The GTUK championships were held in Coventry on Saturday 15th
October 2016. Hannah was competing at her second GTUK event that year. The day
started with a big honour. She was chosen with a fellow student to read the
competitors oath in front of the hundreds of people that had gathered to
support, compete in and officiate these games.
Hannah’s was competing in the junior female green belt to
blue belt category and her first event of the day was patterns, where students
perform a pre-determined set of movements to gain marks for aspects such as
power, stances and breath control. She progressed through her early rounds of
this with ease, being a very technical practitioner. In the final, however, she
was against an older girl who had been moved into her category. Despite the age difference Hannah put in her
usual sterling performance but unfortunately on this occasion she was denied
the gold medal by a very close judges’ decision.
Next came sparring, which saw a chance to prove she wasn’t
going to just settle for silver. Again she progressed comfortably through the
rounds until meeting the same girl she has come second to in patterns. History
did not repeat itself in sparring however. Hannah gave it her all, dominating
the fight and won by a unanimous judge’s decision to take home the gold and
once again become a GTUK British champion!
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