SEA Games potentials from the Singapore Taekwondo Federation were invited to give a demonstration at the OneTeamSG Rally on 7 March 2015 at Orchard Road’s “Pedestrian Night”.
The performance was well received by the huge crowd. The VIPs present included Mr Lawrence Wong (Minister for Culture, Community and Youth & Second Minister for Ministry of Communications and Information) and Mr Lim Teck Yin (Chief Executive Officer, SportSG)
Randee Ng (Deputy Head, Supply Chain Management FS, SportSG) said, “The young TKD team put on a very gold show”.
Parents and members of the national training squads were also present to support our young performers.
To promote sportsmanship among young Taekwondo exponents, NESTLÉ KOKO KRUNCH Junior Taekwondo Championship kick-started its 10th edition by setting a new record in the Singapore Book of Records today.
In collaboration with the Singapore Taekwondo Federation (STF), 1,400 Taekwondo students from Edgefield Secondary School gathered to create a human formation of the SG50 logo to mark Singapore’s Golden Jubilee. The students then proceeded to kick and break 2,800 planks in a team formation, setting the new record for the “Most Number of Planks Broken in Kicking Sequence” in the largest local Taekwondo demonstration.
Edgefield Secondary School is the first and only school in Singapore to introduce Taekwondo sport as a compulsory Co-Curricular Activity (CCA) for all Secondary 1-5 students. Experienced instructors from STF provide weekly Taekwondo lessons on Poomsae (offense and defense techniques) and Kyorugi (sparring) at the school.
“Taekwondo is a sport for everyone. At STF, we believe that every child should be taught the values of Taekwondo, and become champions of their own by realising their dreams through the sport,” said Mr Milan Kwee, President of Singapore Taekwondo Federation. “Today’s event is exemplary that anyone can take up Taekwondo, and even break a record at that. I am heartened to see such great rapport and enthusiasm from the students at Edgefield Secondary School.”
Kang Rui Jie and Chelsea Sim struck gold again at the 2015 US Open which was held from 20 to 25 January 2015 in Orlando, Florida.
The golden pair beat former world champion Kang Suji and her partner to 2nd place in a nail-biting final showdown. In the run-up to the final, Rui Jie and Chelsea thrashed the Korean pair of Kim Gunsoo & Kim Hyeeun to 3rd place and current world bronze medalist American Clarissa Angela Fu & David Sui Lung to 5th place.
The conscientious pair has been training relentlessly in preparation for the 2015 Singapore SEA Games which will be held from 12 to 14 June 2015.
The results of the NCAP (Level 1) Technical Course will be released latest by early April 2015 due to the large number of participants. The examiners require more time to discuss on the evaluation of the participants. It is necessary to give the participants the fairest outcome.
We apologize to all the participants if we will cause some anxiety because of the long wait.
SINGAPORE — Many believed Chelsea Ann Sim was robbed of a gold medal at the 2013 South-east Asian (SEA) Games in Myanmar, when after putting in a solid performance in the women’s poomsae, she was controversially beaten to the top spot by local girl Yamin K Khine — who was clearly not up to the mark — which led to an outcry from the online community in Singapore.
TODAY By Ian De Cotta –
March 3, 2015
SINGAPORE — Many believed Chelsea Ann Sim was robbed of a gold medal at the 2013 South-east Asian (SEA) Games in Myanmar, when after putting in a solid performance in the women’s poomsae, she was controversially beaten to the top spot by local girl Yamin K Khine — who was clearly not up to the mark — which led to an outcry from the online community in Singapore.
If that bitter loss still stings, the 19-year-old does not show it.
All Sim wants now is to get that gold when Singapore hosts the 28th SEA Games from June 5 to 16. And not because she believes she can do it or the need to avenge that Myanmar defeat. Instead, it is to repay the faith shown by her family and the Singapore Taekwondo Federation (STF).
“My mother and grandmother are my biggest supporters. Since I will be competing in Singapore, they will come and watch me,” Sim told TODAY. “Everyone at STF has been backing me fully, and this will be the perfect time to return their faith in me.”
The Singapore Management University (SMU) business undergraduate knows that most of her regional rivals, including Yamin, are professionals who have made strides in their performance since the last Games.
But Sim, who won the 2013 ASEAN Championship, is undeterred and despite having to attend classes at SMU three times a week, she has managed to squeeze in six days of training for the coming Games, where she is aiming to compete in the women’s poomsae, an event in which athletes perform an arranged sequence of techniques.
“I am not going to allow anything to stop me from getting gold this time, and am giving 101 per cent in training,” She said. “That is how badly I want to win it in Singapore.”
Sim’s national team-mate Jason Tan is also aiming to better his performances in the kyorugi event, where he picked up bronze medals in the 2009 and 2011 SEA Games. The 24-year-old, who completes his National Service in May, trains four to five hours a day.
“With the kind of competition we are up against, my goal is to reach the last two. (Once) in the final, anything can happen,” he said.
Sim is the only gold prospect in the STF’s target of two medals, including a bronze, for the four men and four women to the Games, the maximum allowed for nine taekwondo events.
This is way off the five gold, four silver and four bronze medals they bagged at the 1993 Games — the last time Singapore hosted the Games. Since then, the medal haul dropped to one or two for subsequent Games, except in 2011 when the team brought home one silver and four bronze medals.
“It is a conservative target. While we hope to deliver more, we don’t want to make promises we cannot keep,” said STF secretary-general and head coach Wong Liang Ming.
The STF receives annual funding of S$400,000 from Sport Singapore and raise another S$600,000 through sponsorship and other avenues.
Sim and team-mate Kang Rui Jie have entered for the mix pair poomsae and as they are deemed medal prospects, the STF received S$23,400 from Sport Singapore’s The Final Push scheme — reserved for 200 selected athletes across all sports — for their training. The STF also received S$24,000 for the entire squad from the Singapore National Olympic Council.
But Wong said the association’s hunt for medals is hampered by their athletes’ reluctance to turn professional. “Their priorities are to further their education and secure a professional career,” he said.“So when it comes to the Vietnamese who pay their taekwondo athletes to train full-time, or the Thais who can gather their student athletes to study at the same university and train, we are at a disadvantage.
“We can provide full-time training, but this is not an attractive option for taekwondo in Singapore.”
The date for briefing and drawing of lots for ‘A’, ‘B’ & ‘C’ Divisons is changed to Monday 6 April 2015 from 1.00pm to 4.00pm at the STF National Training Centre as the original date falls on Good Friday.
The overall results for the ‘Dan’ Promotion Course is attached.
Congratulations to all the successful candidates, who had gone through grueling tests and for some, completing their theses in the pomotion course.
Unsuccessful candidates may call the Secretariat at 6345 1491 to request for a special review by Friday 6 March 2015. Candidates will be informed of the review date after the closing day.
