Arran can now boast being home to three European Taekwondo champions after welcoming home the martial arts masters who competed at the International Taekwondo Federation European Championships held at Woking, England earlier this month Part of the Scotland team at the international event were father and son Dariusz, 33 and Patryk Gwizdowski, 12, along with 16-year-old Fireun Hunter, all from Whiting Bay, who had previously gone through qualifying stages at club and Scottish levels to be part of the team.
Dariusz and Patryk Gwizdowski and Fireun Hunter with their medal haul.
Fireun, who took gold at the Scottish Championships at Grangemouth during June, went to the European Championships as Scottish champion in his category. The first day of the European Championships, which started with the black belt category, saw both Dariusz and Patryk taking part. Dariusz easily took gold in the special techniques category and went on to win two more gold medals in other categories while Patryk took bronze in two different disciplines.