In a change to TKD, last week was the WKU/GCO Kickboxing World Championships in Rhodes, Greece. So happy to have come away with 2x Gold (Jnr Points and Continuous) to become a KB World Champ! Thank you, as ever, to those to continue to support me!
@TeamSportsAid @Rainford_High
A fantastic weekend at the 2024 British Taekwondo National Championships. From our team of 15, we came home with 8 medals in total:
๐ฅ- Emily, Evelyn, Flynn
๐ฅ- Ruby, Willow
๐ฅ- Poppy, Harry, Lennon
Thank you to British Taekwondo for a great comp.
@BritTaekwondo
So happy to win Gold at @BritTaekwondo National Championships 2024 - tough win this year against strong opponents. Thank you Claire and Poppy @GajokTaekwondo, for everything, thanks also to @TeamSportsAid for your support #BackingTheBest.
Here is our teams full lineup for the Bulgarian Open๐ช Everyone is looking strong and we canโt wait to see what they accomplish this weekend #bulgarianopen#taekwondo#gbtaekwondo#competition
Congratulations to our two girls at the British Taekwondo end of year awards.
Liv - Poomsae under 18 Female Athlete of the Year
Emily - Most Improved Cadet Female Athlete of the Year
We'll done girls, perfect end to a great year for the both of you.
@BritTaekwondo
A small team taken to Leeds for the 2023 English Open with some tough fights and some great results:
๐ฅEmily
๐ฅGrace
๐ฅKieran
๐ฅBenjamin
๐ฅRuby
Thank you to @TKDHorizon for a great competition!
๐๐ SportsAid has released the findings of its inaugural mental health and wellbeing survey on World Mental Health Day ๐๐
Nearly half of the respondents feel anxiety affects their sporting performance with 26% saying it can be too difficult to manage at times, according to the survey.
The survey, undertaken in September 2023, was completed by 379 talented young athletes - each of whom are receiving support from SportsAid this year having been nominated to the charity by the national governing bodies of their respective sports.
The findings have highlighted the main factors behind this, the different challenges facing female and para athletes, and the appetite for more support and advice. The survey was entirely anonymous and confidential.
The full findings can be found further down, via the link, but hereโs a few key headlines:
๐ 9 out of 10 athletes would find it useful to have access to more mental health resources, tools and sessions with the aim of helping them in their day-to-day lives.
๐ 62% of athletes feel they have enough knowledge and support to take care of their mental health but nearly a third say that they donโt with 14% not feeling comfortable asking for help.
๐ Two thirds of female athletes experience day-to-day anxiety, compared to just over half of male athletes, with the main factors being sporting performance, body image and friendships.
๐ Two thirds of athletes feel their sporting performance has been the main cause of anxiety in their day-to-day lives alongside school/exams (53%) and money/cost of living (33%).
๐ 23% of athletes who rate their mental health as โpoorโ say they have no access to mental health services - they are also less likely to ask for help than those with โgoodโ mental health.
The respondent group was very diverse. There was a near even gender split (46% male, 54% female) overall. 78% of respondents were able-bodied (297 athletes) with 22% having a disability (82 athletes). 20% of respondents came from ethnically diverse communities. The athletes who completed the survey were spread across 63 different sports โ the majority of which are Olympic and Paralympic disciplines.
โถ๏ธ https://t.co/fzAdAsVHmk
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Wishing Team SportsAid all the best for todayโs #RoyalParksHalf as they raise money to help #SupportTheNext generation of talented young athletes ๐
Hereโs our list of amazing runnersโฆ.
Adam Murphy ๐
Antonia Hayward ๐
Cassie Rees ๐
Ella Benson ๐
Emmett Murphy ๐
Joe Ruddock ๐
Juliet Birrell ๐
Robert Wallis ๐
All supporters are welcome to join us at our dedicated cheer point....
Mile 6.5 and 8 ๐
Serpentine Road ๐โโ๏ธ
We hope to see you there from 9:30am onwards for a brilliant dayโฆ.and make sure to download the @RoyalParksHalf App beforehand to track your runner!
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Wow, what a weekend at the British Taekwondo National Championships. With a small team of just ten, we came away with four golds, a silver and a bronze!
Thank you @BritTaekwondo for putting on such a great competition and looking forward to next year already!
Very pleased with my performances today, winning gold to become British National Champ (Cadets -51kg) 2023.
As ever, thank you to Master Claire Howard.
#BackingTheBest@TeamSportsAid@GajokTaekwondo
So very happy and proud to have been selected as part of the Great Britain squad for the upcoming European Cadet Taekwondo Championships in Belgrade. Thank you everyone for your support! @BritTaekwondo @GBTaekwondo@GajokTaekwondo@TeamSportsAid#BackingTheBest
#SportsAidLive ๐ฅ
SportsAid was delighted to bring together over 40 talented young athletes, along with their parents and guardians, for a very special summer event at @RBCโs Bishopsgate offices in London this afternoon!
#SportsAidLive acted as the perfect opportunity for athletes, across more than 25 different sports, and their families to meet each other and share their experiences and knowledge, while also benefitting from mentoring and valuable workshops in areas such as mental wellbeing, nutrition and social media.
In addition to the top industry professionals (@LeonTaylorGB, @BelievePHQ, @JennyTschiesche and @Sportsbeat) who led these sessions, several sporting household names joined the athletes and parents and guardians to talk about their own high-performance journeys and provide guidance on a range of topics.
A huge thank you to @RBC for hosting #SportsAidLive, @Tom_Gayle for presenting the event, the alumni and workshop deliverers who imparted their wisdom....and of course the athletes and their families for committing the time during such busy sporting schedules. We can't wait to do it all again soon!
#SportsAid #SupportTheNext #GreatBritain #Britain #British #Olympics #Paralympics #TeamGB #ParalympicsGB #sport #highperformance #athlete #athletes #charity #fundraising #learning #education #knowledge #encourage #enable #empower