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Welcome to the Irish Taekwon-Do Association website. Irish Taekwon-Do Association is the organisation responsible for the development and promotion of ITF Taekwon-Do in Ireland in line with Government Sports Policy and is recognised by the International Taekwon-Do Federation, Irish Martial Arts Commission, Irish Sports Council and Coaching Ireland.

 

 

The Irish ITF team returned home from the ITF World Championships in Argentina on Wednesday December 2nd 2009 with an impressive haul of 11 medals; 2 Gold, 3 Silver and 6 Bronze. The Team was led by The coaching and management team of; Mr. Stephen Cooley VI Dan (Coach), Mr. Paul Delea VI Dan (Coach), Mr. Niall Jones V Dan (Coach), Mr. Alan Troy V Dan (Coach), Mr. Adrian Byrne V Dan (Coach/Competitor) and Mr. Ken Leahy V Dan (Manager). The success of this campaign can be highlighted by the fact that the team medalled in all disciplines which is testement to the preparation which went in by the coaching and management team and the competitors alike. The results are:

Gold; Luke Woods, Senior -63kg Sparring
Gold; Dylan Fitzgibbon, Junior -63kg Sparring
Silver; Junior Male Team Power (Marlon Forde, Dylan Fitzgibbon, David Kilcoyne, David Lynch, Matthew Troy)
Silver; Louise McCagh, Junior Female -55kg Sparring
Silver; Louise McCagh, Junior Female Special Technique
Bronze; Senior Male Team Pattern (Stephen Ryan, Jamie Rigney, Adrian Byrne, Daniel Dillon, Hong Keat Looi)
Bronze; Junior Female Team Pattern (Louise McCagh, Naomi Coonghe, Sarah Lehane, Megan O'Leary, Tara Murphy)
Bronze; Senior Male Team Sparring (Stephen Ryan, Luke Woods, Hong Keat Looi, Jamie Rigney, Jonathan Dargan, Stephen Smullen)
Bronze; Louise McCagh, Junior Female 2nd Dan Patterns
Bronze; Louise McCagh, Junior Female Power Breaking
Bronze; Junior Male Team Sparring (Dylan Fitzgibbon, Karl Hynes, Shane Kearns, David Lynch, Michael O'Keefe, Matthew Troy)

   

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