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West Clare Taekwon-do club is celebrating as Luke Moriarty, Danny Gallagher and Odin McNulty all claimed medals at the European Taekwon-do ITF Championships in Spain, writes Ivan Smyth. With a strong Clare presence in La Nucia, Spain, West Clare Taekwon-do Club managed to secure their first ever European medals. Danny Gallagher secured gold in the junior male -50kg sparring as he produced a series of impressive performances to be crowned the best in Europe. Meanwhile, Luke Moriarty, who is an instructor with the club, managed to secure gold in the senior male team sparring. There was strong representation on the team with Shane Tuite (Quin Taekwon-do), Jamie Williams (Shannon Taekwon-do) and Leard Xheladini, Bartosz Bien and Kamil Falowski (all Newlands Taekwon-do). Odin McNulty became the first member of the club to ever secure a European medal when he scooped silver in the junior male patterns. He backed this up by being part of the Irish team that secured bronze in …
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