First competition of the year 2026

Just a few of the competitors who took part from Banstead TKD

2026 see's 30 years of TaeKwon-Do Impact, the governing body that Banstead TKD is a member off, and they kicked off the years events by organising a colourbelt only tournament for it's members and some selected invited schools from around the country.

The event was organised very well, crowd control was excellent, as was scheduling and we experienced minimal delays and it seems competitors, spectators, umpires and organisers were generally very pleased with the event.

Of course, not everyone can be judged a winner of their events' divisions and take home some medals, but as Master Anderson described it: Everyone took home valuable experience by taking part in the competition.

Banstead TaeKwon-Do Competitors

We had 12 competitors take part, from Junior TKD, Teens TKD and Adult TKD classes. For 7 of those it was their first competition, and we had 3 adults take part and that is really good to see.

Competing is hard and people often don't take part because they're afraid of something, which is why taking part really should be celebrated because by taking part you already have achieved highly and overcome certain worries or apprehension and you have put yourself into the unknown and you certainly will experience exponential growth in TaeKwon-Do because of that.

Congratulations to:

• Natalija

• Thomas

• Theo J

• Theo C

• Chayne

• Nate

• Darcey

• Harvey

• George

• Evie

• Lake

• Kieran

MEDALS

Awesome effort from every competitor and congratulations for taking part.

Medals awarded to our students deserve recognition so special Congratulations to:

• Tommy D: Silver in flying kicks

• Theo J: Silver in Sparring. Excellent effort here combatting nerves against a good opponent

• Chayne: Bronze in patterns (very close); Silver in special tech (just imagine with a bit of training); GOLD in sparring (very good sparring, showing how much improvement can occur with extra training)

• Darcey: Silver in patterns (huge improvement here)

• George T: GOLD in patterns.

• Evie T: Silver in flying kicks

I am a very proud instructor. Well done to everyone involved.

What was it like on the day?

TaeKwon-Do Impact

Thank you to the organisers, the governing body we are members of, and to all the umpires, coaches, and volunteers that helped make the day go well.

Thank you to Edie for being coach to our team, and thank you to Anna for umpiring.