HORIZON Taekwondo Academy, which has clubs across the Bradford and Keighley region, swept up multiple accolades at the British National Championships in Sheffield last month.

Taekwondo, which is an Olympic sport and martial art, is practised by approximately 50,000 people in the UK.

Horizon Taekwondo Academy’s clubs are part of the National Governing Body for World Taekwondo (Olympic) in the UK and the prestigious National Championships is the pinnacle of domestic competition.

Of 500 clubs in the UK, 87 of them entered this event, which comprised of 950 competitors across child and adult divisions, as well as novice and advanced categories.

Horizon Taekwondo Academy, whose main hub is based in Keighley, finished in sixth place overall for advanced grades, top spot overall for novices grades and ended up in overall third place in the UK for all categories.

Horizon fielded 33 athletes, some as young as seven years old, in the competition, which took place at Sheffield EIS (English Institute of Sport).

Among the highlights for Horizon were gold medals for Silsden’s Jackson Done and Alfie Maroney, Keighley’s Lola Corboz and Bradford’s Edward Burleigh and Max Spink.

There were silver medals for Silsden’s Jamie Simpson-Kidd and Bradford’s Gina Bene-Hamill and Mike Spink.

Simpson-Kidd also picked up a bronze medal, as did his fellow Silsden native Jacob Roffey.

Keighley’s Sam Taylor and Muhammad Ejaz and Bradford’s William Burleigh and Rayhaan Khan also all won bronzes.

This topped off an incredible year for Horizon, whose team had competed up and down the country all year to gain experience and match time before this event.

British Taekwondo national team coach Natalie Simpson-Kidd, who is also a full-time coach at Horizon Taekwondo Academy, said: “The team worked as a team all year.

“The coaches, the fighters, the parents and the training partners have all been components to our success.”

Horizon are offering classes to beginners and are asking you to contact info@horizontaekwondo.co.uk or WhatsApp them on 07977 065357 if you're interested.