Archives July 2015

GMAC Annual Awards Evening 2015

Saturday 21^st November @ Colville Park Club, Motherwell.

GMAC are proud to present our Annual Awards evening, which will be held on Saturday 21st November 2015, at The Colville Park Country Club, Motherwell.

The evening will be a formal celebration of the year and our student successes (Black Tie), includes a three course meal, awards presentation and after party.

Full details on menu choice will be released soon however a limited number of tickets are now on sale. Ticket prices are as follows:

Adults         (13 years & over)                  £30

Children     (12 years & under)                £15

We only require a £10 deposit to secure your place for what will be another fantastic evening celebrating this years achievements!

Please see your instructor if you would like tickets and watch our social media (Facebook & Twitter) sites for updates.

Over the weekend of 12th – 14th June took place the Summer Black Belt Grading, this was in partnership with Forth Valley Taekwon-Do and Glasgow East.

The grading weekend began on Friday evening, with twelve candidates from across the three associations taking the theory exam for promotion to the next degree level.  The practical test was taken on Sunday, beginning at 10am under the examination panel of Grand Master T. MacCallum IX, Mr. John McIlvaney VI, Mr. Garry Shaw VI, Mrs. Jacqueline Timoney V and Mrs. Gillian McIlvaney IV, with Mrs. Kerris Dickson facilitating the grading exam.

All candidates took to the floor in their respective grades to perform their nine patterns.  On completion of these, they then moved into the sparring part of the exam, completing multiple bouts of 1-step, pre-arranged, free sparring and 2vs1 sparring to various opponents.  Self Defence followed first with unarmed self defence, and then defence against a weapon, before each of the candidates completed their respective breaking techniques.  Of the candidates presenting for the test, 10 were successful  and promoted to the next degree as follows;

Promoted to 1st Degree

Cerys Turner – GMAC Martial Arts

Lauren Watson – GMAC Martial Arts

Jay Jervis – GMAC Martial Arts

Stuart Adair – GMAC Martial Arts

Promoted to 3rd Degree

Martin Smillie – GMAC Martial Arts

Promoted to 4th Degree

Adam Paterson – Forth Valley TKD

Colin Lyon – Forth Valley TKD

Garry McGuire – Forth Valley TKD

Scott Morris – Glasgow East

John Munro – GMAC Martial Arts

The next Black Belt Grading date will be announced in due course.