Budokan Results at 2002 Nationals in Canberra
By Coach Rob Katz

We had an unprecedented 17 divisions covered by our 13 athletes: 8 senior division entries, 6 Junior Men/Women divisions, and 3 Shonen (U/16) divisions, a large increase from last year. Unfortunately, Patrick Waite, defending National U/46kg Shonen Champion withdrew (after being ranked no.1 at 50kg in the NSW Selections) due to an appendix operation, and sister Alexandra, broke her leg at squad training one week prior to the Championships. Our coaching support was complete with Kerrye and I being on hand, plus Dale Keogh as State Junior Women's and Junior Girls' Coach and Barbara Stratford as her assistant. Ivor Endicott-Davies also came down to support the club and our parental support was also huge with a number of complete families making the trip. In short, our athletes competed in about 55 matches with a 70% success rate resulting in 5 Gold Medals, 1 Silver, 4 Bronze, 3 x 5^th placings, and 3 x 7^th placings. Individual results and performances follow:

- Rory Waite in his first Junior Nationals, had 3 hard matches and displayed great timing with multiple scores with Left Uchimata and Ippon Seoi Nage. Result, 7^th place in Shonen U/46kg division, a great effort.

- Ben Zellner, also in his first Junior Nationals, had 2 good Ippon wins with a variety of techniques (Ouchi, Ouchi/Kuchiki, Seoi Nage), losing only by Yuko for a place in the final, and then winning his repechage match for a Bronze in Shonen U/55kg division, another great effort.

- Jessica Malone, in her last Shonen Nationals, blitzed her 2 opponents with huge Osoto and Kosoto Garis for a Gold in the +70kg division. She backed this up with 4 more Ippon wins, again with Osotos being the main weapon to take Gold in both the Junior Women's +78kg category as well as the Junior Women's Open division. 3 Gold medals with such convincing wins at a Nationals is a fantastic result.

- Nikola Pejic, in his first Junior Men's Nationals, at 60kg, was unlucky not to take the Bronze after an impressive first Ippon win with Ippon Seoi Nage. He had a good second fight taking the experienced D'Aquino (Silver Medallist) to Yuko, and in repechage, lost by Shime Waza to the SA for 5^th place.

- Jovan Pejic, also in his first junior Men's Nationals, at 73kg, won his first match with Ne Waza, losing to the strong Victorian in the next round, and then another Ippon win (Wazare Awasete) in repechage before facing Rothe (NSW) where after 3 Yukos ahead was caught with Shime Waza. A very good effort for 7^th place.

- William Hunter, in his first Junior Men's Nationals was unlucky losing his first match against the more experienced QLD player, who then lost his next round, putting William out.

- Janelle Shepherd had 3 convincing Ippon wins in the 70kg Junior Women's division using Seoi Nage and Ne Waza to take the Gold Medal. She then backed this up with a couple of good wins in the Women's 70kg category using Seoi Nage and Ne Waza, and taking some good attacks to the much more experienced Arlove (Gold medallist) before being thrown, finally driving home an impressive Left Osoto for Ippon to secure the Bronze Medal against Cotterill (NT).

- Yvonne Mitchell, lucky to be playing at all after many months recovering from a hip injury, and representing NT in the 57kg Senior Women's division, played courageously with a slow start for a first Yuko win, to be followed by a massive Ippon with Te Guruma against the strong Giudice (NSW). She succumbed to Juji Gatame (arm lock) by National Champion Pekli (VIC) and secured the Bronze with Osae Komi on Newham (NSW).

- Julia Serrano, making 48kg in the Senior Women's division, had no competitors to play. The National Body ruled that she was not able to play the higher category as the draw was completed.

- Daniel Mitchell, representing NT in the 66kg Senior Men's division, played consistently, beating some very strong opposition (Cook QLD with Kosoto for Ippon, D'Aquino Osae Komi for Ippon), and Malcolm (VIC) using the Golden Score rule to gain a Koka with Tai Otoshi. Result, Silver Medal, (his first Senior Men's medal) to the very experienced Heath Young, NSW, via Kata Guruma.

- Chad Trethowan, like Daniel, also had the competition of his life, and played consistently winning 2 of his 4 matches including Wazare Awasete win against Fogagnolo (TAS) with Sukashi and Kouchi. The Gold Medallist, Kelly (VIC) was too experienced with a win by Shime Waza. His match for Bronze was against club-mate Morgan Endicott-Davies. A terrific result of 5^th place. Chad also had some good wins in both the Open event, placing 7^th and in the Teams event helped NSW achieve a Silver.

- Frankie Serrano, representing Victoria in the Senior Men's 60kg division, had 3 good wins in his 3 matches to take his 3^rd consecutive Gold Medal. His good use of Seoi Nage, Ashi Waza, and Ne Waza ensured an all-round secure performance against the talents of Fernandis and Guidice.

- Morgan Endicott-Davies, current National Champion in Senior Men's 81kg division, had a strong first win with Tai Otoshi for Ippon, before a surprising loss to NSW team mate, McClifty by Shime Waza. In true spirit, he picked himself out of the mire and blasted his next 2 opponents in repechage with Tai Otoshi, Uchimata and Ippon Seoi Nages. In the match for Bronze, he had to play club-mate Chad Trethowan, and with a huge Ippon Seoi Nage, took the medal. With Chad, Morgan also played the Open and achieved a 5^th place losing to 100kg National Champion Martin Kelly for the Bronze. Morgan also had some good wins in the Teams event helping NSW to Silver.

Budokan supporters, coaches and families at the 2002 National Championships

Budokan athletes (missing: Daniel Mitchell at drug testing)

International Results

Oceania Championships
1-2 June 2002, Wellington, New Zealand

Budokan was represented in the Australian team with seven athletes and with Kerrye coaching the National Junior Women's team. The Oceania competition attracts teams from Australia, New Zealand and many Pacific Island nations. This was the first Oceania for many club members and the results were very commendable - 2 Golds, 2 Silvers, 2 Bronzes and 2 fifth places.

Results: Junior Women: Jessica Malone - First +78kg, Third Open; Janelle Shepherd - Second U70kg.

Junior Men: Jovan Pejic - unplaced U73kg; (Reserve: William Hunter).

Senior Women: Julia Serrano - First U48kg; Kylie Augustinsen Fifth U63kg.

Senior Men: Frankie Serrano - Third U60kg; Morgan Endicott-Davies Second U81kg, Fifth Open.

British Open & Commonwealth Games
E-Mails from Frankie and Morgan

Frankie Serrano (U60kg) and Morgan Endicott-Davies (U81kg) represented Australia at the British Open and the XV11 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. Both filed e-mail reports after their competitions.

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From Morgan 23 April 02 on his fights at the British Open

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Hi Guys, Update on competition

Almost didn't make it on the mat due to a back injury after seizing up after I got off the plane. I sought some physio and made my mind up on the morning without a hit out.

1st fight was a Brit and went the full distance, I won with a Wazari and Yuko from Osoto and Tai Otoshi repectively. 2nd fight was a German. I won in about 2 minutes with De Ashi (foot sweep) for Ippon.

3rd fight was a Frenchie which went the full distance we were both on Yuko so after 5 minutes the golden score applied. I was all over the guy and felt a much better fighter but I was penalised at about the six minute mark for slipping off a throw, I guess I was trying a little too hard to get the attack rate up, this gave the fight to the Frenchman. This was a very hard fight and he lost his next fight so I didn't get to the repechage. On the whole not so bad fought well not so far off the medals. 55 competitors.

Lessons learnt, need to re evaluate tactics for Golden Scores; this is very hard and changes the whole fight after 5 minutes. Any way we are now heading to the land of Kims & Kim Chee (Korea), fun fun fun,

I'm not sure how the back will hold up but will let know.

Note: Frankie lost his first match to a Dutchman; then in repechage beat an Englishman and then lost to a Fin for an 11^th place of 40 competitors.

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From Frankie on his fights at the Commonwealth Games (30 July - 1 August 2002

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Fought Northern Ireland first. At about 2 min mark I threw him for Ippon with left, drop Seoi Nage on the edge of the red! hehe. good win. Next fought India, he was very strong. I got him wound up for Shido. Then he got Chui for single sided grip. I was doing ok, but lost concentration for a second and he threw me with a very fast Seoi Nage! I was in Repechage. Had a bye first (thanks to the Indian!!) Then had to play Cyprus. Was going ok, I felt I could beat this guy, but he got me at about 1.5 mins with a leg grab on the edge! I needed to win that fight to get to bronze medal match, so I finished 7th.

I was disappointed with that last match, but did what I could! Now it's time to enjoy the party while it lasts!

Note: Morgan lost his first match to the Welshman. In the repechage, he beat a South African by Waza Ari, then a Tongan by Ippon, then lost the Bronze medal match to the New Zealander. 5^th Place.

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Morgan showing the effects of intensive training while in Korea prior to the Commonwealth Games.

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Congratulations Janelle!!!! Congratulations to Janelle Shepherd for being selected to the national team for the 2002 World Junior Championships. Janelle will be competing in the Under 70kg division. The Junior Worlds will be held in Korea from 12-15 September. We all wish her the best of luck. Ippon them all Janelle!

During the week between the NSW Open and VIOC, Budokan was fortunate to be able to host training sessions for the whole team selected for the Junior Worlds.

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Janelle lost her first round to the Belarussian (who medalled at the last Junior Worlds) by arm bar. With Belarus making the semi-final, Janelle played in the Repechage and defeated her Russian opponent via penalties. In the next round, she went the distance with a strong American but lost the match by Waza Ari. Result: 9th place, a terrific result for her first Worlds - Congratulations. A complete article will be presented in the Christmas edition.

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Visitors from 2 New Caledonian clubs

Myriam Beaumont's New Calédonian club and Olivier Rochesson's Parramatta PCYC visited Budokan on 18^th July 02, with about 12 Juniors 8-14 years old. Cake and drinks followed. It was a great session and we presented all visitors with Budokan Key Rings. The club received a presentation of a traditional stone axe. An invitation has been extended to the club to visit New Calédonia and train at their 200-strong club. On 3^rd and 5^th August, we were visited by Gérald Chadfeau's Tôkon Judo Club (also New Calédonia) of 12 Juniors 10-16 years old. Again Parramatta joined us as well as Terry Young's Tiger Do. Gérald and 2 of his better juniors trained during our senior sessions and everyone had a great time. We exchanged presentations and (again) the topic of an exchange visit was discussed. The club is now actively planning fundraising for a week-long club visit to New Calédonia for the 2003 July school holidays - a combined Judo/holiday week in the tropics. Put it in your calendars now!

From International to 'MONS'ters

Our Under 10s continue to be well represented at the 'Mons'ter League events. Congratulations to these little champions.

'MONS'ter Event 26^th May 02 - Uni of NSW

Nathan Katz - first U/10s competition - novice division 1^st

Liam Waite - Graded division 2^nd

Shaun McDougall - Graded division 1^st plus special award

'MONS'ter Event 18^th August - Collegians

Nathan Katz - first U/10s competition in the graded division 3^rd (3 wins of 5).

'MONS'ters at Budokan

On the 29^th September, Budokan will be hosting the final Monsters League event for 2002. It should be a great day with a sausage sizzle and other cakes and food, Sumo demonstration, and trophies for all place-getters as well as special awards.

Under 10 and Under 13 medal winners at St Mary's RSL tournament in July, from left to right: Curtis Finch, Jamie Steel, David Blackburn, Nik Zellner, Shaun McDougall, Liam Waite, Adam Sammut.

Competition Rules Seminar
In keeping with the club's policy to send coaches and senior players to this event run by the NSW Referee's Commission, Barbara Stratford and Kylie Augustinsen attended the day seminar on the 4^th August 2002. It is a worthwhile course for both experienced and aspiring competition players, coaches and referees.

A Delightful Surprise… The Budokan Committee voted to contribute $50 to each of the club's athletes competing in each of the Nationals and Oceania Championships. The money was to support the athletes in covering their costs. For the players and the parents this was an unexpected but very much appreciated gesture from the club. Thank You - Budokan Rules!

...And an expression of gratitude Dear Rob and Kerrye, Thank you very much for the contribution you gave to the Budokan players at the National and Oceania competitions. It is greatly appreciated by Ben, Pete and myself and I am sure that parents of other recipients are grateful as well.. The gesture not only helps financially but also gives a psychological support to all players. Ben is proud to be a Budokan judoka. Thank you Jacqui and Peter Zellner

Grading Summary (January - July 2002) Congratulations to those judokas who have successfully completed a grading this year.

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