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Congratulations to our wonderful KickStars who progressed onto their new grades:- Helena, Daniel, Fabrizio, Hugo, Olive, Devanand, Eric, Amirah, Charlie, Lavanna, Tristan and Rayhan.

Some of our KickStars will soon be moving up to the Junior Classes so we will have openings for new students. If you have a child aged 4-6 who would like try Taekwondo please just send us an email at info@bluewave.org.uk or register for a taster class by completing the form Taster and Membership Form – Bluewave Korean Martial Arts.

It is with much sadness that we have to report the passing of one of our black belts, Joy Stirk.  Joy was a late starter in Taekwondo but developed a real passion for it and especially for poomsae. She started her Taekwondo with Waterside Taekwondo progressing to 2nd Dan before joining Bluewave in 2019 to focus on developing her poomsae for competition. Following a Silver Medal at the 2019 National Championships, she was selected to be a member of the British Taekwondo National Squad and then as British Taekwondo’s representative in the Female 66+ division for the 2020 World Championships, which unfortunately were then cancelled due to the pandemic.  

Joy was committed to her training and showed that it is never too late to start. She enjoyed competition and was very supportive of her fellow competitors.  She will be missed by those in Bluewave and the wider community.

We pass our sympathy to her husband, Malcolm, and to all her friends and family.

Congratulations to our successful candidates from today’s Bluewave Dan Grading. Following a two hour grading covering poomsae, one-step, self-defence, breaking, coaching skills, sparring and Taekwondo philosophy the following promotions were awarded:

1st Dan – Kieran Pern

3rd Dan – Darren Miller

Thank you to the grading examiners: Master Gerry Reilly, Master Lynne Firth and Master Coleen Reilly and to our assistants on the day; Master Sian Reilly as welfare officer, and Master Corey Payne.

Congratulations to the students who were successful at the grading on the 20th August. Well done!

Yellow Tag / 9th Kup	Blue Tag / 5th Kup
Joseph Wheatland	Benjamin Morris (CREDIT)
	Christine Dorange-Read
Yellow Belt / 8th Kup	Lola Stone
Ashley Gujung (DOUBLE)
Teanja Atifah (DOUBLE)	Blue Belt / 4th Kup
Samved Nerusu	Aimee Wong
	Panayiotis Kalavas
Green Tag / 7th Kup
Gautam Sreejith	Red Tag / 3rd Kup
	Liz Walsh
Green Belt / 6th Kup
Mason Andrew Batista-Guanch	Red Belt / 2nd Kup
	Tia Gore

The next Kup grading will be on Sunday 19th November.

We have had an excellent entry for our 6th Bluewave Poomsae Championship, which will take place on Sunday 17th September at Hampshire Court Hotel in Basingstoke, with 550 competitors, including teams from Denmark, Iceland, Ireland, Nepal and Ukraine.  To make this a great success we are now looking for volunteers to support the setup and running of the event.

These roles do not need any knowledge of Taekwondo or Poomsae; so Bluewave members, former members, parents, friends are all very welcome.

We would like volunteers for the following roles

Setup Assistants (16+) – Saturday 16th September lat afternoon/early evening, 4.30 – 8.00pm (exact times to be confirmed)

Help set up the venue for the competition; which will include laying mats, moving tables/chairs, organising medalsrunning orders and other set up as needed.

Registration Desk (16+) – Sunday 17th September 8.15 – 9.00am

Register clubs as they arrive at the event.  Confirm that the club has all its competitors and if not, take note of any withdrawals and provide these to the organising team.  Also answering questions from club coaches and redirecting to organising team if necessary.

Computer Operators (13+) – Sunday 17th September October 9.00am – 6.00pm

Operate the scoring system for the competition; will include running the scoring system, manual changes on system and printing/organising scoring sheets for the judges and organising team. Training on the system will be provided.

Ring Leaders (16+) – Sunday 17th September 9.00am – 6.00pm

Responsible for the smooth and efficient running of the rings; will include locating players on time, organising players for each division and keeping the rings running on time.

Runners (10+) – Sunday 17th September 9.00am – 6.00pm

Providing assistance to the judges and competition organisers; will include keeping rings stocked with medals, water and snacks and other general duties.

Close Down Assistants (16+) – Sunday 17th September 5.30 –  7.30pm

Help close down the venue after the competition; which will include removing mats, moving table/chairs, clearing rubbish and other close down as needed.

This is the largest Poomsae competition so far in 2023 and with your support we are keen to make this an amazing experience for everyone who attends.  If you are interested in volunteering or would like more details please email volunteers@bluewave.org.uk or speak to one of the coaches in class.

To aid with the planning of the event, if you are able to volunteer for all or part of a day, please can you let us know by Wednesday 12th July.

We will be adjusting the training schedule for April and May to accommodate the Easter weekend, three bank holidays in May and a holiday break for the team of lead instructors.

The key dates are below. A leaflet will also be given out in class as a reminder, and all the dates have been updated on the club website.

April
Saturday 1st Competition Poomsae Training
Sunday 2nd First Aid Course
7th-10th Closed – Easter Bank Holiday Weekend
Saturday 15th Sport Taekwondo Competition Training
19th-27th All Classes Closed
Saturday 29th Seminar with GM Shin Byeong Hyun, Portsmouth

May
Monday 1st Bank Holiday – Classes will be running
Saturday 6th Competition Poomsae Training
Sunday 7th London Poomsae Championships
Monday 8th Bank Holiday – Classes closed
Saturday 13th Sport Taekwondo Competition Training
Sunday 14th Southern Regional Poomsae Squad
20th/21st Southern Counties Championship (Sparring), Southampton
Saturday 27th Senior Belt Training
Monday 29th Bank Holiday – Classes closed

The next kup grading will be on Saturday 10th June.

If you normally train on dates when we are closed, please do remember that you are very welcome to come along to any other appropriate classes.

The club normally takes a two week break in the summer, however the break between the 19th and 27th April is replacing this. Training will therefore continue through all of the summer this year.

Congratulations to those students who were successfully promoted to their next grade following the Kup grading on the 4th December. Great job!

The next grading will be on the 12th March 2023.

Yellow Tag / 9th Kup	Yellow Belt / 8th Kup	Green Belt / 6th Kup
Abhigail Sobhan – CREDIT	Marcel Roginski – DOUBLE	Lacey Crawford-Hicks – CREDIT
Harry Savage – CREDIT	Lawrence Fitzpatrick – CREDIT	Benjamin Di Baise
Lalitha Jasti – CREDIT	Joseph Fitzpatrick	Benjamin Morris
Benas Mozuraitis	Ashwin Manoj	Caron Core
Coen Slemmings	Gautm Srejith	Harry Shaw
Genevieve Hewitt	Hudson Wiles	Julian Ibberson
Mabel Quarterman	Josh Hayden	Kai Adams
Samved Nerusu	Liam Mula	Caron Core
Theodora Kalavas
	Green Tag / 7th Kup	Blue Tag / 5th Kup
	Jonah Mean	Dilsha Udahage Don
	Maria Vinograolova	Panayiotis Kalavas
		Blue Belt / 4th Kup
		Joseph Langton

The annual summer camp in Korea is restarting again. We plan to take a group. If you are interested in attending please email info@bluewave.org.uk. We will go out for a week arriving a day or so beforehand and staying on for a couple of days for siteseeing.

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