What a brilliant 4 days at the European Championships, not only did Britain win a massive 3 Golds and 4 Bronze medals but one of our very own (Caroline Fisher) was one of the medal winners.

Caroline was on the last day of the Championships on sunday and was one of two athletes to medal, Martin Stamper (Academy athlete) won bronze in the male -68kgs division while Caz won bronze in the female -53kgs group. Caroline received a bye in the 1st round and had to wait to find out who her 1st opponent would be. She faced Chykolba, Yuliia of the Ukraine National Team. the 22 yr old won a bronze medal at the Serbian Open in 2011. Caz won her match with a clear victory of 5-1, the Ukrainian only scoring through deductions. Caz then faced Marino Torrado, Rebeca of the Spanish National Team in the quarter final, the Spanish girl winning her previous match against Melanie Hartung of Germany 12-0. Caz won her quarter final 8-1 to set up a semi-final match with the current WORLD CHAMPION from Croatia Ana Zaninovic. Caz finally lost out in the semi-final after a thrilling match of head shots 6-18. EUROPEAN BRONZE MEDAL for our Scorpion Caroline Fisher.

On Saturday Stella Whitehead who was also representing Great Britain at the Championships in the female -73kgs, lost out to Ikonen, Casandra of the Swedish National Team who won a Junior Bronze medal at last years Junior Europeans, Stella lost a very close match 3-4. Other massive interest to Scorpions on Saturday was Aaron Cook in the male -80kgs, Aaron winning his 2nd EUROPEAN SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS after defeating Azizov, Ramin of Azerbaijan (World no 1 & Aarons main opposition for this years Olympics) in the final. Other medal winners on saturday and another EUROPEAN CHAMPION was Michael Harvey (Academy Athlete) in the male -63kgs who won his weight division very convincingly winning his matches 13-1, 25-14,5-3 & his final 14-2 (12point gap) and the only other female medallist Jade Jones (Academy Athlete) won bronze in the female -57kgs.

Thursday saw Britain win their 1st medal after Amin Badr (Academy Athlete) won Bronze in the male -54kgs and then Friday was another fantastic day with Lutalo Muhammad (Academy Athlete) winning his 1st European title becoming EUROPEAN CHAMPION in the male -87kgs.

A massive well done to the whole British Team especially our girls.

And also a big thank you to all the Scorpion supporters who travelled over to Manchester

More than 300 players took part at this years NTC Open at the Wildcats Arena in Nottingham. There were teams from all over the UK from Scotland down to Southampton and even some international teams taking part. Scorpions had a team of 19 players and won a fantastic 10 GOLD, 2 SILVER & 4 BRONZE and came 1st place Team overall.

The winners are below:

GOLD MEDALS were won by BEN TALMAN in the senior male +87kgs, Ben defeated an Italian player in the quarter final 10-5 before an infatic win over Quest Tkd in them semi-final winning 10-0, His final was much closer, however Ben still came out on top against the Scottish Player from Central winning his final 6-5. Another senior male win was from KEVIN LIDGETT in the -87kgs, Kev defeated Team Ultimate 8-5 in the quarter final then had a 6-3 victory over Hawk Tkd in the semi-final, he finally won his final 2-0 against Shadow Tkd. Scorpions then won 2 of the smallest mens weights, KIERAN YOUNG won senior male-54kgs, Kieran had India in the quarter finals, unfortunatley the player didnt come to the ring and was a walk over. Kieran then faced Pilsung in the semi-final who he beat 12-3, a much closer match in the final saw Kieran defeat the player from Taekwondo Machine on golden point after drawing the match 10-10 in a very exciting match. NIALL GIBSON was our other senior male winner, winning -58kgs. Niall defeated Team Ultimate in the final 6-0 to win the gold. In the Junior division AIDEN MORLEY won the -55kgs division, Aiden defeated Liverpool Elite 6-5 in the semi-final before winning on golden point in the final against Gurumu Tkd after drawing the match 2-2. In the Cadets ADAM WARNER won gold in the -45kgs division, Adam won his quarter final 4-3 against NTC, then won his semi-final against Doncaster All Stars 1-0, he then faced BTS in the final and won gold after winning the match 4-3. Another Gold in the Cadet males was won by BEN TUCKER, Unfortunatley Ben wasnt tested and stopped his opponent in the final of the +53kgs division from NTC to win gold. In the Peewee divsions, MACEY HENNESSEY won her 2nd Open Championships winning the female -21kgs open grade she defeated Liverpool Elite in the semi-final 6-4 and then went onto win the final on golden point against Liverpool Academy after drawing the match 18-18. Another peewee winner was SHANE BURGIN in the novice male -26kgs. Shane won 3 matches winning his 1st match on golden point against Quest Tkd and then beat another Quest competitor in the semi-final and won 11-1 he then won his final against Gurumu 6-5 to win gold. The last gold was won by IAN BALL in the Novice male -80kgs group, Ian won his division with ease winning his 1st match 11-3 then won his final against JM Tkd 7-2.

SILVER MEDALS- Scorpions won 2 silvers these were won by ASHLEY & OLIVER BALL, Oliver had 4 matches winning 3 of them 6-1 against Chi Tkd, 13-1 against Nomad Tkd and 9-8 against Puma, he lost his final against Quest Tkd 3-9 in the peewee male -22kgs. Ashley was in the cadet male -33kgs Novice group and lost his final 2-6 against Gurumu.

BRONZE MEDALS - DANIEL BROWN won Bronze in the peewee male -30kgs division, Daniel won his 1st match 2-0 against Danum Tkd before losing out in the semi-final against Swat Tkd 8-11. TERRI-LEIGH HENNESSEY lost out in her semi-final against Liverpool Academy 8-13 in the cadet female -33kgs. RYAN HOLMES also lost his semi-final in the Novice male senior -80kgs against JM Tkd 0-8 and DOMINIC NAYLOR won bronze after having to pull out through injury half way through his match against Team Ultimate in the Junior Male -51kgs.

Well Doen also to Ryan Butt, Ben Carson and Eben Thompson who also competed.

Coaches on the day were Peter Adamsons, Adele Deakes, Tony Morgan & Andy Warner.

We also won a BRONZE medal in the Poomsae well done to LORNA BALL who won a Bronze medal in the female novice child division. Coach for the day was Stephen Naylor.

A massive well done to everyone who competed!

Scorpions Caroline Fisher & Stella Whitehead have both been selected to represent Great Britain at this years European Championships held in Manchester in May.

Caroline has been chosen at Senior Female -53kgs & Stella at Senior Female -73kgs. They both will join up with the full Team next month for training at the Academy. Stella will be competing on Saturday 5th May & Caroline will be competing Sunday 6th May.

Scorpion Members will have a rare chance of spectating at a major Chamionships, not only seeing the best players in Europe but a chance to cheer on your club mates and the rest of the British Team! Please see your instructor for details about purchasing tickets!

The Full GB Team is below:

Male

-54kgs Amin Badr

-58kgs Dominic Brooks

-63kgs Michael Harvey

-68kgs Martin Stamper

-74kgs Ruebyn Richards

-80kgs Aaron Cook

-87kgs Lutalo Muhammad

+87kgs Damon Sansum

Female

-46kgs Jemma Johnson

-53kgs Caroline Fisher

-57kgs Jade Jones

-62kgs Sophie Dickson

-67kgs Bianca Walkden

-73kgs Stella Whitehead

+73kgs Stephanie Allen

Good Luck to the whole GB Team!

The Scorpion Taekwondo Centre took 11 players to the Dome at the weekend taking mostly 1st timers & Novices! It was a great day with some brilliant performances. Some players ended up with two or three matches aswell and everyone had a great day, coach on the day was Adele Deakes.

Results are below:

Eben Thompson Won 14-2 against Kangchul, Won 10-7 against Kangchul & lost 8-9 against Kanghan

Brandon Talman Won 4-3 against Doncaster All Stars (1st timer)

Ben Talman lost 12-16 against Ultimate

Karl Mangham Won 13-1 against Doncaster All Stars (1st timer)

Macey Hennessey Won 12-3 against Kanghan, Won 18-6 against Liverpool (novice)

Morgan Green lost 5-6 against Black Widdow (novice)

Joel Castelbranco lost on golden point after drawing 7-7 against Quest (1st timer)

Terri-leigh Hennessey Won 17-0 (1st round stoppage) against Doncaster All Stars

Keenan Hennessey Won 10-4 against Quest , lost 18-22 against Kanghan (novice)

Ryan Holmes Won 8-3 against Kangchul, lost 2-8 against Kings (novice)

Courtney Hennessey lost 8-10 against Liverpool Elite (1st Timer)

Well Done to everyone who fought!

Also well done to Tony Morgans Scorpions & Ian Fairhurst Scorpions who also had players competing

A big Well Done to all the Scorpion Players who competed at the Quest 1-1 @ Bradford on Sunday, Great Performance!

Scorpion Taekwondo Centre Results are as Follows:

1.Ryan Holmes won 9-4 - Gold

2.Kev Lidgett won 2 x golds (1st match 6-0 against Hucknall)

3. Morgan Green won 20-11 against Koryo Gold

4. Shane Burgin won 2 x golds (1st match by k.o against Koryo and 2nd match against Quest 12-7)

5. Kieran Young won against Kanghan 9-6

6. Eben Thompson lost by 1 point against NTC

We also had 2 competitors in the Poomsae Competition:

1. Brandon Naylor won Gold in the Junior Male

2. Dominic Naylor won Silver in the Junior Male

Great Performance all round! Well Done everyone

Coach on the day was Adele Deakes

Tony Morgan & Ian Fairhurst also had some players attend their results coming soon

250 players from around the country travelled to Barnsley for this years Scorpion Open on February 19th. Scorpions had a very busy day with novices upto Elite athletes taking the opportunity to get some matches under their belts.

Scorpions won a massive 12 Golds 6 Silvers & 11 Bronze and were awarded the 1st Place Team Award.

GOLD MEDALLISTS - Ban Talman back from a long lay off won gold in the senior male heavy weight division in his 1st competition for 9years! Ben beat Parvez Zaman of Kangchul Sheffield 15-0 before defeating Henry Cookey of OTC in the final 8-6. Niall Gibson won gold in the senior male -63kgs opting to do the weight above his normal category defeating Moutalib Majdoub of Walters Family School of Tkd and Mahdi Rezai of Taekwondo Machine in the final. Kieran Young won 2 Gold medals firstly winning gold in the senior male -54kgs division, defeating Moutalib Majdoub of Walters Family School of Tkd and then winning his final against Fakhrudin Orshdin of Kangchul Sheffield. He then won gold in the junior male -55kgs winning 2 matches including his final against NISHAAN LANDA of Manchester Aces. Stella Whitehead competing for match practice before the forthcoming German Open won gold in the senior female +73kgs, winning 2 matches defeating Hannah Johnson of St Katherines 15-0 and Hannah Mayes of Scorpions in final. Caroline Fisher again competing for abit of ring time before the German Open won gold in the senior Female -53kgs, Caz defeated Amina Al-Mossawi of Walters Family School of Tkd 12-0 and Shannon Kincade of Heart Of England in the Final. Ben Tucker again won Cadet Male +57kgs winning his final against Luke Allott of Swat. Ryan Butt (Tony Morgans Scorpions) won gold in the Cadet -37kgs division. Ryan won 2 matches defeatign Connor Lill from Team Ultimate and Aaron Bretland of Tkd Academy Liverpool. Terri-leigh Hennessey won gold in the Novice section winning her final in the cadet female -33kgs against Katie Shillitoe of Black Widow. Daniel Brown was another Novice winner winning the peewee male -28kgs division and winning 3 matches. Oliver Ball (Tony Morgans Scorpions) was in fine form again winning the peewee male - 25kgs Novice division winning his 1st match 10-1 his semi-final 16-1 before winning gold in the final. The last gold medal was won by another Novice fighter, 5 yr old Macey Hennessey won her 1st competition in the peewee female -20kgs group winning 2 matches against Liverpool Elites Tilly Mulhaney and winning an all Scorpion final against Isabelle Adamsons 12-11.

SILVER MEDALS - Silver medals were won by Kevin Lidgett in the senior male -87kgs, Hannah Mayes in the senior female +73kgs, Brandon Naylor junior male -51kgs, Ben Tucker junior male -63kgs, Isabelle Adamsons peewee female -20kgs, Daniel Brown peewee male -28kgs adv.

BRONZE MEDALS - Bronze medals were won by Ben Carson, Daniel Carpanini, Ryan Butt, Keenan Hennessey, James Wood x 2, Adam Warner, Scott Sutherill, Dominic Naylor, Daniel McGeoghan.

A Big Well Done to everyone who competed!

Scorpions have taken a team of 14 players over to this years Championships in Germany.

Day 2.

More Great Results from Day 2

Brandon Naylor 14yrs -50kgs Advanced - won SILVER

won 1st match (semi-final) 10-2 against Germany

lost 2nd match (final) 3-7 against Dominic Naylor!

Dominic Naylor 14yrs -50kgs Advanced - won GOLD

won final 7-3 against Branon Naylor!

Ben Tucker 12-13yrs

lost 1st match 13-18 against Serbian National Team

Day 1.

Keep checking for Results Updates:

Pattern Championship Results-

Dominic Naylor wins GOLD in 14yrs Advanced group

Brandon Naylor wins Silver in 14yrs Advanced group

Sparring Results-

Callum Couper 10-11yrs -33kgs Novice

won 1st match 13-1 (stoppage) against Germany

Has had to pull out before 2nd match due to injury in 1st match (suspected broken foot)

Oliver Ball -7yrs -23kgs Novice - WINS GOLD

won 1st match (quarter final ) 8-6 against Germany

won 2nd match(semi-final) 19-4 against Germany

won 3rd match (Final) 2-0 against Germany

Terri-leigh Hennessey 10-11yrs -33kgs Novice - Wins Silver

won 1st match (quarter final) against Austria 11-0 (1st round stoppage by ref)

won 2nd match (semi-final) against Greece 20-8

lost 3rd match (Final) against Sweden 8-10

Ryan Butt 12-13yrs -38kgs Advanced - Wins BRONZE

won 1st match (quarter final) 4-3 against Austria

lost 2nd match (semi-final) 3-8 against Germany

Adam Warner 12-13yrs -41kgs Advanced - Wins Bronze

won 1st match against Danish National Team 5-5 golden point

won 2nd match (quarter final) against Austria 7-1 (1st round stoppage)

lost 3rd match (semi-final) against Luxembourge 1-4

Ashley Ball 10-11yrs -30kgs Novice - Wins GOLD

won 1st match on golden point

won 2nd match (semi-final) against Slovenia 14-2 (Stopped)

won 3rd match (final) against Germany

Daniel Brown 8-9yrs -28kgs Novice - Wins GOLD

won 1st match (quarter final) 20-7 (1st round stoppage) against Belarus

won 2nd match (semi-final) against Germany 29-26

won 3rd match (final) against Germany 19-18

James Wood 12-13yrs -47kgs Advanced

won 1st match against Germany 2-0

lost 2nd match (quarter final) against Romania 6-8

Emily Watson 14yrs -44kgs Advanced - Wins Silver

won 1st match against Germany 1-10

lost final against 2-12

Daniel Carpanini 12-13yrs -44kgs Advanced

lost 1st match against Denmark 8-9

Jamie Smeaton 14yrs -41kgs Advanced - Wins Bronze

lost 1st match (semi-final) against Austria

Two more Scorpions have made the GB National Talent Squad, this time at Junior level.

Emily Watson & Aiden Morley have been chosen for the Great Britain Junior National Talent Squad and will attend a number of squad sessions at the GB National Taekwondo Academy in Manchester.

Both had a great 2011 with Emily winning a Bronze medal at the European Cadet Championships and Aiden winning the British National Championships in Manchester.

Congratulations from everyone at Scorpion Tkd and we wish them both luck for 2012!

Both are pictured below:

Congratulations to the 4 Scorpions selected for the Great Britain National Cadet Talent Squads.

Ben Tucker (Scorpion Tkd Centre), Adam Warner (Scorpion Tkd Centre), Daniel Carpanini (Tony Morgans Scorpions) & Ben Carson (Tony Morgans Scorpions) have all been chosen for the GB Squad. Later this year they will all attend a number of training camps held at the Great Britain National Academy in Manchester.

All are pictured below.

Good Luck for 2012