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bargain prices, and the lunch club is also on Thursday from 12.30pm to 1.30pm, with excellent food and new members would be most welcome. taekwondo sportswoman and East Durham College student is celebrating an amazing year of success in 2018 – and looking another incredible year in 2019. Simone Abley, 18 from Spennymoor, has been taking part in taekwondo since she was four and in March she will be representing East Durham College at the Student National Championships. If success- ful, Simone will then go on to qualify for the European University Sports Association (EUSA) championships. She won the British National Championships in Taekwondo for the fifth time recently. Simone has won the championship throughout her career at pee-wee cadet, junior and senior levels. She has represented Great Britain since the age of 13, and has also won other awards, including 2014 Commonwealth champion, 2016 GB Junior of the Year and – in October 2018 – won the bronze medal at the Under-21 European championships. Simone has fused her passion for taekwondo and set up a business, Salamander Taekwondo, where she teaches, alongside her brother, the next generation of taekwondo students. As part of her coaching work, Simone has also been awarded the title of Young Coach of the Year, and regularly visits schools across the Durham area to get children involved in taekwondo. Shotton Hall is planning a fabulous afternoon for Ladies’ Day on Sundaym March 3, from noon until 5pm, tickets £30 each. Treat yourself or a friend or loved one to a ticket as a gift. This event is extremely popular so call to book, 0191 586 2491, or go online at https://buff. ly/2S2W0ih#girlsruetheworld