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:
- Ben Zollinger U50kg Senior Boys - Silver
- Lilly Zollinger U48kg Senior Girls - Silver
- Max Zollinger U55kg Cadet Men - Silver
- Will Zollinger U60kg Cadet Men - Silver, Junior Men - Bronze, Senior Men - Silver
- Phoenix Edwards U66kg Cadet Men – Silver, Junior and Senior Men - Participated
- Flynn Mogilin U/66kg Cadet Men - Bronze
- Clarissa Vumbaca U48kg Cadet Women - Gold, Junior Women - Gold, Senior Women - Silver
- Elisha Mistree U48kg Cadet, Junior and Senior Women – Participated
- Bianca Tandean U57kg Cadet Women – Gold, Junior Women – Silver, Senior Women – 5th
- Jacinta Vumbaca U52kg Junior Women - Gold, Senior Women - Gold
- Isabella Vumbaca U48kg Senior Women – Bronze
- Daniel Kennedy –Veteran’s Men U81kg – Silver
- Scott Young – Veteran’s Men U81kg – Participated
- Bernhard Tandean – No Limits Men 73kg – Gold