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2022 SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL OPEN - 26TH – 27TH FEBRUARY

We had a much larger contingent in the Sydney International given that Junior Boys and Girls were included in the program and that it was on “home” turf.Congratulations to all 31 Budokan Judo Club athletes who contested the 2022 Sydney International Open.In the mainstream age categories we had 26 athletes contesting a massive 37 divisions winning:

  • 23 medals: 8 Gold, 4 Silver and 11 Bronze with 3 x 5th and 1 x 7th places.

Additionally 2 athletes competed in Veterans and 1 athlete competed in No Limits adding another Bronze medal for a total of 40 divisions and 24 medals: 8 Gold, 4 Silver and 12 Bronze with 3 x 5th and 1 x 7th places,  4 pairs of athletes contested Kata divisions resulting in 3 Silver level performances and 1 Bronze.Details follow:

  • Ethan Zhang U30kg Junior Boys – Gold
  • Isaac Murkins U34kg Junior Boys 5th
  • Junning Mak U32kg Junior Girls – Participated
  • Sarah Jones U36kg Junior Girls – Participated
  • Dasha Platonov U36kg Junior Girls – Gold
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  • Nicholas Platonov U36kg Senior Boys - Gold
  • Crosby Peake U45kg Senior Boys - Gold
  • Ben Zollinger U50kg Senior Boys – Bronze
  • Tim Reshanov U50kg Senior Boys - Participated
  • Christian Curby U70kg Senior Boys - Participated
  • Lilly Zollinger U44/48kg Senior Girls - Gold
  • Shanning Mak U52kg Senior Girls – Bronze
  • Eva Murkins U52kg Senior Girls - Silver
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  • Demin Cai U50kg Cadet Men - Participated
  • Aaron Xu U50kg Cadet Men - Silver
  • Max Zollinger U55kg Cadet Men - Silver
  • Will Zollinger U60kg Cadet Men - Silver, Junior Men - Bronze, Senior Men - Bronze
  • Flynn Mogilin U/66kg Cadet Men - 5th  
  • Phoenix Edwards U66kg Cadet Men - Bronze, Junior Men – 5th, Senior Men - Participated
  • Ali Yuldashev U66kg – Cadet Men Bronze, Junior Men - Bronze
  • Elisha Mistree U48kg Cadet Women – Participated, Junior Women 5th
  • Clarissa Vumbaca U48kg Cadet Women - Gold, Junior Women - Bronze, Senior Women - Gold
  • Bianca Tandean U57kg Cadet Women – Bronze, Junior & Senior Women – Participated
  • Jacinta Vumbaca U52kg Junior Women - Gold, Senior Women - Silver
  • Isabella Vumbaca U48kg Senior Women – Bronze 
  • Daniel Kennedy – Open Age Veteran’s Men – Bronze
  • Scott Young – Open Age Veteran’s Men – Participated
  • Lynne McCredden – No Limits Women 78kg - Participated 

Additionally 5 athletes contested the Kata competition as follows:

  • Aaron Xu and Demin Cai – Bronze for Junior Nage-No-Kata
  • Bernhard and Bjorn Tandean – Silver level for Nage-No-Kata and for Katame-No-Kata
  • Bernhard and Bianca Tandean – Silver level for Ju-No-Kata

2022 ACT INTERNATIONAL OPEN - 18TH – 20TH FEBRUARY

Congratulations to all 15 Budokan Judo Club athletes who contested the 2022 Canberra 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 13 athletes contesting 21 divisions winning:16 medals: 5 Gold, 4 Silver and 7 Bronze with 2 x 5th and 1 x 7th places.A great effort especially given 4 of our 13 athletes were new Cadets!!! Results follow:

  • Crosby Peake U40kg Senior Boys- Gold
  • Shanning Mak U57kg Senior Girls- Gold
  • Aaron Xu U50kg Cadet Men - Silver
  • Max Zollinger U55kg Cadet Men - Silver
  • Will Zollinger U60kg Cadet Men - Silver, Junior Men - Bronze, Senior Men - Bronze
  • Flynn Mogilin U/66kg Cadet Men - 7th
  • Phoenix Edwards U66kg Cadet Men - 5th, Junior Men - Participated
  • Ali Yuldashev U66kg – Cadet Men Bronze, Junior Men - Bronze
  • Elisha Mistree U48kg Cadet Women - Participated
  • Clarissa Vumbaca U48kg Cadet Women - Gold, Junior Women - Gold, Senior Women - Gold
  • Bianca Tandean U57kg Cadet Women – Bronze, Junior Women – 5th
  • Jacinta Vumbaca U52kg Junior Women - Bronze, Senior Women - Silver
  • Isabella Vumbaca U48kg Senior Women – Bronze

 Additionally 3 athletes contested the Kata competition as follows:

  • Bernhard and Bjorn Tandean – Silver level for Nage-No-Kata and Bronze level for Katame-No-Kata
  • Bernhard and Bianca Tandean – Silver level for Ju-No-Kata 

REMINDER OF 2022 BUDOKAN JUDO CLUB KEY DATES

  • 5 Mar 22                            Judo NSW Junior Development Squad – NSW Training Centre
  • 6 Mar 22                           This weekend - Budokan Mons/Juniors Tournament (article in this Newsletter)
  • 12 – 13 Mar22                 Melbourne International Open
  • 7 – 8 May22                      State Camp (Start of State Squad, location TBA)
  • 10 - 14 Jun22                   2022 Nationals
  • 10 – 17 Jun 22                 Re-roofing of our building - CANCELLED
  • 20 Jun 22 TBC                  Mid-Year Committee Meeting
  • 28 Jul – 7 Aug 22             Commonwealth Games (Judo 1-3Aug)
  • 24 – 25 Sep 22                 Gold Coast International Open
  • 15 – 16 Oct 22                 Adelaide International Open – Club not attending
  • 28 – 31 Oct 22                 Perth International Open

SENIOR NATIONAL TRAINING CAMP 14 - 23 JAN 22

Congratulations to the following Budokan athletes who participated with distinction at the 9 day January National Camp at the new National Performance Centre (NPC) at the VIS Melbourne: Nathan and Josh Katz, Clarissa and Jacinta Vumbaca and Will Zollinger. National Cadet Coach Kerrye Katz and Club Coach Rob Katz were part of the coaching staff. Nathan was given the honour by “Combat Australia” to open the new NPC. 

JUDO NSW REGISTRATIONS AND BUDOKAN CLUB TRAINING FEES

Our end-of-year 2021 club membership was a healthy 237. During the Christmas break, many of our club members’ Judo NSW registrations expired and our membership currently sat at 219 at the time of the January Newsletter. We have had a lot of new trial memberships during February but out total membership still sits at 213. This means that many existing club members have not yet renewed their Judo NSW membership. Kelly has been following up many people. Please ensure that you renew your Judo NSW membership before returning to the club. If in doubt about your currency or regarding training fees, please contact Kelly McPherson at kellymc80@optusnet.com.au in the first instance.

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