On the 8^th August 2010, Budokan Judo Club hosted its 9^th annual MONSter (U/10s) competition staged since the JFA introduced them in 2002. Budokan is one of only 2 clubs in NSW who have maintained the tradition of hosting the State-wide event on behalf of the JFA(NSW). This year we included for the first time a club-hosted NSW U/14s age competition which, like the U/10s, also had a provision for novice (yellow belt) divisions. This makes such an event a real education for less experienced Judoka and introduces the formalities and pressure of a competition in a very friendly environment.

Despite the increase in numbers in U/10s from last year and the addition of the 14s category, the event ran like clockwork, thanks to the club’s many enthusiastic volunteers and helpers and the NSW referees, who officiated the matches. Thanks to the referees who officiated: John Da Silva, Ernie Wakamatsu, Rodney Moulder, John Panopoulos, and Karen Da Silva for a job well done.

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As has been the case since 2008, we had state-of-the-art technology with the JFA(NSW)’s electronic scoring and timing system and the large flat-screen monitor. Thanks to the JFA for the loan of the screen and laptop. Thanks so much to the many Budokanis who donated items for the hampers, who assisted with the securing of sponsors, who took the time out to help on Saturday to prepare for the event, and who helped run the event so smoothly on Sunday and then stayed back to pack and clean up.

Thanks to Castle Trophies who once again gave us a very good price on the quality trophies, to Joseph’s Selective Meats at Kellyville for heavily discounting the sausages and bacon for the BBQ, to Nestle for sponsoring hampers for the raffle and Sue Leishman for arranging this, and to Kathy Dundas for donating the hamper of Avon products.

Those who attended the event last year might recall that the number of participants for the MONSters was at an all-time low with only 28 compared to 48 in 2008 and 36 in 2007. Happily, this year we had 44 participants in the MONSter competition and 43 in the U/14s competition. Whereas last year 11 clubs participated, this year 13 clubs participated in the MONSters and the U/14s. There were some great matches and even some going to golden score, with all athletes putting on a great spectacle of technique and spirit. We received many positive comments from visiting parents and coaches during and after the competition which is again very encouraging and motivating.

The 13 clubs represented and numbers participating were: Budokan (16 MONSters compared to 13 last year, and 18 U/14s for a total of 34 participants), Blacktown City and Blacktown PCYC (10, a large increase compared to last year), new country club Yuukan (7, which is fantastic for a developing club), Penrith PCYC (5 compared to 2 last year), Zen Bu (4 compared to 1 last year); Illawarra, Campbelltown and Uni NSW (each with 3, none of whom participated last year),  Kido (2 compared to 1 last year), Sutherland and Willoughby (each with 2, neither participating last year), and Woy Woy and Bushido (each with 1, compared to 1 and 2 respectively last year.

There were 15 contested divisions in the MONSters age category and only 3 uncontested divisions with 68 matches compared to 50 last year. Of the 15 divisions, 4 were special combined divisions to create as many matches as we could generate. Budokan’s 16 MONSters did particularly well winning 7 divisions, coming second in 7 divisions and third in 2 divisions as well as winning three of the special awards as voted by the referees and club officials.

In the U/14s age category, we also had 15 contested divisions (2 being special combined) and only 1 uncontested division with 73 matches. Budokan’s 18 athletes also did particularly well winning 11 divisions, coming second in 5 divisions and third in 5 divisions as well as winning three of the special awards as voted by the referees and club officials.

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Congratulations to all athletes especially those who participated in competition for the first time. This is your first rung up the ladder of your future competition career. Results for this year’s competition follow:

Under 10s MONSters

Girls Novice
U/24kg
1st Alyssa Bowers (Budokan)
2nd Tiann Stevenson (Blacktown)

U/35kg
1st Taryn Moller (Blacktown)

Combined Boys/Girls Novice
U/24kg
1st Alex Djamirze (Budokan)
2nd Finn Tafft (Budokan)
3rd Alyssa Bowers (Budokan)
4th Alex Budinsky (Budokan)

U/35kg
1st Taryn Moller (Blacktown)
2nd Lewis Taylor (Zen Bu)
3rd Patrick Sullivan (Blacktown)

Boys Novice
U/21kg 1st Clint Walker (Illawarra)
2nd Rauiri Edwards (Budokan)
3rd Nicholas Dinnen (Yuukan)
4th Zac Turkmani (Budokan)

U/27kg 1st Caelum Oliver (Penrith)
2nd William Taylor (Zen Bu)
3rd Mark Mackay (Woy Woy)

U/40kg 1st Griffin Oliver (Penrith)
2nd Kaashif Richards (Budokan)
3rd Michael Corry (Budokan)

U/40 & O/40kg
1st Griffin Oliver (Penrith)
2nd Kaashif Richards (Budokan)
3rd Joel Garcia (Campbelltown)

Girls Graded
U/24kg 1st Jennifer Orbanic (B/Town PCYC)

U/27kg
1st Maddie Edwards (Budokan)
2nd Jennifer Orbanic (B/Town PCYC)
3rd Amelie Gautier (Yuukan)

U/31kg
1st Saskia Brothers (Budokan)
2nd Sharna Bowers (Budokan)

O/40kg
1st Amber Rudgley (Budokan)

Combined Boys/Girls Graded
U/28kg
1st Clayton Walker (Sutherland)
2nd Sharna Bowers (Budokan)
3rd Dylan Marshall (Kido)
4th Jesse Campbell (Sutherland)

O/34kg
1st Amber Rudgley (Budokan)
2nd Adam Fueher (Willoughby)

Boys Graded
U/24kg
1st Tigran Tovnasian (B/Town City)
2nd Adam Philips (Sutherland)
3rd Aaron Kelly (Blacktown PCYC)

U/31kg
1st Isaah Moulder (Penrith)
2nd Xavier Tafft (Budokan)
3rd Samuel Cadorin (Illawarra)
4th Remy Murato (Budokan)
5th Zach Colman (Budokan)

U/35kg
1st Jake Dillon (B/Town City)
2nd Riley Nolan (Yuukan)

U/35 & U/40kg
1st Sam Beedham (Budokan)
2nd Jake Dillon (Blacktown)
3rd Lachlan Oliver (Penrith)
4th Max Cyreszko (Blacktown)
3rd in pool Riley Nolan (Yuukan)
3rd in pool Brandon Lee (Blacktown PCYC)
4th in pool Adam Fuehrer (Willoughby)

Special Awards:

Best Throwing Technique
Sharna Bowers (Budokan)
Caelum Oliver (Penrith)

Best Ground Technique
Kaashif Richards (Budokan)
Isaah Moulder (Penrith)

Best Spirit
Riley Nolan (Yuukan)

Player of the Day
Sam Beedham (Budokan)

Under 14s

Boys Novice
U/50kg
1st Thomas Mutch (Budokan)

Combined Boys Novice/Graded
U/52kg
1st James Widdicombe (Budokan)
2nd Alex Dundas (Budokan)
3rd Thomas Mutch (Budokan)

Boys Graded
U/30kg
1st Kiernan Tafft (Budokan)
2nd Ruben Tovmasian (Blacktown City)
3rd Jason Simmons (Blacktown City)
4th Scott Dundas (Budokan)
5th Isaah Moulder (Penrith)

U/38kg
1st Conor Edwards (Budokan)
2nd Antonio Rozic (Zen Bu)
3rd Luke Nolan (Yuukan)
4th Lachlan Brothers (Budokan)
3rd in pool Brandon Lee (Blacktown PCYC)
3rd in pool Liam McDermott (Uni NSW)

U/42kg
1st Josh Katz (Budokan)
2nd Nick Simmons (Blacktown City)
3rd Baki Redzeposki (Zen Bu)
4th Michael Du Riutz (Yuukan)

U/46kg
1st Dylan McDermott (Uni NSW)
2nd Brendan Kirk (Blacktown City)
3rd Luke Fuehrer (Willoughby)
4th Liam Stewart (Budokan)

U/50kg
1st Blake Nolan (Yuukan)
2nd Cameron Leishman (Budokan)
3rd Samual Garcia (Campbelltown)
4th Steve Seymour (Blacktown PCYC)
5th Brandon Kelly (Blacktown PCYC)

U/55kg
1st James Widdicombe (Budokan)
2nd Alex Dundas (Budokan)

O/60kg
1st Aidan Sandri (Budokan)
2nd Jordan Garcia (Campbelltown)

Girls Graded
U/36kg
1st Kendall Lane (Budokan)
2nd Madison Lane (Budokan)
3rd Katelyn Boyd (Budokan)

U/44kg
1st Lauren Lee (B/Town PCYC)
2nd Molly Houghy (Yuukan)

U/52kg 1st Amber McIndoe (Budokan)
2nd Caroline Haine (Kido)
3rd Amber Rudgley (Budokan)
4th Tara McDougall (Budokan)

U/52 & U/57kg
1st Amber McIndoe (Budokan)
2nd Abbi Gentin (Uni NSW)
3rd Tara McDougall (Budokan)

U/44 & U/48kg
1st Caroline Hain (Kido)
Special 2nd Lauren lee (Blacktown PCYC)
3rd Molly Houghy (Yuukan)
4th Amber Rudgley (Budokan)

U/63kg
1st Saskia Macey (Bushido)
Special 2nd Amber McIndoe (Budokan)
3rd Stephanie Orbanic (Blacktown PCYC)
4th Abbi Gentin (Uni NSW)

Combined Novice/Graded
U/70kg
1st Naomi de Bruine (Budokan)
2nd Ebony Moller (Blacktown PCYC)

Special Awards:

Best Throwing Technique
Kiernan Tafft (Budokan)

Best Ground Technique
Ruben Tovmasian (Blacktown City)

Best Spirit
Samual Garcia (Campbelltown)

Player of the Day
Blake Nolan (Yuukan)
 

Each year, we tell everyone that staging this event is no mean feat by any organisational standards. This year it was a bigger challenge; with the much larger numbers of athletes participating, we could only guess the numbers, divisions, trophies and how best to stage the extra age category. To stage the event so well this year taking every opportunity to make it a real spectacle and experience for our MONSters and the U/14s and their supporters is really gratifying for us as well as for all the participating athletes and spectators.

The support shown by our Budokan helpers, from the committee, parents and siblings of our MONSters and 14s, to our older Juniors and our Seniors, and from parents and siblings of non-competing athletes, again showed the spirit that is true “BUDOKAN”.

With the fantastic response this year in terms of participating clubs and numbers, including a number of new clubs, the event was a huge success regarding the cross-section of clubs, the enjoyment and enthusiasm of the athletes and spectators, and of course the valuable exposure and profiling of the club in the local area and to the Judo community.

There are many people who did many jobs and at the risk of leaving people out, we should at least attempt to list as many as we can because you all deserve a big congratulations and 

"!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

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If we do leave anyone out, please let me know. Here we go:

Pre-event: Kathy Dundas for donating the hamper of Avon products; Sue Leishman for arranging the Nestle hamper; Karen Leake for arranging all the canteen food and drinks; the Leishman’s for arranging the sausages and bacon from Joseph’s Selective Meats Kellyville; Don McDougall – Ice and bins; Guido S, Rob K, Karen Leake - certificates; the Edwards – First Aid equipment; the McDougalls – JFA scoring system; Julie Ann Edwards, Dale K, Guido S, Kerrye and Rob K – volunteers; Kerrye K – trophies, $ floats; Rob K – volunteer instructions, chairs/tables from Showground, competition sheets and equipment; venue setup, referees.

Saturday’s setup: Joze and Naomi de Bruine, Sean Brothers, Donna Young, the Edwards and Leishman families, Melissa Rudgley, Kirsten McDougall, Josh and Rob Katz

Sunday: all those who brought in plates, cakes, muffins etc for the canteen; Melissa Rudgley and Guido S – signs and banners; Karen Leake, Karen Klajman, Joze de Bruine, Janelle, Kendall and Madison Lane, Sue Leishman, Lyn Sandri, Julie Ann and Jakob Edwards, and all those who assisted in the canteen for food preparation and sales; Dana Brothers/Rachel Beedham – Front Door; Jack Beedham (fantastic effort from a former Judoka), Richard Lane, Craig Leishman, Leon McIndoe – BBQ; Karen Leake/Melissa Rudgley – certificate scribing; Karen L, Guido S – Scales, Greg Tafft – car marshalling; Melissa Rudgley, Ashley de Bruine, Sean Brothers, Greg Tafft – Weigh-Ins; Tara McDougall, Amber Rudgley, Maddie Edwards – Raffle Ticket sales; Sean Brothers – photography; Guido S and Dale K – warm-up for U/10s and U/14s; Referees – rule explanations and officiating; Andrew Edwards – First Aid; Kendall and Madison Lane – keeping food and drink to volunteers; Rob and Kerrye K, Alex S – Draws; Rob K, Alex Snoek and Kirsten McDougall – match progression and result update; Ashley de Bruine – Result Sheet; Athlete call-to-mat – Don McDougall and Conor Edwards; Athlete Staging – Dale Keogh; Electronic Scoring / Timing and Manual Backup – Josh Katz, Ashley de Bruine, Jessica Klajman, Amber McIndoe, Jake Young, Jakob Edwards, Aidan Sandri, Cameron Leishman; Awards – Kerrye K and the Budokan NSW reps to 2010 Nationals; Coaching – Dale Keogh, Guido Scholtz, Kerrye & Rob K.

Finally, congratulations on a job well done to all the Budokan MONSters and U/14s who competed, to all clubs who participated, and to all the supporters and helpers of the event.

Kerrye and Rob Katz
Coaching Coordinators, Budokan Judo Club
9^th August 2010

For the first time in the club's history, we have 3 athletes selected for the one Junior (U/20) World Championship competition: Nathan Katz (U/55kg), Jake Young (U/60kg) and Shaun McDougall (U/90kg). Congratulations!! That is just fantastic!!

Shaun previously represented Australia at the 2009 Junior Worlds in Paris. This is a wonderful achievement for these 3 athletes and for the club and adds to the momentum of our 6 athletes (these 3 athletes plus Vanessa Hall, Hamish McDougall and Jessica Klajman, with reserve Patrick Waite) selected to the upcoming Oceania Championships. All 3 athletes are ranked #2 in their respective divisions for the Junior Worlds so funding if any, will be very limited, and might depend on winning Oceania. 

The athletes will need to decide in the next 2 weeks whether they will accept the invitation. The club will do what it can to seek funding and sponsorship opportunities.

Congratulations on the fantastic results from the 2010 Australian Titles.

The outstanding NSW achievements have resulted in many NSW athletes
being selected to represent Australia at the upcoming Oceania
Championships in August. The NSW State Coaches will be providing
additional squad sessions to assist selected athletes in their final
preparations for this event.

Sessions will be alternated between Budokan Judo Club and The University
of NSW (UNSW). The timetable is detailed below. There will be no cost
for Saturday sessions.

Timetable:
Saturday 17th July 3.30pm to 5pm Budokan Judo Club (Horticulture
Pavilion, Castle Hill Showground, Doran Drive, Castle Hill)
Saturday 24th July 2pm to 3.30 pm UNSW (First Floor UNSW Gym Cnr High St
and Anzac Pde, Kensington)
Saturday 31st July 3.30pm to 5pm Budokan Judo Club
Saturday 7th August 2pm to 3.30 pm UNSW

Eligible athletes are those who have been selected for Oceania. The
sessions are also open to non-Oceania athletes who were 2010 State Team
members in all Cadet Divisions and also heavier U14 year athletes.

Additionally for OJU/NSW Cadets, the Tuesday randori session at Zenbu
and the Friday randori session at UNSW has been designated an additional
training session.

There will be no mat fees applicable for OJU selected athletes at these
sessions. All other visitors will pay the standard mat fee.

If you have any queries regarding attendance please contact either
Kerrye Katz on 0416 235 816 or Phil Kearney on 0414 795 133.

Congratulations to Patrick Waite and Jake Young, this time for
successfully completing their Sho Dan (1st Dan Black Belt) examinations
at the recent NSW State Grading. Both athletes were well qualified with
almost double the required competition points, and notwithstanding the
short time to prepare since competing in the Nationals, this achievement
indicates a sound technical knowledge beyond their successful
competition skills.

Competitors: All entries and entry fees to the club by Tuesday 20th July, ideally before that please Volunteers - please liaise with Patrick Waite (0402 216 097 / fwaite6@hotmail.com) Budokan Video Camera Operators - Please volunteer in advance and liaise with Rob or Marcel de Bruine.

Congratulations from the whole club to Nathan Katz (Cadets and Junior
Men), Jake Young (Junior Men), Vanessa Hall (Junior Women), Shaun
McDougall (Junior Men), Jessica Klajman (Cadets), and Hamish McDougall
(Cadets) on your selection to the OJU Championships (13-15 August), to
Patrick Waite (Seniors) on being selected first Reserve, and also to
Nathan on your selection to the 5-13 August National Training Camp.

Well done guys. This is the first time Australia will have a National
Cadet Team, and the first time that most of these athletes will compete
in an international event, providing a great opportunity for further
international representation.

Given that there is no "Squad" training for this, we will be doing a lot
of preparation for you at the club, and from next weekend (3.30-5.00pm 3
July), will use Sydney Uni on Saturdays again as an extra training
session. All Seniors / Cadets welcome. We are also discussing extra
"State Squad-like" sessions in conjunction with UNSW - See Kerrye or Rob

Budokan Judo Club had another outstanding National Championships this year. In time, we will put together a DVD of the event, as we have for the last 2 years. If anyone has photos of our guys in action please forward them to me. We will also arrange a photo session at the club for all participants.

Again, the club had a few new starters to the Nationals this year and a number playing in new age and weight categories, in particular due to the introduction of the new 14s and Cadet Categories. The results again show that there is significant depth and consistency in the club which is very motivating and humbling.

The results this year were outstanding with the club bringing home:

1^st  x  5;  2^nd x  3;   3^rd x  7;   5^th x  3;   7^th x  3   

Individual results follow:

Commentary and Interesting Statistics for 2010

• 19 athletes (compared to 18 athletes in 2008 and 19 in 2009) competed in 24 divisions (23 in 2009)
• 15 athletes won matches (compared to 14 athletes in 2008 and 13 in 2009)
• 12 athletes won 14 medals (compared to 11 winning 13 medals in 2008 and 8 athletes winning 11 medals in 2009)
• Of our 19 athletes, 17 competed in the 2009 Nationals and of these 11 medaled and  3 obtained a 5^th place (ie competed for Bronze medal) this year
• 5 sets of siblings competed (compared to 4 sets in 2008 and 6 in 2009): Lanes, Katz’s, McIndoes, Edwards, and McDougalls
• 5 athletes (compared to 5 in 2008 and 7 in 2009) were selected to play in 2 age/open divisions each (this was affected by the new age categories and the restriction of 14s not being allowed to play in Cadets)
• 5 athletes competed in 2 divisions with 2 athletes medaling in both (as for 2008 and 2009) (Nathan Katz – Gold in Cadets and Bronze in Junior Men; Patrick Waite – Bronze in both Men’s 81kg and Men’s Open, plus Jake Young – Bronze in Junior Men and 5^th in Men; Vanessa Hall – Bronze in Junior Women and 9^th in Senior Women; Shaun McDougall – Silver in Junior Men). Josh Katz and Cameron Leishman who medaled in both U/13s and U/16s in 2009 were unable to compete in Cadets this year in accordance with the new rules for U/14s.
• 2 athletes competed in their first Nationals (and 2 more for Budokan for the first time), compared to 4 in 2008 and 6 in 2009 (Katelyn Boyd, Keirnan Tafft, and Amber and Kyle McIndoe)
• Of these 4 athletes, 1 medaled (compared to 3 in 2008 and 2 in 2009) and 1 fought for Bronze (Keirnan Tafft - Bronze, Amber McIndoe – 5^th)
• 3 first time medalists at Nationals (compared to 5 in 2008 and 3 in 2009) – Jessica Klajman – Silver, improving on her 2009 5^th place, Keirnan Tafft - Bronze, and Hamish McDougall - Bronze improving on his 2009 7^th place
• 1 athlete won a medal in his first Nationals Keirnan Tafft (Bronze), compared to 2 in 2009
• 2008 U/13 Bronze medalist and unplaced in U/16s in 2009, Aidan Sandri won his first National Silver Medal
• Jakob Edwards improved on his 2009 9^th place competing for a Bronze, unfortunately against club-mate Hamish McDougall
• Whilst Jessica Klajman was not awarded a Gold medal in Cadets U/70kg category because there were no other competitors, Budokan recognises her achievement and acknowledges her 1^st place in that category. In competing in the next highest weight category, she did well to win a Silver Medal
• 2009 U/13 medalists Kendall Lane (Silver) and Josh Katz (Bronze) competed in 14s and improved their placings, both winning Gold medals
• Kendall Laneand Josh Katz won their first National Gold medals
• Nathan Katz won his first Junior Men National Medal (Bronze) and has now won 4 National Gold medals and Naomi de Bruine has now won 2 National Gold medals.
• Shaun McDougall, Silver medalist 2006 and 2009, and Gold medalist 2007, consolidated his 2009 Junior Men Silver Medal with another Silver this year
• 2008 dual Bronze medalist in Junior & Senior Men, Jake Young improved on his 7^th place in 2009 by winning a Bronze this year in Junior Men and unlucky not to medal in Senior Men
• Vanessa Hall improved on her 5^th place in Junior Women in 2009 with a Bronze this year and also competed in her first Senior Women’s Nationals putting up a great fight against the National Champion
• With 3 Senior Men’s 5^th placings behind him, Patrick Waite finally broke through the medal barrier for his first Senior Men’s Bronze medal in the largest category of the competition, Men’s 81kg with 26 competitors. He then went on to win a Bronze in the Men’s Open
• Whilst there were no medals for Katelyn Boyd, Madison Lane, Amber and Kyle McIndoe, Conor and Jakob Edwards, and Cameron Leishman, numerous matches were fought and won, and their tenacity and efforts were commendable
• Our athletes competed in 65 matches, winning 37 of them. Largest Division was Men’s 81kg (Patrick Waite) with 26 competitors. Most number of matches played in a single division was Boys 14s U/38kg (Josh Katz) with 5. Most number of matches played in 2 divisions was 6 (Nathan Katz, Jake Young and Patrick Waite)
• Again, the ever competitive Dale Keogh competed in the National Kata event setting a fine example and showing her support of the competition. Her dominance in Kata continues with Silvers in both Katame-No-Kata (improving on her 2009 Bronze) and Ju-No-Kata
• All our athletes prepared with dedication and maturity for this competition. Their commitment is unquestioned and whilst some may not have achieved the result that they desired this year, the experience of this Nationals will be of enormous benefit to all of them in subsequent competitions including next year’s Nationals in Perth
• As always, we had an enormously strong support group of parents and club athletes. The spirit of Budokan was always strong, with many coming back to watch the Junior Men/Women and Seniors on Sunday, and then a large group attending Dreamworld and Whitewater World on Monday. Thanks to Donna for coordinating the accommodation and to Marcel de Bruine and Greg Tafft for taking on the videoing task over the weekend. Thanks to all parents and supporters for their positive spirit
• In the 9 National Championships in which Budokan has been represented since 2002, 154 of our athletes have competed in 191 divisions and have achieved 117 medals:
  44 Gold, 22 Silver, and 51 Bronze medals, plus 29 x 5^th, 21 x 7^th, and 6 x 9^th placings.

The club would like to wish Max a quick recovery after some surgery a couple of weeks ago.

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Over the last year, three of the club's athletes were nominated and achieved Sports Star of the Month in the Cumberland Newspapers quest for Sports Star of the Year: Cameron Leishman and Nathan and Josh Katz. Nathan has recently been advised that he has made the final cut and will attend a dinner at Olympic Park on Tuesday night with all other sport finalists. Having 3 Juniors achieve monthly Sports Star is a great tribute to them and the club. Congratulations guys and especially to Nathan for making the finals. Enjoy the evening which includes a pre-dinner "Meet Your Heros" function.

 (Main pack-up 6.30pm 4th March)

The preliminary work for the mat / club pack up on Saturday went extremely well. At the last minute Sean was able to get a large flat-bed truck and driver from work. This meant that we were able to transport all the crash mats, wood-backed mats, chairs, podium, carpet, spare kitchen cupboard, etc to Kennards storage in one load.

Unfortunately Council had not come back to us in time with a response to our proposal to buy a shipping container and locate it in the Showground so we used Kennards storage. I found out today that there is still potential that Council may allow this but obviously it's too late for this year.

Regarding the rest of the move-out, all that remains in the club will be moved into the workshop adjacent to the club on Thursday night. It's only when you see the dojo as a bare shell that you appreciate how good it looks when all the posters, flags, carpets, bookshelves, trophies, chairs, etc are in place.
 

Saturday's preparation for Thursday's main pack-up will ensure that the main pack-up goes smoothly. The following people attended Saturday's pre-move and we appreciate their time and effort to make it go so smoothly: Sean Brothers and Mal (his able driver who worked very hard himself), Don McDougall, Ante Jaksic, Jarrad Cooper, Patrick Waite and Rob K. Thanks so much guys. Training per normal Tuesday and Wednesday (U/10s) this week and Thursday 6.30 will be the pack up. Please be there.

Third State Team Selection Event for 14s, Cadets, Jnr and Snr Men / Women)

Please read carefully. This competition format is quite different for NSW State competitions with the new age categories introduced, all categories played over two days of the same weekend, 14s and Cadets weighing Saturday and only 14s playing Saturday, Junior and Senior Men / Women weighing in and playing Sunday with Cadets. We have queried a number of issues with the Board of Management and a new info sheet could still be released. Main points to note:

* "Cadets entering the junior men or junior women divisions must be minimum 2nd kyu or above and wear appropriate belt". Eventually the National body may change the grading system to align with the new age categories and the current grade conversion system might disappear. Until then, minimum grade for Jnr and Snr Men / Women at NSW events is Senior Orange belt but only Cadets can compete in these divisions. Therefore Cadets who are minimum Blue belt may play up in higher age categories. Athletes eligible for the 14s category cannot play Cadets or Jnr or Snr Men / Women even if they are Blue belt.

* Cadets who intend to compete in Junior Men / Women and / or Senior categories do not need to reweigh for these age categories on Sunday morning as they will actually be competing at that time in their own Cadet category. This also means that confirmation of their entry needs to occur on Saturday when they weigh-in for Cadets.

* Note that there is no competition for Cadets on Saturday - Weigh-ins for Cadets is held on Saturday to allow the Draw to be completed and make an early start to the comp Sunday. Volunteers and referees will be critical then.
 

With Ashley de Bruine withdrawing injured, Michael Stubley withdrawing ill, and Nathan getting a last-minute medical clearance to compete, we ended up with 19 of the club's finest competing in 22 divisions. This event is the first of the biggies for 2010 with National Senior Team points up for grabs as well as selection points for Cadets and Junior and Senior Men / Women for Oceania Championships. As usual the club's supporting machine was in fine form with Kerrye, Dale and Rob providing strong coaching support and of course our unique and highly identifiable spectator presence. The Novotel was a hit for about 10 families complete with indoor pool, spa, gym and sauna and made a nice change to the Sundowner, especially with the awful weather in Canberra.

There were the usual dramas with making weight, and the new age categories made for some interesting observations with 15 and 16 year olds getting used to applying and defending against strangles, and also with 15 year olds playing junior men and women and getting used to arm-locks. The referees were somewhat inconsistent with the new leg grabbing rules but generally very tough leaving little room for discretion (and sometimes reality), a bit of a shame given this was the first big event where these rules were applied. The video replay was used a lot and slowed up progress. Refereeing is a hard job indeed and we need to encourage judokas retired from or not interested in competition, to become referees. Overall the competition ran like clockwork with congratulations to Judo ACT for another job well done. Our athletes put on a great show and did the club proud yet again with 4 x 1st places, 5 x 2nds and 8 x 3rds. Last year, albeit with one less age category available, the 17 athletes we had competing in the ACT Open won 4 Gold, 3 Silver and 4 Bronze medals, so we continue to improve our participation and depth of results. There is potential for as many as 6 of the club's athletes to represent Australia at international events this year…but there is still the QLD Open and the Nationals to go!

Saturday was a long day with trial weigh-ins for 14s at 8.00am and the last of the medals awarded at about 6.30pm. Sunday, with only the seniors and weigh-ins the night before, was somewhat faster with the last of the medals presented at about 3.00pm. The venue is cosy to say the least for a competition of that size and ACT may need to look at alternatives next year. There is also talk of weigh-ins Friday night so that the competition can get underway earlier in future. Special thanks to Marcel and Ashley de Bruine, Don and Hamish McDougall, and Josh Katz for manning the video, to Simmy and Danny for coming along on Sunday to support the seniors, and to the great group of Budokan families who continue to show a positive spirit in all circumstances and for looking after the coaches so that we can concentrate on the club's athletes. Finally, congratulations to our athletes for displaying great spirit and skill, and for taking up the challenge of climbing up one more rung on the ladder of experience and competition prowess.

Kirsten is putting together a special order of items that are not stocked (because of space) or we have run out.  Those of you who would be interested in any items that are out of stock or not in stock - let Kirsten know.  See attached pictures/links and price list.  I plan to put on order in soon.

Don't forget, club logo patches are now available at $4 each. They can be sewn onto the back of your Judogi.

Kirsten is putting together a special order of items that are not stocked (because of space) or we have run out.  Those of you who would be interested in any items that are out of stock or not in stock - let Kirsten know.  See attached pictures/links and price list.  I plan to put on order in soon.

Don't forget, club logo patches are now available at $4 each. They can be sewn onto the back of your Judogi.

 
Click on the links or copy them to your browser to show you styles and sizes:
 
Adult Shepherd Vests - http://www.jbswear.com.au/jbs-shepherd-vest

Kids Vests - http://www.jbswear.com.au/jbs-kids-open-hem-vest

Shepherd Jackets above Large - we have samples at the club

Ladies Waffle Zip Polos - http://www.gearforlife.com.au/product.php?pId=58&head=Polo%20Shirts
 
Men's Retro Waffle Polos - http://www.gearforlife.com.au/product.php?pId=129&head=Polo%20Shirts
 
Yours,
Kirsten McDougall
E-mail: zipcable@optusnet.com.au <mailto:zipcable@optusnet.com.au>  or see me at the Club
 
Don't forget, club logo patches are now available at $4 each. They can be sewn onto the back of your Judogi.

A thorough scrubbing of the mats is essential at least once per year.  The effort needs 20 people for 3 hrs based on last year’s event. Committee members Sean Brothers and Don McDougall will be coordinating the next mat scrubbing for Saturday morning 6 February 2010. Time is set for 8.30am.  Bring towels, buckets, squeegee mops, scrubbing brushes (on broom handles). The club has a lot of this equipment but more is better (label your stuff).

Term-4 of the MONSters under 10's  class starts on Wednesday 21 October. A new addition is a special under 10's "basics" class, which will run from 5.30pm-6.30pm. This class is for all new beginners and for any under 10's student who would like to work on some basics, such as breakfalls and basic throws.

If any student wishes to attend BOTH classes, there is NO ADDITIONAL COST.

However, new (novice) students must attend the beginners 5.30-6.30pm class prior to attending the normal class. If you are not able to make the 5.30-6.30pm timeslot, then beginners may attend the later class - however this should be discussed with Dale, Guido or Kerrye.

Beginners: 5.30pm-6.30pm
The beginners class is for any new member wishing to start judo or any white/yellow/orange belt who wished to improve some judo basics, such as breakfalls and basic throws

Graded-players:6.30pm-7.30pm
This is our normal under-10's class for graded students OR more advanced white-belt beginners.

For more information on the under 10's class click here

To: NSW Judo Clubs
 
The NSW International Open is being conducted on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 September at the Bankstown Velodrome. To successfully run this tournament we need the support of volunteers from the clubs - without the officials we cannot run a tournament. I am writing to urge you to encourage your members to volunteer for the NSW Open.
 
We need helpers to lay mats at the venue on Friday night, starting at 

10.30pm (cycling competitions take place till then) and to pull up the mats on Sunday afternoon, after the competition. It would be good if one club could volunteer for Friday night and one club for Sunday.
 
We also need about 20 volunteers on Saturday and 20 on Sunday to help with weigh-ins, collecting entry money, tableworkers (scoring and timing) and fight progression.

Volunteer co-ordinator Patrick Waite will be emailing his database next week with all the details. Patrick is also planning to run  a training day in early September for anyone who would like to learn fight progression or scoring and timing.
 
If you would like more information email Patrick at fwaite6@hotmail.com or phone 0402 216 097.
 
Please treat this matter urgently and advise Patrick of how many club members you can make available to support the NSW Open.
 
Thanking you in advance for your support.
 
Rob Ivers
President
NSW Judo

Congratulations to Shaun McDougall on achieving a Bronze Medal at the Junior Pacific Rim in Taipei on the weekend.

Congratulations to Kevin Da Silva who has been selected to the 2009/10 intake of the 20 strong NTID Squad. He was ranked #1 against the selection criteria. Congratulations to Shaun McDougall who has been selected as a reserve athlete to the 2009/10 NTID Squad. Kevin is the third Budokan athlete to have been selected on the NTID since the squad was established. Previous selected athletes are Nik Zellner and Jake Young.

As you all know, Jake Young left for Japan on Wednesday as part of the 2008/2009 NTID Squad activities. I received a text message last night indicating that their first session was Ok and he coped well with the Japanese training.
 

The club's second technical session will be held on Sunday 24th May. It is being run primarily for Budokan Club athletes who have been training at the State Squad and who have nominated to compete at the Nationals.

The club's second technical session will be held on Sunday 24th May. It is being run primarily for Budokan Club athletes who have been training at the State Squad and who have nominated to compete at the Nationals.

The U/10 and U/13 JFA(NSW) competition is being held on the same day (per the note sent last week) and eligible Juniors have the choice to participate in either the competition or the technical session - please discuss with Kerrye. She will be in attendance at the competition.

The technical session will be a chance to consolidate those strategies which we focussed on in the first session, as well as a further opportunity to practice your specific techniques and strategies. There will be some revision of the posture, grip work and entries for techniques as well as combination and counter techniques. This is not an intensive squad session (ie no randori).

Session Details: Sunday 24th May 2009
Budokan Judo Club
9.30am (on the mat please) to 11.30am
No cost
 

The club previously congratulated Kevin Da Silva and Jake Young for being selected to the final 30 participants in the National NTID Selection Camp at AIS in April. Since then, Jake was injured at training and sadly has had to forfeit his position at the camp

and therefore also his position on the NTID Squad for 2008/09. We wish Jake a speedy recovery and hope that he will be well recovered for a strong effort at the Nationals. The only consolation is that the first reserve for the camp is also a Budokan member in Shaun McDougall. So now we wish both Shaun and Kevin well at the camp commencing tomorrow and a successful attempt at NTID selection

Information about state squad training

Senior State Squad Training.

(For Seniors and Junior Men/Women). Please be advised that Senior State Squad Training will commence on Monday 20th April 2009. Please note that it now commences on Wednesday, 22nd April, 2009. Senior Squad Training Times are as follows:

Senior NSW Squad Training Starts
Date: Wed 22.4.09
Time: 8pm - 9:30pm
Place: Bushido Judo Club

* This first session is compulsory and all those wishing to compete at the 2009 National Titles must be in attendance.

* Wed - RANDORI - ALL NSW JFA Members welcome to attend from 7:30-9pm to train with state team. Must be of reasonable fitness and ability to undertake competition style Randori with Senior & Junior Men's team.

Junior State Squad Training.

(For U/16s and U/13s). Junior State Squad Training will commence on Monday 27th April 2009. Junior Squad Training Times are as follows:

Monday 6.30pm - 8pm
Wednesday 6.30pm - 8pm
Saturday 2pm -4pm

This will be held at Bushido Judo Club which is located: Lot 1 Bareena St, Canley Vale

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The club has had a couple of good visits by Zen Bu in recent weeks. It's coming up to Easter and so with the last pre-Easter session being this Thursday 9th April, it would be nice to have a big Budokan seniors turnout for the Zen Bu visit. So come on seniors!

Zenbu will be dropping in to train this Thursday night. This is a great chance for everyone to train with a different range of partners, so take the opportunity to come and join in...

The investment we put in on Monday night really paid off and last night we rebuilt the mat area in the new location (ready for the extension), built the change room, relocated the book/video cabinet and the trophy cabinet and replaced their contents, relocated the filing cabinets, dinosaur, photo and notice boards, and some of the chairs. We are now ready to train.

A huge thanks go to the 30 strong Budokan, Aikido, and BJJ clubs' members who took about 3 hours to get everything done: Marcel, Ashley & Naomi de Bruine, Sean Brothers, Jake and Donna Young, Alex Snoek, Peter & Kevin Schmitz, Guido Scholtz , Richard Lane, John Da Silva, Dale Keogh, Simon & Jake Farnsworth (BJJ & Budokan), Peter Sardelich, Steve (BJJ), Brian Medbury, Jarrad Copper, Nathan Stephenson-Wong, Tony Cox (Aikido), Bill Haines (Aikido), Mike Tressler (BJJ), Blaise Tuma, and Maryam Nesvaderani, and Rob, Kerrye, Nathan & Josh Katz.

Nearly everything we wanted to do was completed by about 9pm. Guido and I left at 10pm and with Guido's famous last words which are repeated every year: "...only 365 days until we have to do this ... again". I always look forward to those words.

For those who may have missed receiving a note at the club over the last couple of weeks or an email from Donna Young, we are celebrating a belated Club Christmas in March. All are welcome!!

As previously advertised:

Blue Gum Hotel
55 Pacific Highway, Waitara
Time: from 6 pm
Cost: pay your own food & drink – NO COVER CHARGE – Children welcome

If you haven't already done so, please let Donna Young know if you are attending (just to get approx. numbers for the venue). At this stage 40 are confirmed. Given that we had 35 at the "Festival of Lifting the Mats", we are sure that more people will be interested. Her contact is:
dydonnamareeyoung@gmail.com

This is a great opportunity to "meet the whole gang" and get to know the club's members and parents across all 3 of the club's age groups from the Under 10s "MONSter sessions, to Juniors to Seniors. We look forward to seeing you there.

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For details on the second state selection, please check the the Event calendar:, which contains info and a map of the location.

Funny as it seems, judo club members and parents have interest OTHER than judo *shock-horror*

It seems that the Tuma's are trying to grow a large pumpkin. Since they are already adept at growing large boys (Joel and Blaise...) - we're sure growing giant vegetables should be a breeze...

WITH a few months left of growing, Beverley Tuma and her husband Antony are hoping for a miracle with their pumpkin seeds. "The vine is only 3m long," the Box Hill woman said. "We water it every day, but I think we're going to have to get some ferti¬liser. - "That should spur it along." The Great Backyard Pumpkin Challenge al¬lowed locals to grab their free seeds in an attempt to grow a giant pumpkin. Successful pumpkin growers are in with a chance to have it exhibited at the 2009 Sydney Royal Easter Show. There are prizes for giant pumpkin, best decorated, most unusual shape, celebrity lookalike pumpkin and smallest pumpkin. From: Rouse Hill Times Picture: Ann Moran

Below is the draft calender of events for  2009.

All events are still to be confirmed as they reach closer to the event date.

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As there has been some confusion on the interpretations on the new rules I have provided the following advice for clarification.

   These new 2009 rule changes and interpretational adjustments are to be implemented by the IJF from January 1, 2009.

The event was a great success and the event managers will consider Castle Hill Showground again, albeit with the attendance numbers, a larger venue will also be considered.

Our hall was painted and now we are considering alternatives to stapling posters directly onto walls. Thanks to all those who assisted on the 16th, 17th and 25th November, including: Donna & Jake Young, Peter & Kevin Schmitz, Richard Lane, Guido Scholtz, the Da Silva family, Don McDougall, Alex Snoek, Andras Koltai, Jarrad Cooper, Nathan Wong, and Max Hale. I hope I didn’t miss anyone.

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The club will be closed for training from 17th November to 25th November inclusive. The reason is explained below.

In short, we have secured a commercial arrangement with ACP Magazines for the hire of the hall for a "Good Food Affare" in which the entire Showground will be occupied between 21st -23rd November with days either side for moving in and moving out

The "deal" will help us to do more work on the Dojo (building), allow purchase of more mats, and allow more funding to athletes, provide a goodwill benefit with ACP Magazines, goodwill benefit with the Showground because we will give them a one-off donation, goodwill benefit to BJJ and Aikido, because we will give them 2 months rent free for the missed sessions, and all 3 clubs will benefit because the hall may be painted in the process.

We will be allowed to leave all our filing cabinets in place, and will be able to store items in the change room which we would normally have to remove, because that area is being partitioned off from the rest of the hall. ACP are also providing labour to assist with us moving out and moving in, and extra on-site container storage, so it won't be as difficult as the move-out early in the year. The downside is that we have to move everything else out of the hall for one week 17/11/08 to 25/11/08.

We are arranging a small working bee for Sunday afternoon 16/11/08 at 3pm so that we can make some preparations. I believe that we have sufficient help for the 16/11 and I will oversee the 17/11 activities, but if anyone is interested in helping over this time, please see Rob. Club Committee members will assist on 16/11.

We will also start to remove all the posters and flags over the next few weeks so help from the dads watching their kids at training would be greatly appreciated.

For the move back into the hall, again we will have access to some labour on Tuesday 25/11/08 (6pm) to move the big stuff back from a storage container and from the shed next door. The Committee will be involved in this but we also seek assistance from anyone who can help from 6.00pm to locate the frame for the mats, secure the frame to the sub-floor, lay the mats, lay the wood-backed mats and timber frame at the crash-mat end of the hall, and relocate the carpet, furniture, trophy cabinet, tables, book case, etc. Again, please see Rob re your availability (it's normally a training night and you're sure to get a good workout!)

On Tuesday (25/11) night, while we move back into the hall, Kerrye may arrange something for the Juniors competing in the first selection event (30/11) with crash mats and running outside the hall. A separate note will be issued at training on this.

Although inconvenient (as we already have to move out once a year), this is an exceptional one-off opportunity and the Committee believes is in the best interests of the Club. See us if you need more detail.

Rob (On behalf of the Budokan Coaches and Committee)
 

Budokan's 2008 AGM will be held on MONDAY 24TH NOVEMBER, 2008 at  7:30PM. The AGM is open to all club members and their parents. Please advise Kerrye or Rob of you would like to attend so that we can accommodate catering/seating.

AGENDA
Venue: 15 Grasmere Ave NORTHMEAD

• Registration
• Commencement of AGM 2008
• Apologies
• Minutes of AGM of 26th Nov 2007
• Presidents Report
• Coaching Co-ordinators Report
• Treasurers Report
• Election of Office Bearers
• Notices of Motion
• Any other business

Nominations for vacant positions, Notices of Motion, or any other business, to be delivered to the Secretary by 9pm Thursday 6th November 2008 (to allow the agenda to be released by 10th November), or by consent of AGM.
 

Notice is attached for download. 

Congratulations to:Karen Da Silva who won a Gold Medal in U/16 U/52kg Division and a Bronze in the U/52_U/57 kg combined division,Kevin Da Silva who won a Gold medal in the U/16 U/55kg division and a Bronze medal in the Junior men U/55kg Category Jake Young who won a Bronze medal in the Junior Men U/60 kg division and a Bronze medal in the Senior Men U/60kg divisionat VIOC last weekend

Congratulations to Jennifer Purcell who won the U/57kg Senior Women's Category beating a Black Belt along the way, in the recently held IV Games in Melbourne representing Macquarie Uni. She also had to play a +70kg girl in the Teams event (go figure!!) and in the process dislocated her toe and aggravated her arm problem, maybe putting her out of VIOC.

New enrollments are available in the first 3 weeks of Term 4 only.
Term 4 starts Wednesday 15 October. Enjoy your holidays!!!

See back at training in October.
more info on under 10s classes

Club participation and results at the NSW and QLD International Opens over the last 2 weekends were absolutely outstanding. Congratulations for a huge participation and for some great performances and spirit. Results are attached.