Monday 23 January 2017

UITF Euros - 2016

Alex and Emma Collett flew out to Poland last weekend to represent England in the first ever UITF European Tae Kwon Do championships. Between them they managed to bring back three silver medals. Mr Collett was the first of the pair to compete in the gruelling 33 degree weather. Although he didn’t achieve as he would have liked in patterns, he managed an impressive silver medal in men’s heavyweight sparring. This is particularly impressive as Mr Collett has only been a black belt for 5 years, compared to the near 15 years of some of his fellow competitors.
Next up was Mrs Collett, who has been training in this martial art for 15 years herself. After making a slight mistake in the final she narrowly missed the gold in patterns and had to content herself with second place. She managed to control her disappointment, however, and refocused herself to earn a silver medal in the ladies middleweight sparring.

Emma and Alex are part of the England GTUK Tae Kwon Do team, who between them brought home a very well deserved 24 medals (8 gold, 11 silver and 5 bronze). Alongside their national training Mr and Mrs Collett also run a club in Sutton Coldfield. To find out more about how to train with them check out their website www.sctkd.co.uk or email them at sctkd@hotmail.com

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