Team Nova Scotia competitors from White’s Taekwondo in Porters Lake won gold and silver medals at the 20198 National Taekwondo championships in Quebec City in January, 2019.
Russell of Porters Lake won a gold medal in the youth male under 31 kg category. And Brody Oakes of Porters Lake took silver in the youth male under 35 kg category.
In an email, Jen Oakes, director of the Porters Lake Taekwondo Parents Association, thanked the businesses that had supported the team’s trip to Quebec, including The Porters Lake Pub, Colin and Sons Car Care, The Accupuncture Loft, Minute Man Press, Leading Edge Excavation and Trucking Ltd, Fred M Dunphy Construction, Mortgage Alliance, Cape 16, and H&J Fisheries.
Photo Caption: Left to right back row" Kennedy Cyr, Maddie Cyr, Cody White(coach), Riley Aucoin, Master White(coach)
Front row left to right: Stephen Russell, Rylan Thompson, Brody Oakes, Ayden Thompson(cheer captain)