PREMIER TAEKWONDO have 10 members who have successfully completed new gradings.

Five exponents from the former Huddersfield Taekwondo Club have achieved 2nd Dan status while another five have become 1st Dan black belts.

It means the club – a non-profit making Community Amateur Sports Club – have over 35 members ready to either grade for black belts or have already passed.

The gradings have been achieved through the British Taekwondo Council and the club are proud their age-range of members is from five to 55, with the emphasis on providing sport, discipline, self-defence and self-confidence to everyone taking up the sport.

New members are always welcome. Information at www.premiertaekwondo.org

Taekwondo world champion Sarah Stevenson says several British women should have made the Sports Personality of the Year Award shortlist.

The 28-year-old, who took time out to care for her terminally ill parents during 2011, thinks she will never get a better chance to make the list.

Stevenson claimed gold at May's World Championships in Korea.

"I think I and a lot of other world champion female athletes do deserve to be on it," she said.