TIDWORTH Taekwondo continued their fantastic year with one of the biggest medal hauls in the club’s history.

Competing in the London Open, the group, took home six medals, three of which were gold.

The day begun with the pattern events in which students perform their ‘tul’ alongside a competitor before the judges vote for the superior performance.

The standard of pattern performed by Tidworth students was high and several narrowly missed out on a medal position.

Tidworth Taekwondo had one of the most successful medal hauls in the club’s history with six in total Luke Dennis achieved the first medal position of the day as he beat his competitors in every round and took home the gold medal for the 13-17 yellow belt category.

Wayne Hemsley also achieved a bronze medal for patterns in the veteran colour belt category.

The real excitement took place in the afternoon’s sparring categories which involves sparring against a competitor and attempting to score points with attacking techniques.

Only junior students took part and they did well with every single competitor winning at least one round in the competition.

Bailey Prout, put in an excellent first time performance showing a great deal of energy in the ring despite having to spar for a second round due to a draw.

He eventually won the round due to an illegal technique performed against him but was unable to achieve a medal position this time.

Conner Meade also showed improved technique and achieved his first bronze medal for sparring.

Jacob and Ben Hemsley continue to show real talent in sparring with Jacob achieving a bronze medal and Ben taking home the gold medal for his category.

However the real success story of the day was William Hemsley, who fought a number of competitors, scoring a great deal of points with a range of techniques but when it came down to the final he shone.

His opponent was barely able to score points as William dominated the round and used his tactical skills to great advantage.

Medal Summary – Luke Dennis – Gold (patterns), Wayne Hemsley – Bronze (patterns), Ben Hemsley – Gold (sparring), Conner Meade – Bronze (sparring), Jacob Hemsley – Bronze (sparring), William Hemsley – Gold (sparring).