The following participants in the Kyorugi Referee Refresher Seminar held on Sunday 27 March 2011 did well enough to qualify for the renewal of their refereeing license for another year.

• Lor Keli
• Ong Zi Bing
• Goh Ying Shi Darwin
• Tan Lee Fong Girlene
• Muhd Norhalim
• Ong Hui Ping

The rest of the participants will be required to attend an extra session to be held on Sunday 3April 2011 at 3.00pm. It will be a one-hour session starting punctually at 3.00pm and ending at 4.00pm.  

Those who are involved in the afternoon Centralized Grading and Class 1 National Referees may attend the session at 5.00pm on the same day.

There will be no physical test. Those who have not passed their ‘pledge’ test will be required to do so on that day.
Any of the participants, except those mentioned above, who do not attend the re-evaluation will not have their license renewed.

The two courses were completed last weekend.

The assessors are in the process of marking the theory papers and collating the results of the various tests.

Kyorugi Referee Course

All participants in the kyorugi referee course are required to attend another session on Saturday, 2 April 2011 at 5.00pm to further polish their refereeing skills and enhance their match management skills. At the end of the session, another practical assessment will be conducted.

Kyorugi Referee Refresher Course

The results will be announced by 1 April 2011. Those who do not make it will be required to attend a retest on Sunday, 3 April 2011 at 3pm. If you do not think that you did well enough, please make provision to attend the re-assessment.

An Unarmed Combat (Level 1) Course will be conducted on 14, 15, 21 and 22 May 2011 for poom belts and black belts.

More details and the registration form are attached. Please take note of the registration period and fees.

Successful participants in the course will be exempted from the self-defence component required for their 1^st to 2^nd poom or dan promotion.

The certification received from the course will be a prerequisite for taekwondo exponents to move on to Levels 2 and 3.

All participants in the referee refresher seminar on Sunday 27 March 2011 at 2.30pm should be well prepared for the numerous tests which will be conducted to ensure that they are fit mentally and physically to officiate.

The programme for the seminar is as follows.

• BP, Pledge and Agility Tests
• Lecture (Important Rules & New Rules)
• Theory Test
• Situation Study
• Practical – Match Management
• Judging Test
• Q & A

We plan to end the seminar punctually at 6.30pm. However, the overwhelming number of participants may not allow us to do so. Therefore, participants must be prepared for the seminar to end later – that is, before 7.30pm.

Participants must also come prepared with their writing materials. They should also be ready to recite the pledge and take the physical test. Those who fail in any of the tests will have to be retested.

57 participants are better prepared for their next grading after attending the Grading Preparation Workshop held on Sunday 11 March 2012 at the National Training Centre. Why not?

There were 11 examiners, 1 national poomsae trainer and 6 national poomsae squad members were in attendance to guide the participants and correct their mistakes.

The session started with an hour theory session covering, among other things, the examiners’ expectations and the interview questions for the April 2012 grading. The participants were informed what they had to do in poomsae, sparring and unarmed combat (for those going for higher poom or dan grading) and guided on the way they should respond to the various questions.

Mr Milan Kwee, STF President, was present to observe the session. He spoke to some of the parents to get some feedback and thank them for their support.

At the end of the session, Mr Sam Tan, one of the course conductors, gave away the certificates to the participants before they gathered for a group picture.

The annual Kyorugi Referee Refresher Seminar will be held on Sunday 27 March 2011 from 2.30pm to 6.30pm at the National Training Centre.  The dress code for the event is ‘dobok’.

The seminar will cover, among other things, the latest amendments to the Competition Rules and Regulations.All active kyorugi referees must attend the seminar to have their licenses to officiate extended by a year.  Coaches who are national referees are also encouraged to participate in the seminar.  The knowledge will be invaluable to them if they wish to continue to be effective coaches.

Kyorugi referees with expired licenses may also attend the seminar.  Their licenses will be renewed if they pass the assessment which will be conducted at the end of the seminar for all participants.

As the provision of referees is a pre-condition for participation in all STF organized or sanctioned tournaments, it is important for clubs to have their own pool of qualified referees.

The registration fees are as follows.–  On or before Friday 25 March 2011 (by 3.00pm) – $20.00
–  On the spot registration – $40.00

The registration form is attached.