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It seems only 2 minutes since I was writing a similar 'end of year' note celebrating grading results and students of the year awards. This year has certainty flown and I have enjoyed every minute of the busy TKD calendar. |
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 | | Posted on 06/12/2011
A huge thank you and well done to all Chesterfield Tae Kwon Do and Little PUMA students who supported our area Christmas competition at Leek on Sunday 4th December. From the feedback I have received I am pretty sure that you all had a great day and enjoyed competing in a friendly/Christmassy, fun filled environment (with an element of seriousness of course!).
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 | | Posted on 29/11/2011
A very well done to Mr Thomas Bailey and Aidan Bailey who represented Chesterfield Tae Kwon Do in the recent PUMA British Championships (Sunday 27th November). Mr Thomas Bailey won Silver in sparring and Bronze in pattens and Aidan Bailey won Bronze in his sparring division. |
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 | | Posted on 16/11/2011
Congratulations to to Paul Phillips who has now officially been presented with his Black Belt at the PUMA Presentation Evening. |
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 | | Posted on 11/11/2011
The next PUMA Assistant Instructor and Instructor courses will be held at Yate Leisure Centre on the 14th and 15th January 2012, 9.00-5.00pm. The Assistant Instructor course is open to all red belts and above. The full Instructors course is for black belts above. If you are interested in taking either or both of the courses please ask in club for more details. |
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 | | Posted on 04/10/2011
Chesterfield Tae Kwon-Do would like to congratulate Mr Paul Phillips on being promoted to 1st Degree Black Belt. He is a great asset to the club and truly deserves the grade. I am sure he will be looking forward to lots more Tae Kwon-Do challenges that being a Black Belt brings. |
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 | | Posted on 20/09/2011
A good grading for all students involved! Your effort leading up to at the grading really paid off and your conduct and etiquette during the evening was impeccable.
Congratulations to Jon-Paul Sainty who was Best of Grade. Despite having an injured arm and being in pain during his grading he still performed well, showed perseverance and indomitable spirit and passed with a Merit. Well done! |
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 | | Posted on 17/08/2011
Jake Stubbins represented Chesterfield Tae Kwon Do at the Kids Summer Camp 2011 held in Bristol last weekend. |
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 | | Posted on 29/06/2011
Congratulations to Paul Phillips, Joe Heath and Harvey Marfil who have recentley passed their Blackbelt Pre-grading. A couple of hard months of training ahead, but Chesterfield club would like to wish them well and support them in their preperations for the official Blackbelt grading in October. You can do it!! |
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 | | Posted on 20/06/2011
Congratulations to the following students who have just passed their colour belt gradings. A well done to you individually for your hard work and commitment, but also a thank you to other students in the club who have supported and given up their time to help you prepare. |
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 | | Posted on 06/06/2011
A big WELL DONE to all students who were selected to represent PUMA in the Holland Cup over the bank holiday weekend. The competition was another sucess for PUMA compeitors who fought well against some excellent International compeitors form Holland, Belgium, France, Germany, Greenland, Italy, Norway and Spain. |
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 | | Posted on 06/06/2011
Any students wishing to attend the Little PUMA Emergency Services Day or Master Gayle's Seminar at Leek High School 11th June MUST let Miss Deakin know in club by Wednesday 8th June (the price of the seminar is £12 and must be paid when reserving a place).
Any students attending any of the events on this day will need to be in full dobocks (TKD students- full white dobocks). |
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 | | Posted on 25/05/2011
Well done to Chesterfield's Thomas and Aidan Bailey and Tony and Jake Stubbins who competed in the recent PUMA English Championships. All won medals and learnt a lot from the from the day. For full results, please see below. |
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| | Posted on 19/05/2011
Chesterfield Tae Kwon Do Club have two newly qualified Assistant Instructors. Congratulations to Dale Hubbuck 2nd Degree Black Belt and Paul Phillips 1st Kup, who have fullfilled all the requirements (coursework, lesson plans and hands on teaching) to become PUMA accredited assistant instructors. |
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 | | Posted on 10/05/2011
Well done to Mark Payne and Dale Hubbuck, Chesterfield Tae Kwon Do Students who have just passed their 1st Degree and 2nd Degree black belts respectively. Their hard work and dedication has really paid off and everyone at Chesterfield TKD are really pleased for you! |
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 | | Posted on 04/05/2011
On the last Little PUMA lessons before the Easter Break Little PUMA’s had fun with Easter Games, races and competitions for Chocolate Eggs. All bought along something that they had made for Easter and showed the rest of the group. Easter cards, Bonnets, Easter Chicks, Bunnies and cakes were amongst some of the fantastic things they had produced!!
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 | | Posted on 12/04/2011
The English Championships will be held Sat 21st May at the Oasis Leisure Centre, Swindon. After Chesterfield Tae Kwon Do schools recent sucess at the Northern Championships - it would be fantastic to see as many Chesterfield Students compete at this as possible. |
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 | | Posted on 04/04/2011
You will all be aware of the PUMA instructors that are undertaking the mammoth cycle ride from Lands End to John O’Groats shortly, and in order to support those instructors and the charities they are raising funds for there will be a 12 hour marathon training session in Bristol on Sunday 1st May 9am-9pm for anyone who wants to come along. Everyone is welcome (instructors and students)– the only condition is that you get sponsored to take part! |
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 | | Posted on 29/03/2011
The Northern Championships (held Sat March 25th) proved to be a huge sucess for Chesterfield Tae Kwon Do School. Apart from the haul of medals that students bought back from the competition (see full list), students shared a great time together and really supported and cheered each other on in their quest for medals. |
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| | Posted on 28/03/2011
Well done to all the students who have just passed their colour belt grading. I was delighted by the attitude and effort each one have you have shown in preparation for the grading and on the grading night itself. A strong performance from all!! |
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 | | Posted on 25/03/2011
Congratulations on all NCTKD members who took part in PUMAs first Blackbelt World Open Championships. The event staged some first class fighting and all competitors competed in a true martial arts spirit! The event for PUMA will I am sure be the first of many more international competitions.
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 | | Posted on 23/03/2011
Mr Chance (FAST Defence and Tae Kwon Do PUMA Instructor) is holding some Adult and Junior Self Defence Courses during the month of April. The courses will be held in the Bristol area but are open to any PUMA member and or family member who may be interested in learning a little more about how to protect themselves in a potentially threatening situation. Knife defence seminars are also running. |
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| | Posted on 07/03/2011
Saturday March 26th Biddulph Leisure Centre, Stoke on Trent. This tournament is open to all graded Tae Kwon Do students and Little PUMA's. It is a great oppourtunity to experience a competition if you have never entered before as it is a local event!
Deadline for Chesterfield entries is Monday 21st March. Entries will not be accepted after this date. |
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 | | Posted on 28/02/2011
Dear all who attended the first ever PUMA Fundraising Ball!
Wow! what a great evening was had by the very lucky people that attended the 10th Anniversary Ball on Saturday. |
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 | | Posted on 22/02/2011
The Taekwondo Megazone evening that was cancelled before Xmas due to bad weather, took place on Saturday 12th February 2011. |
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 | | Posted on 08/02/2011
Congratulations to all the Little PUMAs who have recently passed the recent grading and have achieved a new belt and co-ordination badge. |
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 | | Posted on 03/02/2011
This has been cancelled due to instructor injury, it will be re-scheduled for April. More details to follow.
Mr Weyman (3rd DegreeTang Soo Do Instructor and Grading Examiner) will be coming to our area to take a Bo-Staff Seminar on Saturday March 5th. The Seminar will then be followed by a grading, for those who wish to. |
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 | | Posted on 01/02/2011
Congratulations to Mark Payne (1st Kup) and Dale Hubbock (1st Degree) who have just passed their pre-grading to take their Black Belt and 2nd Degree Dan Grades (respectivley). |
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 | | Posted on 05/01/2011
What a great year for P.U.M.A. martial arts. 2010 had many highlights. It’s always good to look back at the past year because it gives us so much to look forward to in the coming year. Although I don’t like living in the past it is important to know that we are still moving forward, that means looking back at the things we’ve achieved and mention some of the highlights in the past year. |
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 | | Posted on 31/12/2010
The following Chesterfield Students have been successful in achieving and passing their recent grading at Brookfield School Wednesday 15th December. Congratulations to all!
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 | | Posted on 21/12/2010
As 2010 draws to an end, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate everyone at Chesterfield Tae Kwon Do for helping make Chesterfield School a real pleasure to instruct at. |
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 | | Posted on 09/12/2010
As many of you are aware the PUMA group do a lot of fundraising to support the growth of Martial Arts in Africa. For a number of years Master Gayle has worked very closley with Mr Mahandi in Ghana to raise the profile of Martial Arts. |
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 | | Posted on 23/11/2010
Congratulation to all Chesterfield Students who competed in the British Championships Sun 21st November 2010. The competition was one of the biggest that PUMA has hosted in a number of years and was supported not only by PUMA students but teams from other Tae Kwon Do organisations. |
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| | Posted on 17/11/2010
This years New Century Tae Kwon Do Christmas Competition will be held Sunday 5th December at Leek High School, Staffordshire. This provides an excellent oppourtunity for all students to have a go at competing in a fun/friendly atmosphere and enjoy some christmas fun. |
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 | | Posted on 16/11/2010
Congratulations to all PUMA competitors who took part in the Irish Open International Championships in Cork on Saturday November 13th. |
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 | | Posted on 08/11/2010
Chesterfield Club would like to wish New Century Tae Kwon Do members best wishes as they travel to Ireland to represent PUMA in the Irish Open International Championships 2010. |
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 | | Posted on 04/11/2010
Congratulations to all Chesterfield Little PUMAs who have just passed their 'Team Work' Grading. There were some excellent performances!! A special well done to Thomas who was awarded Best of Grade! |
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 | | Posted on 27/10/2010
In the new year PUMA will hold its first Fundraising Ball. |
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| | Posted on 13/10/2010
The Colour Belt PUMA British Championships will be held on Sunday 21st November at the Oasis Leisure Centre in Swindon. Entries for this event must be to Miss Deakin by Wednesday 3rd November (at the very latest). |
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 | | Posted on 07/10/2010
Chesterfield club would like to share in David Hannons celebrations, having just gained his Blackbelt 1st Dan. A result he has worked so hard to achieve and thouroughly deserves! His perseverance has certaintly paid off! |
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 | | Posted on 22/09/2010
Congratulation to the following students who have just passed the September colour belt Grading and have just been promoted to their new grade.
A special WELL DONE to Kylie Stevenson who was awarded BEST OF GRADE |
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 | | Posted on 04/08/2010
Summer camp 2010 took place at Croyde Bay in Devon from 24th-31st August. Emma Deakin, David Deakin and Thomas Bailey attended from Chesterfield club. |
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| | Posted on 12/07/2010
Mrs Brannon (South Normanton TKD) has organised a Christmas Party/Meal for the New Century Area Tae Kwon Do schools. This will be held at The Derbyshire Hotel (Junction 28 M1) on December 18th, 7.30 start. All students (16 yrs+) are welcome, along with partners/family. The cost of the evening is £25, which will include a three course meal (of your choice).
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| | Posted on 12/07/2010
New Century Tae Kwon Do schools are organising a Christmas Party for Junior Students and Parents alike at Megazone in Derby, on Saturday December 4th 8pm- 11pm. Students will play games of Lazer Quest during the evening and then be given refreshment/buffet food and part games.
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 | | Posted on 08/07/2010
Congratulations to all Chesterfield Tae Kwon Do Little PUMAs who have just passed their recent Little PUMA Grading on the Balance Theme! An extra special well done to Katie, who has worked hard to gain her Black Belt- passing with Distinction!!! Excellent! |
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 | | Posted on 30/06/2010
A big well done to all PUMA members who competed in the Intercontinental Championships! The event which was hosted by PUMA was a really big success and attended by many international competitors.
The ‘Fight Night’ that was held on the Saturday evening was well supported and boasted a fantastic atmosphere. The evening ‘kicked off’ a superb demonstration form PUMAs Flowering Youth Demonstration Team, followed by introduction of Senior Officials/Master from visiting Countries.
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| | Posted on 21/06/2010
Good luck to all Chesterfield and PUMA Students who are a part of the ICTF championships at the weekend. The Saturday night fight night proves to be a fantastic event and let’s hope PUMA teams do themselves proud! |
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| | Posted on 18/06/2010
Congratulations to the following students who were sucessful in the recent grading and have been promoted.
A special well done to Joseph Heath who was awarded Best of Grade! |
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| | Posted on 09/06/2010
A new order for Chesterfield T-Shirts and Jumpers will be placed at the end of next week. If you would wish to place an order please see Mrs Deakin in Club by Friday 25th June (deadline has been extended). |
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 | | Posted on 08/06/2010
The PUMA English Championships were held in Swindon on Sunday 6th June. Well done to Thomas and Aidan Bailey who represented Chesterfield Club. Both competed in the true spirit of Tae Kwon Do and did themselves proud. |
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 | | Posted on 27/05/2010
New Century TKD students celebrate success as they receive their Black belts/ Dan grades at the recent PUMA presentation evening. |
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 | | Posted on 26/05/2010
The new addition of 'Planet PUMA' is now with your school Instructor. Each student with a Licience is entitled to a free copy. The new magazine is a 'bumper' edition produced by a new editorial team! It is full of very valuable articles to help you with your TKD training and articles that will keep you informed about what is happening in PUMA. make sure you pick up yout copy in club!! |
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 | | Posted on 26/05/2010
The ICTF International Championships are being hosted by PUMA Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th of June. Competitors and teams have confirmed attendance from various Tae Kwon Do associations within Great Britain and other countries including Canada East, Canada West and Nepal.
Update: Deadline for entries is 16 June 2010, the entry form can be downloaded at the bottom of this news article. |
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| | Posted on 19/05/2010
A reminder that the next colour belt grading will be Wednesday 9th June, 6.45pm start at the Hall on the Green, Newbold. |
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 | | Posted on 11/05/2010
Area Squad Training will take place on Saturday, 15th May. 11am-1pm for squad and 1pm-2pm for weapons at James Brindley High School, Chell, Stoke-on-Trent. |
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| | Posted on 28/04/2010
The PUMA English Championships 2010 is to be held on Sunday, 6th June 2010 at the Oasis Leisure Centre, Swindon. The deadline for entry is Wednesday, 26th May 2010. |
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 | | Posted on 15/04/2010
A big well done to Alison Gartside who has recently passed her 2nd Degree Blackbelt grading. |
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 | | Posted on 03/04/2010
PUMA are hosting a F.A.S.T Defence Course for adults (15+) at Westwood College, Stoke-on-Trent on Sunday 25th April.
FAST stands for Fear Adrenalin Stress Training and is open for PUMA and non PUMA members.
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 | | Posted on 01/04/2010
Chesterfield Little PUMAs combined a little Tae Kwon Do with lots of Easter games to win chocolate eggs. A Treasure Hunt, Egg and Spoon race and colour the Easter Egg competition were all well recieved by eager students. Well done LPs!
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| | Posted on 01/04/2010
Good luck to David Hannon and Alison Gartside who take their Black belt and 2nd degree gradings next weekend. Chesterfield club wish you all the best.
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 | | Posted on 30/03/2010
PUMA will be hosting its first 1st WKA (World Kickboxing and Karate Association)/TKD Open Championships on the 16th May 2010 at the Oasis Leisure Centre, Swindon, Wiltshire. |
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 | | Posted on 29/03/2010
Congratulations to all the Chesterfield Students who have had their past three months of hard work rewarded in the recent colour belt grading.
A special well done to Jacob who was awarded Best of Grade! |
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 | | Posted on 29/03/2010
Chesterfield competitors brought back a collection of medals from the PUMA Northern Championships. All competitors competed in the true spirit of Tae Kwon Do and did themselves proud in the way that they conducted themselves. |
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 | | Posted on 29/03/2010
If any students who are taking their Black belt/Dan grading on the 10th/11th April and wish to take advantage of the 'pre grading training' sessions run by Master Gayle and Master Ogbourne, please let your instructor know ASAP. |
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 | | Posted on 24/03/2010
Good luck to all Chesterfield students who are either taking part in the Northern Championships Saturday 27th or Grading Sunday 28th (or both)! |
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 | | Posted on 24/03/2010
Congratulations to all Little PUMAs who have just passed their recent grading on the memory theme.
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 | | Posted on 24/03/2010
There will be a change of training venue during May and June due to Brookfield Exams. The venue during these 2 months will be The Hall On The Green, Ulverston Road, Newbold. |
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 | | Posted on 21/03/2010
Little PUMAs can show their creative side with paints, felts and crayons by designing and colouring their own Easter Egg. The PUMA with the winning design will win a Chocolate Egg!! |
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 | | Posted on 11/03/2010
Chesterfield Little PUMA grading will be held on Wednesday 17th. 6pm start. |
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 | | Posted on 03/03/2010
Competition entry forms for the Northern Championships at Biddulph Leisure Centre 27th March are now available. |
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 | | Posted on 02/03/2010
A big congratulations to Aidan and Thomas Bailey who travelled all the way to Devon for the Southern Championships at the weekend. |
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 | | Posted on 24/02/2010
The next PUMA Competition will be held at Biddulph Leisure Centre (Stoke-on-Trent) 27th March. |
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 | | Posted on 23/02/2010
The next area squad training session will be held at Leek Girls High School on Saturday 20th March. |
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 | | Posted on 23/02/2010
Congratulations to Thomas and Aidan Bailey and Paul and Chris Phillips who have recently passed their first two Bo-Staff Gradings. |
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 | | Posted on 09/02/2010
Chesterfield Club T-Shirts and Jumpers (with the new Chesterfield logo) are now ready for order for any students wishing to purchase them. |
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| | Posted on 04/02/2010
Chesterfield Students, note that the next Club Grading will be held March 28th at Frederick Gent School. |
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 | | Posted on 03/02/2010
Application forms are now available for any students wishing to attend either the Kids Camp (Friday 13th August to Sunday 15th August) or Adult Summer Camp (Saturday 24th July to Saturday 31st July). |
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 | | Posted on 21/12/2009
I would like to say a big 'THANK YOU' to all Little PUMA and Tae Kwon Do students/parents who have supported Chesterfield Club this year. |
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 | | Posted on 17/12/2009
Chesterfield Little PUMAs enjoyed party games on their last lesson before the Christmas break! Sleeping lions, relay fun, pin the nose on rudolph, balloon races and a whole lot more! |
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 | | Posted on 08/12/2009
February's area squad training session is scheduled for 20th Feb 2010. There will be a normal squad training 9-11 followed by a weapons seminar led by Mr Steve Weyman 3rd Degree Tang-Soo-Do. Mr Weyman will then conduct a grading for all those who wish to grade in this discipline. |
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 | | Posted on 07/12/2009
Well done to all Chesterfield Students who took part in the Area Christmas Comp on Sunday. |
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 | | Posted on 01/12/2009
Chesterfield club would just like to congratulate Gary and Rebecca once more on achieving their Black Belt 1st Degree. Both students were presented thier long awaited belts by Master Gayle (7th Degree) at PUMA's special Black Belt Presentation Evening at the weekend. |
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 | | Posted on 30/11/2009
As some of you know I was involved in a PUMA good will trip to Ghana at the beginning of the year (see Ghana article) to help promote Tae Kwon Do and the launch of Martial Arts in Africa. |
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 | | Posted on 24/11/2009
Well done to everyone who took part in the PUMA British Championships 2009 in Bath at the weekend. It was a great day. |
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 | | Posted on 18/11/2009
Congratulations to all PUMA students who were selected to compete in the Irish ITF Open 2009. The competition was an Open event and was attended by international competitors from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Holland, Italy, Spain and Czech Republic to name but a few. |
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| | Posted on 11/11/2009
Good luck to Miss Deakin and to everyone else from PUMA who is competing in the Irish Championships in Cork over the weekend. Bring back some medals - we know you can do it! |
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| | Posted on 08/10/2009
Chesterfield Club would like to say congratulations to Gary Bull and Rebecca Hamilton for passing the recent Blackbelt Grading. You have both grown in confidence and worked hard to achieve your goal - well done! We would all also like to say a big well done to David Hannon, although he was unsuccessful this time, it is a great achievment to get as far as he has and we will all support him in the coming weeks to ensure he fullfills his ambition. |
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 | | Posted on 30/09/2009
Master Gayle has organised a technical seminar under Master Cariati VIII Degree and Master Craig Stanley VII Degree. Both Masters are members of the ICTF and were both instrumental in the formation of the General's legacy CD. The seminar will be run on the 29th November at; Greendown Community School, Swindon, SN5 6HN starting at 1.00pm. |
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| | Posted on 24/09/2009
Congratulations to all Chesterfield Students for passing their Colour belt grading on the 20th September. Your hard work over the past three months has paid off! A particular well done to Zoe Bennett who was awarded a Distinction and Best of Grade. |
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 | | Posted on 22/09/2009
Any students taking their black belts on 3rd October can attend training days in Swindon on 30th September and 1st October. If you wish to attend please let Miss Deakin know as soon as possible as places need to be booked in advance. |
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| | Posted on 16/09/2009
There are places available on the area tae kwon do christmas party held at Hilton House Hotel, Derby on the 19th December. Three course meal followed by a disco/dance/party- £25. Students/partners/juniors and parents all welcome. Ask in club for more details- the sooner the better! |
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 | | Posted on 15/09/2009
Don't forget Sunday, 27th September is the PUMA Childrens Championships 2009! It's a great opportunity for your child to take part in a range of fun activities and compete with other children from around the country. |
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| | Posted on 14/09/2009
Congratulations to Rebecca Hamilton, David Hannon and Gary Bull who passed their Black Belt pre-grading at the weekend. They will now be attending the official grading with PUMA, 3rd October. Good luck to you! We are all behind you. You can do it! |
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| | Posted on 09/09/2009
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