Well done to Callum on his bronze medal at the 2026 Open Dutch!

Well done to Callum on his bronze medal at the 2026 Open Dutch!

All of our 2025 Student Awards have finally been presented to the winners.
Congratulations to you all!

Our final grading of the year! Everyone passed. Well done!

Well done to our team for today! A great finish to the year’s tournaments. Our team earned 5 gold, 6 silver & 2 bronze medals at the 2025 GTI British Open.

Well done also to Shay & Sofia for an awesome effort in their divisions. Thank you to all our coaches, supporters and hardworking officials. And a shout-out to our friend, Francis K, for his awesome sparring today!
RESULTS: 2025 GTI British Open
| Jay Williams-Garrett | BRONZE Sparring |
| Eoin Carney | GOLD Sparring |
| Ethan Carney | BRONZE Sparring |
| Liam Murphy | SILVER Sparring |
| Eloise Williams | GOLD Sparring SILVER Patterns |
| Nikola Kliza | SILVER Sparring |
| Owen Gargan | GOLD Sparring SILVER Patterns |
| Callum Edwards | GOLD Sparring SILVER Patterns |
| Chris Davies | GOLD Sparring SILVER Patterns |

Well done to our National Squad members – Eloise, Owen, Rod & Callum – who took part in the ITF Open British competition this weekend.
There were some tough matches and plenty of valuable experience gained.
RESULTS: 2025 ITF Open British
| Eloise Williams | BRONZE Sparring |
| Owen Gargan | BRONZE Sparring |
| Rod Hizmeri | BRONZE Sparring |
| Callum Edwards | GOLD Sparring BRONZE Patterns |
Well done to these three warriors. They represented our club today at the BUTL Junior Championships in Derby, and they each brought back a medal!

Regardless of results, they all got stuck in and gave 100%. We couldn’t be prouder. Well done, team!
Many thanks to the BUTL for a great event.
RESULTS: 2025 BUTL Junior Championships
| Hugo Myers | BRONZE Patterns |
| Tess Wyke | GOLD Sparring |
| Liam Dwyer | BRONZE Sparring |
The GTI Squad line-up has been announced for the 2026 Flanders Fields tournament in Belgium.
CONGRATULATIONS to everyone selected, especially our very own Eloise, Owen, Rod & Callum! You’ve all worked so hard to be selected. Well done!


Our team did us proud today at the OMA Welsh Championships in Wrexham!
We had 21 students taking part and they absolutely smashed it, winning 39 medals: 16 gold, 13 silver & 10 bronze!



Well done to all our medal winners, and to Luis for a really good effort in all his events. A big shout-out to our first-time competitors – Hugo, Shay & William – for getting stuck in and giving performances to be proud of.
Thanks to everyone who coached and supported our team, and thanks to OMA for another awesome tournament.



RESULTS: 2025 OMA Welsh Championships
| Jonny Almond | BRONZE Sparring |
| Luca Parry | GOLD Patterns GOLD Sparring GOLD Speed kicking |
| Elise Horton | GOLD Sparring SILVER Patterns |
| Hugo Myers | BRONZE Patterns |
| Shay Hammond | GOLD Speed kicking SILVER Patterns SILVER Sparring |
| Francis Ornellas | SILVER Sparring |
| William Fraser | BRONZE Patterns BRONZE Sparring |
| Tilly Riley | SILVER Sparring |
| Raza Rehman | GOLD Patterns GOLD Sparring |
| Joe McNicholl | BRONZE Sparring |
| Jacob Almond | GOLD Team Patterns SILVER Sparring |
| Eoin Carney | GOLD Team Patterns SILVER Sparring BRONZE Patterns |
| Ethan Carney | GOLD Team Patterns GOLD Speed kicking BRONZE Sparring |
| Ava Pham | GOLD Sparring GOLD Speed kicking SILVER Patterns |
| Tess Wyke | SILVER Sparring BRONZE Patterns |
| Liam Dwyer | BRONZE Sparring |
| Eloise Williams | BRONZE Sparring |
| Nikola Kliza | GOLD Speed kicking SILVER Patterns SILVER Sparring |
| Krzysztof Kliza | GOLD Patterns GOLD Sparring |
| Andy Kettle | SILVER Patterns SILVER Sparring |
CONGRATULATIONS to our club’s newest Black Belt grades!
Athika Kadar, 1st Dan
Rod Hizmeri, 2nd Dan
Owen Gargan, 2nd Dan.
All three students were put through a tough grading yesterday by the GTI panel. We’re very proud of their hard work and dedication to training in the run up to the grading, and this shone through on the day. Solid performances from everyone.
Well done to you all! Very well deserved.



Another successful grading day. Well done, everyone!
Thank you to all our coaches and junior coaches for helping to get the students ready for action!
