Welcome to all new members. We hope that you are enjoying your Judo experience at Budokan. Our membership has remained stable over the last month at 207 which is encouraging as is our class attendance in each age group. Another reminder to our club members to please keep track of your Judo NSW membership renewal date and your Budokan club training fee anniversary date. We do not have a formal reminder system in place and following up over 200 members is just not practical for our volunteers.
- Highlights in the last month include our club presentation on the 17th August when we recognised our National Champions, our NSW State Team representatives, and our international representatives. Our special guests The Mayor of the Hills Shire Clr Dr Peter Gangemi and Blacktown City Councillor and former club member Michael Stubley, helped to make this event as special as it should be. They spoke very highly of the club and showed their knowledge and genuine interest in our achievements which was very heartening. They also stayed for almost all of the Senior class following the presentation. This was a great occasion to appropriately acknowledge our club’s athletes who have set high goals and committed to them, and who have invested a strong effort toward their achievement.
- This newsletter also covers the achievements of a number of our athletes who have competed successfully in both international and domestic competitions and we are very proud of these elite athletes.
- Our AGM is coming up on the 6th November and a notice of the meeting is attached to the email accompanying this Newsletter. Our Annual Club Awards Night and Annual Christmas party events are also coming up in the next couple of months – how quickly the year is moving forward! Please let me know if you have any news that you want to share in future newsletters. Enjoy the Newsletter and “See you on the mat”.