Results (UL Arena, Limerick, 11-12 November 2016)

Section	Gold		Silver
	Male
-57kg	Thomas Fogarty
-63kg	Ryan Shelley		Luke McGrath
-70kg Blackbelt	Adam Shelley		Luke Woods
-78kg	Colm Carroll
85kg	Ross Smith
	Female
-50kg	Katy Laffan
-62kg	Louise McCagh		Ellen Ince
-68kg	Maeve Magee		Sarah Barry
	Senior Female
1st Degree	Maeve Magee
2nd Degree	Skye Slattery
3rd Degree	Naomi Coonghe
	Senior Male
1st Dan	Philip O’Gorman
2nd Dan	Tiarnan Moriarty
3rd Dan	Eddie Dillon
4th Dan	Hong Looi
	Best Overall
Female Junior	Joanne Potter (2 Gold, 1 Bronze)
Male Junior	Luke Moriarty (2 Gold)
Female Senior	Maeve Magee (2 Gold, 1 Silver)
Male Senior	Philip O’Gorman

Report

With some big match-ups on offer the Irish Taekwon-Do Association Irish Cup and National Championships 2016 they proved to be the biggest ever ITA tournament. In the Final of the Under 70 kg Blackbelt Division then World Champion (2016) Adam Shelley won Gold ahead of 2009 World Champion Luke Woods. 2016 World Cup winner Colm Carroll also took Gold in the Under 78kg section. The Female Divisions included members of the Gold & Bronze winning team at the 2016 ITF World Cup, with 2013 World Champion Louise McCagh taking Gold in the Under 62 Kg section. Maeve Magee won best overall Female Senior and Philip O’Gorman best overall Male Senior. The Championships took place in the University of Limerick Arena from 11th to 12th November 2016,

References:

Logos

[1] Irish Taekwon-Do Association (2016) ITA+Logo [Internet] Available from: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5de5132908114a27bbdd5250/t/5de51d89b93cc92d39dc8c9c/1618517334164/?format=1500w [Accessed 28 April 2021]

Websites

[2] Irish Taekwon-Do Association (2016) ITA Irish Cup & National Championships 2016 [Internet] Available from: https://www.taekwondo.ie/news/article/ita_irish_cup_&_national_championships_2016_-571.html [Accessed 15 January 2018]

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