THE 2014 WTF World Poomsae Championships are due to be held in Aguascalientes, Mexico with former Lithgow resident Craig Barrett being named as one of the officials.
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The championships will be held from October 30 to November 2.
Barrett, now a school teacher in Yass and head instructor of Sipjin Taekwondo, received notification to officiate at the annual event.
Judges have to arrive a few days in advance of the competition in order to go through an intensive training and update program in order to referee individual, pairs, teams, and freestyle categories.
This will be the second time Barrett will attend the event as a judge after having the honour last year in Bali and his sixth time attending overall as he has previously been selected to compete and coach for Australia four times.
This continues a busy schedule for Barrett who also recently judged at the World Taekwondo Federation Oceania Championships and Australian Open which was held in August at Sydney’s Olympic Park.
Barrett joined a host of officials from around the work 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, the USA, Isle of Man, New Zealand, Korea and Singapore competed over the four days of competition.
Barrett, as an international referee, was chosen to judge alongside both Australian and internationals at the G4 and G2 ranking events.
Persons interested in training in taekwondo can contact Barrett on 0407 640 361 or can check out the new website at sipjintaekwondo.com.
