What has MPDC done so far apart from announcing the start of the National competition with MDSB? For starters, I want you to know that the President of MPDC Mr. George Tan is the Vice President of MDSB, and he has discussed with the President to hold the National ranking jointly to which Mr. Apache Yong has readily agreed.
As the professional body, MPDC has also agreed to follow up with the status of those who has attended the adjudicators congresses in 2006 regarding the status of the application. I want to assure all of you who has been requested to reapply, will get a reply from MPDC, but I cannot assure you that IDSF international will grant you the license. You will soon note in MPDC web site the announcement of Category A and Category B adjudicators . Those who are Category A adjudicators will be eligible to adjudicate Grade A athletes but perhaps lack the necessary technical qualification to apply to be an international adjudicator. Those in Category B may have part of the technical qualifications, they will be invited to adjudicate all categories except Grade A.
You may ask why is MPDC taking this stand. For starters, do you know that Malaysia have only 4 adjudicators of international standing . Secondly MPDC being a professional body is duty bound to increase the knowledge of adjudicators and athletes. The first MPDC adjudicators Congress will be held in Batu Pahat and a certificate of participation and full completion will be given to you at the end of the Congress. In the event you intend to be an adjudicator please keep the certificate as proof of attendance. If you are an athlete, the Congress will update you on the latest techniques and what adjudicators will be looking for in form and style. It is still an important certificate to keep when you decided to hang up your dancing shoes.
The National rankings will be open to Malaysian only. The OPEN event will also be a ranking event. This time the OPEN event will accept couples of mixed citizenship to participate in our competition. Let me explain , in IDSF Rule: 13 couples of mixed citizenship can dance in IDSF competition in the world. To keep with the trend we are encouraging couples to partner a Malaysian to dance for Malaysia. Say you are a Thai Citizen and you wish to dance with a Malaysian, MPDC will accept you as a member provided always that you must make an election to dance for Malaysia. IDSF rules will apply.
Mixed citizenship couples cannot however participate in the Olympic family Games (SEA Games Asian Games, World Games, Asian Indoor Games) , but they may participate in all IDSF Regional , IDSF CUP and all IDSF/IPDSC ranking.
To be absolutely honest, we do not know whether this will be good for the country and for MPDC or not. Our avowed aim is to promote dancing, therefore we should not discriminate mixed citizenship couples dancing for Malaysia.
So to all of you adjudicators, dance athletes , dance coaches, instructors, if you have the time , do not miss this IPDSC Congress in Batu Pahat. All of you are teachings and coaching professional, you need a platform to voice your grievances and dissatisfaction. MPDC is the proper body for you to join. .
Okay! MPDC may be very new. MPDC may not have a track record behind them. I ask you not to prejudge MPDC but examine the structure and set up. In my earlier blog, I told you that MPDC is registered under the Sports Commission Act. MPDC is a full member of the International Dancesport Council (IPDSC) and the only professional dancesport body in Malaysia recognised by IPDSC.
We are also supported by all Government Sporting bodies. Go to our web site and you will know that we are supported by the National Sports Council (MSN) the Istitute Sukan Negara (ISN) and the Ministry of Youth and Sports.
So are our credential are impressive? I am not going to answer that, they are relevant and important. I rather you just keep all this at the back of your mind and judge MPDC by their actions and their conduct. If you have not joined MPDC and rather wait and see, I do not blame you. I want to assure you that MPDC will not compromise on the quality of judging in all their competitions and in times to come we hope to increase our standard of judging by conducting more congress and workshop. That is our commitment to all of you.
NB:The picture is my young dalmatian, about the age of MPDC. Her name is HOWPORTENG !
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