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Latest News and Developments at Penrith TaeKwon-Do School

Schedule of Events

The schedule of events for the TaeKwon-Do Association of England can be found by clicking here.

Other events will be posted as and when we receive news.

TAE Team Championships.

On the 4th of July, 2010 we entered 2 teams in the 1st Annual TAE Team Championships, hosted by Mr. McKenna 6th Degree in Kenton, Newcastle. Both teams did fantastically well, in the largest division (the 8-13's) at the competition. The Green Mean Fighting Machine took gold in team patterns and came close in sparring and jump kicking to getting further in the competition. The Dan Gun Busters won their first 2 rounds in team patterns before losing by a slim margin in the next round. They also fought well in the sparring earning a bronze medal and did well in jump kicking.  The teams are as follows:

The Green Mean Fighting Machine: Jordan Spooner, Amy Hullock, Kyle Ryder, Adam Hill and Lauren Bainbridge.

Dan Gun Busters: Darryl Thwaites, Jamie Parker, Matthew Blackman, Ryan Hogg and Zoe Hullock.

Zoe and Adam were awarded a baseball cap with the ITF logo imprinted on the front, for their efforts as team captains, by their coaches Di and Fraser. All team members and coaches were also presented with team t-shirts by Mr. Rigg for their attendance at team training leading up to the event. 

TAE Junior Championships.

Again we played host to this years TAE Junior Championships, at Penrith Leisure Centre on the 8th of May, 2010.  Click to download the Press Release

Competitor League Table.

Because we have a lot of keen competitors in our school; we've put together a table to help you keep track of your progress throughout the year. This will also make choosing some of our end of year awards, such as best overall competitor, best in sparring, patterns, jump kicking and power, an easier task, as we can just refer to this table. To take a look at the current results for this year click Competition Results.

Coloured Belt Grading

Congratulations to the following students who passed their recent coloured belt grading on the 5th of June:

Tim Millidge, Diane Hill, Darryl Thwaites, Lisa Ryder, Aaron Ryder, Ryan Hogg, Victor Wright, Terry Sharpe, Amy Hullock, Adam Hill, Jordan Spooner, Lewis Powell, Bradley Churchill, Kyle Ryder, Shay Brenan, Nathan Hamilton, Lauren Bainbridge, Douglas Bainbridge and Louise Willis.

Penrith TKD's Newest Black Belt

Jake Churchill, successfully passed his black belt grading in front of the TAE examination panel on the 29th of March. Jake did a great job and impressed the examination panel. Jake has been training with our school for 6 years and is 15 years of age. Read what Jake has to say by clicking on his photograph in the testimonials.

Coloured Belt Grading

Congratulations to the following students who passed their recent coloured belt grading (yellow belts and below) on the 13th of March:

Tim Millidge, Diane Hill, Matthew Hill, Caitlin Blackman, Matthew Blackman, Darryl Thwaites, Joanna Thwaites, Lisa Ryder, Aaron Ryder, Kirsten Scott, Ryan Hogg, Harry McPhillips, Jamie Parker, Sam Leadbetter, Zoe Hullock, Victor Wright, Andrew Ellwood, Terry Sharpe and Louise Willis.

Next Important Events:

Remaining School Coloured Belt Gradings:

September the 4th and December the 11th.

Remaining Black and Red Belt Workouts:

18th July, 12th Sept, 10th Oct, and 21st Nov.

Please note that attendance at a percentage of black belt workouts and TAE technical seminars is a pre-requisit for dan gradings. 

Students of the Month

Well done to our student's of the month: Seniors: Lisa, Juniors: Kyle and Jordan, Little Ninjas 1: Ben. L, Little Ninjas 2: Niall.

New Students

Welcome to Manney, Harry. K, Mark, Kyle, Daniel, Caitlin, Terry, Paul, Tim, Zak, Harrison, Alex, Leo, Niall, James, Robbie, Megan, Matthew, Harry. D, Jack, Chloe, Nathan, Danny, Joe, Elliott and Jack who joined our school in January and February of this year. 

We have 2 places available in our seniors classes, 1 place available in our juniors and a waiting list for our Little Ninjas programmes.

The Gallery

Check out the gallery. It's now brimming with photo's of members of our school at different events.