The Chairman of the Board of Referees has approved the following applications for promotion.Poomsae

• Ong Bee Ai  (2nd class to 1st class)
• Teo Yeow Hong (3rd class to 2nd class)

Kyorugi

• Nurhafiez Nazir Ahmad (3P class to 3rd class)

 In considering the applications, the Chairman of the Board of Referees noted that a number of applicants do not meet the promotion criteria.  One of them applied for promotion after clocking only 8 hours of officiating experience.  This is well below the required 40 hours.  Another applicant officiated 58.5 hours which did not include at least 30 hours at National competitions.All national referees are advised to apply for promotion when the meet the promotion requirements.  The promotion criteria can be found on Singapore Taekwondo Federation website under ‘Guidelines’.

The programme, fixtures and protector sizes for the 2013 National Taekwondo Kyorugi Championships Ambassador Cup are attached.

The event will be held on 24, 25 & 31 August 2013 and 1 September 2013.

A reminder to all referees and volunteers to report to Mr Andy Lee (Tournament Chairman) as follows.

–          Saturday, 24 & 31 August 2013 at 1.00pm

–          Sunday, 25 August 2013 & 1 September 2013 at 9.00am

Every participating team must provide at one referee for the duration of the championships to qualify for participation. The referee may not be the same person. For example, it is acceptable for a club to submit four referees, one each for every competition day. A club will be barred from future participation if its referee fails to fulfil his or her obligations without the approval of the Tournament Chairman.

If you require any clarifications, please do not hesitate to contact the Tournament Chairman at 9106 4421 or any of the Secretariat staff at 6345 1491.

We look forward to your continued support and co-operation for a smooth, successful and memorable tournament.

The Ambassador Cup will be up for grab at the National Kyorugi Taekwondo Championships.

The challenge trophy, sponsored by the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, will be awarded annually to the overall champion affiliate.

His Execellency, Ambassador Suh Chung-ha, will personally present the challenge trophy at the end of the event on Sunday 1 September 2013.

Here are some important information to take note of.

–  There will only be one challenge trophy awarded with effect from this year’s tournament.  (However, there will still be overall trophies for each division, ie Junior (Male), Junior (Female), etc.)

–  The final combined medal tally will include only medals won in categories with at least 3 contestants.

The programme, blank fixtures and protector sizes for the tournament are attached.

Representatives of participating affiliates are encouraged to print the documents and bring them along for the Team Manager Meeting and Drawing of Lots on Sunday 11 August 2013 at 3.00pm at the STF National Training Centre.

All participating affiliates are expected to have at least a representative each at the meeting.  During the meeting, important and helpful information will be provided.  It will also be a good time for the representatives to raise any questions they may have.

The Singapore Taekwondo Federation (STF) is pleased to inform participants of all STF-organized kyorugi tournaments that head gear and body protectors will provided by K & G Marketing, one of the STF uniform suppliers.

For standardization, players, who wish to wear their own head and body protective equipment, are to note that it must be one of the following brands.

• Wacoku
• Adidas
• Daedo

The protective equipment is available atK & G Marketing Pte Ltd2, Jurong East St 21IMM Building#04-31J1(S) 609601Tel: 6569-3536Email: custsvs@knghub.com

(By Appointment Only)

Are you interested to don the national colours or improve your poomsae performance skills?

If you are, here’s an opportunity for you to do so.

We are inviting all national poomsae champions (all categories from 12 years and above) to join the National Poomsae Squad.

The training schedule is as follows.

–  Monday to Thursday (7.30pm to 9.30pm)
–  Saturday (1.00pm to 3.00pm)
–  Sunday (12.00pm to 2.00pm)

For members of the squad who find difficulty in meeting the schedule, we also provide flexible training periods.

Poomsae champions may join the squad, subject to the approval of their respective instructors, at any time convenient to them by reporting for training at the STF National Training Centre, Block 80 Lorong Limau #04-191 Singapore 320080.

The paper work will be done later.

The 2013 PA-STF Taekwondo Championships were succesfully held on 13 and 14 July 2013 in Jurong East Sports Hall.

The overall results are attached.

The Singapore Taekwondo Federation congratulates all the medal winners in the event.