crews I Fairwater ¼       Lucy Hope NCSD ne    
Tom Harris I Ely       Stephen Cocks Lisvane r1    
George Crews I Fairwater ¼       Joseph Searle Lisvane ne    
Lauren Robson I Ely       Daniel Neale Ely r1 ¼    
Simon Furneaux I Tywyn r1       Leighton Prosser Ely    
Gareth Francis I Ely       Sarah Jones Ely    
Conah Prosser I Ely       Thomas Jenkins Ely    
Delme Pezzack I Fairwater r1       Daniel Jenkins Ely r2  
Lanny James I Ely       Sharon Collins Fairwater    
              Daniel Anderson Fairwater r2    
 
   

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GP I Sunday February 24th
GP VI kicked off this weekend with more than 100 competitors entering and to everyone's credit they all performed very well. One of the best GP's yet with lots of good Taekwon-Do and plenty of enthusiasm from all. Well done to you all. RANKINGS &  ITF Wales Pictures
 

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ITF Wales Umpire Course - Sunday 10th April 10:00-12:00 - MAFC, Newport
Senior Master Michael Prewett VIII ran the umpires course for ITF Wales and covered etiquette, behaviour and scoring for patterns and sparring finishing the day with a general Q and A for everyone. Well done to the following who are all now qualified to officiate in ITF Wales events.
Master Gary Gassor VII Newport Lauren Robson I Ely
Leanne Gassor IV Newport Gareth Francis I Ely
Michael Barker III Cardiff North Conah Prosser I Ely
Christopher Black III Lisvane Delme Pezzack I Fairwater
Luke Wakely III Ely Lanny James I Ely
Jonathan Bright III Newport Simon Collington I Newport
Richard Taylor II Cardiff University Emma Peart I Newport
Emma Bonar II Cardiff University Cerys Watcyns I Newport
Shakira Bayley II Newport Aaron Gassor I Newport
Claire Flagg II Newport Cassie Lund I Ely
Jenna Wakely II Ely Tom Harris I Ely
Gregory Smith II Newport Amy Mansfield 1st kup Newport
David Sherlock II Newport Sophie Mansfield 1st kup Newport
Sophie Collins II Fairwater Elizabeth Prescott 2nd kup Fairwater
 

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Awards Night Thursday 13th - Electricity Club, Cardiff
After yet another long busy year for ITF Wales it came time to end up the year and show recognition to some of the many students who have trained hard, performed well and competed hard to top the tables in the Grand Prix. The presentation started off with a few words by Master Taylor commending the team on their performance in the Euros this year and thanking everyone, instructors, students and parents for all their hard work in making ITF Wales so successful this year. The overall Awards for the Grand Prix were then announced as follow:
  Under 13 13-17 Over 18
1st Kane Collins (Fairwater) Sarah Jones (Ely) Daniel Neale (Ely)
2nd William Barrett (Fairwater) Amy Jones (Ely) Carlos Sendra (Cardiff Uni)
3rd Lewis Brooks (Ely) Ryan Davis (Ely) Valerie Barrett (Fairwater)

New to this year is the Master's Shield, this is a competition for all ITF Wales members colour and black belt with three divisions. Every medal won in the English, Scottish, Welsh and UK Opens count and the student with the highest total of points at the end of the year will be the Shield winner, the inaugural winners are:

  Under 13 13-17 Over 18
winner Kane Collins (Fairwater) Lanny James (Ely) Cassie Lund (Ely)

Masters Taylor and Prewett then awarded the Ely and Fairwater students of the year who were as follows:

Ely Junior Student - Ethan Davis Senior Student - Daniel Neale
Fairwater Junior Student - Daniel Anderson Senior Student - Sharon Collins

Master Prewett then closed up with a thank to you to everyone who has helped out throughout the whole year and donated all the raffle prizes (star of which was Mrs Gill Wakely's Santa cake) with a special mention to all the hard work done by Mrs Sue Phillips and Mrs Tracey Fenton. The floor then filed up as the music started and everyone had a great time bopping and grooving on the dance floor and were still going strong after the bar closed and it was time to go. One final word of thank to Mrs Clare Matthews IV who organised yet another great Awards night and we wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.