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DOMESTIC UPDATE - CENTRAL COAST OPEN

Central Coast Open – 5th May 202415 Budokan athletes competed in 18 divisions in Western Australia winning 17 medals: 6 Gold, 6 Silver, 5 Bronze, and 1 x 4th place. Details follow:Mons

  • Gold - Hayden Bielby
  • 4th – Jagger Chen
  • Junior Boys/Girls
  • Gold - Gabriel Richmond
  • Silver - Lachlan Wang x 2
  • Bronze - Brendan Jones, Andy Wang

Senior Boys/Girls

  • Gold - Alex Lee
  • Bronze - Jaslyn Dhanoa, Alice Lee

 Cadet Men/Women

  • Gold - Michael Richmond, Daniel Holley
  • Silver – Anita Nourafshan, Tim Reshanov, Daniel Holley

 Junior Men/Women

  • Gold - Jackson Palgan
  • Silver – Daniel Holley

Senior Men/Women

  • Bronze - Vincent Zhu

 

DOMESTIC UPDATE - NSW STATE JUDO CHAMPIONSHIPS

2024 NSW State Judo Championships – 24th March

  • 35 Budokan athletes participated overall, 33 in 38 contest (Shiai) divisions and 3 athletes in 2 Kata divisions. The 33 contest division athletes won 25 medals:
  • 12 Gold, 8 Silver and 5 Bronze medals.  Note that the results listed below reflect medals only where at least one match was won. This is different from the SmoothComp statistics which reflects placings regardless of wins.
  • 66% of divisions entered by Budokan’s contest athletes resulted in a medal.
  • There were 166 medals awarded. Budokan athletes won 25 (15%) of these.  There were 57 Gold medals awarded. Budokan athletes won 12 (21%).
  • The Kata athletes each won “Gold” level rankings and first places in their respective divisions with Tandeans winning the best overall Kata of the competition (BBR Sword). 
  • According to SmoothComp, Budokan was the best performing club in terms of total number of medals and also total number of Gold medals. I suspect we also had the highest participation.
  • We also had a great contingent of volunteer parents who supported many activities that helped make the competition run smoothly – thank you all so much. 

Individual results follow:

  • 12 Gold Medals: (U/13s) Joy Ma, Milica Dobric, Leon Park, (U/15s) Dasha Platonov, Ethan Zhang, (Cadets) Bianca Tandean, Anita Nourafshan, Billy Nyamdorj, Aaron Xu
  • (Junior M/W) Clarissa Vumbaca, Bianca Tandean, Phoenix Edwards
  • (Kata) Trent Black (Jnr Nage-No-Kata), Bianca & Bernhard Tandean (Ju-No-Kata)
  • 8 Silver Medals: (U/11s) Tayden Zhang, Levi Murkins, (U/13s) William Dong, (U/15s) Alex Lee, (Cadets) Demin Cai, Crosby Peake, Nikola Dobric, Daniel Holley
  • 5 Bronze Medals: (U/11s) Brendan Jones, (U/15s) Daniil Savytskyi, Cadets) Flynn Mogilin, (Junior M/W) Crosby Peake, Billy Nyamdorj
  • 2 x 4th or 5th: (U/11s) Aleks Dobric, (Junior M/W) Phoenix Edwards
  • 11 Participated: (U/11s) Gretchen Dong, Luke Park, (U/13s) Alice Lee, Andy Wang, Isaac Choi, Jeremy Tan, (U/15s) Jaslyn Dhanoa, Johnny Ma, (Cadets) Michael Richmond, Daniel Holley, (Veterans) Aaron Jones

DOMESTIC UPDATE - MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL OPEN

Melbourne International Open 12th – 14th Apr24 Results Summary____________________________________________________________________________7 Budokan athletes competed in 12 divisions at the 2024 MIO. Results were: 5 Gold, 2 Silver, 4 Bronze

  • Gabriel Richmond – Gold, U/13y U/32kg
  • Michael Richmond – Participated, U/55kg Cadets
  • Demin Cai - Bronze U/55kg Cadets
  • Crosby Peake – Gold U/60 Cadets, Bronze Junior Men, Silver Senior Men
  • Flynn Mogilin – Bronze U/73kg Cadets, Silver Junior Men
  • Billy Nyamdorj – Gold U/73kg Cadets, Bronze Junior Men
  • Clarissa Vumbaca – Gold U/52kg Junior Women, Gold Senior Women 

Thanks to Josh for coaching TeamBudokan at this event

DOMESTIC UPDATE - Sydney International Open

Sydney International Open – 1st – 3rd March Results

  • Congratulations to the 34 athletes who contested 49 divisions (10 more divisions than 2023) in the 2024 Sydney International Open. This includes 2 athletes contesting 3 Adaptive divisions. Our group won 26 medals, 1 more than in 2023:  6 Gold (2 more than 2023), 13 Silver, 7 Bronze, 1 x 4th  / 3 x 5th / 3 x 7th places. 3 athletes also contested 2 Kata divisions winning a Gold and a Silver
  • Notably 49 competition divisions is higher than Budokan’s participation in any previous State Open and only 3 less than the 2017 Nationals where our athletes contested 52 divisions. 
  • 4 of our Cadets contested 3 divisions and another 6 contested 2 divisions. Max Zollinger had 11 matches winning 9 of them and in the process gained his first State Open Senior medal. A number of the other athletes played 7-8 matches, providing valuable competition time and experience. 

The competition management system “Judomanager.com” indicates that Budokan’s combined medal tally for Juniors (U13, 15), Seniors (Cadets, JM/W, SM/W), and U/11, Veterans and Adaptive divisions, was the highest of any participating club, as well as the best overall medal result. Details follow: 

  • Gold medals: Tayden Zhang, Aleks Dobric, Bianca Tandean, Max Zollinger, Clarissa Vumbaca, Bernhard Tandean (Adaptive), Trent Black (Kata) 
  • Silver medals: Levi Murkins, Joy Ma, Milica Dobric, Dasha Platonov, Ethan Zhang, Nikola Dobric, Daniel Holley, Bianca Tandean x 2, Max Zollinger, Cherese Freeland x 2 (NT), Clarissa Vumbaca, + Bernhard and Bianca Tandean (Kata) 
  • Bronze medals: Leon Park, Aaron Xu, Billy Nyamdorj x 2, Ali Yuldashev, Phoenix Edwards, Max Zollinger 
  • 4th/5th: Isaac Choi, Daniil Savytskyi, Aaron Xu, Jacinta Vumbaca 
  • 7th: Aaron Xu, Nikola Dobric, Ali Yuldashev 
  • Participating: Gretchen Dong, Luke Park, Gabriel Richmond, William Dong, Andy Wang, Jeremy Tan, Johnny Ma, Michael Richmond, Demin Cai, Crosby Peake, Nikola Dobric, Daniel Holley, Jackson Palgan, Phoenix Edwards, Lynne McCredden

 

  • Coaches were: Rob, Kerrye, Nathan, Josh, Liam;
  • Kata Judges were: Dale, Franz; Referee: Lubo;
  • Volunteers were: Masha Savytskyi, Evgeny and Valeria Platonov, Kevin Mak, Franz Tandean, Susi Elyawati, Kiki Zhang, Dale Keogh, Yuan Yuan, Jessie Tan

 Congratulations to our great band of Budokan athletes and to our fantastic volunteers – a great effort all round! 

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