Dear Taekwondo Friends,

It is our pleasure to extend this formal invitation to you and your students to take part in the Northern Ireland Open Poomsae Championships. This is to be held at the National Badminton Centre, Belfast Rd Wallace Park, Lisburn, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland on Saturday the 23rd June 2012.

The competition shall adopt a WTF model, in both format and official rules. It is the hope of the competition organisers that this event will serve to help stimulate and develop the growing interest in WTF Poomsae Competition throughout the UK and Ireland. Therefore in order that everyone from complete novice to experienced competitor gets an opportunity to compete to their full potential, the organising body has included A Class, B Class and C Class divisions.

In order to ensure the smooth running of this event, the organisers would welcome applications from suitably qualified individuals to act as competition judges and officials. Judges must have attended and passed a national level Poomsae Judging Course conducted by the National Federation. If you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact us for assistance. We look forward to seeing both you and your students on Saturday 23rd June 2012.


Best Regards

Damian Duffy
Competition Director