The Singapore Taekwondo Federation (STF) will be conducting open selection trials for the following international competitions.

–   5^th Commonwealth Taekwondo Championships

   (28 to 31 January 2011, Chennai, India)

–  15^th Asian Cities Gold Cup Taekwondo Championships

    (11 to 13 February 2011, Hong Kong, China)

The selection (kyorugi only) details are as follows.

Date                :          Sunday, 17 October 2010

Venue              :          STF National Training Centre

                                  Block 80 Lorong Limau

                                  #04-191

                                  Singapore 320080

Time               :           Weigh-in        –           12.00pm

                                 Trial                 –           1.00pm

All affiliates are invited to participate in the open trials.

Participants (senior – born in 1993 or earlier & junior – born in 1994, 1995, 1996 or 1997) must be SINGAPORE CITIZENS and members of affiliates of the STF.

Please fill in the attached form and submit it to the Secretariat by Friday, 15 October 2010. We reserve the right not to accept late submission. There is no limit to the number of players you can field.

Registered players for the trials are to report at the STF National Training Centre by 12.00pm for weigh-in.Players shall be considered for the category based on their actual weight on that day of the weigh-in and not according to the weight submitted in the form as we do not want to disqualify any players. No weight allowance will be given.

Shortlisted players will be required to fulfill the training requirements of at least 12 hours per week to qualify for the final selection which is scheduled to be held in December 2010.

Shortlisted players will also be identified for the 26^th SEA Games taekwondo event to be held in November 2011 in Jakarta, Indonesia.                           

The panel of selectors will comprise any 3 of the following senior technical members.

–          Mr Lim Teong Chin

–          Mr Steven Soh

–          Mr Chin Khee Shin

–          Mr RA Jeyaraman

–          Mr Lee Thiam Poh

–          Mr Tan Kok Heng

The selection trial and player’s undertaking forms are attached. The player’s undertaking forms must be signed by parents for players under the age of 21 years old. Players will not be allowed to participate in the trials if they do not comply with the administrative requirements.

The trials would be open for observation by participants and their accompanying coaches only.

The Singapore Taekwondo Federation is pleased to announce the promotion of the following referees.

Kyorugi Referees

Class 3P to 3

• Benedict Ong
• Michael Tan Cheng Hock

Class 3 to 2

•  Pauline Yow Pei Yi

Poomsae Referee

Class 3 to 2

•  Pauline Yow Pei Yi

Referees who qualify for promotion are encouraged to submit their applications on the prescribed forms available at the Secretariat. Applicants’ refereeing records including the number of officiating hours must accompany the application.

The brief guidelines of the promotion criteria are as follows.

Class 3P to 3             –           30 hours

Class 3 to 2               –           4 sanctioned tournaments

Class 2 to 1               –           3 national championships

Those, who aspire to move on to become international referees, are advised to have at least a 4^th dan Kukkiwon certification.