Local school teacher and Head Instructor of Sipjin Taekwondo Master Craig Barrett recently received notification from the World Taekwondo Federation that he was to be one of 70 referees selected from around the world to officiate at the 2014 WTF World Poomsae Championships.
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The Championships take place in Aguascalientes, Mexico, from October 30 to November 2. This will be the second time Barrett has attended the event as a judge, having received the honour last year in Bali. It will also be the sixth time attending overall, as he has previously been selected to compete and coach for Australia four times.
Judges have to arrive a few days in advance to the competition in order to go through an intensive training and update program in order to referee individual, pairs, teams, and freestyle categories.
This continues a busy schedule for Barrett who also recently judged at the World Taekwondo Federation’s Oceania Championships and Australian Open which was held in August at Sydney's Olympic Park. He joined a host of officials from around the world to help referee at these two top ranking events which boasted a competitor list of 134 athletes in the poomsae competition alone. Competitors from other countries including Tahiti, New Caledonia, USA, Isle of Man, New Zealand, Korea and Singapore competed over the four days of competition. As an international referee, Barrett was chosen to judge alongside both Australian and international IRs at the G4 and G2 ranking events.
Anyone interested in training in Taekwondo should contact Barrett on 0407 640 361 or check out the new website at sipjintaekwondo.com.
