Important Info Irish Cup 2023

Dear Instructor

Below is some important information for the National Championships | ITA Irish Cup 2023. 

The competition is broken down as follows:

National Championships

4th November 2023 –  15 & Under, 14-17, Senior Black belts

ITA Irish Cup
4th November 2023 –  14+ Colour Belts, Veteran Black Belts 
5th November 2023 –  Under 10 and 11-13 Colour Belts 

Location
University of Limerick Arena

Timetable
The timetable is now available and can be viewed at the following link:
https://www.sportdata.org/taekwondo_itf/dtm_timetables/433.html

PDF Timetable:

Saturday
https://cdn.sportdata.org/9d8449cc-2ff8-4334-9a37-91a7a5808038/

Sunday
https://cdn.sportdata.org/17a2c0c8-29b1-4e6c-b8b7-39ec8965a16e/

Draws
Colour belt and some black belt pattern draws and point lists for special technique/power are available online, other black belt pattern draws will be made Friday evening. There are no changes/late entries to these draws and any competitor entered in the wrong category will be removed.

Sparring draws will be made following weight/height checks on Saturday and Sunday.

Friday
Weigh in 6pm-7pm in UL Arena

Saturday
Saturday weigh in times:
8:30am – 10:30am

*Any competitor who misses weight must immediately go to the top table.

Instructors can register and collect competition stickers at the top table 8:45am-9:30am.

First categories start at 10am, competitors need to be at rings ready to start the first match at this time.

Sunday
All competitors for Sunday categories must immediately go to the ring as per the below graphics when they arrive, here they will receive their competition sticker from the umpires on the ring and be height checked. If a competitor is measured above their height category, they will be brought to the top table by a ring assistant.

*All height checks will be done before the start of each time slot

Sunday has been divided into 2 different time slots. 

Under 10

9am: Arrive and go to assigned rings per below graphic

9:30am: Height check closes

10am: First under 10 categories start

11-13
2:15pm: Arrive and go to assigned rings per below graphic

2:35pm: Height check closes

2:45pm: First 11-13 categories start

Umpires
All umpires must sign in at their designated rings upon arrival at the arena. Any umpires not assigned to a ring can sign the additional umpire sheet at the top table and will then be assigned to a ring. The umpire meeting will take place at 9:30am on both days.

Coaches
Coaching passes will be made available during the day to clubs that have met the umpire quota.
Saturday: 1–7 competitors = 1 umpire, 8–14 competitors = 2 umpires etc 
Sunday: 1–10 competitors = 1 umpire, 11–20 competitors = 2 umpires etc

On Sunday all coaches must be 14-17 Blue-Black belt, no senior coaches allowed on the competition floor on Sunday.

Looking forward to seeing everybody and to a great weekend.

On behalf of the ITA tournament committee.

Stephen Smullen
ITA Tournament Administrator