All-Ireland medal haul for best of Banner

AN All-Ireland medal haul was the reward for months of training for students Ennis tae kwon do school Banner Martial Arts and Fitness last weekend.

Competing at the national championships, the team of 19 young taekwondoka brought home 10 medals in both sparring and patterns events.
It was a great achievement for the students at the Westgate Business Park-based school, which also recently held a arduous two-day black belt grading exam for some of its more senior students.
Pictured are the medal winning martial artists and one of their instructors, Conor Donovan.

Results
Alanna Gleeson, 3rd place patterns and 3rd place sparring; Conor Clohessy, 2nd place sparring; Áine Murphy, 3rd place patterns; Claudia Burke, 1st place sparring; Patrick McLoughlin, 3rd place sparring; Alex O’Doherty, 3rd place sparring and 2nd place patterns; Joseph Connaughton, 3rd place sparring; Shauna Enright, 1st place sparring.