1. Ms Ang Lay Kwang, Chief Executive Officer of Singapore Taekwondo Federation (STF) began her secondment with STF in January 2023, and this secondment will continue through to end of May 2025.
   
2. At the end of this secondment, Ms Ang Lay Kwang will return to Sport Singapore. The new CEO of STF will be on board on 15 May 2025 as CEO-designate.
   
3. We would like to thank Lay Kwang for her contribution to the development and promotion of Taekwondo and Virtual Taekwondo. Over the last almost two and a half years, Lay Kwang has overseen many projects and brought much stability to STF. I am grateful that she is willing to stay till end of May 2025 to ensure a smooth handover to her successor. The Federation wishes her all the best in her future endeavours.

Prof. Tan Cheng Han
President
Singapore Taekwondo Federation

Award of STF Membership Management System to TechGrid Asia Pte Ltd

The Singapore Taekwondo Federation IT Sub-Committee (ITSC) was formed in 2020 by then the elected Board of the Singapore Taekwondo Federation (STF). As part of the ITSC’s mandate, the committee looked into the technological environment of the federation in its operations with its affiliates and put together a Digital Transformation Project with an objective to move existing manual operations to a centralised digital platform. This is to enable a digital platform to cater to the multiple operating needs for STF.

2. The ITSC launched the initiative to develop modules to facilitate the various functions of the federation to primarily automate operational processes and be more efficiently. Tapping into Cloud Computing Technology, the plan is to build a centralised database and the benefits for the affiliates are reduce the duplication of submission of documents for courses/grading, improve efficiency and increased visibility.
   
3. Since the incubation of the project, the project encountered various challenges including the alignment of operating models across key committees and the termination of the project through leadership transition. With the restart of the project in 2023, another year of effort was spent to revisit the tender process which led to the eventual award of this project to TechGrid Asia Pte Ltd in 2024
   
4. As we move towards the next phase of this initiative, STF would like to take this opportunity to share this progressive effort by the ITSC which will include the involvement of affiliates to be a part of the initial testing and implementation phase.
   
5. The project will span across the coming two years where the following phases will be rolled out:

• Technical outline & integration workshop
• Module construction
• User acceptance and security testing
• User adoption and utility rollout

More information will be posted as each stage progresses through the project.

6. We seek the affiliates’ continued support and embark on the digital transformation journey together.

The IT Sub-Committee (2024-2026)
Chairman: Mr. Lim Peng Siah Johnny
Secretary: Mr. Benjamin Sim
Members: Mr. Teo Yeow Hong and Mr. Sean Chuah

NATIONAL TRAINER VIRTUAL TAEKWONDO SINGAPORE TAEKWONDO FEDERATION

The Singapore Taekwondo Federation (STF) is the Singapore national governing body for Taekwondo. In 2024, the STF initiated the promotion and development of Virtual Taekwondo, which is strongly advocated by the World Taekwondo (WT).

The STF hosted the first World Taekwondo Virtual Championships in Singapore in November 2024. Our Team Singapore Virtual Taekwondo athletes performed excellently at this inaugural world championships with a historic medal haul of nine (9) medals comprising four (4) golds, four (4) silvers and one (1) bronze under the leadership of STF Virtual Taekwondo Committee (VTKD Committee) and guidance of STF Board.

With this accomplishment, the STF VTKD Committee is gearing towards enabling our athletes to continue to perform well at the next Major Games and Virtual Taekwondo Championships. The Committee is seeking like-minded and committed individual to assume the roles of national trainer for STF 2025 Virtual Taekwondo National Development Squad (NDS).

About the Position

This job may require an enhanced background check and written reference(s) in relation to safeguarding/suitability to work with children and youth, as well as continual professional development. Only shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The National Trainer Virtual Taekwondo will be primarily responsible for developing and training the Virtual Taekwondo National Development Squad in preparation for podium success at Major Games as well as executing the Singapore Taekwondo Federation’s (STF) Multi-Year Sports Plan and High-Performance Plan.

KEY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the supervision of VTKD Committee the National Trainer Virtual Taekwondo will work in the following areas:

• To develop and train the National Development Squad (NDS) to achieve podium
  success at Major Games, National Championships, local and overseas competitions.
• To collaborate and work with the VTKD Committee in the development of training
  plans and formulation of medium and long-term strategies for the NDS.
• To delivering high quality coaching and support.
• To accompany/lead the team during overseas training and competitions.
• To provide appropriate supervision for NDS athletes, directly or indirectly, to ensure
  their safety and well-being.
• To operate and maintain the VTKD system, trouble-shoot issues during training, and
  ensure proper upkeep and care of equipment.
• To ensure the proper use and safe keeping of VTKD system and training equipment

ATTRIBUTES

• Strong work ethics and commitment to excellence.
• Alignment with the vision and values of STF.
• Applicant must be able to travel for overseas training and competitions, if
  required.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Proven excellent kyorugi technical skills with at least two to three years of
  coaching experience
• Demonstrate adequate understanding of Virtual Taekwondo
• Experience in athlete preparation for Major Games preferred
• WT International Coach Certification Level 1 preferred
• Bachelor’s degree with a major in Sports Administration, Sports Science, Physical
  Education, Taekwondo or equivalent experience preferred
• Familiarity with Virtual Taekwondo training methodologies and systems is
  desired

The Singapore Taekwondo Federation (STF) 2025 Virtual Taekwondo (VTKD) National Development Squad (NDS) Open Selection Boot Camp was conducted on 22 and 23 February 2025.

The STF Board and Virtual Taekwondo Committee would like to thank the participating affiliates, athletes and coaches for their involvement in the selection.

The STF 2025 VTKD NDS Open Selection results is at Annex.

In accordance with the STF 2025 VTKD NDS 2025 Selection Policy, paragraph on Appeals for Review stated “Candidates may submit an appeal for review on a case-by-case basis within TWO (2) days of the official announcement of the selection results on the STF Website to the STF Secretariat at stkdf@mail.com. The appellant shall be required to pay a bond fee of SGD 200.00 (subjected to prevailing GST), which will be forfeited if the appeal is found to be unmeritorious or frivolous. Otherwise, the bond will be refunded to the appellant.”

Athletes may refer to the contents on Appeals for Review in the STF 2025 VTKD NDS Selection Policy posted on STF website on 20 February 2025 https://www.stf.sg/reference-documents/stf-2025-vtkd-nds-selection-policy

For avoidance of doubt, the appeal shall be submitted to stkdf@mail.com latest by Wednesday, 9 April 2025, 2359hrs, if the candidate/club wishes to appeal.

All selected athletes are to attend the VTKD NDS induction to be conducted in April 2025. The Letter of Invite including the Athlete Agreement and Code of Conduct of Athlete will be emailed to the selected athletes via their club and the details regarding the NDS Induction will be made available soon.

Please email stkdf@mail.com and stkdf@gmail.com if there are further enquiries regarding virtual taekwondo.