Goldie Webb at the 19th British open
Sunday 13 May 2007 at 8:08 pm
One of my students, Goldie Webb attended the 19th British open and won three gold and one bronze and was awarded the best female competitor of the day. She was so excited and felt she was so honoured to have won such a prestigious award, she wrote a short article about her experience in the competition.
The 19th British Open Tai Chi Championships
Goldie Webb is a student member of Deyin Taijiquan Institute(GB) under the teaching of Master Faye (Li) Yip and her Kung Fu Brother Alan in Warrington . She has been training very hard and decided to try to enter a competition representing the Deyin Institute. And guess what, she won three gold medals and one bronze! Well Done, Goldie!
On 1 April 2007 I traveled to the Blackbird Leys Leisure Centre in Oxford to take part in the 19th British Open Tai Chi Championships 2007. This was the first time I had ever considered entering a competition of this stature but, encouraged by Tary and Faye, I decided to give it a go!
Although I had trained hard for my events, and had been helped greatly by my instructors Prof Li and Alan McDonnell of Wigan and with advice from Tary and Faye, I was still quite frightened when I arrived at the venue. I didn’t know anybody else there, but the organiser, Dan Docherty, helped me feel at ease, and I resolved to do my best, not least because I wanted to do my instructors justice after all the help they had given me.
I entered five events in the championships, at both the “Intermediate” and “Open” levels, and was successful in four events, winning three Gold medals and one Bronze medal! I was over the moon, and felt like the luckiest person in the world! I think the event I enjoyed the most was the 52 kung fu fan form.
The championships were really exciting, and I learnt a lot by watching the other competitors’ routines. I also met lots of really nice people – Tai Chi is a great sport for making friends!
To round off a great day, I was also awarded a special prize for best female competitor, winning a fantastic sword. I’ll have to get practising with it for next year!
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