As the Secretariat will be closed for operation from 22 to 26 April 2013, the release of the grading results will be delayed.
Club officials may collected the results from Monday 6 May 2013 onwards.
Referees and Volunteers Invited for the National School Games
The National Inter-School Taekwondo Championships will be staged from Monday 22 to Friday 26 April 2012 from 9.00am to 6.00pm at Toa Payoh Sports Hall.
If you wish to officiate or volunteer your services, please call the Secretariat at 6345 1491 or email STF at stf@singapore.com to register your interest.
The STF does not expect you to officiate or volunteer their services for all five days. It will appreciate whatever time you can offer and look forward to your contribution.
Koko Krunch Junior Taekwondo Championships Poster
The attractive championships posters are available for collection by all affiliated clubs.
They are for clubs to remind their members of the competition which will be held on 28 April 2013 from 9.30am at Jurong East Sports and Cultural Centre.
It will be good to encourage members to attend the competition as spectators so that they could soak up the competitive atmosphere, enjoy the free drinks kindly sponsored by Nestle (Singapore)and more.
The tournament will provide a different feel from the other competitions organized by the Singapore Taekwondo Federation. Come and experience it!
Koko Krunch Programme & Competitors’ List
There has been a change of timing for the briefing and drawing of lots.
The sessions will be held on Sunday 14 April 2013 at 6.00pm at the STF National Training Centre.
The competitors’ lists are attached for coaches’ verifications. Please ensure that your participant’s names are correct and in the right divisions.
If any of the information is not accurate, please bring it up before the briefing.
Coaches with participants who have not had their grades verified are requested to make sure that is done before the briefing. Otherwise, the participants may be disqualified. There will be no refund of fees for disqualified participant
Referee Promotion 9 April 2013
Simon Leong Kwong Chien has been promoted from Class 3P to 3 (Kyorugi Referee) with effect from 9 April 2013.
The Singapore Taekwondo Federation would like to remind all national referees (poomsae and kyorugi) are encouraged to apply for promotion as soon as they are eligible.
SYOF Competition Results
The 2nd Singapore Youth Olympic Festival Taekwondo Championships were successfully held on 21 and 22 March 2013 at Anglican High School.
The overall results of the tournament are attached.
The Singapore Taekwondo Federation would like to thank all officials, parents, volunteers and competitors for making the event a success.
Workshop for School Coaches
All school coaches must attend a workshop on National Standards for Youth Sports for Coaching in Singapore Schools by 2015. It is a one-day workshop jointly conducted by Ministry of Education and the Singapore Sports Council.Details of the workshop can be found on the following website.http://www.ssc.gov.sg/publish/Corporate/en/our_services0/courses.html The workshop aims to
- provide an overview of the CCA philosophy in
Singapore schools; - broaden coaches’ understanding and inspire
them towards student-centric and value driven coaching and - introduce the National Standards for Youth
Sports and to illustrate how the standards can help guide student-centric and
value-driven coaching.
All taekwondo coaches who are teaching or plan to teach in schools are advised to attend the workshop by 2015.
2013 National Inter-School (Primary, A, B & C Divisions) Competitors’ Lists
The competitors’ lists are attached for coaches’ verifications. Please ensure that the participants’ names, schools and categories are correct.
If any of the information is not accurate, please bring it up before the briefings which will be conducted at the STF National Training Centre on the following days and times.
– Thursday 11 April 2013 at 1.30pm for Primary (Senior and Junior Divisions)
– Friday 12 April 2013 at 9.30am for B & C Divisions
– Friday 12 April 2013 at 2.45pm for A Division
Coaches with participants who have not had their grades verified are requested to make sure that is done before the briefing. Otherwise, the participants may be disqualified. There will be no refund of fees for disqualified participants.
Referee Promotion 2 April 2013
Mr Tan Kheng Juan Henry, Singapore Taekwondo Federation Examiner, has been promoted to 1st class national kyorugi referee. He obtained his 2nd class qualification almost 19 years ago.
It has been a long journey for Mr Tan because he lost his records and had nothing to show for his officiating contributions. Nevertheless, he demonstrated the spirit of the sport by doing what he had to do to make it.There are invaluable lessons to be learnt from Mr Tan’s experience. And all members will do well to take note of them. The STF congratulates him on his hard-earned and well-deserved promotion.
International Courses
The World Taekwondo Federation will be conducting the following seminars and courses in May 2013 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
– 74th Kyorugi International Referee Seminar (18 to 21 May 2013)
– 88th Kyorugi International Referee Refresher Course (19 to 21 May 2013)
– 20th Poomsae International Referee Seminar (23 to 27 May 2013)
– 17th Poomsae International Referee Refresher Course (23 to 27 May 2013)
If you are interested to apply for any of the above courses, please fill in the attached application form and submit to the STF Secretary-General by Friday 12 April 2013. Shortlisted applicants may be interviewed.
Please note that the prevailing rules apply.