Thirteen medals have been brought home to Stittsville.

They come from the provincial Tae Kwon Do championships which were held on Saturday, October 18 in Carleton Place where competitors from all over Ontario competed against each other in two divisions, Patterns and Sparring.

They have been brought home to Stittsville by competitors from Reid’s Tae Kwon Do in Stittsville.

Four of these competitors were double gold medal winners in the competition. Paul Donnelly won a gold in Sparring and a gold in Patterns as did Reilly Donnelly, Allie Carson and Shane Spencer.

Sylvie Donnelly was a double silver medal winner, capturing silver medals in both Sparring and Patterns.

Corrick Donnelly won two medals as well, bringing home a gold medal in Patterns and a bronze medal in Sparring.

Chris Donnelly won only a single medal but it was a gold one, as he captured a gold medal in patterns.

The competitors who represented Reid’s Tae Kwon Do in Stittsville in this competition trained very hard leading up to the event which is perhaps why they had such a medal haul at the event.

They will now be using the experience gained at this provincial championship to help them when they compete at the national championships in the spring.

Reid’s Tae Kwon Do opened its first location in the Ottawa area in the Centrepointe area in 1995. The studio in Stittsville opened in 2007 at the Mac’s Plaza at the corner of Stittsville Main Street and Hobin Street in Stittsville.

Reid’s Tae Kwon Do emphasizes training to develop skills within the art of Tae Kwon Do. Competition is not the major focus, although students of Reid’s Tae Kwon Do have done very well over the years, with three world champions, eight international champions and numerous provincial and national champions.

Head instructor Chris Reid, who is a retired world champion himself, believes that students should train with the notion that their skills will be to defend themselves as opposed to be used purely for competition.

“Winning medals motivates people to train hard, saving your life motivates people to train harder,” he points out.

“That’s why we do well in competition,” he adds. “Our members train with greater motivation than most of their competition.”