MWTA British Championships

Master Wolf's Taekwon-Do Academies (MWTA) proudly presented the first MWTA British Championships, which was held on Saturday the 3rd of May, at the Hartsdown Leisure Centre, in Margate, Kent.

The main hall at Hartsdown was presented extremely well and looked very professional with 8-matted areas. The running of the tournament was second to none, with plenty of umpires and referees working throughout the day, Master Wolf ran a very efficient day�s event.

The tournament included both pattern and sparring categories, and was open to colour belt and black belt competitors, both junior and senior. The competitors included members from other groups around the UK and Europe, and teams travelled from Ireland, Spain and Belgium to take part in the event.
There were also divisions, which catered for children as young as 5-years old, which starred the MWTA Wolf Cub members. Approximately 100 school children from the local area competed in this tournament.
The MWTA Wolf Cubs were inspirational, not only showing outstanding discipline and mature sportsmanship, but also great competitive spirit.
The Cub�s ages range from 5 to 8-years. They displayed amazing talent in their sparring ability, and most shocked of all, were the parents of some of the children who could not believe that their child was capable of such intense focus, as well as mental and physical discipline.

The tournament finale was an amazing Team event.
It was an incredible display of Taekwon-Do skills and with an amazing atmosphere generated by the crowd and the showmanship of the competitors, it was a spectacular event enjoyed by all � especially the competitors!
The Teams included members of the prestigious MWTA Men�s Team, who in 2007 won team titles at the Pan-American (Brazil), American Cup (Argentina) and Celtic Cup (Ireland) Championships.

Within the next few years we hope to build this tournament into a major event that is renowned throughout the UK and Europe, and brings hundreds of competitors to Thanet.
Proceeds from this tournament and any future fundraising is being put towards the ever-increasing costs of sending the MWTA students to International tournaments such as the European Championships in Sardinia, Italy in July, and the World Cup in Uruguay in November. MWTA look to sponsor as many students as possible, availing local people the opportunity to bring more success to the area.

MWTA would like to thank the following companies who kindly provided donations and sponsorship for this event, Lilybrook Developments Limited, Hub Enterprise, The Surgery Design House, Living Space estate and letting agents, Two Chimneys Caravan Park, W.W. Martin, Adelick Fashion, The Monsoon Indian Restaurant, Lansdell Soft Drinks and Ballards Florist. Many thanks also to the Thanet Council and all of the staff at the Hartsdown Leisure Centre and Thanet Leisure Force for their support. Master Wolf said, �I would like to especially extend my thanks and gratitude to all our sponsors and special thanks to all of the people who worked so hard to make this tournament a success. Well done to all of the students who competed from the UK, Ireland, Belgium and Spain�

Reults: Sparring : Patterns

For photographs from this event please visit the Gallery section of the website. Please note that you can purchase a DVD containing high-resolution photographs for the nominal fee of �5, please see your Instructor for details.


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