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TKD club medals at Masters

Junior national champion Tumai Baptiste led Master's Taekwondo at the B.C. Master's Cup at Capilano University last Saturday. Baptiste, a 15-year-old Moscrop Secondary student, won the gold medal in the featherweight A division at the competition.

Junior national champion Tumai Baptiste led Master's Taekwondo at the B.C. Master's Cup at Capilano University last Saturday.

Baptiste, a 15-year-old Moscrop Secondary student, won the gold medal in the featherweight A division at the competition.

First time A division competitor, Rowena Lau, a 13-year-old Byrne Creek student, took gold in sparring in the finweight class.

Jorge Gomez, 14, also won a bronze in A sparring.

The junior national championships will be held in Vancouver from Jan. 12 to 15.

Gary Jiang also won gold in the featherweight division, while 35-year-old Rickie Sugars won a sparring gold.

Other medallists included: Aaron Gomez, 11, winning a gold in sparring and Hanz Cruz, 14, taking silver in sparring and poomse or forms.

In the nine-year-old class, Raymond Baptiste won gold in sparring, while Andrei Georgescu and Ryan Abel took bronze.