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Little Dragon Grading
The next Little Dragon grading will be on Thursday 12th August at Ryton Holy Cross Church hall, starts at 5:30 pm.
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Next Junior/ Senior grading
Next grading will be held at Rowlands Gill on Friday 27th August. Invitations will be handed out by Mr Churchward in due course depending on those who have reach the required standard and have enough time since their last grading. Now is the time to impress Mr Churchward if you wish to grade!!!!!
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Personalised Club bags now available again
Quality issues with some bags meant that our supplier stopped this line but it has now been resolved so they are now available again. Anyone who wishes to get a bag please let Mr Churchward know soon as he is about to place the first order.
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Summer camp 2011
We are looking to put on a summer camp next year held in Newquay, Cornwall. This will be open to anyone although juniors will need to bring an adult. There will be around 4 hours training per day and other activities like surfing, go karting and barbecues. Anyone who is interested please let Mr Churchward know who is currently working on the details.
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Sparring Seminar with Mr Grant Churchward, 4th Degree Saturday 16th October
We have invited Mr Grant Churchward to come back up from Torbay to instruct in another sparring seminar to be held at West Denton on Saturday 16th October. After the feedback from last years event we have decided to invite him back up to do another seminar on sparring that will allow students to learn from an instructor and competitor who has competed all over the world including taking a team of students over to compete in a competition in Korea later this year.
This seminar will be ideal for beginner and experienced competitors cost is likely to be £20 for the day and times will be 1000 to around 1500. Please see Mr Jon Churchward for further details or to book your place.
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Newcastle Mela demonstration
We have been asked to return this year on Sunday 1st August for another demonstration of TaeKwon do. This year we have time to prepare for it so please let Mr Churchward early if you would be able to help.
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Facebook
Club information is now also being sent out on Facebook from Mr Churchwards page.
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Club Clothing and Accessories Personalised Club sports bags to carry all your equipment, including sparring gear, are available from Mr Churchward for £30 |
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TAE team competition 2010
Congratulations to all team members who took part in the first TAE team competition held at Kenton School Sports Centre on Sunday 4th July.
We had five teams entered with one male and female senior team and three junior teams. We took a staggering five golds, three silvers and three bronze medals and to top that off also won the best female team and best 8-13 years junior team trophies.
Well done all of you you all did the club very proud!!!!!!
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Congratulations - to James Sotheran who has now received his trophies from the Junior competition for winning best under 8 years division and best overall competitor.
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TAE Junior Competition 2010 Penrith
Congratulations to the 18 strong team who went down to the Junior competition in Penrith. You all performed and competed very well and were a credit to the club. From a 18 strong team we won a fantastic 17 medals in total to put us into third place overall with very little between us and Penrith TKD who came second. Mr Stronachs' reflex TKd team won the competition fairly comfortably with 12 golds.
Our tally of medals included 5 golds, 4 silvers and 8 bronze.
Also a special congratulations to James Sotheran who won 2 golds and a silver and wins the best under 9 trophy and also the best overall male competitor, well done James!!!!
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| Little Dragon Grading 13th May 2010
Well done to all those who took part and achieved the following:- Purple/white stripe Dominic Moor Jay Wannop Lucas Straughan Darwin Boyle Iona Cooper Abigail Sotheran Ryan Zhao Brandon Bates James Fairlamb Lewis Marshall Blue Stripe Ben Charlton Green Stripe Will Cartlidge Evie Allinson Alex Nichols Emily Churchward Christina Corr Yellow Stripe Jack Munt Harry Munt Oliver Mamone Max Rogan Nathan Blakey Daniel Dixon Holly Stewart Well Done to you all and the next grading will take place on Thursday 24th June at Ryton. |
| Results from Friday 23rd April grading.
Promoted to 4th Kup Steve O Neil
Promoted to 5th Kup
Thomas Vickerage Liam Vickerage Caroline Scott Kevin Martin
Promoted to 6th Kup
Dylan Henderson Ellie Henderson Cameron Straughan
Maria Drummond Amelia Breckons Maggie Hegarty
Promoted 7th Kup
Jake Rutherford Thomas Graham Cavan Sutherland Conall Blain
Promoted 8th Kup
Ryan Bolam Jamie Robson-Dryden Joseph Todd Ben Foster Katie Scott Dalton Foster Noah Bingham James Sotheran Harry Vincent Charlotte Vincent David Farnham Andrew Eland Ian Sotheran
Promoted to 9th Kup
Daniel Ash Louisa Appleby Rebecca Appleby Leon Boyle Elizabeth Carter Anthony O Connor Hasan Raza Hussain Raza Abbas Raza Ali Shah David Morris Stephen McHugh Kevin Fairless Darren Eddy Matthew Grimmond
Promoted to 10th Kup level 2
Duane Karunaratne Steven Farnham Cameron Fairlamb Sarah Jayne Allman Keiron Allman Gabriel Jarman- Ivens Samie Mohammed Ali Mohammed
Promoted to 10th Kup level 1
Richard Towler Jack Maskey Jade O Connor Abbey Parsons Husna Harriffudin Huda Harriffudin Haneef Harriffudin Jacob Parsons
Special congratulations to Caroline Scott, James Sotheran, Ali Shah, Dalton Foster and Dylan Henderson who all passed with plus passes.
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Little Dragon grading results
Congratulations to all Little Dragons who graded on Thursday 4th March.
New Blue Stripes Jay Wannop, Dominic Moor, Paul Simpson, Shaun Topham, Lucas Straughan, Darwin Boyle, Abigail Sotheran, James Fairlamb, Brandon Bates, Ryan Zhao, Lewis Marshall, Adam Eddy, Iona Cooper New Green Stripes Matthew Stead, Toby Worthy New Yellow Stripes Will Cartlidge, Evie Allinson, Alex Nichol, Emily Churchward. |
Grandmaster Tran
The sad news has now been confirmed with regards to the search for Grandmaster Tran from the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake. Our thoughts and sympathies go to his family on this sad day.
The following has been taken from the ITF website: It is with great sadness that the ITF inform you all of the tragic death of our President Grand Master TrânTriêu Quân, 9th Degree Black Belt, following the recent earthquake in Haiti. We have just received information from the Trân family regarding the discovery of Grand Master Trân from the rubble of the Hotel Montana in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. His body was found under several tons of debris. His death was confirmed by an official of the Embassy of Canada in Haiti. His identity was confirmed by the Disaster Victim Identification assessment team working in Haiti with the Consular Affairs Bureau of Foreign Affairs Canada. His body will be repatriated to Canada on Sunday, February 14. Our thoughts go to the Trân family. We wish to extend our most sincere condolences to them.Speaking from Argentina, Senior Vice-President Grand Master Pablo Trajtenberg stated: “We are so sorry to hear about Grand Master Trân’s death. We are still in shock. ITF and Taekwon-Do have lost a very strong and devoted leader, a great defender of our art in the tradition of our Founder, General Choi Hong Hi. He will remain forever a model that will inspire us all. We wish to extend our deepest sympathies to Grand Master Trân’s dear wife, Mrs. Nguyen Thi My; his children, Joliette, Cécilia and Nicolas; his son-in-law, François Beaudin; his grandchildren, Jasmine and Sandrine; his brothers, Trân Triêu Cung and Trân Triêu Lân; and all the Trân and Nguyen extended families. The fact that Grand Master Trân lost his life in a country such as Haiti is meaningful because he strongly believed in the contribution of Taekwon-Do to the building of strong citizenship qualities in developing countries. He had set time aside to meet with a group of Taekwon-Do students during his stay in Port-au-Prince. We already miss him.”All Taekwon-Do practitioners from around the world are kindly invited to write memories of Grand Master Trân or words of sympathy to the Trân family on the following ITF web page: http://www.itfnz.org.nz/commemorative/grand-master-tran-condolence.html. Grand Master Trân was President of the ITF since 2003. He had been re-elected to serve for a second term in 2007.
The ITF Board stands united with you in your sympathies for our beloved President and his family. We believe the bond and friendships between all our nations will be forever strengthened and remain strong. |
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2009 review
2009 was a very good year for the club.
Christmas party seemed to be a big success at the Namco bowling centre we had almost 100 people in attendance.
Students of the year awards were introduced with the following winners:-
Best Senior Competitor- Caroline Scott
Best Junior Competitor - Sean Ranson
Most Improved Senior- Jake Rutherford
Most Improved Junior- Megan Vince
Hardest working female dragon- Jade O Connor
Most Improved female dragon - Iona Cooper
Hardest working male dragon- Lucas Straughan
Most Improved male dragon- Darwin Boyle
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7.12.09 - Junior and Senior Grading Friday 4th December |
| Promoted to 5th Kup
Sean Ranson Jordan Ranson Anakin Edwards Kenny Rainey Steve O Neil
Promoted to 6th Kup
Caroline Scott Michael Sutherland Kevin Martin
Promoted to 7th Kup
Bradley Gregg Sophie Robson Alexander Wallace Charley Jay
Promoted to 9th Kup
David Farnham Andrew Eland Ian Sotheran
Promoted to 10th Kup level 2
Daniel Ash Daniel Rowell Louisa Appleby Rebecca Appleby Leon Boyle Elizabeth Carter
Promoted to 10th Kup level 1
Steven Farnham Cameron Fairlamb Sarah- Jayne Allman
Keiron Allman Gabriel Jarman Ivens Casper Jarman Ivens
Well done everyone and extra well done to the following who received a '+' pass:-
Steve O Neil, Caroline Scott, Ian Sotheran and Sean Ranson.
Please ensure you have your tags stitched onto your belts for the next possible lesson and new belts will be issued next week.
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7.12.09 - Little Dragon grading 26th November |
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Awarded green stripe belts
Dominic Moor Jay Wannop Lucas Straughan Jade O Connor Paul Simpson
Shaun Topham Darwin Boyle Iona Cooper Abigail Sotheran Ryan Zhao
Brandon Bates Ben Charlton Jay Peacock James Fairlamb Adam Eddy Lewis Marshall
Awarded Yellow Stripe
Christina Corr Toby Worthy Matthew Stead
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18.10.09 - Results from Grading Friday 16th October 2009 |
Promoted to 6th Kup
Maddy Clarke
Promoted to 7th Kup
Willim Shipley Cameron Straughan Sophie Howorth
Ellie Henderson Dylan Henderson Maggie Hegarty
Steven Errington Steven Graham Simon Ramshaw
Promoted to 8th Kup
Megan Vince Conall Blain Cavan Sutherland
Jake Carr Joanne Peacock
Promoted to 9th Kup
Charlie Peacock Dalton Foster James Sotheran
Noah Bingham Joseph Todd Ben Foster
Katie Scott Harry Vincent Charlotte Vincent
Jack Derham
Promoted to 10th Kup level 2
Amy Teesdale Anthony O Connor Hasan Raza
Abbas Raza Hussain Raza Ali Shah
Ross Bisset
Promoted 10th Kup Level 1
Elizabeth Carter Samie Mohammed Ali Mohammed
Louisa Appleby Rebecca Appleby Leon Boyle
Duane Karunaratne
Extra well done to James Sotheran and Katie Scott who recieved a plus pass each!!!!!!!!
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12.10.09 - Little Dragons Grading Thursday 1st October |
Congratulations to all the little dragons who took their first grading at Ryton on Thursday 1st October you all did very well indeed and I can see you are going to fantastic martial artists if you keep trying that hard.
This was the very first little dragon grading to take place with the school and here are the dragons who took part and passed:-
Dominic Moor Jay Wannop Lucas Straughan Jade O Connor Paul Simpson Shaun Topham
Darwin Boyle Iona Cooper Abigail Sotheran Brandon Bates James Fairlamb Ben Charlton
Jay Peacock Ryan Zhao Adam Eddy Lewis Marshall
Well done to all of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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12.10.09 - Newcastle Mela Demonstration 26th September
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Thanks to all the team that came and took part in the demonstration at the Newcastle Mela this year. We only had short notice but we had an amazing 20 students to take part. It was very well recieved and all students did vey well in front of a large crowd. We have added photos and videos to the gallery and youtube account so you can have a look and see the team in action. I have been invited to Spice FM since to give a radio interview and the Mela have also been in touch to say they have added plenty of photos to their website. Hopefully we will be invited next year where we can put on an even better show!! |
29.7.09 - Results from 24th July grading. Promoted to 6th Kup Steve O Neil Darren Neil Sharon Neil Promoted to 7th Kup Michael Sutherland Caroline Scott Kevin Martin Maria Drummond John Shipley Promoted to 8th Kup Sophie Robson Bradley Gregg Charley Jay Alexander Wallace Promoted to 9th Kup Megan Vince Ryan Bolam Jack Dryden Cavan Sutherland Jake Carr Des Jefferson Joanne Peacock Promoted to 10th Kup level 2 Charlie Peacock Dalton Foster James Sotheran Noah Bingham Joseph Todd Ben Foster Katie Scott Promoted to 10th Kup Level 1 Daniel Rowell Daniel Ash Anthony O Connor Hasan Raza Abbas Raza Hussain Raza Ali Shah Ross Bisset Amy Teesdale Congratulations to Caroline Scott who achieved a plus pass. |
5.7.09 - Congratulations to the team who competed at the TAE junior championships in Penrith on 5th July. The team consisted of Maggie Hegarty, Megan Vince, Sean Ranson, Jordan Ranson, Anakin Edwards, James Sotheran, Katie Scott, Alexander Wallace, Dylan Henderson, Ellie Henderson, Jake Carr, Shaun Costa, Liam Vickerage, Thomas Vickerage, Noah Bingham. The team brought back a total of 11 medal; 4 golds, 2 silver and 5 bronze. Special congratulations to James Sotheran who also won the best under 9 years student trophy. Well done to all of you who competed I am very proud!!!! |
1.5.09 - Results from Friday 1st May grading at Rowlands Gill Promoted to 6th Kup Liam Vickerage Thomas Vickerage Sean Henderson Shaun Costa Promoted to 7th Kup Steve O Neil Hannah Thompson Scott Smith Promoted to 8th Kup Sam Scott Thomas Graham Cameron Straughan Ellie Henderson Dylan Henderson Maggie Hegarty John Shipley Michael Sutherland Caroline Scott Kevin Martin Natalie Wilkinson Promoted to 9th Kup Lorrie Fenwick Joe Pitt Armstrong Finn Pitt Armstrong Jordan Johnson Keiran McLellen Bradley Gregg Sophie Robson Conall Blain Alexander Wallace Hadyn Brown Jamie Robson Dryden Promoted to 10th Kup level 2 Lee Stonehouse Harry Vincent Charlotte Vincent Cavan Sutherland Eleanor Ramsey Jack Derham Promoted to 10th Kup level 1 Charlie Peacock Joseph Todd Ben Foster Katie Scott Dalton Foster James Sotheran Noah Bingham The following received + pass grades:- Steve O Neil, Caroline Scott, Ellie Henderson , Dylan Henderson. Congratulations to all of you, new belts will be issued next week to those who require them. If you need to fit tags to you belt please do so as quickly as possible. |
1.3.09 - Results from 28th February grading: Promoted to 6th Kup Congratualtions to you all and well done. Belts will be issued at your next lesson to all who need new belts. Please ensure those who need to add yellow or green tags do so for your next lesson.
7.2.09 - Results from 6th February grading: Promoted to 6th Kup
Callum Hutchinson Sean Ranson Jordan Ranson Promoted to 7th Kup Thomas Vickerage Liam Vickerage Alex Robinson Promoted to 8th Kup Matthew Harris Scott Smith William Shipley Promoted to 9th Kup Sam Scott Thomas Graham Cameron Straughan Amy Griffiths Ellie Henderson Dylan Henderson Maggie Hegarty Charley Jay Michael Sutherland Alison Robinson Promoted to 10th Kup level 2 Ryan Bolam Megan Vince Keiran McLellen Bradley Gregg Conall Blain Sophie Robson Alexander Wallace Jack Dryden Thomas Robertson Promoted to 10th Kup level 1 Jack Derham Lee Stonehouse Harry Vincent Charlotte Vincent Morgan Thompson Riley Lowther Cavan Sutherland Eleanor Ramsey |
8.10.08 - Congratulations |
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17.9.08 - Results from Junior grading |
Promoted to 7th Kup
Anakin Edwards Callum Hutchinson Sean Ranson Jordan Ranson
Christopher Lambie Shaun Costa
Promoted to 8th Kup
Alex Robinson Marshall Richards
Thomas Stevenson Callum Lockett
Promoted to 9th Kup
Matthew Harris Tom Potts
Scott Smith William Shipley
Promoted to 10th Kup level 2
Thomas Graham Cameron Straughan
Amy Griffiths Ellie Henderson
Dylan Henderson Maggie Hegarty Haydn Brown Robbie O Neil Jamie Robson Dryden Promoted to 10th Kup level 1 Ryan Bolam Bradley Gregg Sophie Robson Joseph O Donnell Alexander Wallace Jack Dryden Thomas Robertson Conall Blain Congratulations to all of you Mr McKenna said you were better than the seniors last week!! Remember that next grading the seniors will want to be better so keep up the excellent work!!!! |
10.9.08 - Grading results - All Saints |
Promoted to 7thKup Promoted to 9th Kup |
13.6.08 - Grading results - West Denton |
Congratulations to all those who passed their grading at West Denton on Friday 13th June 2008. The standard of theory knowledge demonstrated to Mr McKenna was excellent in particular, so well done to you all.
Promoted to 5th Kup
William Armstrong Promoted to 8th Kup Anakin Edwards Christopher Ewens Callum Hutchinson Maddy Clarke Samantha Lockett Sean Ranson
Jordan Ranson Sean Henderson
Christopher Lambie Joe Henderson
Dominic Phillips Emery Kyle Leonard
Darren Neil Sharon Neil
Promoted to 9th Kup
Marshall Richards Alex Robinson Hannah Thompson Maria Drummond
Kevin Lynn Carl Armstrong
Amelia Simmonds Amy Lowther
Simon Ramshaw Laura Thompson
Steve O’Neil James Hanson
Promoted to 10 Kup level 2
Sam Scott Matthew Harris Tom Potts Scott Smith
Promoted 10th Kup level 1
Cameron Straughan Amy Griffiths Ellie Henderson Dillon Henderson
Maggie Heggerty Haydn Brown
Megan Vince Keiran McLellen
Jamie Robson Dryden
SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO STEVE O’NEIL WHO WAS AWARDED AN A PASS. YOU HAVE NOW SET THE STANDARD STEVE!!!!!
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13.3.08 - Grading Results - West Denton |
Congratualtions to all of the following who have successfully passed the grading at West Denton on the 13th March.
Promoted to 8th Kup
Ryan Dixon
Kenny Rainey
Thomas Vickerage
Liam Vickerage
Promtoed to 9th Kup
Anakin Edwards
Christopher Ewens
Callum Hutchinson
Maddy Clarke
Callum Lockett
Samantha Lockett
Sean Ranson
Jordan Ranson
Kayleigh Davison
Adam Davison
Christopher Lambie
Stephen Errington
Thomas Stevenson
Leslie Dixon
Joe Henderson
Sean Henderson
Dominic Phillips Emery
Kyle Leonard
Promoted to 10 Kup level 2
William Shipley
Charley Jay
Kyle Robson
McKenzie Darrington
Marshall Richards
Alex Robinson
Promoted 10th Kup level 1
Sam Scott
Liam Erskine
Keiran Brunton
Aiden Dennison-Powell
Thomas Graham
Matthew Harris
Robbie O'Neil
Thomas Potts
Scott Smith
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6.3.08 - Grading Results Congratulations to Darren and Sharon Neil who have been promoted to 9th KUP from the 6th march grading at Gosforth |
20.12.07 - Christmas Break This year over the Christmas period the schools will be closed from last class at Ryton on Thursday 20 th December until reopening again on the Thursday 3 rd January at Ryton. Please try to keep yourselves fit and although we wish everyone a very happy Christmas try to balance the fun throughout this period with some practicing or other forms of exercise so you can continue the good work in the new year without too much effort ‘getting over the festive period’!! |
19.12.07 - Grading Results Congratulations to the following who have passed their grading on Friday 7th December at
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22.11.07 - Jon Churchward Taekwon-do Website Launched Welcome to the new website which went live in November 2007. We hope this will become a focal point for club news and information. If you have any suggestions for things to go on the website please let us know |
29.10.07 - Rowlands Gill class opens A new class has been opened in Rowlands Gill at the Strathmore Road Methodist Church Hall. Please see the Schools section for details on days and times of classes. |
14.09.07 - First Grading at West Denton Congratulations to the following who have been promoted to 9 th Kup as part of the first grading at West Denton . The first step towards your Blackbelt goal.
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19.07.07 - Ryton class opens A new class was started in Ryton at the Holy Cross Church Hall in old Ryton Village above the boxing club. The club was started after interest generated from the Ryton Summer Festival and after some initial marketing has grown well. Details on days and times can be found in the Schools section. |
30.06.07 - Ryton Summer Festival Demonstration On Saturday 30th June students from West Denton joined in with other students from the Newcastle Black Belt Academy to perform demonstrations as part of the Ryton Summer Festival. Initially expected to be performed outside within marquee tents, at last minute notice due to heavy rain, they were moved within the comprehensive school. Nevertheless we were able to adapt and put on two very well received impressive demonstrations, Mr McKenna was particularly impressed with the skills of the West Denton students. Well done and thanks to all those involved. Please see the gallery for a selection of images from the day. |
12.01.07 - West Denton class reopens West Denton reopens under instructorship from Jon Churchward whilst staying affiliated to the Newcastle Blackbelt Academy . West Denton has been a training venue for the academy for over 10 years mainly under Mr Anthony McKenna, 5 th Degree who is head instructor at the NBA. |
Taekwondo Benefits
- Physical - co-ordination, toning, reduction of weight, improved flexibility, cardiovascular conditioning, increased strength, general fitness.
- Mental - confidence, self-discipline, stress reduction, better self image and a more positive attitude.
- Philosophical - honesty, courtesy, humility, respect, courage, generosity, loyalty and perseverance
