Story: Robert Shaw
The Verdon Street Pilsung Taekwondo club has been a Burngreave fixture since the 80s, helping many youngsters learn self-confidence, and getting some onto the British national team.
Now, five more local youngsters have got a massive boost, winning multiple medals at the “Ultimate 1 to 1” Northern region tournament, held at Concord this December.
This tournament was specially designed to introduce Junior and first-time candidates into regional competition, helping them to break the confidence barrier that can sometimes hold them back from national success.
The club entered five promising students, four of them first-timers. All did well. Shaquille George, Sharmin Osoo and Dayne Sampson each won gold medals in the junior sparring, while Sumayah Hussein and Ahmed Hussein took second and fourth place in the Kup Grade Poomsae event.