{"id":1994,"date":"2014-02-28T15:17:23","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T15:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gmacmartialarts.org.uk\/news\/?p=1994"},"modified":"2014-02-28T15:23:28","modified_gmt":"2014-02-28T15:23:28","slug":"itf-scotland-umpire-course-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmacmartialarts.org.uk\/news\/itf-scotland-umpire-course-report\/","title":{"rendered":"ITF Scotland Umpire Course Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMG_0780\"<\/a>ITF Scotland held their first National Umpire Course on Sunday 23rd February. \u00a0The course was delivered by the ITF Scotland Umpire Committee of Master Gordon Wallace (VII Degree), Mr David McNairn (VI Degree), Mr Mark Boydell (V Degree) and Mr David Lupton (V Degree),and hosted by Tournament Committee members Mr John McIlvaney (V Degree) and Mrs Gillian McIlvaney (IV Degree) at their GMAC gym in Livingston.<\/p>\n

67 participants took part from across Scotland, with 18 of those attending from GMAC schools.<\/p>\n

The course started with an introduction to the ITFS Tournament Rules for 2014 by Master Wallace, who was happy to discuss the changes and answer any questions the participants had. \u00a0He then moved on to cover Pattern competition judging, as well as some discussions on team pattern. \u00a0Mr McNairn explained the changes to Sparring competition rules prior to lunch, with a more practical session after lunch involving all participants, giving everyone the opportunity to practise umpiring in scenarios (there was some super acting on some of the participants parts, to show the use of warnings and minus points…Miss McGown…Mrs Dickson?!). \u00a0Mr Lupton moved the core forward to the points sparring section, for our junior competitors. \u00a0The course culminated in Power and Special Technique umpiring shown by Mr Boydell.<\/p>\n

This was the first umpires course prior to the ITF Scotland National Championships to be held in April. \u00a0We look forward to putting these new skills into practise in time for the 2014 competition season.<\/p>\n

Congratulations to the following GMAC participants;<\/p>\n

1. \u00a0Mr John McIlvaney<\/p>\n

2. \u00a0Mrs Gillian McIlvaney<\/p>\n

3. \u00a0Mr Arthur Doyle<\/p>\n

4. \u00a0Miss Roxanne McGown<\/p>\n

5. \u00a0Mr John Munro<\/p>\n

6. \u00a0Ms Myra Foster<\/p>\n

7. \u00a0Mr Iain Stewart<\/p>\n

8. \u00a0Mrs Kerris Dickson<\/p>\n

9. \u00a0Mr Christopher Dickson<\/p>\n

10. \u00a0Mr Michael Murray<\/p>\n

11. \u00a0Mr Aaron Walker<\/p>\n

12. \u00a0Mr Alexander Barclay<\/p>\n

13. \u00a0Mr Ross Strathearn<\/p>\n

14. \u00a0Mr Ethan McKenna<\/p>\n

15. \u00a0Mr Kieran Cain<\/p>\n

16. \u00a0Miss Patricia Doyle<\/p>\n

17. \u00a0Miss Megan Brown<\/p>\n

18. \u00a0Miss Heather Carter<\/p>\n

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Click on the thumbnails below for full picture. \u00a0Further pictures from the course can be found on Scotland TKD Team’s Facebook page\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n