November 28th '05:
GST Instructors Mr. Dan O'Mahony (4th Dan) & Mr.
Darren Buckley (3rd Dan) brought the newely selected GST Squad Team to the
T.A.G.B British Championships in Coventry on Sunday 27th November '05. There
was 8 Selected for the Team out of the 90+ that attend Squad Training Classes
every Sunday morning for the past 3 Months. The team comprised of
Ross McBride, Jessica Burke, Kathy Histon, Katleen McGrath, Emma Hurly, Mairead
O'Donavan, Ann O'Mahony & Cait O'Donavan. Over 1,900 Competitors entered
this one day event, 15 rings rang like clockwork from 9.30am to 7pm thanks
to always brillant T.A.G.B Organisation.
GST came home with an outstanding 6 Trophys out of 8 competitors (all of which
were for sparring):
Ross McBride = 2nd, Jessica Burke = 3rd, Kathy Histon = 3rd, Katleen McGrath
= 2nd,
Emma Hurley = 3rd and Cait O'Donavan = 1st
A truly outstanding performance by all and a great weekend!
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November 21th '05:
GST would like to thank the I.U.T.F for a great competition,
GST had the largest amount of Students present besides the I.U.T.F, all of
who enjoyed the day greatly and gained valuable experiance. GST came away
with lots of trophys (results will be up later) Congradultions to all Students
on a great performance and also congradulations the I.U.T.F Mens team for
an outstanding performance beating a non I.U.T.F Irish Team in the Finals
3 - 1.
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November 7th '05:
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November 6th '05:
GST will Travel to the T.A.G.B British Championships on Sunday
November 27th at The Skydome Arena, Coventry. This will be the first GST Funded
Trip for our newly picked GST/TII Squad Team
For
more info click here
October 30th '05:
On Sunday 30th October Master Jose Maidana 7th Degree (ITF)
did a Seminar for the Students of GST. Master Maidana is the Argentinean National
Coach, a position he has held for the last 12 years. In total 85 Students
attended, the main focus of the seminar was on Sparring, Sparring Drills and
Strategies. Everyone present enjoyed the Seminar which lasted over 2hours.
He has a very relaxed approach to instructing and thouroghly demonstrated
everthing, at the end of the seminar he gladly signed autographs and posed
for pictures for the GST students . We would also like to thank Mr. Don Dalton
(Chief Instructor I.U.T.F) for making the event possible.
GST Students and instructors along with Master J. Madaina
Mr. Dan O'Mahony
presenting Master J. Madaina with a token of appreciation
October 30th '05:
Senior promotions in GST, at a recent Black Belt
Examination with Mr D. Oliver President of Taekwondo International, it was
the biggest Black Belt Grading ever in GST with over 60 taking the examination.
From lef to right Mr Dan O Mahony 4th Degree, Mr Darren Buckley 3rd Degree,
Mr Brian Buckley (instructor), Ms Kristin Fitzgerald 3rd Degree, Ms Gene Cashman
3rd Degree, Mr Chris Fitzgerald 4th Deg
From lef to right:
Mr Dan O Mahony 4th Degree, Mr Darren Buckley 3rd Degree, Mr Brian Buckley
(instructor), Ms Kristin Fitzgerald 3rd Degree, Ms Gene Cashman 3rd Degree,
Mr Chris Fitzgerald 4th Degree
October 23rd '05
GST Students traning hard for a place on the GST Squad
Team (more info Click Here)
At present GST has 95 Students Registered for Sunday Morning Squad Training
Classes, Preparation for the Upcoming
T.A.G.B Bristish Championships (Nov 27th '05) started back in Sept '05 and
Fitness & Confidence levels are at a high, Squad Training registerations
is now closed until Jan '06, Any body wishing to travel to the European Championships
in Swizterland in April '06 will get a chance to add there names to the already
hugh list of 95 people in Jan '0
August '05
On Thursday 28th August a combined group of Great Southern Tae Kwon Do (GST),
Irish United Tae Kwon Do (IUTF), & East Cost Tae Kwon Do, including Spectators
a combined group of 120 travelled of this 85 were Competitors. It was held
in The Cardiff Arena the total entry was 910 Black Belts from 31 Country’s.
The event was hosted by The TAGB who last hosted the World Championships in
1998. It must be said that they pulled out all the stops for this event no
expense being spared which resulted in a magnificent event from start to finish.
This was the first time the World Championships was open to both ITF &
WTF practitioners both had their own sections. In the WTF section the Korean
Team made no mistakes taking Golds in all Sections. From GST Both Ross Mc
Bride and Ross Courtney finished in the top 10 their Division had in excess
of 50 competitors. Kieran Histon from Cobh had to Battle hard to get his 3rd
Place Trophy, First Round he had a hard fight against L. Mare from Sofia,
next round came G. Grabney from Poland (this guy took him to sudden death
in the final of the Europeans last year in Holland), this time he made no
mistake with all Judges going his way. Next came J. Sjolin (UK) which he narrowly
beat , next came S. Lucas (UK) who denied Kieran a place in the Final. Other
medal winners were Noel Quinn 1st Destruction , Colin Shaughnessy 2nd Mens
Heavy Weight, Amy Shorten 3rd (GST), from IUTF Patricia Dalton 1st Ladies
Executive, 2nd Ms. Sandra Doyle and 2nd John Spence
3rd, Roisin Dalton, 3rd Eoghan Doyle.
