On Saturday 23 February, six members of NUI Galway Taekwondo travelled down to the Mardyke Arena in Cork to take part in the Taekwondo Intervarsities, hosted by University College Cork. The team did well throughout the day, walking away with 14 medals: five gold, four silver and five bronze. They started strongly with Roisin O’Loughlin scoring silver in the female black belt … [Read more...] about 14 medal haul for NUI Galway at Taekwondo Intervarsities
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Success for NUI Galway Taekwondo at Redking Rumble and Connacht Championship
On Saturday 20 October, two members from NUI Galway Taekwondo club, Agata Rzeznik and Nathan Deane-Huggins, went to Cork to compete in the Redking Rumble tournament. The two competitors managed to walk away with three medals between them, with Agata getting bronze in the senior female colour belt division and Nathan winning bronze in senior male colour belt sparring. On … [Read more...] about Success for NUI Galway Taekwondo at Redking Rumble and Connacht Championship
Club spotlight: NUI Galway Taekwondo takes on the world at TI World Championships in Birmingham
This year the Taekwondo World Championships were hosted by TAGB (Taekwondo Great Britain) in the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham. The competition brought in thousands of the best competitors from over 20 countries, with some coming from as far as Australia and the USA. A few students from NUI Galway had the privilege of being chosen by the TKDI (Taekwondo Ireland) to … [Read more...] about Club spotlight: NUI Galway Taekwondo takes on the world at TI World Championships in Birmingham