The Selection Panel, comprising Messrs Steven Soh, RA Jeyaraman and Lee Thiam Poh, shortlisted…

…28 kyorugi players for places in the 5^th Commonwealth Taekwondo Championships (28 to 31 January 2011, Chennai India) and 15^th Asian Cities Gold Cup Taekwondo Championships (11 to 13 February 2011, Hong Kong) and identified 14 poomsae performers for the 1^st Asian Junior Taekwondo Poomsae Championships and 26^th SEA Games.

Selected players will be required to meet the training requirements to qualify for the final selection which will be held in December 2010.

The number of players who will eventually board the plane will be decided by the selectors at the final trial.  It will be limited by the number set by the organizers.

Those who are not selected to train for the final trial are encouraged to continue training for future selections.  For them, the outcome of the selection simply means that they are not ready for international competitions.

All selected players are requested to report for briefing and training on Sunday 24 October 2010 at 12.00pm at the STF National Training Centre.

List of shortlisted kyorugi players.

–          Senior

–          Junior

List of Identified Poomsae Performers

–          Senior

–          Junior

The Federation will be conducting an open selection trial to identify players for the 1^st Asian Junior Taekwondo Poomsae Championships (tentatively scheduled to be held in April 2011) and 26^th SEA Games (November 2011).

All affiliates are invited to participate in the trial which would be held as follows.

Date                 :           Sunday, 17 October 2010

Venue               :           STF National Training Centre

                                    Block 80 Lorong Limau

                                    #04-191

                                    Singapore 320080

Time                 :           2.00pm

Poomsae*         :           Taegeuk 4 to Taebaek (14 to 18 years old)

                                    Taegeuk 6 to Sipjin (19 to 35 years old)

*2 poomsae will be selected at random

All participants must be SINGAPORE CITIZENS and are STF poom or black belt holders.

Please fill in the attached forms and submit it to the Secretariat by Friday, 15 October 2010. We reserve the right not to accept late submission. There is no limit to the number of players you can field.

Registered players for the trial are to report at the STF National Training Centre by 1.30pm.

Shortlisted performers will be required to fulfill the training requirements averaging 12 hours per week to qualify for the final selection which is scheduled to be held in December 2010.

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

The player’s undertaking form is also attached.   The player’s undertaking form must be signed by parents for performers under the age of 21 years old.  Performers will not be allowed to participate in the trials if they do not comply with the administrative requirements.

The trial would be open for observation by participants and their accompanying coaches only.

The taekwondo event of the Asean University Games will be held from 20 to 23 December in Chiangmai City, Thailand. Both the kyorugi and the poomsae events will be contested under the World Taekwondo Federation competition rules.

The Singapore Taekwondo Federation is assisting Singapore Management University to select the best eligible players and performers to represent Singapore at the Games.

If you are an undergraduate in any University in Singapore, you are invited to participate in a selection trial which will be held on Saturday 9 October 2010 at 10 am at the National Training Centre (Block 80, Lorong Limau, #04-191, Singapore 320080)

For kyorugi, the selection will ideally be based on competition sparring. However, if there are insufficient participants for the activity to be carried out or to allow the selectors to effectively determine the candidates’ suitability, the selectors reserve the right to use other means of assessment – for example, agility and reaction tests and skill and tactic evaluations.

Poomsae candidates will be required to perform two patterns, from Taeguek 5 to Sipjin, to be named by the selectors.

Selected players and performers are expected to train with the coach who will accompany the team to the Championships. More details will be provided once the coach is identified.

For more information, you may contact Fred How Pui Beng at 6828 0324 or email him at fredhow@smu.edu.sg.

The Singapore Taekwondo Federation (STF) will be conducting open selection trials for the following international competitions.

–   5^th Commonwealth Taekwondo Championships

   (28 to 31 January 2011, Chennai, India)

–  15^th Asian Cities Gold Cup Taekwondo Championships

    (11 to 13 February 2011, Hong Kong, China)

The selection (kyorugi only) details are as follows.

Date                :          Sunday, 17 October 2010

Venue              :          STF National Training Centre

                                  Block 80 Lorong Limau

                                  #04-191

                                  Singapore 320080

Time               :           Weigh-in        –           12.00pm

                                 Trial                 –           1.00pm

All affiliates are invited to participate in the open trials.

Participants (senior – born in 1993 or earlier & junior – born in 1994, 1995, 1996 or 1997) must be SINGAPORE CITIZENS and members of affiliates of the STF.

Please fill in the attached form and submit it to the Secretariat by Friday, 15 October 2010. We reserve the right not to accept late submission. There is no limit to the number of players you can field.

Registered players for the trials are to report at the STF National Training Centre by 12.00pm for weigh-in.Players shall be considered for the category based on their actual weight on that 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.

Shortlisted players will be required to fulfill the training requirements of at least 12 hours per week to qualify for the final selection which is scheduled to be held in December 2010.

Shortlisted players will also be identified for the 26^th SEA Games taekwondo event to be held in November 2011 in Jakarta, Indonesia.                           

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

–          Mr Lim Teong Chin

–          Mr Steven Soh

–          Mr Chin Khee Shin

–          Mr RA Jeyaraman

–          Mr Lee Thiam Poh

–          Mr Tan Kok Heng

The selection trial and player’s undertaking forms are attached. The player’s undertaking forms must be signed by parents for players under the age of 21 years old. Players 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 their accompanying coaches only.

The Singapore Taekwondo Federation is pleased to announce the promotion of the following referees.

Kyorugi Referees

Class 3P to 3

• Benedict Ong
• Michael Tan Cheng Hock

Class 3 to 2

•  Pauline Yow Pei Yi

Poomsae Referee

Class 3 to 2

•  Pauline Yow Pei Yi

Referees who qualify for promotion are encouraged to submit their applications on the prescribed forms available at the Secretariat. Applicants’ refereeing records including the number of officiating hours must accompany the application.

The brief guidelines of the promotion criteria are as follows.

Class 3P to 3             –           30 hours

Class 3 to 2               –           4 sanctioned tournaments

Class 2 to 1               –           3 national championships

Those, who aspire to move on to become international referees, are advised to have at least a 4^th dan Kukkiwon certification.