Competition Success - Interclub Champs, 24th July
Chris & Kieran

The 10th Interclub Championships was held at Hemel Hempstead Sports Centre on the 24th July and there were a few entries by students of Hitchin and Stevenage Tae Kwon Do.  However, the success stories of the day were the fantastic perofrmance by Kieran Griffin who won a Gold medal for Sparring (Boys Light) and a Silver Medal for Team Patterns and the outstandingfirst outing into competitions by Chris Clark.  Chris entered the Boys yellow / green light weight sparring and despite all other competitors being of a higher grade Chris demonstrated great ability winning both his fights 6-0 and taking the Gold medal.

Very well done to you both.

Summer Camp - Clacton - May 14th-16th 2010

As normal, the summer training camp was a massive success thanks to the efforts of Mr Terry Read and Mr Miles Lutwyche. There were 6 hard training sessions which sapped the last strength of all taking part but it was really a good weekend covering all aspects of fitness, sparring, pad work and traditional Tae Kwon Do.

A special mention must go to Danielle Shimell who won the Ladies Bleep Test.

Roll on next year.

Black Belt Gradings - April 2010

The Black Belt Gradings were held in Bristol on the 23rd & 24th April.  Fantastic performances yielded the following results:

Alasdair Kennedy was successfully promoted to 2nd Degree Black Belt
Anton McCalla was successfully promoted to 1st Degree Black Belt
David Osborne was successfully promoted to 1st Degree Black Belt
Janie Latchford was successfully promoted to 1st Degree Black Belt

Well done to you all.

2009 Students of the Year

The following students are commended for their effort throughout 2009.

Hitchin TKD Student of the Year 2009 - Tania Kennedy, 2nd Dan
Hitchin TKD Junior Student of the Year - Jordan Kennedy, 1st Dan

Stevenage TKD Student of the Year - Michelle Sloan, 1st Dan
Stevenage TKD Junior Student of the Year - Cameron Smith, 7th Kup

Students' Student of the Year (as voted by the members of Hitchin & Stevenage) -Michelle Sloan

Coloured Belt Grading - December 2009

The Coloured Belt Grading in Biggleswade produced a general good level of performance from the students from both Hitchin and Stevenage. Congratulations to all who passed.

Black Belt Grading - October 2009

Hitchin and Stevenage clubs have had great success in the Black Belt Gradings with Michelle Sloan achieving the grade of 1st Degree Black Belt.  Tania Kennedy, Jasbir Parmar and Jaspreet Parmar have all achieved the grade of 2nd Degree Black Belts.  Congratulations to you all.

Coloured Belt Grading - 19th September 2009

The Coloured Belt Grading in Biggleswade produced a general good level of performance from the students from both Hitchin and Stevenage. Congratulations to all who passed.

Interclub Championships - July 2009

The Interclub Championships this year yielded a few successes with Bronze medals for Ian Watkins and Sam Griffin and Silver for Jordan Kennedy and Steven Griffin.

Kicking Seminar - 14th June 2009
Hitchin

The kicking seminar in Luton was a great event.  Emma Elmes is amazingly talented and she had us all doing a lot of rather tiring kicking drills.  The event finished with Emma performing a demonstration routine and then it was time for the photos.

Nick Partridge is considering arranging a follow up for next year so keep an eye out for the details.  It'll be worth it.