CSPAN awards 2016

CSPAN awards 2016

Awards night 27.01.2017

Last year Mrs Collett won the Sutton Coldfield Female Personality of the year and this year we found ourselves not only nominated but shortlisted for 4 different categories. Wow! Those shortlisted were:

 Mrs Collett - Adult Female category - after winning a cracking 10 medals this year - 8 of which were Gold – as well as being promoted to GTUK Ladies Assistant coach.  

Mr Collett - Adult male category - after winning his first national title this year he has really come into his own and is now UKGT British sparring champ, GTUK British sparring champ, European sparring silver medallist and GTUK British patterns silver medallist.

Miss Elton – junior female category – Hannah has only been training for a relatively short period of time (about 18 months) but this year she became a double British Champion and earned herself 2 silvers too!

SCTKD club - club category – This year our students have earned 3 gold medals and 4 silver medals at national level championships. As a club we have maintained our 100% grading pass rate, as well as achieving a total of 7 A passes. As a club we have been involved in several community invents including the Sutton Coldfield Community games were we gave over 750 children a taste of Tae Kwon-do.

So combined with nominees and proud parents and grandparents we headed off for our table of 12 at this year’s event, held at the Ramada hotel. We were greeted with a drinks reception where laughs were soon shared at Mrs Collett’s expense when it was discovered she was wearing odd shoes! In her defence they were very similar – except for the heel height…

Once seated we were treated to a lovely 3 course meal. Having a range of dietary needs on our table I have to say that the Ramada catered for us very well and efficiently. During courses we were treated to a future singing talent from Arthur Terry school who thrilled us with a variety of songs.

Then came the awards. It is staggering just to realise the amount of talent in this town! Most categories featured an Olympian/Paralympian or international medallists. This high level of prestige is what makes this event so inspiring and humbling. Unfortunately, we didn’t win any awards this year but anyone that has got into sports just to win has entered a life changing activity for the all the wrong reasons. To just be nominated, and then shortlisted amongst a plethora of talent was honour enough for us. And it certainly didn’t stop us having a wonderful evening.

We are very proud of our club, and of all of our students.