MONster success at 2010 tournament!
On the 8th August 2010, Budokan Judo Club hosted its 9th 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.
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.
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!!!
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
9th August 2010
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