The Singapore Taekwondo Federation will be conducting open selection trials for the 2016 Asian Taekwondo Championships which will be held from 18 to 20 April 2016 in Manila, Philippines.

All affiliates are invited to participate in the open trials for both Kyorugi and Poomsae events.

The selection details are as follows.

Date : Sunday 14 February 2016

Venue : STF National Training Centre
Block 80 Lorong Limau
#04-191 Singapore 320080

Time :

Poomsae
Trial – 12.00pm
(*2 poomsae will be selected at random according to the age division)

Kyorugi

Weigh-in – 11.00am
Trial – 1.00pm

All participants must be SINGAPORE CITIZENS (born in 1998 or earlier) and are STF black belt holders.

Please fill in the attached forms and submit them to the Secretariat by Thursday 11 February 2016. There is no limit to the number of players each affiliate can field. We reserve the right not to accept late submission, incomplete forms or registration without the necessary supporting documents.

All registered players and performers for the trials are to report at the STF National Training Centre by 11.00am. Kyorugi players shall be considered for the category based on their actual weight on the 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.

Selected players and performers will be required to fulfill the training requirements averaging 12 hours per week.

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

• Mr Steven Soh
• Mr RA Jeyaraman
• Mr Lee Thiam Poh
• Mr Tan Kok Heng

The player’s undertaking form is also attached. The form must be signed by parents for players/performers under the age of 21 years old. Players/performers 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 the registered accompanying coaches (kyorugi coaches must be NCAP Level 2 qualified) only. Please note that no photography and video recording will be allowed.

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!