The club’s promotion from August to attract new membership was very successful and has now ended. Thanks to all our club members who attracted new membership by spreading the word about the promotion. This may be something we do again in the future.
On Wednesday 2nd December, during the regular Mons training session, the club ran a Mons competition which was based on a round robin teams format. Congratulations to all our 32 U9 Mons players for competing in our club teams competition, many for the very first time. Great techniques and loads of fun. Also great refereeing from the junior and senior members of the club. Team "Allstars" came away with the wins. Awards for the best throws, best groundwork and best fighting spirit were presented. Thanks to all who came along to support this event.
Since the October Newsletter where our membership hit 198 members, we reached a 20 year club high of 206 which is really amazing. More interesting is that we still have a number of families still planning to return next year. I am still chasing up members to renew their Judo NSW membership and pay training fees which takes a lot of time. Next year Kelly McPherson will be assisting me with this so please cooperate with her.
Please take the time to review our safety plans and procedures. With the relaxation of some restrictions, we have allowed more spectators.
After a successful 2020 delivering Judo programs under the National Sporting Schools initiative, we decided to be more proactive this year. We have one school already lined up for term 1 of next year; and although too late to influence other schools for Term 1, we are in the process of developing letters based on a Judo Australia template for circulation to local primary schools. The aim of the letters is for Judo Australia to describe the benefits of the National Sporting Schools program and the funding available to schools, as well as the benefits of schools picking Judo as a sport included in their programs. In the same letters, we will also describe Budokan and the support their children will receive from the club. We will be sending these letters to school Headmasters or heads of PE. If you have any primary school contacts or if you would like a copy of a letter we are sending to any specific school, please let Rob know.
on Monday 2nd November Budokan held its 2020 AGM plus a General Committee meeting at the Judo Club. Thanks to all those who attended. Special thanks to David Colman who stood down at this AGM having served as Committee Vice-President for the past 9 years. Our new Committee is as follows:
Notices of Motion were passed as follows:
