Please return all Budokan Annual Award perpetual trophies so they can be displayed in the cabinet and also so that they will be available when we prepare for the end of year awards function. These trophies are the large ones which have a list of all the previous winners. Winners of these trophies also received a smaller individual trophy which they can keep. If in any doubt please ask Kerrye or Rob.
Well done to seniors Will Zollinger and Phoenix Edwards who ran a school holiday clinic at the club for the Bright Start Kidz academy during the last holidays. Attendees received a promotional offer should they wish to pick up Judo as a sport at the club in the future. These opportunities are a great introduction to Judo and provide a positive service and exposure of the club to the local community. Let me know if your school would like an introductory Judo clinic and we can see what we can do to support this.
Budokan will be holding its 25th Junior NSW competition for Mons and Junior Boys and Girls age categories next Sunday 6th August and the first time we are running this event in over 2 years.
Finally, we will need to set up the hall on Saturday 5th August (tables on the mat, weigh-in room/scales, trophies, chairs, kitchen, BBQ etc). Normally this occurs during the club training sessions between 2.30pm and 5.00pm. However, this weekend the NSW Junior and Senior Development Squads are scheduled between 3.00 and 5.00pm although the times have not yet been confirmed. To minimise the impact on these sessions, we will tentatively schedule the setup for 12.00pm.
On Thursday night (17th August) between the Junior and Senior classes, we will be pleased to welcome to the club the Federal Member for Mitchell, The Hon. Alex Hawke MP, the Mayor of the Hills Shire Dr Peter Gangemi and former club member Blacktown City Councillor Michael Stubley.For many years It has been a tradition for the club to present the club members who represented NSW at the Nationals to the whole club. At this time we also present specially minted medallions (from the Perth Mint) to the National Champions to recognise their achievement. This year represents the 17th time that we will present these medallions and it has become an important event to recognise those in the club who set high goals, commit to them, and invest a strong effort toward their achievement.
Cadets and Juniors. Along with National Cadet Coach (and Head Club Junior Coach) Kerrye, Budokan Cadets Bianca Tandean, Max Zollinger, Crosby Peake and Aaron Xu recently participated in Cadet Asian Cup competitions in Hong Kong and Macau. This was a great opportunity for our competitive Cadets to perform on the international stage, in particular for Crosby and Aaron who participated internationally for the first time. A bit of bad luck with injury and illness preventing all matches to be played but nonetheless great lessons learned and a solid effort by our Cadets. So with a Gold, Silver , Bronze and 4 x 5th places, well done to our guys! Results follow:
57kg Bianca 3rd, 50kg Crosby 5th, 55kg Aaron U/P, 60kg Max 5th (injured and couldn’t fight for Bronze)
63kg Bianca 5th, 60kg Aaron U/P, 60kg, Max (couldn’t compete due previous injury)
57kg Bianca 2nd, 50kg Crosby 5th (couldn’t fight Bronze due to illness), 55kg Aaron U/P, 60kg Max (couldn’t compete due previous injury)
57kg Bianca 1st, 60kg Aaron U/P, 60kg Max (couldn’t compete due previous injury)
