The RingMaster Open Taekwondo Championship will be held on Saturday, May 6th in Marlborough, MA. There will be Sparring, Forms, and Team Forms. Sparring and Forms will use single repechage brackets (Forms will be head to head competition). We are currently planning to run 6 to 7 rings. Sparring rings will by 8x8 meters.
There will be a USAT Referee Seminar on Friday evening, May 5th. Any attendees that work the tournament on the 6th will have their seminar fee reimbursed. We are also conducting training sessions every Wednesday evening at Choson Taekwondo in Northborough, MA from 6:30pm to 8:00pm for RingMaster operators and judges that is open to all referees. Overnight accomodations are available for out-of-area referees. Jim Montgomery is the referee chair and can be reached at: jmont@shore.net. Mark Kaufman will be the tournament manager. Trish Bare will be conducting a sports medicine seminar and providing medical & tapping support for the tournament. Online registration is available at: www.tkdringmaster.com/ringmasteropen.htm.
We are trying to create an high quality annual event. Any questions or suggestions are welcome and should be directed to ferguson@dvandva.com
Sincerely,
jay ferguson
The tournament is only 24 days away! Come and join us for a high quality event. We will be reimbursing any referee seminar fees for all referees that work the tournament. Rooms are provided for those from out of the area.
Everything is coming together. The medals are in and look great! The tournament staff training is going well. We have a lot of commitments from schools to bring players.
The high point of the RingMaster Open was certainly the referees! We had over 30 referees and were able to run all 6 rings with 5 referees each all day long. All the referees did a fantastic job. We had no protest and the feedback has been very positive.
Thanks to all the referees that attended and made the event a success! We are already looking forward to next year so mark your calendars!
Jay Ferguson