7 senior, 2 junior, 1 cadet kyorugi players and 7 poomsae performers, representing the Singapore Taekwondo Federation, returned to Singapore on 11 February 2016 with an impressive collection of medals from the 2016 Asian Cities Taekwondo Championships held from 8 to 10 February 2016 in Hong Kong.

The kyorugi team clinched a total of 3 gold, 1 silver and 4 bronze medals. Not to be outdone by their teammates, the poomsae team won 5 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals.

The poomsae team finished 2^nd amongst the overall trophy winners.  There was no challenge trophy for the kyorugi divisions.

Our winners are as follows.

Kyorugi

–          Ng Ming Wei (gold)

–          Vincent Lim (gold)

–          Nichelle Tan (gold)

–          Raja Arshad (silver)

–          Raja Zulfadli (bronze)

–          Gerald Koh (bronze)

–          Nur Fadzlyn (bronze)

–          Kylynn Goh (bronze)

Poomsae

–          Kang Rui Jie (gold)

–          Woon Yong Chuang (gold)

–          Chelsea Sim (gold)

–          Pair – Kang Rui Jie & Chelsea Sim (gold)

–          Pair – Woon Yong Chuang & Linda Sim (gold)

–          Women’s Team – Chelsea Sim, Tow Lee Ting & Chew Xin Wei (silver)

–          Kwong Shuen (bronze)

–          Men’s Team – Kang Rui Jie, Wesley Ng & Raja Arshad (bronze)

What a great start to a New Year!

Are you interested to don the national colours or improve your poomsae performance or sparring skills?

If you are, here’s an opportunity for you to do so.

We are inviting aspiring champions (all categories from 12 years and above) to join the National Training Squad.

The training schedule is as follows.

–  Monday to Thursday (7.30pm to 9.30pm)
–  Friday (7.30pm to 9.30pm) Kyorugi only
–  Saturday (11.00am to 1.00pm) Poomsae only
–  Sunday (12.00pm to 2.00pm)

For members of the squad who find difficulty in meeting the schedule, we also provide flexible training periods.

You may join the squad, subject to the approval of your respective instructors, at any time convenient to you by reporting for training at the STF National Training Centre, Block 80 Lorong Limau #04-191 Singapore 320080.

Members of the squads must continue to be members of their respective clubs to qualify to remain in the squads. Affiliates will have the rights to withdraw their players from the squads at their own discretion.