Loughrea Taekwon-Do club was started in September 2005 and has built up a loyal group of students ranging from 6 years to adult. Classes are held in St Raphael’s secondary school, Loughrea twice a week on Monday and Friday - juniors from 6-7pm and seniors from 7-8pm. For more information click here
Congratulations to the Loughrea Taekwon-Do students who competed in the Leinster Open Championships in Athlone. We sent a group of 9 competitors and they returned with a total of 13 medals for the club, and also enjoyed themselves. A special mention goes to the following 4 young students competing for the first time and each won 2 medals - Jessica Griffin (Gold and silver), Dylan Crean (2 silver), Evan Crean (2 bronze) and JP Griffin (2 bronze). David O'Connor won a silver medal in sparring and Cian Bowes won bronze in the patterns. Our 3 adults each won a medal- Miss Cochonneau and Mr O' Connor came second in their sparring divisions and Mr Leahy (also competing in his first tounament) won a bronze medal. Well done to everyone.
See our "Competitor of the Year points table" in the Calendar Section for a record of the medals won in the recent events.
Loughrea Taekwon-Do Club participated in the local St. Patrick's Day parade which is now an annual event for the club. Thank you to all the students who took part especially the new students. We hope you enjoyed it as much as the crowd did. See the News section for more details
Congratulations to the Loughrea Taekwon-Do students who competed in the Irish Open Championships in Cork. This is the biggest competion in Ireland and one of the biggest in Europe with competitors travelling from Britain, Holland, Spain, Germany, Czech Republic, Belgium, Italy to compete with the best Ireland has to offer. Saturday was for black belt competitors and there were over 220 competing to a very high standard. Our instructors Mrs Doyle and Ciaran Doyle both won third place in their sparring divisions; Mr Doyle also competed valiantly.
Sunday was the day for all the colour belts and as is now traditional starts with the final of the Celtic Cup - a team sparring competition for black belts. The Irish mens team narrowly beat the Czech team after a display of world class fighting from both sides to the delight of the crowd.
Well done to Oisin Dolan, Cian Bowes and Miss Cochonneau who all brought back medals. Hard luck to Laura Doyle who also competed valiantly.
