By Euro Weekly News Media • Published: 14 Jul 2013 • 13:31
STUDENTS from Mojacar have won four medals at the 9th Global Taekwondo Federation World Championships in Nicosia, Northern Cyprus. Countries from all round the world including Turkey, Spain, Scotland, Chile, Kazakhstan, Albania, South Africa, India, Russia, Ukraine and Argentina competed against one another in up to four categories: Combat Sparring, Patterns, Special Technique and Destruction. Students from Taekwondo Mojacar – home to the GTF Spanish National Team, entered three the categories, and after gruelling fights and a lot of sweat, won four medals.
World Champion Junior student Havana Thompson (yellow / green belt) won Gold in combat sparring and gained a Silver medal in the patterns. The club’s assistant instructor Jodie Escott Dewrée (red/black belt) won Silver in both Sparring and Patterns, under the helpful and supportive coaching of the club’s Head Instructor Mr Serge Dewrée.Serge Dewrée said: “We are very proud of our students bringing home four medals. We hope to win many more in the future”.
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