PICTURES: New Buckie taekwondo club aims to give something back to community
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A BUCKIE taekwondo enthusiast has set up a non-profit community club to encourage others to take up the sport.
Cara Coull (20), who is studying sport and fitness at Moray UHI, has created Eclipse Taekwondo based at the Buckie Community High School gym halls which is already proving popular. Helping out in the venture is her younger brother Luke (15), who is a student at the school.
She said: "I've been wanting to start the club for a while so I'm really happy it's up and running now.
"It's not for profit so anything we make goes right back into the club to help keep costs as low as possible. It will also help with competition costs, which can really mount up. The nearest competitions we attend are in Glasgow with a lot of them down the south of England.
"Eclipse is about giving something back to the community. I've been doing taekwondo since I was eight years old and I want to share my passion with others."
Cara and Luke held taster sessions for the club at the end of January and since then the club has been steadily growing. Open to students aged five to 17, each session costs £5 and runs from 5pm-6pm on Mondays and 4pm-5pm on Tuesdays.
For more information on the club, visit Eclipse Taekwondo's Facebook page.
Efforts to set up Eclipse have not stopped the duo showing their competitive mettle, the recent Lanarkshire Open seeing them return up the road with a medal haul to their names.
Cara claimed a gold in the pairs, a silver in the team and a bronze in the individual, while Luke earned himself a gold medal in the individual.
"I was hoping to get one medal from the day, so I was delighted to finish with three, including a gold," she said.
"Some of the competitors have been in the GB squad so it was a very tough standard."
Luke, who has been participating in the sport since the tender age of five, added: "Going into it I felt I could get a medal but I didn't think it'd be gold.
"I'm really happy to get that, I thought I put in a good performance in a difficult competition.
"I'm enjoying my time with Eclipse, too; it's quite fun and I'm enjoying teaching the kids. At the moment we're concentrating on basic moves with them."
