NSW JUNIOR POINTS AND SENIOR KYU GRADES – 5th August - RESULTS

Well done to all the Budokanis who played in the NSW Junior Points competition and the Senior KYU Grades event.We had 11 Juniors compete, all who played very well: Results were:1st Place to Sam Lobsey (J/B 27/31), Alex Ross (S/B 55/60), Melika Tarighat (S/G Open), Mina Woo (S/G 48)2nd place to Christian Constantinou (J/B 27/31), Michael Ross (S/B 55/60), Ali McPherson (S/B&G 36)3rd place to Crosby Peake (J/B 27/31), Kevin Tarighat (S/B 55/60)Congratulations also to the following Budokan junior athletes who played very well but were unplaced. More great experience for these guys: Max Stone (S/B 40) and Jackson Palgan (S/B 50) In the Senior Kyu Grades event, our 5 athletes end up with:1st place to: Zach Colman (1/2Kyu 60), Maddison Edwards (3/4Kyu 57/63)2nd place to Casey Eamer (3/4Kyu 70/78) Congratulations also to the following Budokan Senior Kyu Grade athletes who played very well but were unplaced: Claire Babic (3/4Kyu 57/63) and Daniel Kennedy (1/2Kyu 90), who unfortunately had no other Masters athletes to compete against.  So in total, our 16 athletes came away with 12 medals, winning 6 divisions, coming 2nd in 4 divisions and 3rd in 2 divisions.Thanks also to Franz Tandean and Jakob Edwards for stepping up as NSW referees for this event.