Three members of Prince George's Family TaeKwon-Do were part of a gold-medal performance by Team B.C. at the Western Canadian championships on the weekend.
At westerns, held in Warman, Sask., Cole Abou-Tibbett, Dan Watt and Kyle Graham helped Team B.C. defeat Team Saskatchewan in junior men's sparring. Abou-Tibbett, in the middleweight category, also battled to gold in individual competition.
Watt, meanwhile, earned a silver medal in heavyweight sparring and bronze in second-dan patterns. As well, Graham was a silver-medalist in lightweight sparring.
Abou-Tibbett, Watt and Graham all hold black belts. Two other black-belt athletes from Family TaeKwon-Do - the father and son duo of Jordan Boudreau and Dominic Boudreau - also competed at westerns. The elder Boudreau fought to a gold medal in men's hyperweight sparring and took a bronze in fifth-dan patterns, while the younger Boudreau brought home a bronze medal in pre-junior sparring.
Jeff Gruending, who was recently promoted to a blue belt, picked up a gold medal in sparring and a bronze medal in patterns. His wife, green-belt athlete Janet Gruending, earned silver medals in sparring and patterns.
