Taekwondo
GTUK British Championships
While this event happened to fall during the Easter holiday break the club still managed an excellent turnout with well over 40 competitors.
The colour belts kicked it all off in style taking a total of 22 medals! Congratulations to Jermain Njemanze and Chris Hendrickson who both picked up gold medals for patterns. Congratulations to Dennis Cheung, Tom Malloy who fought it out in an epic all Loughborough sparring final with Tom eventually taking the gold. Well done to Jermain Njemanze and David Village who also won gold medals for sparring.
Tom Malloy / Dennis Cheung Dave Village
With the colour belts finished it was time for the black belts to show their stuff
Special congratulations to Rob Strachan and Charlie Brundle who both picked up medals in their first tournament as black belts. Well done to Francis Robson and Will Dewey who drew crowds for another all Loughborough final with Francis taking the gold in black belt patterns.
Will Dewey Matt Ashmore / Andy D'Ath
At the end of the day, our medal tally of 34 put Loughborough Students Taekwondo second in the country, runners up to the giants that are Scotia TKD from GTUK Scotland. An outstanding achievement from everyone involved.