Steven Lovett, Corey Simoneau, Beatrix Learch and Raymond Chin all tussled to double gold for PoCo's Triumph Taekwondo Club at the B.C. provincial championships Saturday in Kamloops.
Lovett led the charge with twin wins in both sparring and patterns in the Male Black Belt 18-35 division.
Lerch did likewise in the Female Blue-Red Belt 35-and-over class, as did Chin in the Male Green Belt 18-35 category.
Triumph had 52 competitors among the 220-plus athletes at provincials and strolled away with 23 gold, 19 silver and 25 bronze medals.
Other particularly strong showings came from Triumph's Tomas Quat (gold in sparring and silver in patterns in Male Red Belt 14-17); Patrick Sere (silver in sparring and gold in patterns in Male Red Belt 10-13); Lyn Hardman (silver in sparring and gold in patterns in Female Black Belt 35-and-over); Frank Lerch (silver in sparring and gold in patterns in Male Blue-Red Belt 35-and-over); and Brianne Thompson (silver in sparring and gold in patterns in Female Black Belt 18-35).
