Grading took place on the 19th of December in the Integrity Martial Arts Academy. The grading was presided by Mr Cooley VI Degree and Mr Hanlon III Degree. Congratulations to all who participated and successfully passed.
The following pictures show our four Junior members who successfully passed their grading and recieved their new belts: Adam Colgan (Red), Matthew Hanlon (Blue Tip), Conor Bolton (Blue Tip) and Jake Bolton (Green).
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Congratulations to the entire team who supported our efforts in the competition in Cork in October. Everyone who participated is a winner! Here are some photos of the individuals who were placed in the top rankings for Sparring and Patterns.
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The INTA Annual Nationals were held in Little Island, County Cork on 17th and 18th of October. Donabate entered 10 competitors at Junior level. This was a resounding success for the Club. We took home a total of thirteen trophies. This was an absolute tremendous result and all competitors gave it their all. A special word of thanks to the parents who accompanied and assisted on the trip to Cork with the students. Congrats to all students !
Alanas, Jason, Ashley, Kenneth, Scott, Megan, Ryan
Matthew, Claire and Conor. Well Done !
On Sunday 5th July 2009, 39 Donabate TKD Students graded under Mr Cooley V Degree. All Students were put through their paces and tested on all aspects of TaeKwon Do. Mr Cooley was impressed by all efforts made on the day. Our thanks to Mr Cooley for attending, we understand the restaints on his time and we greatly appreciate his presence.See results on Grading Results July o9. page.
We would like to extend our congratulations to Mr Cooley on becoming the National Coach. We wish him and the team well in their endeavors in Argentina.
Well done to all of the students who participated in the Junior Badge Grading session held on the 27th of June. Keep up the great work! Here are some pictures from the Event:
Summer Grading
Grading will take place on Sunday 5th of July in DPCC. Examiner will be Mr Stephen Cooley V.Degree.
All students should be there for 12 o clock.
Please have relevant form filled out with fee attached. Good Luck to all......
Junior Badge/Grading
June 27th
Badge Grading/ juniors will take place this Saturday 27th June in the DPCC @ 1.30pm.
The first class of TKD tigers in Donabate, took part in their Bronze Grading on Saturday the 20th of June last in DPCC.
All students had to participate in drills including the following to ACHIEVE BRONZE STATUS.
TKD MOTION
BLOCK DRILLS
KICKING DRILLS
POWER DRILLS
STATIC MOVES
KICK COMBOS
SPECIAL TECHNIQUE
POWER/PAD DRILLS
STRANGER SKILLS
All Students performed to the very best of their ability and received yellow tags on the day. All tigers were presented with their "stranger skills and milestone badges". Congratulations to all Tigers and parents alike for all their hard work and effort over the last few months. Keep it up...
DYLAN, JESSICA, RYAN, LUKE, DANIEL, MARCUS, ANNA,
AMY MAE, CAMERON, FINN, ALEX, EOIN .
WELL DONE ALL!
A Developmental tournament was held in RiverValley, Swords in April of this year. This was aimed at our younger Students and was well attended by almost all of our 5 o Clock Class. Everybody did exceptionally well, considering this was only their first or second time entering a competition. Mr Cooley was very impressed with our efforts and is organising another one with our fellow students in rivervalley and Ashbourne before the end of the Summer. Well done to all
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