2006 WA Sports Official of the Year – WA Sports Star awards
Kim Seng, taekwondo International Referee won the WA Sport Star awards for Sports Officials beating finalists from the sports of cricket, netball, badminton, football, hockey, billiards, lacrosse, table tennis, waterpolo, calisthenics, diving, gymnastics and swimming.
The award is recognition of Kim’s efforts and performances in taekwondo refereeing and judging for the 2006 year which culminated in his best referee award at the 2006 World Cup Taekwondo team championships (held in Thailand). Other significant efforts as the referee director at the 2006 Commonwealth championships (held in Brisbane), the referee director at the 2006 Oceania championships (held in New Zealand) and as the practical instructor for referees at the World Taekwondo Federation International Referee course held in Sydney in 2006.
He was also appointed the referee chairman for the Lucifonia Games in Macau but declined due to work commitments that prevented him from officiating at that event.
What is most meritorious about Kim’s WA Sports Star award is that he is one of only four WA Sports personalities that have won 2 sports categories in the history of these awards which commenced in 1956.
Kim has previously won the Service to Sport award for 1999 year for his administrative and management work with taekwondo sport. The other three double category recipients had been Shirley De La Hunty (Strickland) from athletics (sports star athlete and service to sport), Don Stockins from badminton (service to sport and sports official); and Ric Charlesworth from hockey (sports star athlete and coach).
Kim is the only person from taekwondo sport ever to have won any of the WA sports star category awards since 1956.
