Congratulations to the 2 Budokan Judo Club athletes who contested the 2022 Illawarra Kyu Grade Ladder competition. Manjyot Khaira won 2 matches out of his 4 and unfortunately Daniel Kennedy lost both his matches but noting that both these athletes are Veteran category athletes and this was an open age event, it was a big effort to front up for their matches.
Congratulations to all 15 Budokan Judo Club athletes who contested the 2022 Melbourne International Open. Great to be back on board the domestic competition circuit again. Given the vaccination requirements and exclusion of Junior Boys and Girls age categories, our numbers were much smaller than usual but still a high quality group.We had 12 athletes contesting 22 divisions winning:16 medals: 5 Gold, 8 Silver and 3 Bronze with 1 x 5th place.Including No-Limits and Veterans divisions, we had 15 athletes contesting 25 divisions winning:18 medals: 6 Gold, 9 Silver and 3 Bronze with 1 x 5th place.Another strong effort by #TeamBudokan, again with all the Cadets stepping up to older age category divisions. Individual results follow:
Sadly, due to the horrific weather we had over a number of weeks, it was impractical to run our Budokan Mons and Junior competition in March. No matter, we are now well prepared for when we schedule the next similar competition later in the year.
We are currently working on all-new design Budokan merchandise starting with a club Tee shirt. Samples will be available soon for pre-ordering. Watch out for a bright new colour scheme, a modified Budokan logo and the subtle introduction of our new Budokan motivational motto: “We Fight As One”. Other new merchandise will be introduced over time. Thanks to Jo Edwards for her efforts to date in taking the creative lead and coordinating this project.
We are currently working on replacing our very old cabinets which store our Judogis and other “Budokan” merchandise. This is a big project and a big investment. The outcome will make an enormous difference to our storage capacity. Combined with the introduction of an effective inventory management system, we will be in a much better position to handle sales of Judogis and club merchandise and manage re-stocking. Thanks to Gary McPherson, Franz Tandean, Andras Koltai, Sam Vumbaca, Peter Jennings and Sean Brothers for their work on this project to date.
