2012 was another good year for the club.
- We took a total of 92 medals including 31 gold, 22 silver and 39 bronze as well as 2 best in category trophies. We won the Club Shield in the TAE Team Championships and second in the Junior/Senior Championships. We also topped the gold medal charts at the TKD Sport Open in Perth, an amazing feat from a small squad of 15 competitors who competed against some of the best students from Scotland.
- We also had four students compete for the TAE at the ITF World Cup in Brighton and came back with two bronze medals.
•We held 3 gradings during the year that were well attended by students that had reached the required standard. 148 students have been promoted including 23 plus passes.
• Little dragon classes are running very strongly in Ryton, Rowlands Gill and West Denton. Throughout the year we held 9 Little Dragon gradings and we had 145 new belts given out to Dragons who had reached their next level.
• We also had 7 Little Dragons who moved into juniors after reaching the correct level and age.
• Squad training has been well attended building up to the three competitions which proved very successful.
• We completed an excellent demonstration at the Newcastle Mela in Newcastle Exhibition which proved very popular and feedback was excellent.
• We also had students take part in TAE squad training including a sparring seminar in which we invited six times World Champion Miss Julia Cross, 5th degree to take the club through some great sparring drills. The seminar was a great success and many students have been inspired by a true champion and inspirational instructor.
• In August we held our second Club Summer camp in Newquay, Cornwall that was a great success. Students and parents from the club got to take part in extra training and activities in a completely new environment and also got to make friends with others from Mr Grant Churchward’s club.
Christmas party and presentation night seemed to be a big success at the Namco bowling centre we had almost 130 people in attendance.
