Author: John Wilkinson

Sep 6, 2018

Tacoma Hounds Hurling and Camogie
20-min Warm Up & Stretching
Hang Power Clean
This was 50/50 work and instruction. Jordan put the squad through 45 minutes of instruction and reps for form. Many lessons were learned.
5 Sets
8 @ Back Squats (50% effort)
The weight and rep count was primarily to view and correct issues with form. Body mechanics change everything.
"Tail-Pipe" – Partner Workout (5 x Each)
250m Sprint Row
50# D-Ball Carry
While one partner is rowing, the other must carry the d-ball at chest height.
5 Minute Plank
Hold any plank position for the duration.
TGAC Poster

Tacoma Hounds Rookie Days

The Tacoma Hounds are always recruiting new members and players, but the upcoming series of Rookie Days offers any interested beginners the most complete crash-course for developing a solid grasp of Hurling’s basic skills. There’s no better opportunity to get up to speed with a quick primer in this exciting sport, and one or more sessions will better prepare attendees for a standard practice.

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Coordinating Field 3 - Loungin' pitch-side between matches.

West Coast 7s Recap: Coordinating Field 3

Over Memorial Day Weekend in May, the Hounds traveled down to San Diego to volunteer and help run part of this year’s West Coast 7s competition by coordinating Field 3. The tournament’s group stage began on Saturday (5/26), with the Semi-Final and Final rounds culminating on Sunday (5/27).

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Sean-nós 2018

Sean-nós Festival 2018

Over the weekend, the Hounds spent some time down at the Sean-nós Festival held in Olympia on The Evergreen State College’s campus. While there to put on a quick hurling demonstration, we were able to mingle with some of the other festival-goers. We’ll have to practice to keep from butchering them, but we tried to pick up a few phrases for when we send a couple Co-op members to Ireland in June.

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17th Annual Ahead of the Class Awards Ceremony, Sean Davis

Congrats for Being Ahead of the Class, Sean Davis!

One of the Co-op’s members, Sean Davis, was honored as a Finalist at the 17th Annual Ahead of the Class award ceremony on April 2nd 2018. 10 teachers from the Renton School District were nominated for the awards, 5 of whom were chosen as winners. The Ahead of the Class award program was founded by the Renton Chamber of Commerce, Renton schools, and Renton businesses to enhance community awareness of the excellence of education in Renton.

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