{"id":2560,"date":"2016-12-05T00:04:07","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T00:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gmacmartialarts.org.uk\/news\/?p=2560"},"modified":"2016-12-05T00:04:07","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T00:04:07","slug":"2016-awards-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmacmartialarts.org.uk\/news\/2016-awards-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Awards Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"gmac-awards-2016-394\"<\/a>Saturday 26th November saw us host our 3rd Annual Awards Night, once again in the Colville Park Club, Motherwell.<\/p>\n

What a fabulous evening celebrating the achievements of 2016! It was our biggest one yet!!<\/p>\n

2016 certainly has been busy year, a successful year and a memorable year. Thank you to all who came along to celebrate the students achievements throughout this past year. <\/p>\n

After a run down of the years events on the evening, which included details of the competition wins throughout 2016, we did count that GMAC students entered no less than 22 tournaments in 2016, almost 1 every second weekend!  (We certainly were a busy bunch this year). Mr. McIlvaney asked the question “How many medals did we win over the year?”<\/em><\/strong>  <\/p>\n

Well now we’ve counted, it took some time \"\"…..excluding our inter club competitions, we won a grand total of 105 Gold, 129 Silver and 133 Bronze medals in 12 months….WOW!!!<\/p>\n

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As most of the awards have now been handed out to those who couldn’t make it on the evening, we’ve now collated the full list of winners and runners up, detailed below:<\/p>\n

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\nSTUDENTS CHOICE AWARDS<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nITF Kids<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Winner:  Sanaya Panesar.  <\/p>\n

Runner’s Up:  Connor Campbell & Max Watson<\/p>\n

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Little Ninja’s<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Winners:  Livingston Class 1 – Connor McCullagh<\/p>\n

                Livingston Class 2 – Harris Stewart<\/p>\n

                Wishaw – Ethan Massey<\/p>\n

                Uddingston – Isla Harper<\/p>\n

Runner’s Up:  Connor Shepherd (LC1), Kayla Walker (LC1), Nickolas Brown (LC2), Declan Bowman (LC2), Zander McLean (W), Charlotte Daly (W), Keeva Lynch (U) and Alexis Shaw (U)<\/p>\n

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Kickin Kid’s<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Winners:  Livingston Class 1 – Mhairi Crookston<\/p>\n

                Livingston Class 2 – Josh Dunsmore<\/p>\n

                Wishaw – Callum Durie<\/p>\n

                Uddingston – Sharon Shaw<\/p>\n

Runner’s Up:  Kera McLeish (LC1), Aiden McDaid (LC1), Megan Doherty (LC2), Sydney Farrell (LC2), Kiana Munro (LC2), Sam Jones (W), Declan McAvoy (W), Kenzie Hailstones (U) and Owen Gallacher (U)<\/p>\n

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Junior Taekwon-Do<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Winners:  Livingston – Donatella Fargnoli<\/p>\n

                Wishaw – Hayden McAvoy<\/p>\n

                Uddingston – Callum Geoghans<\/p>\n

                Tollcross – Caitlin Hughes<\/p>\n

Runner’s Up:  Connor Hall (L), Bethan Turner (L), Kyle Lynch (L), Anton McMenemy (W), Josh Miller (W), Ben Melrose (U), Lewis Gilchrist (U), Ryan Thomson (T) and Kimberley Gill (T)<\/p>\n

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Senior Taekwon-Do<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Winners:  Livingston – Jason Munro<\/p>\n

                Wishaw – Ellie Weir<\/p>\n

                Uddingston – John Melrose<\/p>\n

Runner’s Up:  Jacolin Brown (L), Gary McAlister (L), Cerys Turner (L), Ross Cowan (W), Gary McAvoy (W), Jamie Thomson (U) and Callum Gilchrist (U)<\/p>\n

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Junior Kickboxing<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Winners:  Livingston – Ethan McEwan<\/p>\n

                Uddingston – Nathan Willis<\/p>\n

Runner’s Up:  Dale McQuade (L), Sophie Niezbecka (L), Megan Crosbie (U) and Ben Melrose (U)<\/p>\n

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Senior Kickboxing<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Winners:  Livingston – Ewa Malwinska<\/p>\n

                Uddingston – Scott Goodman<\/p>\n

Runner’s Up:  Emma Walker (L), Dorota Ungeheuer-Loza (L), Colin Cupples (U) and Lorna Geoghans (U)<\/p>\n

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STUDENTS OF THE YEAR AWARDS (Instructor’s Choice)\"gmac-awards-2016-151\"<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nITF Kids<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Winner:  Holly Rees-Nicol<\/p>\n

Runner’s Up:  Ziva Lewicka and Dylan Turnbull<\/p>\n

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Little Ninja’s<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Winners:  Livingston Class 1 – Lewis Watt<\/p>\n

                Livingston Class 2 – Jakub Krug<\/p>\n

                Wishaw – Alex Nisbet<\/p>\n

                Uddingston – Conolyn Lynch<\/p>\n

Runner’s Up:  Rosa Ameno (LC1), Jessica Halloran (LC1), Jacob Christison (LC2), Jonathan Maciver (LC2), Jamie Coombes (W), Ethan Massey (W), Ellie Menzies (U) and Harry Kirk (U)<\/p>\n

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Kickin Kid’s<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Winners:  Livingston Class 1 – Eilidh Watts<\/p>\n

                Livingston Class 2 – Roshan Haq<\/p>\n

                Wishaw – Declan McAvoy<\/p>\n

                Uddingston – Ben McSeveney<\/p>\n

Runner’s Up:  Chloe Jervis (LC1), Sami Save-Kimmings (LC1), Kaity Weir (W), Dylan McMaster (W), Arran Harper (U) and Daniel Hedges Jnr (U)<\/p>\n

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Junior Taekwon-Do<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Winners:  Livingston – Kyle Lynch<\/p>\n

                Wishaw – Anton McMenemy<\/p>\n

                Uddingston – Lewis Gilchrist<\/p>\n

Runner’s Up:  Adrian Lewicki (L), Betahn Turner (L), Ross Kellechan (W), Jaimie Singleton (W), Callum Geoghans (U) and Ben Melrose (U)<\/p>\n

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Senior Taekwon-Do<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Winners:  Livingston – Nicola Hamilton<\/p>\n

                Wishaw – Gary McAvoy<\/p>\n

                Uddingston – Colin Cupples<\/p>\n

                Tollcross – Lauren Watson<\/p>\n

Runner’s Up:  Desoina Athanasiadou (L), Ciaran Livingstone (L), James Murphy (W), Ethan McKenna (W), Graham Brown (U), Daniel Hedges (U), John Rafferty (T) and Robert Parsons (T)<\/p>\n

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Junior Kickboxing<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Winners:  Livingston – Aidan Soave<\/p>\n

                Uddingston – Ben Melrose<\/p>\n

Runner’s Up:  Olivia Loza (L), Jack Robertson (L), Ben McSeveney (U) and Rhys Keenan (U)<\/p>\n

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Senior Kickboxing<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Winners:  Livingston – Audrey McQuade<\/p>\n

                Uddingston – Lorna Geoghans<\/p>\n

Runner’s Up:  Eddie Christie (L), Adrian Knap (L), Gary Todd (U) and Brian Keenan (U)<\/p>\n

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\"gmac-awards-2016-215\"<\/a>TENET AWARDS<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Sam Jones – Indomitable Spirit<\/p>\n

Ryan McMenemy – Indomitable Spirit<\/p>\n

Isa Haq – Indomitable Spirit<\/p>\n

Cerys Turner – Indomitable Spirit<\/p>\n

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BLACK BELT PROMOTIONS 2016<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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1st DEGREE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anton McMenemy, Hayden McAvoy, Ciaran Livingstone, Bethan Turner, Donatella Fargnoli & Ross Cowan<\/p>\n

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2nd DEGREE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ethan McKenna, Melissa Brown, Megan Brown, James Murphy & Gary McAvoy<\/p>\n

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3rd DEGREE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jason Munro <\/p>\n

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COMPETITOR OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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JUNIOR’S (12 & under)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Uddingston – Ben McSeveney (18 points)<\/p>\n

Tollcross – Caitlin Hughes (27 points)<\/p>\n

Livingston – Kieran Farrell & Kyle Lynch (both 30 points)<\/p>\n

Wishaw – Nathan Cowan (47 points)<\/p>\n

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TEEN’S (13 – 17 years)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Livingston – Jay Jervis (40 points)<\/p>\n

Wishaw – Jaimie Singleton (65 points)<\/p>\n

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ADULTS (18 years & over)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tollcross – Robert Parsons (11 points)<\/p>\n

Uddingston – Graham Brown (25 points)<\/p>\n

Livingston – Despina Athanasiadou (33 points)<\/p>\n

Wishaw – Megan Brown (40 points)<\/p>\n

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Congratulations to all the award winners and runners up, you all achieved so much this past year. Congratulations also to each and every student, as you all continually work hard to achieve your goals. We are all proud of your efforts.\"gmac-awards-2016-476\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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We must thank all those who worked hard these past few months, working countless hours behind the scenes to bring it all together on night, setting up, and dismantling afterwards. Without a great team behind us GMAC wouldn’t be what it is, huge thank you to Lorna, Kerris, Chris, John & Jason for everything you do.<\/p>\n

Thank you to Magic Pete, for entertaining the children during the evening, we loved watching them have fun playing all the games, whilst the parents got to enjoy their dinner \"\"😊<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n

And finally thank you to Jason Kimmings Photography, again capturing all the emotions of the evening. We look forward to seeing all the photos soon.<\/p>\n

It was another memorable evening, we look forward to see what you can all achieve in 2017…and are already planning an even bigger and better awards night for next year!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr & Mrs Mac & Team<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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