For the coming National Taekwondo Poomsae Championships, black belts are required to know two additional poomsae – that is Keumgang and Taebaek – as compared to last year’s requirements. There is also a new family event which has to be judged differently.

In view of the above, a poomsae referee refresher seminar will be held on Sunday 16 May 2010 from 7.00pm to 8.30pm. The attendance at this seminar is compulsory for all poomsae referees who will be officiating in the National Championships.

The dress code is ‘dobok’.

Please register by calling Jolene, Theresa or Rosalind at 63451491. Registration is free.

All participating clubs are reminded that they have to provide at least one poomsae referee for the National Taekwondo Poomsae Championships. Clubs which are unable to do so will not be allowed to participate in the competition.

The Poomsae Referee Course held on 17 and 18 April 2010 produced 17 more qualified referees. They were as follows.

• Sim Hui Shan
• Lee Seung Man
• Ng Li Xuan
• Lee Wei Kang Samuel
• Muhd Fadhil Bin Musa
• Kang Rui Jie
• Tan Heng Guan Nicholas
• Ong Yong Le
• Tan Willy
• Li Derong Eric
• Ho Mun Wai
• Ng Li Bing
• Tan Kuen Leng Dion
• Ong Zelin
• Chan Rowena
• Joanne Teo
• Lai Hai Mei

Participants who their tests on 24 April 2010 at the STF National Training Centre and whose names did not appear in the above list were unsuccessful in the practical test.

The retest will be held on Sunday 2 May 2010 at 12.30pm at the STF National Training. Please call the Secretariat at 6345 1491 to register for the retest by Thursday 29 April 2010. The fee is $20.

The overwhelming response to the Kyorugi Referee Refresher Course held on Sunday 11 April 2010 at the National Training Centre gave the organizers some headaches.

The questions in their mind: How to complete the seminar within the time frame? Will there be enough space for them to practice. Will the participants be able to benefit fully from the training?

As it turned out, it was a good seminar for all. It provided participants lots of opportunity to interact, learn and have fun.

They learned the latest rules including rules applicable to local championships; practiced the referee hand signals and the management of competition and took theory and judging tests.

The practical test was cancelled on the recommendation of the STF President.

The STF President, who witnessed the seminar, was pleased with the performance of the participants. He said: “Most of you are better than the international referees.” He went on to encourage them to get themselves upgraded so that they could be sent for the international referees’ course.

The successful participants for the seminar are as follows.

1                    Ang Qian Qian

2                    Chan Peng Huat

3                    Chia Jia Ming Janet

4                    Leow Samuel

5                    Lim Soon Yi Joyce

6                    Mar Wee Chen

7                    Merly Q Laperme

8                    Ng Li Beng

9                    Ooi Tian Ci

10               Phua Mei Hui Veronica

11               Tan Junwei Jason

12               Tang Charlotte

13               Yap Gin Yee

14               Yap Jim Cheng

15               Gan Yin Ze

16               Wu Shunwen

17               Lee Jun Jie Elliot

18               Lim Zhi Jie Kevin

19               Tan Jun Wen

20               Teo Celeste

21               Jahangir Khan Gaffoor

22               Lee Jin Han Joseph

23               Lim Yu Qin Ronald

24               Sim Huishan

25               Muhammad Fadhil Bin Musa

26               Yeo Yong Hua

27               Chong Kin Fei Ben

28               Tan Cheah Her Sam

29               Ushananthini d/o Vadivelu

30               Titus Chua Yih-Lung

31               Wo Jia Quan

32               Ng Yang Kiat Nixon

33               Lee Yen Yen

34               Quak Soon Meng

35               Hui Li Ling Petrina

36               Chua Juan Juan

37               Goh Bing Yu

38               Goh Wee Meing Daryl

39               Lim Keng Long

40               Tay Jun Jie Jordan

41               Kwan Boon Choon

42               Ganesan s/o Sundaram

43               Chin Zi An

44               Tan Kok Seng

45               Tan Xin Hao Shaun

46               Tang Mui Huang

47               Tay Ee Kiang

48               Tan Kheng Juan Henry

49               See Gek Mum Moon

50               Tan Feng Zavier

51               Choon Kean Fatt

52               Goh Ying Shi Darwin

53               Leong Kwok Kee Stephen

54               Ong Wen Xiang

55               Cheng Jiankai Eugene

56               Fan Huilin

57               Gao Zhenhua

58               Lai Han Seng

59               Na Kok Peng

60               Tang Derrick

61               Ang Bisi Vikki

62               Quek Swee Chun

63               Chee Kit Ying

64               Cheng Jieqi Beith

65               Koh Poh Ling

66               Kwok Shu Hao Jansen

67               Seah Pei Li Catherine

68               Teo Ghim Hock Polo

69               Teo Guo Zhi Benny

70               Wong Eng Yong

71               Chan Raymond

72               Gay Jian Xin

73               Loy Mei Yee Joanne

74               Chan May Lin Nikki

75               Ong Hui Ping

76               Thong Bai Hui Denise

77               Koh Choon Seng David

78               Leong Miao Yuen Kelvin

79               Liu Yong Hua

80               Muhd Taufiq Chua

81               Ng Li Xuan

82               Ong Zelin

83               Poon Wai Tung Jackie

84               Suriana Bte Saleh

85               Tan Kuan Leng Dion

86               Tan Willy

87               Teo Xue Lee Jasmine

88               Lee Yew Chin Sebastian

89               Ho Michael

90               Teo Wei Feng Benjamin

91               Wan Wei Kee Desmond

92               Ng Lee Noi

93               Bong Peng Luck

94               Lai Hai Mei

95               Tay Hong Jun Jimmy

96               Chen Jian Cheng

97               Lim Hui Hsien

98               Lim Yuwei

99               Thng Kay Tiong

100           Tiah Hui Wen Michelle

101           Lim Huixina Xanthe

102           Mok You Hong Kingston

103           Tan Lee Fong Girlene

104           Chong Chih Chung

105           Lor Keli

106           Tan Ding Qi

107           Lee Zhi Jing Stephanie

108           Leong Kwong Chien

109           Leong Yue Yum

110           Lim Ming Da Shaun

111           Tay Xiong Sheng

112           Quah Hui Keong

113           Tan Yap Teck Anthony

114           Chioh Mu Yan

115           Sim Eric

116           Tan Pauline

117           Koh Adam

118           Leong Tong Bao

119           Nurhafiez Nazir Ahman

120           Chang Rong Xian

121           Ng Tony

122           Cheok Choon Kiat

123           Lim Zi Ying

124           Lee Seung Man

125           Koh Wee Kiat Leon

126           Lim Kheng Yew Jonathan

127           Kang Rui Jie

128           Lee Soon Liang

129           Go Rocky

130           Kang Chiu Yeung Jeryl

131           Lim Sian Wee

132           Tan Beng Hua

133           Low Zi Ping Melvin

134           Quek Jie Lin Jacqueline

135           Chew Kai Jun

136           Ho Mun Wai

137           Muthiah Ponmani

138           Yow Pei Yi Pauline

139           Tan Kok Heng

140           Chan Wai Hon

141           Lim San Chang

142           Tan Cheng Hui

The ‘dan’ promotion test results will be announced at the latest in the second week of May 2010.

The senior examiners require more time to discuss on the evaluations of some of the senior candidates.  It is necessary to give the candidates the fairest outcome.

We apologize to candidates if we have caused some anxiety because of the long wait.

All provisional pass candidates for the recent grading (136^th Centralised Grading) will be required to attend the grading workshop which will be held on Sunday 2 May 2010 from 4pm to 7pm at the STF National Training Centre (Whampoa).

Those who fail to attend the workshop will not be granted the promotion. They will have to take another grading if they wish to move on to the next grade.

In view of the short notice, registration can be done at the Secretariat or before the start of the workshop. The registration fee is $30.