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 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.
Congratulations to the Loughrea Taekwon-Do students who competed in the Leinster Championships in Athlone. Well done especially to Oisin Dolan and Cian Bowes who won their first sparring trophies. Oisin came third in his sparring division and Cian came second in his group. Laura Doyle also fought well to take second place in her sparring division. Miss Cochonneau performed well as usual taking first prize in the patterns and second in the sparring. The tournament was very well organised so it was a good day out for all.
We are currently holding a raffle to help fund Miss Myriam Cochonneau who will be representing Ireland at the World Kickboxing Championships
in Spain in October 2009.
The draw will take place on 19th October at St Raphaels School , Loughrea.
On behalf of my students and the instructors - a big thank you to all the local businesses who have supported us with prizes for the raffle.
They have been very generous and many of them are donating for a second time. We are delighted with their support in these extremely difficult times.
Congratulations to all the Loughrea students who competed in the Connacht Championships in Gort recently. Well done to Cian Qualter who took part in his first tournament and earned a gold and bronze medal. David and Kayla O'Connor both won gold in their sparring divisions. Other medal winners on the day for Loughrea were Miss Myriam Cochonneau, Mr Brendan O'Connor, Mr Paul Doyle and Mr Corey Grehan. Well done to Cian Bowes and Mr Michael Qualter who also competed for the first time and Laura Doyle and Mr Rory Newell who also took part. In total the club brought back 11 trophies from this years Connacht Championships.
Also well done to the 4 Loughrea students who competed in the WKA trials and earned their places on the Irish team travelling to the World Kickboxing Association Championships in Spain later in the year. Miss Myriam Cochanneau and Mr Brendan O'Connor each won a gold and a silver medal, Kayla O'Connor won 2 silver medals and David O'Connor won 2 bronze medals. This is a just reward for these 4 dedicated students who have been competing regularly in all the main competitions and a great achievement for our small club to have 4 students on the Irish national team.
See our "Competitor of the Year points table" in the Calendar Section for a record of the medals won in the recent events.
Congratulations to Mr. Paul Doyle who passed his Black Belt grading after a long and exhausting day in Athlone recently. This was a special day for our club as Mr Doyle is the first Loughrea Taekwondo student to graduate to Black Belt level under the instruction of Mrs Doyle. Hopefully there will be more to follow his example next year. See the News section for a report of his experience on the day.
Once again Loughrea Taekwon-Do Club participated in the local St. Patrick's Day parade and gave an excellent demonstration of our Taekwon-Do skills. Many thanks to everyone who took part. See the News section for more details
Seven Loughrea students travelled to Tralee to compete in the Munster Championships. David O'Connor took first place in his sparring division and we brought back 4 other trophies. Congratulations to all competitors. See the News section for more details
