At the IIC in Hertfordshire the weekend over 240 people where put
through their paces by the Technical Committee of the ITF.  Their where
over 70 Black belts from 4th Degree upwards which included 10 Masters
and a lot of blackbelts from 3rd degree down from all over Europe, among
them where our own Master from the INTA,  Master Brendan O Toole 8th
degree  and Master Val Douglas 7th degree  a great weekend was had by
everyone and it was great to meet up with friends from all over Europe
to shared a common goal. Looking forward to the next one on May in
Livingston Scotland. Checkout the photos in the gallery.
 

The grading results are now available on the website, to view just login and select the "grading results" tab above the "student" tab.
 

Congratulations to all the boys over the weekend, we had the largest number of people grading from any club.The atmosphere was electric as a parent and as a spectator.  

Let's start with the juniors,
We had Daniel Stewart, Sean Smyth, Ciaran Clancy and Paul Stewart who were awarded their first degree black belts.Then we had Mr Mark Boylan who was awarded his third degree black belt. Would you believe his last grading was 22/24 years ago...and he still has the speed of a leopard in his legs! Well done to Mr Gareth Curran who was awarded his fourth Degree.

A special mention to Mr Nigel Stobie and his son Donnchadh who where awarded sixth and first degree respectively.There must be great excitement in the Stobie household.

I think it is a worthy achievement for Master Douglas and Ms Nicole Douglas to bring the boys from the Little dragons to their first degree in Tae Kwon Do. The work done by the instructors and the students is a great credit to them.

Rising to the next level shows character, commitment, dedication and discipline that are attributes of a noble person.

We should all take great pride in our club and the achievements we make along the way.. 









 

I have just uploaded the photos from the INTA 2011 national tournament. We hope all the participants and the parents enjoyed the day. Well done to all who took part, it was great to see the skills and enthusium of the students. The next tournament will be in March for the International so we look forward to seeing you there.

 
  

Hi, grading results are now available, just login and select the Grading Results tab over the Student tab. You must be a registered user in order to view the results. Well done to all.
 

Grading Results 

Well, its been a fantastic week for the first MDTS summer camp. The weather was great and the Greenhills and Adamstown students had a ball.
Never was so much variety packed into a fun 5 day activity summer camp. They had army camp, athletics, Aussie rules, soccer, obstacle course and yes, Tae kwon as well for good measure.The T-shirts says it all, "I survived...".

Well done to all who attended, from speaking to some of the students they said that it was the best summer camp ever. Not surprising really as Master Douglas ran a smooth and action packed programme with his two assistant black belt coaches, Nicole Douglas and Declan McDonnell.

Master Douglas I think that you and your team need a holiday now!

We also had Master Brendan O Toole 8th Dan attend for one of the days which the students really appreciated.
 
Finally well done to all who graded at the end of the 5 days.

To all the students - We hope you had a great time, learnt loads and made new friends in the camp, we look foward to seeing you again in 2012 summer camp.

Check out the photos under the Gallery tab or the video under the video tab. 

All patterns up to 4th Degree are now available. 

For those of you who graded in Adamstown on the 2nd June the results are now posted on the Grading tab. This is only visible when you login on the Students tab.
 

Hot off the press from the June Black Belt Grading.Well done to Stephen Lawlor for attaining his 2nd degree and Stephen Keogh, Valerie Hanley and Nula Curran for attaining their 1st Degree black belt. Checkout the gallery or our Facebook page. 

We had a great evening of entertainment with our good friends from Rush. Thank you Ann and Lucia Mc Carty for accepting the invite (it was a small bit overdue in coming!). You have a great spirited club.

Part of the M50 was blocked for a while due to the amount of support traveling with their club.

Special mention to Karen, Aisling and Dee for providing the food on the night. Always nice to have a bit of grub during the break!

Finally well done to all the participants who took part, it was a pleasure to see the level and enthusiasm from the kids. It will really stand to them in the future. Parents take a bow!!

The photos have been upload to the pubic site so that our friends from Rush can access as well.

Enjoy 

Hi all, We have some cracking photos from the May grading in our members area. There are some models in the making.... watch this space!. Special thanks to Dee Smyth for taking the photos. I hope you all enjoy them and if you need the original for printing please email me and I can send you on the proper size file. Tom Smyth. tom.smyth@personal-options.com  

Sorry for the delay, the photos for the March grading are now available in the members photo area. 

This is a friendly competition for colour grades, for more information see the attached pdf document located at the bottom of this page

 

Put this in your calendar.....Scotland in September.
TKD Sport International Competition. the Location is Bells sport Center,Perth,Scotland 
Saturday 10th September 2011;  ( more information to follow) 

  

Many thanks to Mr Mark Boylan for showing us different aspects of WTF (World Taekwondo Federation) training and techniques. Both the juniors and seniors enjoyed the different style of sparring. Check out the junior photos in the members area and the seniors in the public photo gallery. read more ...

Well done to all who participated in the second largest Tae Kwon Do tournament run in Europe this year. The venue was Tallaght s Basketball Arena and it was run on the 5th and 6th February.
We had over 370 participants from Scotland, Sweden, England and Ireland over the two days. Competition was tough as this is an international tournament and all want to win!
It was a great event to watch as a spectator and I hope you all enjoyed the two days. The experience gained will really stand to all competitors and those of you who won a medal(s) should be very proud as they were well sought after.

 I have uploaded some photographs, more will follow......

A special mention to Master Douglas as the Tournament director and to his committee, their time and energy in running such programs is a real credit to the organisation.

Here's looking to the next tournament which will be the INTA Irish Open. Date to be decided in the next few weeks.


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Congratulations to Ronan Minogue and Adrian Smith in attaining their first degree black belt, Ray Curran and Sean Heneghan to second degree and Tom Smyth to third degree.

The grading was done by Master Gerry Martin 7th Degree, Master Brendan O Toole 8th Degree and Master Val Douglas 7th Degree. read more ...

Congratulations to Caolan Curran for winning the 2010 student of the year award. This is by far the most prized achievement for any student as it requires dedication and application over the full year. Caolan has applied himself both physically and mentally throughout the year..... well done for raising the bar for 2011! read more ...

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Well done to all who participated in the Rush inter-club competition hosted by Ann and Lucia Mc Carty and Master Val Douglas. We had 25 sparring sessions lasting 90 seconds and in some cases we had a few "sudden death"rounds, sounds dangerous but it really means another 30 seconds or the first person to score in extra time!

The purpose of these inter-club competitions is to give the students experience before the major international and national competitions. So once again well done and we hope you enjoyed the experience and the trophies!

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On the 13th November we had a friendly inter-club challenge between Portarlington, Adamstown and Green Hills tae kwon do schools. Master Douglas and Mr. Nigel Stobie judged the inter-club competition.We had 37 members from yellow tip to Red belt competed in 19 sparring bouts; prizes were awarded for 1st & 2nd place. All members gained valuable sparring experience especially those who had not yet had the opportunity to enter competition.Many thanks to all the family members who came along to support the participants as it really made the day extra special for them. A big thank you to all of the Portarlington families for providing the wonderful refreshments on the day, the sambos, cakes, buns and hot drinks went down a treat!We would also like to mention the ring judges and express our thanks for officiating, Mr. Tomas Smyth, Mr. Ray Curran, Mr. Sean Heneghan & Mr. Jason Floody.Looking forward to the next one. read more ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

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