KARA MCLAREN
St Mungo's High School Junior Sports Person of the Year 2019
NATASHA WILSON
Larbert High School Sports Person of the Year 2019
GB Development Athlete of the Year 2019
Neve has been selected to represent Great Britain at the Junior European Championships 2019, to be held in Spain in October.
Neve already has two G1 Gold Medals to her name this year. She won both the Slovenia Open and the Dutch Open.
GB TAEKWONDO SEMINAR
On Saturday 11th May Central Academy hosted a fantastic seminar with the President of British Taekwondo and Olympic medalist Sarah Stevenson MBE and GB Taekwondo Olympic Team Coach Steve Jennings.
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
The 15 strong squad for the World Championships has been announced and we are proud to say that two of the 15 players are from Central Academy. Jordyn Smith -46kg and Hassan Haider -58kg, will both compete on the first day - 15th May 2019. Everyone at Central is very proud of our two full time athletes and wish them every luck in their quest to be Senior World Champions!
NEVE HOGG
Neve Hogg, 14 from Larbert, has made an incredible start to the year and is following in Jordyn’s footsteps. She travelled to Ljubljana for the Slovenia Open, where she was representing the GB Development Squad. It was a fantastic event for Neve!
CLUB OF THE YEAR
At the recent Falkirk Council Sports Awards, Central Taekwondo Academy was awarded the Club of the Year!
We were up against every other sports club in the Falkirk Council area - football, basketball, gymnastics, swimming and athletics clubs were all nominated.
DAN GRADING
Three more members of Central Academy attained their Black Belt at the UTA Dan Grading held in Belfast on Sat 30th March 2019.
Rowan Burke and Katie Smyth were awarded 1st Poom and Laura Perrow 1st Dan. Lynsey Burke was promoted to 2nd Dan.
LANARKSHIRE OPEN JAN 2019
Fantastic results from Team Central at the recent Lanarkshire Open in Wishaw.
The poomsae team finished with the overall 2nd place trophy and the kyorugi team came in 4th.
Well done to all those that took part - many for the first time. Great experience for all.
NATIONAL POOMSAE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2018
Central Academy had a fantastic National Poomsae Championships in London in Dec 2018.
So many medals won by our relatively small team meant we finished in overall 2nd Place Team position in the A Class category.
Congratulations - especially to our new individual British Champions:
SUCCESS IN CROATIA
Erin Shaw and Neve Hogg represented the GB Development Squad at the G1 Croatia Open in Zagreb on Sunday 11th Nov 2018.
They had a fantastic tournament!!
NEVE HOGG BRITISH CHAMPION
Neve Hogg became British Champion for the first time at the National Championships in Sheffield on Sunday 28th October 2018.
After 4 excellent performances Neve took the Gold Medal in the Cadet Female -41kg category.
CONGRATULATIONS NEVE!
BLACK BELT GRADING
Central Academy has 6 new black belts
James Jack
Esha Sardar
Uzair Khan
Chloe Cheung
Demi Anderson
Paula Smyth
Scottish Championships
Team Central had 57 players over the two days of the recent Taekwondo Scotland Championships, held at Ravenscraig Sports Facility in Motherwell.
The team came away with an impressive 59 medals in total!
Fantastic job!!
Well done team!!
World Championships
Natasha & Tegan have been selected to represent Great Britain at the World Poomsae Championships in Taiwan in November 2018.
Natasha will be competing in the Cadet Female Individuals and the Cadet Pairs.
JORDYN 2018
Jordan Smith has had an incredible year so far. In March she became Dutch Open Champion at Junior -44kg. In May she competed at the same weight at the Junior World Championships in Tunisia and became Junior World Champion!
Junior World Champion
Junior World Champion - Jordyn Smith received tremendous welcome home from her club mates at Central on Monday 16th April.
3rd Dan Black Belt
Tegan O’May promoted to 3rd Dan Black Belt at 61st UTA Dan Grading in Belfast
JORDYN SMITH
Junior World Champion 2018
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SELECTION FOR CENTRAL GIRLS
Two members of Central Taekwondo Academy have been selected to represent Great Britain at the Junior World Championships in Tunisia in April.
Erin Shaw, 15 from Larbert, is in her first year as a junior, having had a very successful past year in the cadet division. Erin reached the quarter finals of the Cadet European Championships in Hungary and achieved a bronze medal at last years Dutch Open Championships.
Club Update
TRAINING IN KOREA
We currently have two of our black belt girls, Jordyn Smith and Erin Shaw, training with the Korean National team in Seoul, Korea. The girls left on Monday with the GB Development Squad and will be attending an intensive training camp for 10 days. This is a fantastic opportunity for the girls and they will be bringing a wealth of experience back to the club. We wish them the best of luck for the trip.
PARENTS CLASS
This Sunday (11th Feb) we are running a one off class for parents in aid of Central Academy Club Funds. The class will be relaxed and fun - designed for adults who have not tried taekwondo before.
Come along for a bit of flexibility, fitness and fun and help support our club funds. The session is from 10am to 11am at Carronshore and the training fee is £5.00 (all proceeds to club funds).
KUP GRADING
This month’s grading takes place at Carronshore on Sat 17th Feb starting at 10am. Deadline for application forms is Thursday 15th Feb.
INTERNATIONALS
On Sunday 25th Feb we have Natasha Wilson, Tegan O’May and Eilidh Burke competing for the GB Poomsae Squad at the German Open Poomsae Championships in Hamburg.
Two weeks later (10th & 11th Mar) Jordyn Smith, Erin Shaw, Lauren McKinley and Neve Hogg are all representing Central at the Dutch Open Championships in Eindhoven.
All the girls are training hard for these huge international events. Good luck girls!
COACHING COURSE
Over the past couple of years I have had the role of British Taekwondo Tutor and I have been delivering the Level 2 Coach Education Course around the UK. This course is currently on hold as it is being restructured. We have a number of students at Central who have expressed an interest in coaching and some who regularly come along to classes to help coach the junior grades. With this in mind I am planning to run a shortened version of the Level 2 Coaching Course at Carronshore on Sunday 4th March from 1pm to 5pm. There will be no recognised qualification for attending the course, as it not a British Taekwondo event. There will be no fee for attending. Anyone wishing to develop their coaching skills should ask Master Angie for an application form. Deadline for applications is Thursday 1st March.
EASTER CAMP
Dates have been set for this year’s Easter Camp. We will have 2 days of TKD games, competitions, fitness and fun. The camp is at Carronshore on Wed 11th and Fri 13th April. Full details will be available soon.
25TH ANNIVERSARY
Central Taekwondo Academy was established in November 1993 - we are 25 years old this year! We are planning a few things to celebrate this tremendous achievement over the course of this year. This will culminate with our 25th Anniversary Dinner at the Millennium Suite, Beancross on Friday 16th Nov 2018. We have some very special guests and great entertainment lined up. More details will be available soon. Make sure you save the date - it will be a night not to be missed!
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