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HEAD LINE NEWS

Taekwondo Australia Athletes

Excell Internationally

Taekwondo Australia has been made aware that Sports Taekwondo Australia (STA) is incorrectly claiming credit for the medal performances of athletes who were not members of STA at the time, and in some cases, never have been members of that organisation. Despite requests to STA to correct these errors, no action has been forthcoming.

To redress this issue, Taekwondo Australia accordingly has published a list results achieved by its athletes between 2006 and 2008. For the complete list please click HERE.

Mr Suh Appointed Australian Organiser

2nd World Taekwondo Culture Expo

The Organising Committee of the 2nd World Taekwondo Culture Expo has appointed Grandmaster Chun Suk Suh as the Official Organiser for the Australian Squad to the event to be held in Muji Korea between 4-11 July 2008.

Grandmaster Suh offers his invitation to HPP National Training Squad Pool members to particiate through Taekwondo Australia Inc.

To view the Official letter to Grandmaster Suh, click HERE.
To view the Official Program of the 2nd World Taekwondo Expo, click HERE (4 mb file)
To view the Official Website of the 2nd World Taekwndo Expo, click HERE
To apply for the Official Australian Team to the 2nd World Taekwondo Expo, click HERE

TA Member Selected To Oficiate At Olympics

Taekwondo Australia is very proud to announce that Sam Lociano has been selected as one of twenty six international referees world wide to officiate at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Sam has had a very distinguished refereeing career with Taekwondo Australia and we congratulate him on the appointment.

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT

The Board is aware that some members of Taekwondo Australia Inc (TA) have applied for, or been encouraged to apply for membership of the entity known as Sports Taekwondo Australia (STA). TA is of the view that STA is competing with TA for membership, association and competitions. TA specifically disapproves of STA and membership of STA as it is inconsistent with the objects and purposes of TA.

TA is committed to its long term objectives and careers of its athletes and coaches and working with its continental union, the Oceania Taekwondo Union (OTU), to progress activities in the Oceania Region in a positive manner. However, TA strongly objects to the engagement of a third party outside of TA to run its events and selection trials and deplores the apparent agenda of the STA to establish state divisions with the sole purpose to create an opposing national association purporting to represent Taekwondo practitioners Australia wide. Furthermore, TA deplores the actions of members within TA who are actively working against the best long term interests of our members.

TA is committed to regain its National Sporting Organisation status and can only do so if it continues to demonstrate that it is the preferred national association. Accordingly, TA discourages Head Instructors from joining STA as it undermines the unity position of the association and the very ethos of a single entity association.

TA has been and fully intends to remain the peak representative body for Taekwondo (traditional and sports) in Australia and the Board is committed to continuing negotiations with the Australian Olympic Committee, Australian Sports Commission and World Taekwondo Federation to affirm its position and looks forward to a bright future.