Mrs Patricia Dalton 4th Dan
(Club: CIT TKD Club/South West TKD Centre. Instructor: Mr. Don Dalton)
Mrs Patricia Dalton 4th Dan
(Club: CIT TKD Club/South West TKD Centre. Instructor: Mr. Don Dalton)
Background:
A vigorous training regime of two to three sessions
each day resulted in Mrs. Dalton`s promotion to 1st Dan in two years
(one of an elite group of five members to achieve this in the IUTF).
A former student of the University of Hamburg, the University of Dar
Es Salaam (Business Studies) and University College Cork (Sociology)
Dalton has dominated IUTF ladies sparring and patterns and was the
national competitor of the year from 1996 to 2001. Dalton (maiden
name Koniuch), has been the ladies team captain from 1997 to 2002.
As Chief Instructor of the Cork Institute of Technology she has coached
the club to become the dominant college in Irish Taekwon Do circles.
A number of her students have now become IUTF international competitors
including Mr. Wesley O Regan and Ms. Norma Carroll. She is very proud
to have been the instructor of Mr. Philpott up to 1998.
Major Achievements:
1994 IUTF Colour Belt Team Championships Gold X 2
1995 GTI Bristish Team Championships (England) Gold
1995 All Ireland Championships (Dublin) Gold, Silver
1995 Irish Universities/Colleges Championships Gold X 3 (team and
2 individual)
1996 Promoted to 1st Dan with the highest score in the grading
1996 IUTF vs GTI UK, (Cork, team) Gold
1996 Cork Open Gold X 2
1996 Battle of the Champions (Dublin, team) Gold
1996 GTI British Black Belt Team Champs (England) Silver
1997 IUTF vs Wales (ITU, Cardiff, team) Gold
1997 IUTF vs Taekwon Do Ireland (team, Cork) Gold
1998 West African Open (The Gambia) Gold X 2
1998 GST Championships Gold
1998Placed first in IUTF Instructor's Course
1999Nordrhein Westfalia Championships, (Germany) Gold
2000West African Open (The Gambia) Gold
2000 AIMAA Open World Champs. (Dublin) Gold
2000 Promoted to 3rd Dan with "A" grade By Master Dave Oliver
(TAGB)
2000 Munster Open Martial Arts Champs. Gold
2001 WKA World Kickboxing Champs. (Austria, -55kg) Bronze
2001 National Kickboxing Champion, Light Contact for -55kg and -60kg
2001 Open National Championships Gold
2001 Munster Open Martial Arts Championships Gold
2001 WOMAA World Games Gold, Silver
2001 WKA Kickboxing World Cup (Germany) Silver (-55kg), Silver (over
35 years)
2002 Munster Open Martial Arts Championships Gold X 2
2002 Master Choi's Cup, (Canada) Bronze (Patterns)
2003 WKA World Championships, Gold
2004 February - Promoted to 4th dan by Master Trevor Nicholls in Cork
2004 Munster Championships, Gold
2004 GTI English Championships, Gold x 2
2004 GTI Elite Team Championships, Silver
2004 WKA Kickboxing World Cup, Germany, Gold, Silver x 2
ITF World Champiosnhips, Bronze x 2
