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Euros 2015 Report
By Liliana Cottrell
The 30th Senior and 21st Junior A.E.T.F. Taekwon-Do European
Championships were held from the 22nd to 25th of October 2015 in
Motherwell, Scotland. The event took place in the huge arena of the
Ravenscraig Sports Complex, which was also one of the venues used
for the 2014 Commonwealth Games. The competition was fittingly of
very high standard with 520 of the best competing from 23 European
countries.
It was well organised and ran smoothly with any minor glitches dealt with under the
guidance of Master Alex Dunbar, Master James Tjin-A-Ton and Mr. Attila Solti of the
AETF Tournament Committee and also by the Organising Committee members: Mr. John
McIlvaney, Ms Gillian McIlvaney and Mr. David Condie.
Amongst the guests of honour were GM Pablo Trajtenberg (President of ITF); GM Paul
Weiler (Vice-President Senior of ITF); GM Tom MacCallum; GM Williem Jacob Bos
(Director of ITF); Master Juan Ferrando (General Secretary of ITF); Master Tadeusz
Loboda (President of AETF) and many other honourable members of the ITF and AETF
boards as well as many ITF Champions past and present. ITF England President Donato
Nardizzi was also among them.
The 4 ITF England Umpires on duty at the Euros were GM Orello Ellis, Master Ken
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Chesterman, Mrs Elena Shutova and
Dr Jeff Brider.
The ITF England National Team was
led and coached by National
Coaches: Mr. Philip Lear (Team
Manager), Mr. Daniel Lammin, Mr.
Piotr Capaja, Mr. Neil Ernest, Mr. Paul
Adams, Mr. Wayne Burns, Mr. Johann
De Silva and Mrs Wendy McColl.
RESULTS
The England squad had a very
Carly Wilson, Jenny Swain and Jenifer Pena
successful campaign this year and
- Ladies Team Patterns
managed to surpass achievements
from the 2014 European Championships with the following results.
GOLD
Izzy Brider – 2nd Degree Junior Female Patterns – European Champion
Tiegan Flay – Junior Female Sparring – under 45 kg – European Champion
Matt Cadle – Senior Male Sparring – under 63 kg – European Champion
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Adam Bonwick – 2nd Degree Junior Male Patterns
Izzy Brider – Junior Female Sparring – under 50 kg
Reuben Williams – Senior Male Sparring – under 63 kg
Anikó Herédi – Senior Female Sparring – over 75 kg
Anikó Herédi – Senior Female Power Test
Junior Male Team Patterns: Tim Lobley, Tom Davies, Zack Leberl, Sean Ranson,
Parris Ikuomola and Tomas Taylor
Senior Female Team Sparring: Jennifer Pena, Hannah Whittaker, Laura Fox
Longdon, Courtney Smith, Anikó Herédi and Ashleigh Hawkins
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BRONZE
Zack Leberl – 2nd Degree Junior Male Patterns
Jenny Swain – 4th Degree Senior Female Patterns
Katie Wawman – Junior Female Sparring – under 65 kg
Thomas Taylor – Junior Male Sparring – under 50 kg
Zack Leberl – Junior Male Sparring – under 50 kg
Zak Espi – Senior Male Sparring – under 85 kg
Senior Female Team Patterns – Carly Wilson, Jennifer Pena, Jenny Swain,
Courtney Smith and Liliana Cottrell
Senior Male Team Power Test: Piotr Capaja, Shane O’Rourke, Nick Edmunds, Luke
Thompson and Wayne Burns
Senior Female Team Power Test: Laura Fox Longdon, Anikó Herédi and Liliana
Cottrell
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ENGLAND’S EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS
Matt Cadle
Matt Cadle, gave a top performance during this
year’s Euros, culminating in a high quality all
England final against team mate Reuben Williams
who came away with the Silver in the under 63 kg
Men’s Sparring Division. Matt was coached by Mr.
Phillip Lear and Reuben by Mr. Wayne Burns. Both
of them delighted England’s supporters with an
excellent demonstration of skill, worthy of a
European Championship Final!
Matt trains with Absolute Taekwon-Do, alongside
current ITF England Team mates, Zak Espi, Shane
O’Rourke, Ashleigh Hawkins, Katie and Abigail
Wawman under his instructor is Mr. Darren
Anderson. Matt has been competing at the very
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highest level for a long time (despite still
looking about 15) and the European
Championship was the only major honour
missing from his collection. Matt is a former 2
time World Champion (2007 & 2013) and as
such deserves his status as one of the ITF’s
most successful competitors. It is rumoured
that this will be his last major ITF tournament,
as he is planning his retirement from the ITF
Taekwon-Do International Competition scene
and what a finish, if this happens to be true…
Watch this space for more on Matt’s carrier and
future plans in an interview with the Champ
himself!
Matt Cadle -European Champion under 63 kg
Izzy Brider
Izzy Brider & Coach Mr Paul Adams
Izzy displayed excellent technique and skill in
winning Gold in the Junior Female 2nd Degree
Patterns category and also came away with a
Silver in the Junior Female under 50kg individual
sparring. As a result of these performances, Izzy
was named Best Overall Junior Female
Competitor, a status well deserved given her
fantastic performances across the six individual
and team events she competed in. Izzy competed
in individual and team patterns, individual and
team sparring, team power and team special
technique and as girls captain led by example.
She was coached through her patterns rounds by
coach Mr. Paul Adams and her sparring rounds by
England’s Team Manager Mr. Philip Lear.
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Izzy trains with Mr. James Miley at the Trident TKD
Academy, alongside England team mate Romy
Motthershead. Izzy has been training since age 5 and
is a great example of dedication and perseverance
having
triumphed
over
setbacks
and
disappointments, something all serious athletes
encounter on the road to success.
The title of European Champion 2015 adds to the
World Championship Gold that she won earlier in the
year. Izzy will be moving up to the seniors next year
and her successes in 2015 have been the perfect end
to her competition career as a Junior.
Izzy Brider - Patterns European Champion
Tiegan Flay
Tiegan Flay, delighted her team mates, coaches and
supporters alike, securing another Gold for England,
after fighting her way through the rounds of the Junior
Female under 45kg category. Tiegan won double gold
at last years World Cup but this was undoubtedly her
best performance in major ITF tournaments to date in a
very tough division.
Tiegan started training with P.U.M.A. (Professional
Unification of Martial Arts) aged 8, initially with Mr.
Jason Mortimer and then Master John Black until he
sadly passed away in 2013. Her current instructor is Mr
Brett Dowling. Tiegan has been competing since she
was a yellow belt and attending P.U.M.A. National
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Squad Training sessions since she was a green belt.
At the 2015 Euros, Tiegan was coached
through the rounds by her coach of
many years Mr. Daniel Lammin who
managed to get the best out of her as a
result of having worked together for
many years throughout her competitive
career. The final was a very tense and
close affair with the lead changing hands
repeatedly in the final. Tiegan went
behind with just over 10 seconds left in
the match but showed great heart to
earn the crucial score in the last few
seconds to earn the most dramatic of
golds. Tiegan’s achievement in winning
gold is all the more remarkable as she
had not been 100% during the
tournament. At the time nothing much was thought of this but a week after returning
home she was in hospital having been diagnosed with pneumonia and tuberculosis.
We’re glad to be able to confirm that she is now on the road to recovery.
All 3 of England’s Champions serve as a
great inspiration to their team mates as
well as up and coming competitors.
Each of them has a fantastic work ethic
and they have all shown huge levels of
commitment over a long period. As a
result of that, and more than a little
talent, they have achieved truly amazing
things. To top it all off all remain
completely grounded and as a result are
very popular members of the team,
something which could easily be seen
from the reactions of the entire team
when they each won gold!
Tiegan Flay - under 45kg Junior Females Sparring
- European Champion
OTHER TEAM ACHIEVEMENTS
Of course, the preparation for the 2015 AETF European Championships was not without
challenges and set-backs. Injuries and withdrawals meant that there had to be some late
changes in the England Patterns and Sparring Teams. This was particularly challenging
for the patterns teams as 4 patterns teams ended up with one or more new team
members coming in as late as five weeks prior to the event. The new team members had
to learn all twelve team patterns splits during a very limited amount of time with practice
opportunities limited due to the geographical spread of the team members. The patience,
commitment and hard work everyone had to put in to come together and put on credible,
competent performances on the mats on the day, was testament to the team spirit within
all who were involved, competitors and coaches alike.
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Mens Patterns Team
Despite all of this all teams did themselves proud with the Junior Male Patterns Team
managing the fantastic achievement of coming away with a Silver and the Senior Ladies
getting Bronze after only four weeks of their first appearance together as patterns teams.
Furthermore, the Senior Ladies Team
as a whole, led by Coach Mr. Daniel
Lammin, ranked 3rd in the classification
tables in the Female Team Events,
securing a medal across the three
events they competed in, with a Silver
in Team Sparring and Bronze in Team
Patterns and Power.
The Ladies Sparring Team all put in
very strong performances and had to
face the ladies of Norway, Sweden and
Poland, winning an impressive Silver
for their efforts. Special mention has to
go to Aniko Heredi. Affectionately
known as ‘Smash’ among her team
mates, she came away with 4 medals:
silver for individual power; individual
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Aniko Heredi - knife hand break
Katie Wawman sparring against Norway
and team sparring; and a bronze for team power, truly exceptional!
The Junior England Girls came 3rd in the Female Junior Competitors classification table
with Izzy’s Gold and Silver, Tiegan’s gold and Katie Wawman’s Bronze in under 65kg
Junior Female Sparring, after a strong performance, which could have easily placed her
in the final. Her score flipped in the last seconds of the semi-final after a minus point,
which stopped her from going through the final. Katie also won bronze at the World
Championship earlier this year and undoubtedly has a promising competitive carrier
ahead of her, definitely one to watch!
Our girls also performed well in the Team Special
Technique event with all of them managing to hit
the targets but failing to gain maximum points and
therefore missing on a medal.
Our boys did well two despite a heavier than usual
injury toll, with five of the Junior males having to
visit the tournament doctor with serious injuries
and keeping our excellent team physiotherapist
Wendy McColl incredibly busy. She worked
around the clock to keep all team members
moving be it with taping, massage, icing or advice.
Adam Bonwick - Juche
The talented Adam Bonwick managed to secure
silver in Second Degree Junior Male Patterns,
despite sustaining a serious injury in the semi-final
against team mate Zack Leberl who came away
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Head Kicks - Left: Hayden McCarthy against Russia and Right: Zak Espi against Ireland
with a Bronze in the same category. In the final, Adam’s Juche was still impressive even
through the pain. Unfortunately, he was then unable to fight the next day in the under
68kg Junior Male division or for the rest of the tournament but is recovering well since.
Zack Leberl went on to impress us all with his individual fights the next day, delivering
one of the best kicks of the tournament, a perfectly executed back kick, which had the
attention of the crowd in the hall. The only reason why Zack did not end up in the final
and came away with a Bronze in sparring too was because he ended up with a dislocated
shoulder in the semi-final and was unable to continue. Unfortunately, Tim Lobley had to
Adam & Jenny Swain - Pre-Arranged Sparring
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Ladies Patterns Team
miss out on at least a Bronze despite a great performance in the 68kg division due to a
cracked rib in the round before the semi-final rendering him also unable to continue.
Ollie Cottrell also under 68kg also
joined the injured group with a
dislocated shoulder and our lightest
Junior Male, Tom Taylor, having
achieved a bronze in his individual
sparring event, ended up with an elbow
injury in the Team events having
bravely fought the tallest and heaviest
member of the Polish Junior Males
Team who was around twice his weight.
Ollie Cottrell - under 68kg Junior sparring
Our Senior Men’s Sparring Team
fought well against their tough Irish
opponents, who were the 2015 World
Champions and sadly didn’t manage to
proceed to the later rounds after a
narrow overall loss.
Finally, our Senior Men then had our hearts in a flutter once more with great performance
in the incredibly competitive Team Power Event and managed to do us proud with a
Bronze.
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TEAM SPIRIT
One of the characteristics of a good team is the chemistry within. To be successful, a
team needs more than just good organisational stability, communication, individually
strong competitors and great coaches. To work well, a team needs that special chemistry
which binds the individuals together and makes each member of that team push and
work a little harder. Of course, there is no exact prescribed formula of how this chemistry
is achieved but clearly common goals, shared experiences, routines and rituals all help to
find that magic chemistry balance that makes a group of great individuals into a great
team.
For England at the Euros, this
special chemistry formula
included, among other
ingredients, lots of cream!
During
the
European
Championships this year, the
Pie Face Game became key
part of England’s celebration
ritual and helped make some
wonderful memories of
togetherness, as big dollops of
cream got splattered on happy
Pie Face - Mr Lear
Pie Face - Johann De Silva
faces, to the sound of cheers
and laughter. Gold for Pie Face
or Pie Face for Gold. The rules
laid down by Mr. Lear were
simple enough. For each gold
medal won, the Champion in
question got to hold a Pie Face
execution ceremony of each of
the Coaches in order of their
choosing. The first of these
ceremonies caused such
enjoyment and hilarity among
Pie Face - Piotr Capaja
Pie Face - Paul Adams
the team that during later finals
chants for ‘Pie Face’ erupted from the stands in support for competitors on the mats!
Somehow, the rules morphed slightly and our European Champions themselves ended
up in the splattering line. So popular was pie face that on the last night the Irish national
team also joined in on the fun!
FUNDING FUTURE PERFORMANCE
Putting the fun to one side, all members of the ITF England National Team have worked
incredibly hard in 2015 with two major ITF competitions on the Calendar. Most of the
competitors and the coaching staff attended both events and as such the effort,
dedication and time investment into the Team’s Success was huge. The England
National Team operates in an impressively professional manner, especially considering
that this is a group of National coaches and athletes representing England almost entirely
at their own expense. The team does receive a limited amount of funding from ITF
England, which itself is a non-profit organisation funded by its members and some
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Mr Daniel 'Gulliver' Lammin and the Lilliputian Ladies Patterns Team after winning the first round
personalised kit bags courtesy of Top
Ten and Bytomic . If anyone is interested
in sponsoring the team going forward
then this would make a huge difference
to everyone involved and hopefully
enable England to climb even further up
the overall rankings. Please contact us
on [email protected] to make contact,
if this would be something you wish to
explore further.
Nick Edmunds - Punch Break
Despite the limited funds, the England
Team has enjoyed one of their most
successful years ever under the
leadership of Team Manager Mr. Philip
Lear. Attention now turns to the 2016
European Championships, which will be
taking place 28th April -2nd May 2016 in
Tampere, Finland where the team will be
aiming to build further on their recent
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Luke Thompson - 4th Degree Patterns
Shane O'Rourke Team Power
successes. The national squad selections for this event will be held on 6 December in
Birmingham, after which the journey begins again for another year of challenges, hard
work and successes.
In closing, this is what England’s Team Manager, Mr. Philip Lear had to say:
"It's been a real pleasure to be involved with the National Team for the last 3 years, our
England have gone from picking up medals here and there in a few championships when
lucky to regular medal contenders and podium winners. This is down to so much hard
work in the background from our
Tournament Director Mr Nick Symonds
as well as all the coaches who have
worked with us since the beginning of
2013. Preparation for the Euros 2016
will take our team to yet another level, I
will be working harder as Team
Manager to make sure that every base
is covered and ensuring all the coaches
are getting the best out of the
competitors. As our medal tally rises so
does our expectation and we just
always ground ourselves with the
thought that our performances will give
us the results we deserve, prepare well
for the performances and the medals
will come. I am looking forward to a
very successful 2016 season and the
positive results that will bring".
Mr Philip Lear
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Orsolya Vicze-Mathe and Jason Kimmings
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