OUTDOOR TRAINING
Introducing our new outdoor training area! Due to the fantastic support of our members and the local community we were able to transform the Community Centre back garden in just over a week.
Dan Grading
The 65th UTA Dan Grading was held at Central Academy on Saturday 19th Sept. It was the first time a dan grading had been held outdoors. The weather was kind to us and the grading was conducted under strict UTA dan grading conditions. Central Academy had eight candidates and all were successful!
ERIN SELECTED FOR JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Central Taekwondo’s Erin Shaw (17) has been selected to represent Great Britain at the Junior World Championships to be held in Sofia, Bulgaria from 14th to 18th October 2020.
5TH CLUB POOMSAE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2020
The 5th Central Academy Club Poomsae Championships was held online via Zoom on Sunday 7th June 2020.
Congratulations to our new club poomsae champions:
Lewis Mason, Ruby Johnstone, Peter Sellwood, Logan Finnie, Bethany Dewar and Kara McLaren.
ONLINE GRADING
Central Academy conducted its first ever Online Kup Grading Test on 5th June 2020.
The grading candidate was Lewis Mason, who produced a faultless performance and was promoted to 8th Kup Yellow Belt with an Advanced Level Pass!
Well done Lewis!
40 YEARS IN TAEKWONDO
1980
30th March – Took part in my first ever taekwondo class. It was at Great Sankey Forum in Warrington with Grandmaster Shin (Mr Shin at the time!). I was 18.
1982
Grandmaster Shin had started a class at Norton Recreation Centre in Runcorn. I took over as instructor in the summer of ’82, I was a 2nd kup red belt at the time. When I took my 1st kup black tag grading later that year in Manchester, I had six of my own students taking their first grading.
POOMSAE GOLDS
Gold medals for our Yellow Belt poomsae players Ema Condac and Thomas Dewar.
Pictured here with the team trophy.
Well done guys!
LANARKSHIRE OPEN
Great results for Team Central at the Lanarkshire Open.
1st Place Team Trophy in Poomsae
3rd Place Team Trophy in Sparring
ANNUAL BLACK BELT PHOTO
Central Academy Black Belts 2019
ANNUAL AWARDS
This years annual award winners.
26th ANNIVERSARY
Central celebrated its 26th birthday with a mass training session on 28th November 2019.
TEN TIMES NATIONAL CHAMPION
At the British National Poomsae Championships held at Worcester University Arena on 30th November 2019, Central Academy’s Master Angie Bailey 5th Dan, became Individual A Class British Champion for the 10th Year in a row!
Master Angie won her first title in 2010 and has claimed the top spot in her category ever since.
BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIPS
Central had a team of 10 players at the National Championships in Manchester on 9th & 10th November 2019.
Under the guidance of coaches Darren Smith, Asia Bailey and Shona Smith, the team produced excellent results.
UTA DAN GRADING
Central Academy had 21 successful candidates at the 64th UTA Dan Grading on Saturday 28th September.
We have added six more students to our Black Belt ranks, making a total of 232 Black Belts in our 26 year history.
SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019
Central Academy once again had a very successful Scottish Championships. Over 50 members of the club were involved! Players, coaches, officials, judges and volunteers all played their part in a very successful event.
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!
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