Medals haul for Uddingston TAGB Students excel at World Championships
Fighters from Uddingston’s TAGB tae kwon do club returned with medals and international places from the World Championships in Birmingham in July.
The club brought home 18 medals, consisting of six world champions, five silver medallists and seven bronze medallists.
The competition was spread over two days and saw over 3000 competitors from 22 countries represented.
Teams travelled from, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Northern Ireland, USA, Australia, Canada, Argentina, Malta, Russia, Switzerland and Poland, amongst others.
Four of the Uddingston students were selected to be part of the international event, with Jodi Smith, Lee Nugent and Michael Mcgraw picked for Scotland.
And the ladies’ team won the international event for the first time as the men’s team secured third place.
Claire Quinn represented Northern Ireland but was unlucky not to get through the draws. The results were: Neve Smith: world champion cadet blue/red belt and bronze in patterns; Jodi Smith: world champion cadet black belt lightweight; Holly Boyce: bronze in sparring; Lee Nugent: men’s international teams, third; Lucy Buchanan: world champion girls’ black belt light heavyweight and silver teams; Josh Maxwell: world champion men’s blue belt heavyweight; Aiden Carlin: tag team world champion; Zak Maxwell: tag team world champion; Avril Maxwell: silver in continuous sparring; Claire Quinn: bronze points sparring; Lois Marley: silver patterns and silver teams; Sophie Mitchell: silver teams; Ava Mitchell: bronze teams; Orla Evans: bronze points sparring and bronze teams.
Instructor Kirsty Izat said: “We are all really proud of everyone who took part in these championships, whether they meddaled or not.
“For the guys and girls to bring home 18 medals from such a tough tournament was an outstanding achievement.
“Credit to each of them, they put in the extra training during the week and at the weekends and it has obviously paid off.”
Miss Izat and her students train at Uddingston Sports Centre on Monday and Wednesday nights.
There are classes available for tots, juniors and adults.
Call Kirsty on 07733 337545.