Well done to this pair of champs! Callum and Luca took part in the WKO European Open Championships today, and they earned 7 medals between them!
Luca: 1 x gold, 2 x silver, 1 x bronze
Callum: 2 x gold, 1 x silver

Well done, lads! Great stuff.
Well done to this pair of champs! Callum and Luca took part in the WKO European Open Championships today, and they earned 7 medals between them!
Luca: 1 x gold, 2 x silver, 1 x bronze
Callum: 2 x gold, 1 x silver
Well done, lads! Great stuff.
Following today’s GTI Black Belt Grading, we’re extremely proud to present our club’s newest Black Belts!
Olly Gargan, 1st Dan
Eloise Williams, 1st Dan
Nikola Kliza, 1st Dan
Nicole Murphy, 1st Dan
Connor Murphy, 3rd Dan.
Each of them has worked incredibly hard in the run up to the grading, putting in lots of work in class and at home, training hard to improve their weaker areas, and digging deep to conquer their fears and self-doubt. It was a tough journey, but you made it! Now the hard work begins again…
Massive congratulations to you all. Very well deserved. You’ve done your club proud!
We’re proud to have had a team representing the club today at the Rotterdam Taekwondo Cup!
This was the first international tournament for many of our fighters, and we’re proud of them all for stepping up and rising to the challenge!
Despite some tough competition, our team will bring home 3 silver and 11 bronze medals.
Well done to each of our competitors, including Kal, for getting onto the mats, gaining valuable experience and representing our little club on the world stage.
Thanks to everyone who made it happen, especially our coaches Connor, Callum and Nicole, who took care of all the organising as well as looking after the fighters. Thank you to Jan Merritt for doing an excellent job of fundraising for the trip. And thanks to everyone who supported the team, either in person or from home!
You’ve done us proud.
RESULTS: 2025 Rotterdam Taekwondo Cup
Jonny Almond | BRONZE Patterns BRONZE Non-contact sparring |
Olly Kruk | SILVER Sparring BRONZE Patterns |
Jay Williams-Garrett | BRONZE Sparring |
Jacob Almond | BRONZE Sparring |
Talia Murphy | BRONZE Sparring |
Dominik Kruk | BRONZE Sparring |
Liam Murphy | BRONZE Sparring |
Rod Hizmeri | SILVER Sparring |
Callum Edwards | BRONZE Patterns |
Connor Murphy | BRONZE Patterns BRONZE Sparring |
Paul Murphy | SILVER Sparring |
A fantastic day for the team today at the GTI North West Open in Liverpool!
We had a big team of 30 competitors and they did us proud, as usual! They all gave 100% and came away with 39 medals: 17 gold, 11 silver & 11 bronze!
Well done to Dominik, who sparred really well but just missed out on a medal; and to Ben for a really good effort in patterns at his first ever competition.
A special mention also goes to Francis, who was competing for the first time and fought really well to take bronze in sparring. One to watch!
Thanks to everyone who helped out today with setting up, organising and running the event. Well done to all our competitors and a big thank you to our coaches and our awesome cheering squad. What a team!
RESULTS: 2025 GTI North West Open
Luca Parry | GOLD Sparring |
Francis Ornellas | BRONZE Sparring |
Jonny Almond | GOLD Sparring |
Talia Murphy | SILVER Patterns SILVER Sparring |
Raza Rehman | BRONZE Sparring |
Erin Davies | GOLD Sparring |
Tilly Riley | SILVER Sparring BRONZE Patterns |
Luis Riley | SILVER Sparring |
Tom Kelly | GOLD Sparring |
Kal Merritt | BRONZE Sparring |
Jay Williams-Garrett | GOLD Patterns BRONZE Sparring |
Olly Kruk | BRONZE Sparring |
Jacob Almond | SILVER Patterns SILVER Sparring |
Ewan Murphy | SILVER Sparring |
Eoin Carney | BRONZE Patterns |
Ethan Carney | BRONZE Sparring |
Joe McNicholl | BRONZE Sparring |
Tess Wyke | SILVER Patterns BRONZE Sparring |
Isla Murphy | SILVER Sparring |
Jay Connolly | SILVER Sparring |
Olly Gargan | GOLD Patterns GOLD Sparring |
Nikola Kliza | GOLD Sparring BRONZE Patterns |
Eloise Williams | GOLD Patterns GOLD Sparring |
Owen Gargan | GOLD Patterns SILVER Sparring |
Rod Hizmeri | GOLD Sparring |
Callum Edwards | GOLD Patterns GOLD Sparring |
Connor Murphy | GOLD Sparring |
Chris Davies | GOLD Patterns GOLD Sparring |
Congratulations to everyone who graded this month! Awesome work!
A successful day in Stoke! We had a team of 5 students taking part in the PUMA Northern Championships today, and they bagged 12 medals: 6 gold, 3 silver & 3 bronze!
Well done, all! Awesome results!
RESULTS: 2025 PUMA Northern Championships
Kal Merritt | GOLD Tag Sparring GOLD High Kick GOLD Spartan Combat SILVER Competition Drills BRONZE Patterns |
Nikola Kliza | GOLD Sparring BRONZE Patterns |
Jay Connolly | SILVER Sparring |
Rod Hizmeri | BRONZE Sparring |
Callum Edwards | GOLD Patterns GOLD Hand Destruction SILVER Sparring |
Yet another successful day of competition!
Our team attended the OMA British Championships in Deeside today and brought home a massive haul of 39 medals: 14 gold, 10 silver & 15 bronze!
Special congrats to Ewan and Luca who were competing for the first time. Great work, lads
Huge thanks to our coaches for looking after the team and to our awesome cheering squad for their support! Thanks to One Martial Arts for another great event
RESULTS: 2025 OMA British Championships
Luca Parry | GOLD Sparring GOLD Speed kicking |
Jonny Almond | BRONZE Patterns BRONZE Sparring |
Erin Davies | BRONZE Sparring |
Tilly Riley | BRONZE Sparring |
Luis Riley | GOLD Speed kicking BRONZE Patterns BRONZE Sparring |
Talia Murphy | GOLD Sparring SILVER Patterns |
Kal Merritt | GOLD Patterns SILVER Sparring |
Jay Williams-Garrett | GOLD Patterns SILVER Sparring |
Eoin Carney | BRONZE Sparring BRONZE Team Patterns |
Ethan Carney | BRONZE Team Patterns |
Jacob Almond | GOLD Sparring BRONZE Sparring BRONZE Team Patterns |
Ewan Murphy | BRONZE Sparring |
Isla Murphy | GOLD Sparring |
Tom Kelly | GOLD Sparring |
Jay Connolly | SILVER Sparring SILVER Sparring |
Liam Murphy | GOLD Sparring |
Eloise Williams | SILVER Patterns SILVER Sparring |
Nikola Kliza | GOLD Patterns GOLD Speed kicking BRONZE Sparring |
Andy Kettle | GOLD Sparring BRONZE Patterns |
Callum Edwards | GOLD Sparring SILVER Patterns |
Sandra Baldwin | GOLD Sparring BRONZE Patterns |
Another fantastic performance by the team today!
We had 15 students competing in Liverpool as well as one student (Callum) competing at the GMS Championships in Motherwell, and we’re pleased to report that everyone won a medal!
The total haul from all 16 competitors was 27 medals: 14 gold, 8 silver and 5 bronze!
RESULTS: 2025 Northern Open
Raza Rehman | SILVER Sparring |
Matilda Riley | GOLD Patterns SILVER Sparring SILVER Sparring |
Luis Riley | SILVER Sparring BRONZE Patterns |
Kal Merritt | SILVER Sparring BRONZE Patterns |
Jay Williams-Garrett | GOLD Sparring |
Eoin Carney | GOLD Patterns SILVER Sparring |
Ethan Carney | GOLD Sparring |
Tess Wyke | SILVER Sparring |
Liam Murphy | GOLD Sparring |
Olly Gargan | GOLD Sparring GOLD Patterns |
Eloise Williams | GOLD Patterns BRONZE Sparring |
Nikola Kliza | GOLD Sparring |
Owen Gargan | GOLD Sparring SILVER Patterns BRONZE Patterns |
Rod Hizmeri | GOLD Sparring BRONZE Patterns |
Connor Murphy | GOLD Sparring |
RESULTS: 2025 GMS Open Championships
Callum Edwards | GOLD Sparring GOLD Patterns |
Our team made an excellent start to the year’s tournaments at the 2025 GTI English Open!
We had 18 students taking part and, regardless of any medals won, they all pushed themselves, worked hard, and did the club proud! The total haul was 19 medals: 12 gold, 3 silver & 4 bronze!
Well done to Eoin, Kal and Olly K for a great effort in patterns and sparring. No medals this time, but lots of valuable experience gained.
We also had two Black Belt Competitor of the Year trophies awarded to Owen (Boys Sparring) and Stef (Ladies Sparring) for the 2023-24 season
Overall, an awesome day out for the team! We’re so proud of everyone who took part. Thank you to everyone who came along to support and cheered us on to victory!
RESULTS: 2025 GTI English Open
Erin Davies | GOLD Sparring |
Ethan Carney | GOLD Sparring |
Isla Murphy | SILVER Sparring |
Tess Wyke | BRONZE Sparring |
Joe McNicholl | GOLD Sparring |
Dominik Kruk | BRONZE Sparring |
Liam Murphy | GOLD Sparring |
Olly Gargan | GOLD Sparring BRONZE Patterns |
Eloise Williams | GOLD Sparring x2 |
Nikola Kliza | BRONZE Sparring |
Owen Gargan | SILVER Sparring |
Rod Hizmeri | GOLD Sparring |
Callum Edwards | GOLD Sparring GOLD Patterns |
Connor Murphy | GOLD Sparring |
Chris Davies | GOLD Sparring SILVER Patterns |