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Scorpion Cup 2012
On Sunday 19th February Team Ultimate sent a team to compete in the Scorpion Cup at Barnsley Metrodome. Coaches Raz, Luke, Ash & Sam were supporting the players.
Golds: Jack Lockwood (well done on doing the double), Connor Lill, Owen Turner, Aneila Afsar, Nafeesa Afsar, Innes Benton, Marley Buckham, Macauley Clarkson and Raz.
Silvers : Tyler Barwell, Joe Latto, Macauley Clarkson, Owen Blunt, Jordan Lill & Leah Moorby.
Bronzes : Connor Lill & Tim Needham.
2nd place Team Trophy. Well done guys.
Swedish Open 2012
A team of 10 Team Ultim
ate players travelled over to Trelleborg in Sweden for the 2012 Swedish Open Championships on 4th & 5th February. The Team came back with a fantastic medal haul of 3 gold and 4 silvers – once again finishing as the highest British Club side. It was a great start on the international circuit for this year for Team Ultimate.
Saturday was opened with Owen Turner on first game in the first of the 2 categories he was competing in. In Cadet advanced -33kg Owen faced Vladimir Gristchenko from Russia. Owen took an early lead but the strong and older Russian woke up in round 2 to take the game 7-4. Never mind, Owen – theres always your other category.
Tim Needham & Finlay Benton were both competing in Cadet Advanced -37kg and were both in great form. Tim beat Kostov from Bulgaria first round and barely needed to get out of 1st gear to beat Barthochowski from Poland 2-1 to secure his place in the final. Finlay beat Bakr of Sweden 2-0, Bulgaria by disqualification and Vasileious from Germany on golden point to meet Tim in the all Ultimate final. Tim took the gold and Finlay the silver 4-0 in a great game. Well done boys!
Alex Needham was in fantastic form -51kg Junior Male Advanced. He demolished Mende from Germany 10-4finishing the match was a devastating reverse turning kick. He was unlucky with the draw in round 2 meeting the eventual gold medallist Salazar Dragustovis from Mexico. Alex played extremely well, probably his best performance to date, with the final score ending 7-4. Alex gave the Mexican the hardest game of the day.
Jack Lockwood was also competing in this high level group. Jack was competing in the Junior and Cadet divisions. He outclassed Remo from Sweden 13-0 first round where he met his rival Koca from Germany in the quarter finals. These 2 met in the quarter finals of the French Open so tactics played a huge part in this game. Jack played a fantastic game and it finished 3-2. Koca was Junior European Champion last year so a great performance from Jack.
Ashley Hutton playing -58kg was always going to have it tough. He drew Lugasi from Israel but played well and it finished 6-1.
Aneila Afsar playing Cadet and Junior had a tough draw in her Junior -46kg division. She drew the much-experienced Wongpattenakit from Thailand in the first round. Aneila was beaten and the Thai girl went on to take the gold without conceding a point throughout.
1 gold and a silver on day 1 – a great start.
Sunday again started with Owen Turner in his actual category 9 -11 years -33kg. He played Israel player Nechemia in the semis beating him 6-4 and facing another Israeili player Segal in the final. Following on from his bronze last year Owen took the gold this year winning the final 13-6. Current British Champion Owen had a great day.
Tyler Barwell was unlucky – playing double categories Cadet and Minors but having to play both categories at the same time. His first game was in cadet against Taha from Sweden. Taha was awkward and strong and took the fight 1-0. Tahawent on to take the gold in that division. Tyler found his form in his own category -32kg aged 9-11. He met Danish player Linds Renson in the first round. Renson is a talented and technical player so Tyler had to stick to his game plan throughout to win the game 2-0. He then beat Anderson from Denmark in the semi finals and met Moranduzzo from Belgium in the final. Moranduzzo was the gold medallist last year so it was always going to be a tough game. Tyler played well and took the gold medal winning the final 6-4.
Jack Lockwood put in great performances in cadet -53kg to take the silver medal. He demolished Kyriakou from Cyprus in the first round 12-2 and Arnason from Israel 7-0 to put him in the final. Jack had a close game with Elammar from Germany but had to settle for the silver this time.
Aneila Afsar put in a good performance -47kg cadet to take the silver. She defeated Germany then Sweden and met Zederfeldt from Sweden in the final.
Jordan Lill was fantastic -63 junior male. He met the very experienced Nicolas Kuss from Germany in the first round. Jordan played extremely well and it finished 7-7 before going to golden point. Jordan lost the golden point but had put in a great performance.
Elise Johnson took the silver medal in her first major International Championsips -37kg minors female. She beat Russian Fomina on golden point to put her in the final against another Russian Khimelnitckaia. Ellie played hard but was beaten 8-1 by the much taller and much more experienced Russian player. A great start to your international career 
Ellie!
Well done to all the Team Ultimate players who took part – great performances and great results.
It was also nice that the Team Morphs put in an appearance – always nice to have you along guys.
Congratulations Emily Noble
on your selection for the National Poomsae Cadet Squad. Well done!
National Poomsae Championships
Saturday 4th February – Dan Grade competition
Competing on Saturday were Sophie Morrison in U29 Individual and in 1st Pairs with Alex Needham, Ciaran West in U13 individual, Jessica Crowley in U17 individual and David Morrison in U29 individual and 1st pairs with Taylor Parkins from Livingwell Taekwondo.
The standard and level of competition on Saturday was high with places at stake for the National Poomsae Squad. David Morrison retained his place in the National Squad with a Bronze medal placing in the individual event and the top spot in the 1st pairs division – National Champion with Taylor from Livingwell (who also retained her spot in the national squad).
Ciaran West, member of the National Cadet poomsae Squad faced one of the toughest groups of the day with 23 competitors in the U13 individual division. Ciaran finished the first round in 3rd place and the second round in 4th position. The final saw Ciaran finish a creditable 7th out of 23 competitors overall. Well done Ciaran.
Jessica faced her first year in the U17 category which again is a tough division with many excellent players competing for spots in the National Squad for the first time. Jess put in a creditable performance but unfortunately didn’t make the final.
Sophie Morrison, having gone up in to the U29 division performed well against tough opposition from National Squad players who had also gone up to the same division. Good performance from Sophie in 11th place nationally wasn’t quite enough to get her through to the final.
Sophie and Alex Needham took to the performance area for the first time competing in the 1st pairs division. Another very competitive division but an excellent performance from both Sophie and Alex.
Sunday 5th February – KUP Grade competition
Competing on Sunday were Joe Latto, Lewis Jackson, Connor Crowley, Emily Noble, Caitlin Beswick and Kaya Allen.
The Peewee boys K1 division saw the three lads- Joe, Lewis and Connor – go head to head. All three put in excellent performances to make it through to the final which was a great achievement given that they are relatively new to poomsae competition. All put in good performances in the final but unfortunately it was not enough to secure a medal place in a very closely contested final.
Competing together in the peewee Synchron team, the boys faired better beating a good LTA team to become the National Champions!
Emily Noble put in a very confident performance in the peewee girls K1 division winning Silver medal.
Competing in their first poomsae competition in the K3 Peewee Pairs Caitlin and Kaya saw their hard work pay off achieving silver medal in this novice division.
Ryan Gomersall represented the Club in a demonstrating category on the day – the 
Creative Patterns or Freestyle. Raz was awesome and pulled off a fantastic performance to be crowned British Champion and take the gold. As a result of his performance Raz was invited to join the National Poomsae Squad with a view to representing Great Britain in forthcoming Creative Poomsae events – well done Raz.
All Ultimate players over the weekend were a credit to themselves and the club. In addition to competing they also helped with the organisation of the competition along with many of the parents who supported the running of the event. Thanks to everyone and a huge well done.
Well Done Aneila
Congratulations Aneila Afsar on winning the Pride of Pendle Sports Award yesterday. A great achievement and well deserved.
Another Ultimate player selected
Congratulations to Alex Needham on being selected for the GB Junior Development Squad. Alex joins the successful Ultimate players Tim Needham, Tyler Barwell, Finlay Benton, Elise Johnson, Connor Lill and Aneila Afsar, who qualified for the Cadet Development Squad late last year.
Please note – class structure until May
Monday 1st class: Luke 2nd class: Odette
Tuesday 1st class: Ash 2nd class : Raz
Wednesday Sprotbrough class: Ash Den 1st class: Odette 2nd class : Raz
Thursday 1st class : Luke Private sessions : Odette
Friday 1st class : Sam 2nd class : Raz
Saturday kids sparring class : Sam
Date for your Diary
Already booked is the 2012 Presentation Night and Christmas Do. Sunday 23rd December at The Holiday Inn, Warsmworth, Doncaster. Tickets same as usual £20.00 adults, £10.00 kids. Special room rates have been agreed with the hotel for those wanting to stay over.
Fantastic Effort
by everyone on the Bag Pack this week. A big thank you to everyone who participated. Great result.
Presentation Night and 2011 Award Winners
Thanks to everybody who made the 2011 Ultimate Presentation Night and Christmas Party a huge success. What a fantastic group of people you lot are!!!
Best Newcomer: Innes Benton
Best Child: Owen Turner
Best Cadet : Tim Needham
Best Junior : Alex Needham
Best Senior: Odette Stringwell
Most Improved : Tyler Barwell / Elise Johnson / Alex Needham / Jordan Lill / Aneila Afsar / Macauley Clarkson
Performance of the Year : John Steele @ The Dutch Open Championships
Shot of the Year : Jack Lockwood – reverse turning kick K/O in the South Dublin Championships
New Coaches : Raz / Ashley Hutton / Luke Millar / Sam King / Sophie Morrison
Players Player : 3-way tie : Tyler Barwell / Jordan Lill / Raz
Fighters League 1st place : Connor Lill 2nd place : Alex Needham 3rd place: Owen Turner
Coaches Choice: Elise Johnson and Aneila Afsar
Well Done Everybody!
Ultimate players selected
Congratulations to Tim Needham, Tyler Barwell, Elise Johnson, Connor Lill, Finlay Benton & Aneila Afsar on your recent qualification and selection for the GB National Cadet Squad. Im very proud of you all – well done.
Owen Turner – “Superkid”
Congratulations to Owen on winning this year’s Doncaster Free Press Superkid Award.
The awards are to honour children within the community who have been nominated for their outstanding contributions in areas such as volunteering, sporting achievements, etc or the courageous efforts when triumphing through adversity.
A great achievement Owen, well done and well deserved.
Congratulations
to Alex Needham on your selection to attend the GB Junior Selection Camp just before Christmas. Well done!
Good Day at The Dome
Well done Sunday at the Dome. Some good matches but some performances better than others. Make sure you take on board the feedback you were given by the coaches.
Well done & Good Luck
Congratulations to Owen Turner being shortlisted for SuperKids – great achievement Owen. Good Luck for the next stage.
Happy Birthday Raz!!!!
Hey Ho Sailor boy!!!
South Dublin Championships 21st October 2011
Team Ultimate travelled over to take part in the South Dublin Championships hosted by South Dublin Taekwondo Club and had a fantastic weekend. A thoroughly enjoyable Championships.
The team finished with a massive haul of 15 gold, 4 silver and 4 bronze medals but this was only enough to finish in 2nd place in the Team Placings, behind South Dublin.
Owen Turner, true to form took 2 golds – 31 Pee Wee Advanced and -35kg pee wee advanced.
Joe Latto beat the -28kg players in the division but was combined with -31kg, so he met team mate Owen Turner in the final. Well done Joe on your silver medal – a return to form again.
Cami Lill and Innes Benton both competed in Novice -24kg pee wee, both demolished the opposition until they met in the final. The score was tied at 4-4 with 2 seconds left when Innes scored a sneaky one. Well done boys – I’m sure you’ll meet in many more finals to come.
Connor Lill, despite throwing up all day took gold in -41kg Novice and had to withdraw from the final -41kg advanced. Well done Connor.
Finlay Benton was extremely unlucky in the other half of the -41kg advanced category, drawing Callum Wong of Caledonia in the first round (after Callum had been combined down from -45kg). Finlay was a victim of poor refereeing in this game and despite a 6-1 lead in the first round, ended up losing the game putting him out of the medals. Callum went on to receive one of the Best Player awards.
Jack Lockwood stormed the gold -53kg cadets advanced with a reverse turning kick knock out in the final. Jack also played well against the eventual gold medallist -55kg junior. It was tied at 4-4 when Jack had to withdraw with his on-going knee problem. Well done Jack!
Tyler Barwell played very well and convincingly beat all his opponents in his 2 categories to take 2 gold. All games stopped by the referee, the opposite coach or by KO.
Tim Needham dominated in style -35kg Cadet advanced easily taking the gold.
Alex Needham back on form to take the gold again -48kg – 2 very well controlled games for Alex.
John Steele – easily took gold -73kg Junior and withdrew after round 1 of his senior game with an injured foot against Ross Eden of Scotland.
Jordan Lill lost to the Caledonia player in the semi finals after progressing through an impressive quarter final match.
Ashley Hutton took gold -58kg senior male after a very good final against local player from South Dublin.
Raz Gomersall still has headache from his final against Ewan Harrison of Caledonia -80kg. Well done Ewan, looked good and well done on your Best Player Trophy. Raz upped his game in the combined -87 +87 category to take the gold medal against the Italian in the final. Well done Dougal!
Aneila Afsar was awarded a Best Player trophy after taking gold in the junior -46 division after her semi was stopped and she KO’d the girl in the final. She also took bronze in the Cadet category -45kg.
Elise Johnson dominated all day to take gold -35kg Cadet Novice and Advanced – well done, Ellie – 2 golds in your first International.
Altogether a great Championships and great performances by Team Ultimate once again. Thanks to Statto on the Clipboard and the Team Ultimate supporters.
The Ultimate Open Championships
The day started late – obviously given to me needing the time to fiddle my players’ weights and ensure they all had the best draws! (Despite the fact they were playing in the same weights they always play and if I was going to fiddle the draw – surely I wouldn’t have put Alex Needham with Kieran Young first round) – just a thought!
Anyway, on with the round-up.
Alex Sanderson (of Thailand) and recent Ultimate student played well in his first game – narrowly losing to Stephen Johnson of Chi (Cadet -31kg). Owen Turner beat Jamie Kidd in the preliminaries of the same category. Owen went on to take the gold after defeating Stephen in a very closely contested final. Great stuff as Owen is only just 9 and was playing pee wee and cadet. Still on with Owen Turner – easily took his second gold in the pee wee division.
Alex went on to take the gold -30 pee wee advanced beating the injured Jamie Kidd of Quest in the final.
Cami Lill played novice and advanced and achieved 2 silvers. He was beaten in a straight final by the much more experienced Owen Jackson of SWAT. He defeated Quest in the semi’s but lost to Liam Burdock of Quest in the final. Innes Benton took the bronze in this category after losing to Liam in the semis.
Connor Lill – took gold as usual in the Cadet Division (had to combine up and play -45kg and won despite weighing 36).
Kieran Lill – 2 golds – great performances again for the latest Lill to compete.
Joe Latto – lost to the talented up-and-coming Daniel Brown of Scorpion -27kg advanced.
Oliver Hammond was on fire in the novice section of the same weight category and beat Daniel in the final in an excellent game which ended 25-20. It was one of the best fights of the day and should have been acknowledged as such from these young players – only 7 and 8 years old respectively. It’s a shame Daniel’s Father couldn’t face that fact and blamed everything and everybody – screaming it’s a fix, bad scoring and personally abusing the judges. It was the same judges that had been scoring his others games during the day and he didn’t seem to have a problem then. The man needs to realise that his son will lose a few games from time to time. Perhaps he should go ahead with the preference that he posted on Facebook, rather than attend another Ultimate event! Can’t say a man who behaves in that way over a pee wee game would be welcome anyway.
Well done Oliver – played extremely well and found your old form again despite being subjected to that vile behaviour by an adult.
Macauley Clarkson – again playing novice and advanced and took 2 golds -33 Cadet.
John Steele – took 2 golds in the junior divisions – his own category and also playing heavyweight to give the single entrant a game. John also played senior and had a tough draw against Scott Sutherill of Scorpion in the prelims (again, a match I would have avoided if I was rigging the draw!). A very close game and the type of match that John needs.
Elise Johnson took gold, big time – well done, Ellie.
Emma Henderson – shouldn’t really have played with that knee, Em. Had to withdraw from the final against Natasha Burdock of Quest.
Aneila Afsar took 2 golds and a silver. She lost to Natasha Burdock of Quest in 1 17-16 great fight. Well done Natasha playing out of weight. Aneila destroyed the competition in the other categories.
Tim Needham – keeping up his gold run – 2 golds – Cadet -37 and Junior -42. In the junior category he played Eben Thompson of Quest and Tim was awesome – Tim – keep throwing those Tuncat moves!
-37 cadet Finlay Benton played a very cagey game against Ryan Butt of Scorpion – always a close game with these 2 counter-players. Finley won on golden point and went on to face Tim in the final – a good game boys again!
Jordan Lill – again on a winning streak – gold in his last 3 Championships. Keep it up Jord.
Raz – everybody loves you! 2 golds – well done! Some great moves you threw too!
Ashley Hutton – senior male -58kg played a good game against Kieran Young of Scorpion and Ex-British Junior Team member. A good game to watch.
Alex Needham couldn’t really find his form today – don’t worry Alex, it happens occasionally. Following golds at the recent British International Open and the Southern Counties Championships last week Alex was disappointed with his performances here. He lost to Kieran Young first game -55kg and lost to Thomas Delay of Yin Yang -51kg. He took gold in his own weight category -48kg when it was COMBINED with -45. Yes – it was combined and just to clarify Alex is a- 48 player, not a 45 player and weighed in at 48 not 45. Just to reiterate – it was combined. Alex played cadet Daniel Carpanini in this COMBINED category. Daniel is a talented up-and-coming player in the cadets, playing junior for much-needed experience.
Team Ultimate took the 1st place team trophy with Scorpion in 2nd, Quest in 3rd and Bozdag TKD narrowly missing out in 4th place.
Congratulations to all players and teams that took part and thanks for supporting the event.
The day was marred with a few unwelcome trouble-makers turning up just to cause trouble and nasty un-called for comments from a few select crowd members. Not really conducive to enjoyment of the sport. They really should behave better – it is for their kids after all.
Southern Counties Championships
Posted on 13/10/11 at 18:00
Sunday was a good day for Team Ultimate at the Southern Counties Championships. In line with current form, some strong performances all day.
Alex Needham took gold -48kg junior boys to add to his recent gold at the British International Open.
Tim Needham took gold after defeating Dion Richardson of Future, Finlay Benton of Team Ultimate and Aaron Bretland of Liverpool Academy in the final.
Owen Turner was on form once more taking gold -33 pee wee and -33 cadet. Macauley Clarkson had to settle for silver in the -33 cadet division after playing Owen in the final.
Kieran Lill played his first Championship and came away with the gold medal – well done Kieran!
Jordan Lill took gold -63kg after defeating an inexperienced Survivor player in the semis and Ben Tucker of Scorpion in a closely contested final. No doubt these two will meet again.
Jack Lockwood took silver -49 cadet. He easily beat James Wood of Scorpion in the semis and lost on gold point to Ben Morley of NTC in the final – he came away with the silver and a cast on his leg!
John Steele playing -74 senior easily beat his first opponent and had to withdraw from his next game due to injury.
Connor Lill took bronze this time – was playing advanced -37kg cadet.
Overall, despite the small team Team Ultimate won the 3rd Place Team award. Congratulations.
Scottish Poomsae Championships
Posted on 13/10/11 at 18:00
Whilst the sparring squad were down in Southampton, some of the poomsae squad travelled north to compete in the Scottish Poomsae Championships. It was a good day and the competitors did well.
Lewis Jackson took the gold, narrowly beating Joe Latto in their category.
Ciaran West was unlucky not to make the final cut as was Sophie Morrison in her extremely competitive division.
David Morrison took gold in the pairs (together with Taylor Parkins of Livingwell) and silver in the individuals.
Thanks to Odette for taking the team up there.
Good results at the British International Open
Posted on 11/10/11 at 22:25
Team Ultimate only had 3 players participating in the British International Open but all 3 came back with a medal – 1 gold and 2 silvers.Great weekend for Team Ultimate in Scottish Cup
Posted on 02/05/11 at 23:34
A great weekend for Team Ultimate at the Scottish Cup held on 1st May. 1st place team.
Everybody played extremely well adding to the massive medal haul of 10 gold, 4 silver and 6 bronze medals.
Aaron Matthews took bronze -26 pee wee novice – winning his first round and losing the semi final to Ultimate’s own Drew Gregory who went on to take the gold. In the other half Ollie Hammond outclassed his first opponent and lost by a point in the semis to the eventual silver medallist.
Connor Lill double-entered in novice and advanced -37kg had his toughest game first in advanced against the ‘on-form’ Connor Hankin. Connor L put up a strong game and played well in a close game.
In the same category Finlay Benton had a close game but lost to Cameron Booth of Kanghan. Tim Needham easily won his first game and defeated Booth in the semi-finals. Tim went on to meet Hankin in the final and lost a very tough and very close game. Silver for Tim.
Connor Lill took gold in novice (as usual) demolishing his 2 opponents.
Ellie Johnson – Gold medal – straight final -34kg girls.
Tyler Barwell double-entered again in novice and advanced -30kg took gold in Novice after 12-pointing his opponent in the final. In the advanced category Tyler and Owen Turner in opposite sides of the draw both stopped their 2 opponents on their way to meeting in the finals. Owen took gold on this occasion to continue his run of gold medals. Solid performances by Barwell and Turner all day.
Joe Latto played well -26kg advanced – taking bronze after a close semi. Well done Joe!
Connor Crowley beat Quest in the semis but lost to a much taller lad from Caledonia in the final. Good performance to take the silver.
Jack Lockwood easily took gold -49kg cadet – stopping both of his opponents .
Emma Henderson (-41kg girls) couldn’t really find her form here – lost a semi to a girl she would normally beat. Next time, Em!
Cami Lill -23kg pee wee had a semi-final battle again a Quest player – dubious scoring on Cami’s headshots but a good game nevertheless. Cami had to settle for bronze. Good experience for the Masters though.
Alex Needham easily won his straight final -48kg junior male to take the gold – 2 in a row for Alex.
In the Junior -59 division Jordan Lill of Ultimate was in the other half to Niall and played a great semi against a player from Caledonia. Jordan gave 100% in his final but Niall was too experienced. Great performances from both.
John Steele – again solid performances in Junior and Senior. John took gold in senior defeating some tough and awkward opponents but took silver in junior at the end of a very long day. Well done John. Your good form continues.
Karl Crowley fought extremely well after a month out of training – lost a very, very close with ex-Ultimate player Kez in the semis. Just wait until you’re fit again Karlos!!
Good, solid performances across the board. Great support as always. Well done everyone!!
More international success for Team Ultimate
Posted on 27/02/11 at 11:00
John Steele takes gold at the 2011 Dutch Open Championships after winning 4 games against quality opponents.
Other team members taking part were Karl Crowley, Tony O’Hara and Jordan Lill.
Team Ultimate have great success in first competition of the year
Posted on 11/02/11 at 12:00
Team Ultimate sent a 14-strong squad to participate in the A-Class event in Trelleborg, Sweden last weekend. As usual, the Club finished the top British Club side with an amazing medal haul of 2 golds, 2 silvers and 4 bronze medals. Just as a matter of interest, the National GB squad only came away with 1 bronze!!
Luke Millar (Senior male -54kg) kicked off the first day with the first match of the day – against Sweden. Luke, playing seniors for the first time won this game easily and went on to play Russian National Team in the next round. He lost but was playing a seriously good player and played extremely well.
Karl Crowley played next – comfortably beating his first opponent from Denmark. He lost his quart final match on a very dodgy golden point round against the Swedish player. Im sure had he had luck on his side in that golden point round he would have gone on to take gold in his division -48kg.
Tony O’Hara had a tough draw as usual – drawing Boris Winkler from Germany first round. Tony gave a good account of himself but unfortunately well out in that game.
Jordan Lill, was up against a tough player from Finland. Jordan needs this type of experience to improve!
A great first day!!
Owen Turner (-30kg minor) took bronze in his first international – destroying players from Russia and Denmark before losing to the local favourite in the semis.
Tyler Barwell (-30kg minor) faced a tough & aggressive Swedish player. Played his best game to date and was unlucky to go out first round. Great performances Tyler & Owen.
John Steele – met the eventual silver medallist first round and put up a decent performance. No doubts when John’s on form he will beat the lad every time!
Last but not least – Connor LIll – Gold -34kg Minor – gold in Parks then Gold here – great performances in all 3 games – 12 – 0 / a clever 3- 0 semi / and a great final against a strong Israel player. Congratulations Conner.
Altogether a very pleasing start to the year. Lets keep it up. Well done!!!!