An important message from Judo NSW...

All Clubs and 2012 Senior State Squad

This is to remind you that Senior State Squad is on this Saturday 4 February 3.00-5.00PM at Sydney Olympic Park

It is a ‘compulsory’ session for all NSW judoka intending to join the 2012 Senior Squad preparing for the 2012 National.

Further enquiries and issues in attending should be directed to Morgan Endicott-Davies by email morgan@zenbu.com.au or mobile 0414 594 106

Regards,

Phil McDermott
Sport Development
Judo NSW

Please find attached the entry form for the upcoming 2012 QLD Open and flyer for your information.

You may enter online at www.JFAQ.com.au or through Budokan.  Please let Rob or Kerrye know if you enter online. Online entries close 29^th February.  If entering via the Club – entry forms & payment must be handed in by Thursday 23^rd February at the latest.  Accommodation of choice has been identified for Budokan families & players.  Please see Sue Leishman or Kerrye for all the details.

Squad resumesSaturday January 14^th 2012 at Sydney Olympic Park then continuing on the 1^st Saturday of every month at Olympic Park as mandatory training for those eligible for the Senior State Team and NTID athletes as well as those vying for a position on the NTID Squad.  Note that all Juniors vying for a position on the State Team may also participate. Training will be held on all other Saturdays at Budokan 3:00pm to 5:00pm (note time change) but NOT the weekend of the Illawarra Camp, until the official State Squad training commences.  

Reminder:  Our first training sessions for the new year will be on Tuesday 10th January 2012 for both Juniors & Seniors and Wednesday 1st February for our Budokan MONS.

Please either complete the form and provide it and payment to Rob or Kerrye before we finish for the year or in the first week back in January   OR  send your form and payment to the address indicated on the notice. This is a pre-entry Camp (per day or per weekend)

Please refer to attached flyer for the Blacktown PCYC Christmas Tournament being held on 4th December 2011.

Christmas treats for all competitors!!  Novice and graded divisions.

Congratulations to our 5 athletes who competed in the November Challenge Senior Competition in 12 divisions.  Yes, 12 divisions for 5 athletes seems a lot, and it is; reason was because Nathan, Naomi and our favourite French visitor Kiliane played in both Junior and Senior Men/Women.  Then, because some divisions were very small, our athletes had opportunities to play outside their weight divisions to give other athletes some matches.  In the end, they won the following placings: 1^STx 6; 2^NDx 5; 3^RDx 1. See attached for breakdown.  Our total tally for the 2 x November Challenge events is therefore:

1^STx 11; 2^NDx 11; 3^RDx 5. Congratulations to all our athletes; in particular Jakob for his debut in Junior Men with a couple of good wins, Nathan for a solid performance winning both Junior and Senior Men at a higher weight division, and also to Naomi and Kiliane for stepping up and playing extra divisions at higher weights. Well done to all 5 athletes. Some injuries prevented others (eg. Jake and Amber) from competing, but there was a great display of club spirit from Vanessa, Amber, Cameron and Josh (and families) for coming along to support our seniors as well, and from the families of those Budokanis who competed. That's the Budokan spirit!!

Congratulations to Nathan who, fresh out of Cadets in 2012 has been selected in both the Australian Junior and Senior Men's teams to the Commonwealth Championships in Wales in late January 2012. He was also fortunate to be selected as 1 of 6 NTID athletes who will receive partial funding. I guess this means extra sessions at the club during the school holidays!!

The JFA(NSW) Annual Congress and the Awards Dinner were great events for Budokan. At the Congress, a motion to induct Kerrye and Rob as Life Members of the JFA(NSW) was passed and this is a real honour which, as was the case for Dale last year, recognises their achievement and contribution to the development of Judo over many years. They were also presented with certificates at the Annual Dinner and had the honour (also with Dale) of presenting awards to recipients of some of the award categories during the evening. The motion regarding Cadet weigh-ins for major open events and Nationals that Budokan presented at the Congress was also accepted with a minor modification and Rob will provide a case on behalf of the Board to the National body for their consideration.

Our last "Budokan Update" listed all the finalists for award categories being presented at the NSWAwards Dinner and it was certainly impressive that Budokan was represented by athletes in 8 of the 10 possible age categories. In the company of 27 Budokanis at the dinner and about 100 members of other clubs, it was gradually revealed that Budokan won 4 of the 8 categories. The following lists the winners and the Budokan finalists:

Senior Women

• Isabelle Kopecny (Snowy Mountains-Winner)

 

Senior Men

• Nathan Katz (Budokan-Finalist)
• Byung Chun Kwon (Zenbu) (Winner)

 

Junior Women

• Karen Da Silva (UNSW-Winner)
• Naomi De Bruine (Budokan-Finalist)

 

Junior Men

• Kevin Da Silva (UNSW) (Winner)
• Nathan Katz (Budokan-Finalist)

 

Cadet Women

• Karen Da Silva (UNSW-Winner)
• Naomi De Bruine (Budokan-Finalist)

 

Cadet Men

• Jakob Edwards (Budokan-Finalist)
• Nathan Katz (Budokan-Winner)

 

Senior Girls

• Veronica Kopecny (Snowy Mountains-Joint Winner)
• Kendall Lane (Budokan-Joint Winner)

 

Senior Boys

• Josh Katz (Budokan-Finalist)
• Cameron Leishman (Budokan-Winner)

 

Junior Girls

• Norika Wright (Lismore PCYC-Winner)

 

Junior Boys

• Sam Beedham (Budokan-Winner)

 

Sue Williams Trophy:

• Byung Chun Kwon (Zen Bu)

 

Congratulations to all Budokan winners and finalists and to the winners and the finalists from other clubs. With respect to the Club awards, you may recall last year that we were nominated for a number of awards and won the Junior Development Club of the Year. This year Budokan was awarded the NSW Club of the Year, a fantastic achievement for all club members. This reflects not only on Budokan's sound membership base, but also on its (your) very high participation levels and achievements in all competitions, and in terms of contribution to the development of Judo NSW from coaching and administration activities to volunteering at competitions.

Overall, these events represent a major milestone for Budokan, a significant recognition of the club in the Judo community, and a strong driver to push us forward onto greater heights of membership, participation and achievement. Award winners for club and other official/volunteer categories follow. Congratulations to all recipients:

Club of the Year:   Budokan

Inspired Club:Illawarra International
Junior Development Club:Kido Mingara Judo Academy
Referee of the Year:Rodney Moulder
Most Promising Referee:Daniel Coffa
Outstanding Referee Contribution:John Panopoulos
Volunteer of the Year:Lauren Lee, with Kirsten McDougall and Kathy Meyer to be nominated for NSW Sport Awards

Guest speaker was Gavin Kelly, 13 times National Champion, who spoke passionately about a number of lessons that he learned during his long competitive career, such as never forgetting why you started and continue to practice Judo: for the love of it; never forgetting where you came from and who helped you along the way; always train where you get good training but stay true to your club; believe in yourself; learn and develop good sound ippon-scoring technique because others may be as fit and as strong as you, but when it comes to the crunch, if you have good technique, you have the advantage.

Please refer to email below and attachment. Note that the day is not just for eligible NTID candidates - everyone is welcome to participate in the technical course, particularly those participating at State Team level, and it is recommended by your coaches. Better still, there is no cost!

From: office@judonsw.com.au [mailto:office@judonsw.com.au]
Sent: Tuesday, 18 October 2011 18:58
To: Office@JudoNSW
Subject: Judo NSW - NSW NTID Training Session - Sun 27 Nov 2011

All Clubs & Members

Attached is the Flyer for the NTID Judo Clinic to be held at Sydney Olympic Park on Sunday 27 Nov 2011

Note – Coaches who attend will gain ‘NCAS Update Hours’

Regards,

Phil McDermott
Sport Development
Judo NSW 

The 2012 ACT International Open will be held at The Southern Cross Basketball Stadium, on the corner of Athllon Drive and Cowlishaw Street, Tuggeranong Canberra.

There will be 3 mat areas and the competition will include Junior Boys and Junior Girls for the first time. 

There will be a change in the way that the different divisions are run for this tournament.  Please take note that the Cadets, Juniors and Seniors will be held on both Saturday the 11th and Sunday the 12th depending upon weight divisions. This is to trial the JFA's plans for the running of the 2012 Nationals. Please check the tournament notice carefully and make sure you know on which day you are competing.

Don't forget Tuesday 29th November at 6.30pm will be our Club's Annual Awards Night. This will be held in lieu of Junior and Senior training sessions for that night.

Congratulations to Nathan Katz and Jake Young on their selection to the Senior National Team to the OJU World Cup and Olympic selection competition in Apia Samoa from 8 - 16 November 2011. This is a great achievement by our boys.

Seniors - Your Budokan coaches encourage all seniors Orange Belt and above to enter this competition if you are interested in advancing in grade.

All Clubs – Senior KYU Grades and Masters
Attached is the Tournament Notice for the upcoming 2011 Spring KYU Grades & Masters Tournament to be held on Sunday 9 Oct at Sydney Olympic Park.
Regards,

Phil McDermott 
Sport Development 
Judo NSW

Thanks to all our athletes (all 13 of them) who participated in the demonstration 2 weeks ago at the Northmead Primary School Spring Fair. It was a great success and we handed out many information sheets on the club. Thanks to Mel for setting this up and to Kerrye for running the demo.

The 2011 NSW Open was another great success for the club and our athletes did themselves and the club proud by their focus, application and performance, medal or no medal. As we have indicated before, these are big events and participation is in itself a great achievement and bonds our athletes in a unique team spirit. For the individual athlete, each competition entered is another building block to improving key characteristics of a fine competitor, such as: physical and mental preparation, diet, anxiety, focus, warm-up, competition strategy, application and timing of technique, and so on, so that eventually, competitions become more routine and the focus narrows right down to specific match strategy and performance with everything else on auto-pilot.

At this year's NSW Open, participating athletes came from New Caledonia and from most Australian States. We had a couple of last minute drop outs in entries from the club and so our originally advertised list of 25 athletes competing in 34 divisions became 21 athletes and 29 divisions. That said, an additional Senior Boys division was created giving Cameron Leishman the chance to compete in 2 divisions, so we ended being represented in 30 divisions. This competition was also used as an IJF Referees assessment so we had many international referees officiating as well as Mr Juan Carlos Barcos, Chairman of the IJF Referees Commission presiding and assessing.

A number of our athletes competed well below their weight divisions and were also either very young for their age category (Saskia Brothers at 8, and Zac Colman at 9) or entered higher age categories in addition to their normal age category. In this event, 3 Budokan athletes competed in 3 age categories: Cadet, Junior Men/Women and Senior Men/Women, Amber McIndoe, Naomi de Bruine and Nathan Katz, a terrific effort, especially given the need to reweigh during Saturday's competition. We also had another 2 athletes compete in 2 categories each, Jakob Edwards in Cadets and Junior Men, and Jake Young in Junior and Senior Men, again a great effort. The experience of participating in this level of competition can't be understated. It was terrific that our guys placed in 20 of the 30 divisions as follows:

 1^stx  8;        2^nd x  7;         3^rd x  5;     4^th x  1    5^thx   2   

As always we had an enormously strong and unique support group of parents and club athletes. Thanks go to our Budokan parents who volunteered for this event: Julieanne Edwards, Belinda McIndoe, Melissa Rudgley and Donna Young. Thanks also to the ever-reliable Marcel de Bruine for taking charge of the club video for most of the 2 days (and to Sean Brothers for assisting on saturday.  Phil Chapman from Senseis Martial Arts, our exclusive Judogi supplier and great supporter of our club and its athletes, also dropped by to check out the competition. It was also great to see many of our Junior and Senior Boys and Girls and our Cadets who competed on Saturday, coming back to support our Seniors during their competition on Sunday, and also to see Vanessa Hall still recovering from major knee surgery, there to support our guys - this shows great club spirit. Watching the Senior age categories is also a real education for our younger athletes. To all our participating athletes, volunteers and supporters, congratulations and well done. You did us all proud (once again) !!

Team Budokan:  Here is a photo of the team of athletes from Budokan that competed at the National Judo Championships in Perth.  Missing from this photo are Simmy Waraich, Shaun & Hamish McDougall.  In total there were 25 athletes, competing in 30 age/weight divisions.

Club member Jen Star competed in the Universiade and has now advised on her result. "I was thrown for Ippon two-and-a-half mins into the first round by Korea. Although she won the next two fights, she was knocked out by Japan (the eventual gold medalist), so I didn't get a second go."  Well done Jen on keeping the club representation up at the WUGs!

It's now only 2 months to the 2011 South Australian International Open. On behalf of JudoSA President Kevin Knox, I'd like to remind you of competition details. Refer to the attachments.

PLEASE NOTE:

Change of Address details:
JudoSA
PO Box 60
KENT TOWN SA  5071

Flights to Adelaide:
Our dedicated FLIGHT CENTRE Agent Jakki Wylie can help you to find the
cheapest available flights to Adelaide

Accommodation & Car Hire:
RISING STARS details are attached

You need any further information or assistance, please do not hesitate to
contact me.

We look forward to seeing you at SAIO.

Regards

Anne Strong
Marketing Director JudoSA
0403516366

Club entries have been sent to the JFA(NSW) Office. We have 22 athletes competing in 31 divisions, likely again to be one of the highest if not the highest club entry at this event.  Late entries can still be made (albeit with a penalty) until 6.00pm 16th September (refer attached listing of Budokan entries).

Attached is the Tournament Notice for 2011 NSW International Open to be held on 17-18 September 2011.

The club had set up for 6 Club Teams to represent at the State Teams event. Unfortunately the Cadet Girls (Amber McIndoe, Naomi de Bruine and Jessica Klajman), the Senior Women's B Division team (same 3 cadet girls) and the Masters Women (Dale and Kerrye) had no other teams to contest, so we entered only 3 teams: The 12s Junior Boys who came second in their division (Zac Colman, Xavier Tafft and Sam Beedham), the 15s Senior Boys who won their division ( Lachlan Brothers, Kiernan Tafft, Conor Edwards, and Cameron Leishman), and the Cadet Boys (Cameron Leishman, Aidan Sandri, Nathan Katz, and Jakob Edwards). As usual the club sponsored the entry fees for these teams. Hopefully next year we can get a stronger representation in the other divisions (12s Girls, Men's A and B, Men's Masters etc) and be matched up in those divisions unable to be contested this year. Congratulations to all the club's athletes who participated in this event. Budokan considers it an important event in which to profile the depth of its membership and we encourage participation across all divisions.

2011 National Titles

As many of you know the 2011 National Titles will be held in Perth on 11-12 June.  The Judo WA organizing team have been enthusiastically preparing for the event and will not only be fielding a large team but will also cover the event live on Internet TV.  All four mats will have live streaming with commentary on one mat.  Scheduling will be available closer to the event.
For more information please go to the Judo WA website at: www.judowa.org.au

Despite the long-haul destination Judo NSW will be sending its largest team (over 130 competitors) to compete.  We are confident given the coaching leadership of Kerrye Katz, Phil Kearney, Morgan Endicott-Davies & Joe Costanzo that not only is the team well prepared to compete and represent NSW but we should be well represented in the finals results.  We wish all athletes a safe trip and their best performances at the tournament.

New Junior Grades Policy

Finally the national JFA team has released a new Junior Grades Policy - There are a number of changes including the removal of the previous concept of juniors 'dropping back two belts' when going up to the next age category. I encourage you all to review the attached copy of the Policy as we work towards implementing over the coming months.  We expect this new policy to further improve the participation rates and retention of our junior members in our sport of judo.  It should be noted and commended that Mr Alan Broadhead JFA Inc Director (and former Judo NSW President) has committed countless hours seeing this project through to finalisation.

Yours in Judo

Dr Michael Briers

President Judo NSW 

Thanks to everyone who came to support our contingent to the
2011 Nationals last Thursday night. It was impressive to see the big
line-up of the club's representatives in the NSW State Team. Good luck
to all athletes competing next weekend in Perth.
 

Extracts from an email from the JFA NSW President:

Announcement of  2011 State Coaches & Managers, a request for nominations to join the NSW State Squad and an update on preparations for the 2011 National Judo Titles.

1.      STATE TEAM COACHES

NSW State Team Coaches & Managers for 2011 are:

• Juniors (U12s/U/15s) & Cadets - Kerrye Katz and Phil Kearney
• Junior Men/Women and Seniors - Morgan Endicott-Davies and Joe Costanzo
• Team Managers - Lisa Lee and Kirsten McDougall

The above coaches will be supported by a number of Assistant Coaches whose key function will be to act as 'trainers' and 'mat-side' coaches covering the four mats at the Titles.

• Rob Katz
• Rob Ivers
• Daniel Rusitovic
• Phil McDermott

Below are details for moving out & moving back into our Dojo for Castle Hill Show:

• 15, 16, 17, 22 March -  PACKING of posters, flags  - PLEASE BRING FLAT SCREWDRIVERS AND PLIERS TO REMOVE ALL POSTERS AND FLAGS. PARENTS CAN EASILY ACHIEVE THIS TASK DURING TRAINING SESSIONS. POSTERS NEED TO BE ROLLED (AS MANY AS POSSIBLE IN A ROLL) AND SECURED WITH ELASTIC BANDS OR BELTS. Thanks to the guys (Sean, Marcel, Mark etc) who started this process last night.
• 15, 16, 17, 22 March -  PACKING TV/video/DVD, speakers, speaker brackets, dinosaur, dinosaur stand, trophies,  books, DVDs, tapes etc from hall. Noticeboards and photo display taken off wall.  Trophies, books, etc in both display cabinets need to be boxed - PARENTS CAN EASILY ACHIEVE THIS TASK DURING TRAINING SESSIONS)
• 15, 16, 17, 22 March - Katz's  to take rolls of posters, packed flags, boxes of DVDs/books/tapes, TV, speakers, dinosaur etc to home for storage.
• 19 March - Saturday working Bee for items (crash mats, carpet, lounges, chairs) into storage using  a storage POD being delivered at 8.00am. The POD will be loaded (by us) and then taken away. On 9th April it will be delivered to the hall and we will unpack it. The POD concept will save considerable effort to unload a truck at Kennards and reload it 3 weeks later (6-8 adult people would be great).What we can't fit, will be packed in the adjacent toolshed as part of the 24th March packup.
• 24 March - 6.30pm in lieu of training - the big pack up into the adjacent shed - we need you allfor this one
• 5 April - 6.30pm in lieu of training - the big move in  - we need you allfor this one
• 9 April- the move back in from the POD which will be delivered to the Dojo t 8.00am (6-8 adult people would be great)

There will be no training available from 24 March to 5 April inclusive.

• This means U/10s (Wednesday) will miss 30 March only.
• Juniors/Seniors (Tues / Thurs) will miss 24 Mar, 29 Mar, 31 Mar, and 5 Apr BUT we need you at 6.30pm on the 24th March and 5th April, plus anyone who can help with the pre-uplift / rebuild on the 2 Saturday mornings
• Cadets / Seniors will train at Uni NSW on Friday 7.00-8.30pm 1st April. Those not competing at QLD Open are welcome to go to UNSW 25th March as well.

Dale has passed on the following results from the Blacktown PCYC Tournament held on Sunday 27th February. Congratulations to all our 14 Budokan athletes who competed in the 10 & under, U12s & U15s age categories in this event.

Under 10s

Finn Tafft 1st   

Baxter Scholtz 3rd

Maddison Edwards 1st

Rauiri Edwards 1st,  plus Throw of the Day in MONS

Zak Turkmani 2nd

Alex Djamirze 2nd

Jarrell Redoblado 3rd

Zac Colman 3rd

Saskia Brothers 2nd

Under 12s

Coby Millard 3rd

Sharna Bowers 2nd

Amber Rudgley 2nd

Under 15s

Katelyn Boyd 1st

Lachlan Brothers 1st

 The National NTID Coordinator for Judo, Dennis Iverson visited Budokan
at Junior and Senior training sessions last Thursday 24th Feb and also
to Uni NSW last Friday night.  We had great attendances at both our
Junior (over 30 participating) and Senior (24 participating) sessions
and everyone benefitted from the technical component contributed by
Dennis. Thanks guys for supporting Dennis's visit. We made a great
impression overall. On Friday night 6 Budokanis also attended the
session at UNSW.  This will continue to be a regular part of our
training program with the club sponsoring mat fees to the Uni for our
athletes.

On the weekend, 14 Budokan athletes / coaches participated in the NTID
Testing and randori sessions on Saturday and the technical elements /
randori sessions on Sunday. These people are: Josh Katz, Conor Edwards,
Cameron Leishman, Amber McIndoe, Naomi de Bruine, Nathan Katz, Aidan
Sandri, Jakob Edwards, Vanessa Hall, Hamish McDougall, Shaun McDougall,
and coaches, Rob & Kerrye Katz and Leon McIndoe. 40 athletes from all
over NSW attended this weekend "camp", so Budokan had a significant
presence there, which is great.

Congratulations to these athletes, all of whom performed extremely well
in the testing and randori sessions. The competition to make the final
cut of 30 athletes from all around Australia to the NTID Selection Camp
at the AIS was very strong indeed. Announcement of those selected has
just been made. Congratulations to Nathan (Ranked #2) and Vanessa
(Ranked  #10) who made the top 30. No doubt they will perform well at
the camp and hopefully make the top 20 for the final NTID Squad for
2011-12. In all, 10 NSW athletes made the top 30 to the camp. To those
Budokanis who missed out, consider that some of our guys were too young
and others have only just got into Cadets and need to build up
competition points which makes up a significant proportion of the
criteria - remember that you can get on this squad any year that you
turn 15 up to 19. The club has done very well getting 2 athletes to the
AIS Camp. We will provide feedback to all our athletes who participated
in the testing so that you will become more competitive in the next
intake. 

Congratulations to Amber McIndoe (Cadets) , Nathan Katz (Cadets and Junior Men), Jakob Edwards, (Cadets) and Shaun McDougall (Junior Men) on your selection to 2011 OJU in April.  Congratulations also to Naomi de Bruine for your selection but participation will only be possible with Australian citizenship.  Refer attached for further information.
 

Venue: Somerville House Gymnasium, South Brisbane, Australia

Age events (U14, Cadets, Juniors) will be held on Saturday 26th with the Senior events (Seniors, Masters, Special Needs) on Sunday 27th March. Flyer now attached.

Budokan Entry Requirements

You may wish to complete the on-line form and pay directly to JFAQ (as per the below process) or use the attached hardcopy and pay Budokan who will consolidate them with a single club entry and cheque. If so, I will need your entry form and payment by 10th
March at the latest.
 

Nomination forms available on-line via www.jfaq.com.au visit 'competitions' and follow the menu. Payments can be made via Cheque, money order or Bank Transfer.

Nomination fees will be - Early Bird by 15th March $30 for (Junior Boys/Girls, Senior Boys/Girls and Cadets) and $40 for (Juniors U20, Seniors and Masters). Entry to additional Division $15. The nomination fee after the 15th March increases by $10.

See attached tournament information for the upcoming Shoalhaven Open to
be held at the Shoalhaven PCYC, Park Rd, Nowra on Sunday 27 March.

Also attached are some accommodation options.

Judo NSW 2011 Calendar of Events is now available online at www.judonsw.com.au

You will see that this year there will be an increased number and range of planned activities (shiai, kata, and coaching) across NSW in 2011 to enable greater participation in judo.

The first State Selections for Seniors to the NSW Team for 2011 Australian Championships was held at Olympic Park Homebush Bay – 28th November 2010.

This tournament is the first of 3 selection tournaments for the 2011 Australian Championships.  Athletes are vying for positions in the NSW State team for the championships to be held in Perth.  Budokan had two new athletes competing for the first time at this level including David Turner and Bob Belonogoff.  Hamish McDougall competed for the first time in Junior Men and Nathan Katz had to play outside his weight category. All athletes competed well and are well on the way to NSW representation next year.

Results:

Junior Men / Women (U/20yo)

Women

1^st        Vanessa Hall              U/63kg

2^nd              Ashley de Bruine       U/70kg

3^rd               Jessica Klajman          U/70kg

Men

1^st                Nathan Katz               U60kg (qualified, but no division contested)

3^rd               Nathan Katz               U/66kg

1^st                Jake Young                 U/66kg

3^rd       Hamish McDougall    U/73kg

2^nd              Shaun McDougall      U/90kg

Senior Men / Women (Over 15yo open age)

Women

1^st        Vanessa Hall              U/63kg

2^nd       Ashley de Bruine       U/70kg

Men

2^nd       Jake Young                 U/66kg

3^rd       Shaun McDougall      U/90kg

3^rd(in pool) David Turner       U/100kg

3^rd(in pool) Bob Belonogoff    U/100kg

In this event 9 athletes competed in 13 divisions with the following results:

1^st x 4 (including 1 x uncontested division), 2^nd x 4, and 3^rd x 4 with 2 athletes competing for the first time in State-level events.  Congratulations to all of you.

The 2010 JUDO NSW Awards Dinner was held on 30th October.  Budokan had 19 very enthusiastic and anxious attendees representing 7 Budokan families (and 11 Budokan athletes) at the inaugural Judo NSW Annual Dinner and Awards Night. As previously mentioned, we were nominated across a number of award categories with the results summarises as follows.

 Category 1 - Individual Awards

One award in each age / gender category (8 in total) judged on competitive record over the past year.  Points towards the awards were assessed on results in: the 3 State Selection Tournaments, the 3 Major State Opens (NSW, QLD, ACT), and the Nationals.  In addition, OJU results were included for Cadets, Juniors and Seniors.  For Seniors, other international results were also be included.

 a. Senior Women

Won by Janelle Shepherd (UNSW)

 b. Senior Men

Won by Nikola Pejic (UNSW)

 c. Junior Women

Vanessa Hall (Budokan)  in the top 4

Won by Hannah Trotter (Kido Mingara)

 d. Junior Men

Nathan Katz (Budokan) in the top 4

Jake Young (Budokan) in the top 4

Won by Jordan Smith (Woy Woy)

 e. Cadet Women

Won by Sally Hunt (Bushido)

 f. Cadet Men

Won by Nathan Katz (Budokan)

 g. Girls

Naomi de Bruine (Budokan) in the top 4

Won by Karen Da Silva (UNSW)

 h. Boys

Won by Josh Katz (Budokan)

Category 2 - Coach's Awards

These two awards were presented to athletes in each of the Senior and Junior State Squads who demonstrated commitment to training at squad sessions in the lead-up to the Nationals.  Category 1 winners were excluded from these awards.

 a. Senior (including U/20s)

Vanessa Hall (Budokan) nominated

Jake Young (Budokan) nominated

Won by Glenn Hugo (Willoughby)

 b. Junior (14s and Cadets)

Won by Cameron Leishman (Budokan)

Category 3 - The Club Awards:

 Club of the Year Award

Budokan nominated

Won by UNSW

 Junior Development Club

Won by Budokan

 Inspired Club Award

Won by Blacktown PCYC

Category 4 - Referee Awards

 Referee of the Year

Won by Lubo Petr 

 Most Promising Referee

Won by Rodney Moulder

Category 5 - Volunteer Award

Kirsten McDougall (Budokan) nominated

Won by Lisa Lee (Blacktown PCYC)

Category 6 - The Sue Williams Award

This was considered the most prestigious annual award for a NSW judoka. The winner of this award was selected from the 8 individual competitive award winners in Category 1 and was judged on the basis of the athlete that best exemplifies the core values and spirit of Judo. This Award was presented last on the program by Judo NSW special guest, Sue Williams (19 x National Champion, 1988 Olympic Gold medallist, 3 x Silver Medallist at World Championships). This award was announced on the night as adjudicated by the State Coaching team and the Board of Management.

 Winner - Nathan Katz (Budokan)

Summary

All up, 13 nominations from the club and 5 outright Category wins, which is a fantastic achievement and recognition for all the club’s athletes. Congratulations to all the winners (including all of you who are part of “Budokan” in winning the club award) and also to all the athletes who were nominated and contested the categories.

• 4 athletes competed in 2 or more divisions: Vanessa Hall, Jake Young and Shaun McDougall in Junior Men/Women and Senior Men/Women, and Nathan Katz in Cadets, Junior Men and Senior Men
• Lachlan Brothers competed in his first major Open and in the process gained a win and competed for a Bronze medal
• Josh Katz, Cameron Leishman, and Kiernan Tafft established their positions in their new Junior Weight categories with Gold, Silver, and a match for Bronze Medal respectively
• Nathan Katz and Jake Young established their positions in their new Cadet/Junior Men and Senior Men Weight Categories with an array of Gold and Silver medals between them.
• Nathan was awarded the "Rising Star" award for Cadets who competed in Junior Men/Women and medalled in both. There were 3 nominations. He also commenced his campaign in the Senior Men age category at this event, and fought well in a difficult draw with future medals just a matter of time.
• Vanessa Hall achieved her personal best result in Junior and Senior Women categories in an Open event, with a Gold Medal in Junior Women and a Silver in Senior Women. This places her on the National Senior points table.
• Shaun McDougall achieved his personal best result in the Senior Men category in an Open event, with 2 wins and a match for Bronze Medal. This also places him on the National Senior points table.

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.

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.

We will be sending one more batch to the Judo NSW Office on Friday
morning. All regos processed after Thursday night will be under the new
fees. Also, there are a couple of registrations held up due to copies of
Birth Certificates still needing to be provided. Please check at the club.

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 "Dojo" rebuild last night went very well despite the extra 25% mat area and sub-floor to put down. We managed to achieve all objectives set albeit the unavoidable disruption to the process whilst the frame was configured and the outer sub-floor boards located.
Tasks included:

* Move the Horticulture stuff (tables, railings and trestles) back into the cattle shed - DONE
* replace the plastic floor seal at the Olympic flag end of the hall - DONE
* move all the filing cabinets, book case, trophy cabinet, change room, all equipment etc back into the hall - DONE
* rebuild the change room - DONE
* locate and lay the mat frame - DONE
* set the corner fixtures and the frame angles - DONE
* clean and lay the border sub-floor panels repairing any rubber cubes along the way - DONE
* fix the border panels to the frame - DONE
* clean and lay the other sub-floor panels repairing any rubber cubes along the way - DONE
* locate the wood-backed mats along the Olympic flag end of hall - DONE
* lay the mats per the predetermined pattern - DONE
* Sweep/vacuum the mats - DONE
* locate the mat cover - DONE
* replace the 4 picture / notice boards - DONE
* relocate the trophy cabinet - DONE
* Plus: Ceiling fans cleaned, Olympic Flag replaced, speakers relocated, TV/Stereo back in cabinet, books/DVDs/Videos replaced, trophies replaced, electronic timer replaced, dinosaur shelf and dino replaced.

The turnup was great and at the risk of leaving someone out (let me know if I do), the club owes a great deal of gratitude to a bunch of people who assisted. It's great that the club's athletes pulled together again and we had 13 in all with Peter and Kevin Schmitz, Jake Young, Patrick and Rory Waite, Bryan Medbury, Vanessa Hall, Michael Stubley and Shimin Ou, plus Cadets Nathan Katz and Jessica Klajman plus Juniors Josh Katz and Cameron Leishman plus committee members Don McDougall and Karen Leake, plus parents Richard Lane, Marcel de Bruine, Danny Klajman, Sue and Craig Leishman, plus Bill (Aikido) and 5 of his able team plus Simon from BJJ, plus Coaches Kerrye, Rob, and Guido, so with 31 all up, the majority were able to leave by 10.00pm as planned. Thanks so much to all of you for taking the time to support this (again) unpleasant but essential activity. It's really great to see the Dojo start to take life again. We'd like to see some U/10s parents help with these activities as well so we can get to know you better and see how hard you can work!

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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

Congratulations to Andras and Fran Koltai on the recent birth of baby girl Maya, a new addition to the Koltai family and to the U/10s Wednesday night session in 5 years time.

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

Budokan Judo Club had another outstanding National Championships last weekend. Results and comments are below. In time, we will collate more details on individual performances and put together a DVD of the event, as we did last year. If anyone has photos of our guys in action please forward them to me. We will have a photo session at the club soon for all participants.

The club had a few new starters to the Nationals this year and a number playing in new age and weight categories. The junior categories are very dynamic and every year many athletes have to cope with the adjustment to their new weight and age categories. As far as Kerrye and I are concerned, some of the Silver medals could easily have been Gold, but the results again show that there is significant depth and consistency in the club which is very motivating and humbling.

Commentary

• 19 athletes (compared to 18 athletes in 2008) competed in 23 divisions
• 13 athletes won matches (compared to 14 athletes in 2008)
• 8 athletes won 11 medals (compared to 11 winning 13 medals in 2008)
• Of the 19 athletes, 12 competed in the 2008 Nationals and of these 7 medalled and 2 obtained a 5th place (ie competed for Bronze medal) this year
• 7 athletes (compared to 5 in 2008) were selected to play in 2 age divisions each
• 4 athletes competed in 2 divisions with 2 athletes medalling in both (as for 2008) (Cameron Leishman - Silver , Bronze; Josh Katz - 2 x Bronze, Vanessa Hall - Silver, 5th; Shaun McDougall - Silver - 7th)
• 6 athletes competed in their first Nationals, compared to 4 in 2008 (Kendall & Madison Lane, Conor & Jakob Edwards, Ashley de Bruine & Simmy Waraich)
• Of these 6 athletes, 2 medalled (compared to 3 in 2008) and 1 fought for Bronze (Kendal Lane - Silver, Ashley de Bruine - Bronze, Conor Edwards - 5th)
• 3 first time medallists at Nationals (compared to 5 in 2008) – (Vanessa Hall and Kendall Lane - Silver, Ashley de Bruine – Bronze)
• 2008 U/13 medallists Aidan Sandri (3rd), Karen Da Silva (1st), and Naomi de Bruine (1st) moved up to U/16 in 2009 with Naomi claiming her first U/16 medal (Bronze)
• 2 athletes won medals in their first Nationals (Kendall Lane - Silver, Ashley de Bruine - Bronze)
• 6 sets of siblings competed (compared to 4 sets in 2008): Lanes, Da Silvas, Katz’s, Edwards, de Bruines, and McDougalls
• This year we had 3 Gold, 1 Silver, and 6 Bronze medallists (from 2008 Nationals) competing as well as 1 x 5th, and 2 x 7th place-getters from the 2008 Nationals
• Nathan Katz has now won 3 Gold medals at Nationals, and his first U/16 National Title. This equals Karen Da Silva's 3 Gold medals whilst Kevin Da Silva holds 4 National titles.
• Shaun McDougall, Silver medallist 2006, Gold medallist 2007, and injured in 2008, first time medalled in the Junior Men category with a Silver medal
• Vanessa Hall improved on her 2008 7th place in U/16 with a Silver medal and also fought for Bronze in her first Junior Women's event
• Kevin Da Silva consolidated his 2008 Junior Men's Bronze medal with another Bronze in Junior Men this year
• Arguably, both the decision in Kendall Lane's final in Golden Score should have gone to her, and a lack of consistency regarding the leg grab rule in Josh Katz's second match in U/13 cost him a place in the final
• Naomi de Bruine improved on her 2008 5th place in U/16 for a Bronze medal, and Jessica Klajman improved on her 2008 7th by fighting for Bronze, sadly against clubmate Naomi
• Repeating his 2007 U/73kg performance of 3 wins and 2 losses, Patrick Waite only narrowly missed a Bronze medal in the 27 athlete strong U/81 men's division, for his third senior Men's 5th place
• The elbow injury suffered by Jake Young, 2008 dual Bronze medallist (Junior & Senior Men) prior to QLD Open, cost him adequate preparation and a medal this year
• This was the first competition that Simmy Waraich has played at her new weight of U/57kg. Both matches went to Golden Score so there is little doubt she will be amongst the medals in the future.
• This was the first National competition in which Aidan Sandri and Karen Da Silva competed in the U/16s category, and for Hamish McDougall in the U/66kg division. Together with Madison Lane, and Conor and Jakob Edwards, whilst there were no medals, their tenacity and efforts were commendable.
• Again, the ever competitive Dale competed in the National Kata event and showing her dominance in Kata, won a Silver in Ju-No-Kata and a Bronze in Katame-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 Brisbane.
• Congratulations to Patrick Waite Snr who won the JFA Inc. Volunteer of the year Award for NSW.
• As always, we had an enormously strong support group of parents and club athletes. The spirit of Budokan was never stronger, an example being the whole club hanging around after Saturday's competition to watch Dale compete in the Kata events. There was an hour delay and the competition took 2 hours but we stayed to the end, along with a couple of Tasmanian supporters.
• In the 8 National Championships in which Budokan has been represented since 2002, 135 of our athletes have competed in 166 divisions and achieved 102 medals: 39 Gold, 19 Silver, and 44 Bronze medals, plus 26 x 5th, 18 x 7th, and 5 x 9th placings.
   

Results

Special Thanks

A special thanks to Donna for arranging the accommodation at the Sundowner where most of the club stayed, to Marcel for manning the DVD camera to capture the event, to Kirsten McDougall and Karen Leake for managing the NSW Team, to Dale for assisting Kerrye and I with coaching the club's athletes over the 3 days, to Kerrye for taking on the role as Junior Team Coach, to Andras and Jen for supporting the athletes over the weekend, and to all the parents for being so supportive and positive about their children and their performances.

Congratulations also to Patrick Waite Snr who won the JFA Inc Volunteer of the Year Award for NSW.

Once the attached form is completed, recommend you keep a copy and take the completed original to the first State Squad Training session (For Junior Men/Women and Seniors 22nd April; for Juniors U/16 and U/13 27th April).

Any doubts about completing the form, see Kerrye or Rob.

Form is attached below.
 

As part of his commitment to the NTID Squad in the last 12 months, Jake Young has been selected for an NTID camp in Japan from 25th June to 9th July. Congratulations Jake for selection to train in Japan and for your commitment to the NTID Squad over the past 12 months

Please note that the competition scheduled for Sunday 19th April at Blacktown PCYC Club has been cancelled.

This was a great preparation for those competing at the Nationals in June, with clubs from most Australian States as well as NZ and Hong Kong participating. Congratulations to all Budokan athletes who competed. Again, you did us proud putting in everything you had.
There was some tension regarding rule interpretation and the lack of penalties (for defensive play and grabbing trousers) to athletes competing against our guys which certainly cost us a couple of higher medals. The competition was run well with few delays.17 athletes played 24 divisions, Results attached.

Thank you to Marcel de Bruine for patiently videoing our guy's matches for us to review (and also to Don and Josh for Sunday afternoon's videoing). Thanks also to Anna Da Silva for arranging the accommodation and the dinner on Saturday night which is a great tension reliever. Thanks also to all the parents for their positive support during the competition which is always valued. Finally well done to all our athletes.

We wish you all well in the upcoming Nationals campaign.

Results Summary:
4 x 1st; 6 x 2nd; 4 x 3rd; 1 x 4th; 2 x 5th

All that remains for the hall rebuild is to bring back the remaining chairs, crash mats, podium, carpet, etc stored at Snoek's house on Sunday 29th at 9.00am. So far, we have Pete and Nik Zellner, Max Hale and Rob K. A couple more people would be really helpful so that we can also make a start on the posters and flags.

As there is no club training at Budokan this week, we have arranged a training session on Saturday 21st March for seniors (which includes competition players 14 years old Blue Belts and above) at ZenBu Judo Club as follows:

10.00am Terry Hills Dojo, 3 Myoora Place, Terry Hills (opposite the Bonsai place)

There is no cost to Budokan members. Please let Rob know if interested, so numbers and approx. age breakdown can be passed to Zen Bu.

In the future, we will arrange sessions from time to time at Sydney Uni (Saturday afternoon), UNSW (Saturday morning) and Zen Bu for extra training.

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