BUDOKAN WINS 24 MEDALS !!
8 x Gold
6 x Silver
10 x Bronze
Congratulations to all Budokan athletes who competed in this year’s Nationals last weekend in Geelong.
We originally had 34 athletes entered in 52 divisions in open grade categories with 4 of these athletes also competing in their Kyu Grades divisions plus 1 of these athletes and an additional 2 athletes competing in Kata, in all 36 athletes.
With Dakota Hemmings, Rachelle Duffy and Jakob Edwards unable to compete, this left us with 31 athletes in open grade divisions and 33 athletes in total. However, Judo being what it is, Xavier Tafft had to withdraw after his first match in Cadets meaning he had to miss his Junior and Senior Men divisions, and Amber Rudgley had to withdraw after Junior Women, a great disappointment for them. So our 33 athletes actually competed in 47 open grade divisions plus 4 Kyu Grade divisions plus 2 Kata Divisions.
Despite the reduced number of athletes and divisions from those originally entered, once again Budokan had one of the, if not the highest participation of clubs at this Nationals and our individual performances were really great with 24 medals in open grade divisions: 8 x Gold, 6 x Silver, and 10 x Bronze medals, plus 8 x 5th places, 1 x 7th place, 1 x 9th place.
Additionally, in the Kyu Grade divisions, our 4 athletes won: 2 x Silver medals and 1 x 5th place.
Our 4 athletes competing in 2 Kata divisions won 1 x Gold and 1 x Silver medal.
So in Shiai (competition) our Budokanis won 26 medals: 8 x Gold, 8 x Silver, and 10 Bronze, + 9 x 5th, 1 x 7th, 1 x 9th
+ 1 x Gold (1 athlete) and 1 x Silver (2 athletes) in Kata. The detailed report is being prepared for all those who love statistics and comparisons. Congratulations guys – a great achievement overall.
Special congratulations to the many Budokanis who competed at Nationals for the first time and to Liam Stewart who not only won his first medal at a Nationals, but did so with a Gold in Cadets and a Bronze in Junior Men. Persistence and hard work pays off once again!!
