Dragon Tang Soo Do

Open Championships Nov 07 - Behind the Scenes

Here’s what happened in the lead up to the big day...

...Before any big event it always helps to advertise it, so this means posters to be designed, printed & put up at various locations.

Meet the team that do all the hard work for us. Reprographics designers Kate Baxter & Hazel Hamblin. It’s always a pleasure to see their smiling faces, and they never complain when I go in with yet another design change! Booklets & Participation Certificates, also designed by the reprographics team at Portishead.

Next phase is to get all the items ready for production and printing. Let’s take a look behind the scenes, to where it all happens. Meet the boys and girls from the Print shop floor, Suzie, Dave and Tim Whitchurch. I can assure you it gets very noisy in there once the machines are in full production, working flat out to meet the deadlines.You would not believe the massive pallets of paper, and completed work that are boxed, stacked up, and ready to be distributed.

Somehow we have to pay for all this work, so Sponsorship & Advertising is needed.
This involves a lot of leg work, and quite a lot of rejections. However you do meet some really nice people in your travels, and find lots of interesting places you would not have known about otherwise. I never knew Thornbury had so many interesting shops, and restaurants.

La Bruschetta  is a must! This authentic Italian Ristorante has a wonderful cosy ambiance. Luigi and his staff are friendly, and the food is superb!

4 High Street, Thornbury.
To book a table Tel: 01454 414500

 

Want to try something a little different? Why not try a round or two at the Thornbury Golf Centre?
Leighton Walker and his team will be on hand to advise you on how to get started, or if you just want to improve your game there are plenty of “Pros” to give you expert tuition.
Browse round the sports shop, it has a surprisingly good selection of items at a reasonable price. There is also Bar and restaurant open to all 7.30am to 10.30pm

Thornbury Golf Centre, Bristol Road, Thornbury, Bristol. BS35 3XL. Tel: 01454 281144,
Email: info@thornburygc.co.uk, www.thornburygc.co.uk

Meet Juliet from Thornbury MX.
They offer a friendly and professional service, stocking a large range of leisurewear & Motor-cross accessorises: boots; helmets; clothing; and oils.
They have workshop facilities and motorbike parts to cater from small repairs to full rebuilds on 2 stroke and 4 stroke machines.
Practice tracks are available.

Thornbury  MX also has it’s own embroidery and shirt printing services for your racing and corporate needs: Hi-vis, polo shirts, overalls, waistcoats, fleeces, trousers, also printing T-shirts etc for Hen nights, Stag nights and Pub teams.

8 The Plain, High Street, Thornbury, Bristol, BS35 2AG. Tel: 01454 419548
For all you Bikers out there - Visit their website: www.thornburymx.co.uk

Elite Gym - after lots of discussion reluctantly declined to sponsor us, as our event didn’t quite capture their clientele, as it was mostly Karate based. However they were very nice people! Check out their website for information on their Gym facilities. Let them know you heard about them from this website!

Most of us know Terry from  Bristol Martial Arts! It always good to catch up with the gossip. Hopefully we can persuade them to sponsor us next time?

J B Glass & Glazing – Not just a window glazing firm that helps with your misted units and broken handles, hinges or locks, or even fitting a cat flap, they also cut glass to size whilst you wait, for replacement coffee table tops, glass doors and mirrors, with free delivery if you wish to fit it yourself. Have a browse round their showroom for Bristol Blue Collectables and Trophies
Items are designed to meet your requirements, and budgets from single to multiple numbers. Hall marked silver mounts on the glass, and wooden bases with shields, or rings available. Key rings, Desk items, Paperweights, Goblets, Tankards, Decanters gilded with club badges. Check out their  Batik Indah  hand carved goods from the Far East, and selection of mirrors.

Thanks Guys, it’s always a pleasure to do business with you!
There is a large Car park to rear of  the premise, so visit the show room at :
373 -375 Filton Avenue, Filton, Bristol.
Tel: 0117 9693778 or 0117 9793980, Fax: 0117 9755303
Email: roy@jbglazing.biz

Now this is where the really hard work begins!

Meet The Set up Team:  Alison Harding 2nd Dan ; Neal Harding; Geoff White; Master Chris White; Zoe White Director & 3rd Dan ; Ian Pugh; Sandra Pugh.

Theirs is a thankless task as nobody sees the hard work and long hours they put in the night before the Competition. They mark out Arenas, put out signs, sort out the PA system, Organise and display the trophies.

On the day itself they Input data with results of the Winners on the computer.
(Competition Categories are sorted out prior to the event, and Competition forms are sent to Outside Clubs and First aid cover arranged for the event.)

I stopped taking photographs at this point, and decided it would be better to start helping out a little!

It’s  Shattering  just watching the Set up Team at work! The amount of time and effort
they put in, especially with the late night finish before the competition is amazing. It doesn’t finish there….they then get up early the next day to put out the trophies before we arrive!
Also Continuing to help out with tasks the next day during the Competition e.g Judging, and scoring. Most of the Black Belts & Cho Dan Bo’s know long and tiring that can be!

And finally when everyone else has left they clear up afterwards.

(So I hope you won’t mind if I remind you to use the bins provided for your rubbish, or better still, take it home?)

All the hard work doesn’t stop there…..You’ll find that there’s more going on than you realise. I think you’ll be surprised at just what your Black Belts do!

Tang Soo!

 

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