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Great Success for Clontarf Taekwon-Do at Nationals!
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The National Taekwon-Do Championships were held this weekend in the spectacular setting of the University of Limerick. This was the first major tournament in 2 years and attended by students all over Ireland with some UK clubs also making the trip. It was a very professionally run event by the ITA the National Governing Body and its first for 2 years.
For local club Clontarf Taekwon-Do based in Belgrove Boys School it was a tournament to remember as they hit an all-time high of 19 Gold, 5 silver and 14 bronze medals over the 2 days propelling them to No 3 Club in Ireland!
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In the black belt divisions, Club Captain Sarah Reddin Conroy from Clontarf also won best overall senior female while Cara Groenewald hit an amazing 3 gold in separate disciplines. National Team member Emma Mooney from Clontarf won her special technique division which is a great confidence boost ahead of the European Championships in 2 weeks in Spain. Luke Tighe in his first competition as a black belt took gold in sparring and bronze in patterns with Lucian Neumann taking silver in sparring in his category.
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The Clontarf juniors were amazing over the two days and got their rewards for sticking the distance with Zoom, outdoor and eventually indoor training over the last 18 months, it's a real success story coming out of covid.
Well done to all involved including coach Gerry Mooney and the parents and guardians who have shown great support.