Don’t forget that nominations to the NSW State Team CLOSE IN 2 DAYS TIME on 24th April and are completed on-line at https://www.judonsw.com.au/2024/03/2024-nsw-state-team-nominations/
In February, Judo Australia, together with CombatAUS celebrate an expanded performance coaching team. Performance Judo in Australia takes to a new level of commitment with the announcement of a bolstered National Coaching team to spearhead efforts towards Brisbane 2032.
As part of the program JA brings together our Australian Pathways and High-Performance Team throughout the year at various National Camps. To build on this, the long-held ambition has always been to take the program ‘to the' athletes, on a more regular basis around the country. The new appointments are a significant step change in supporting our athletes and club coaches towards 2032.
"I am very much looking forward to being a part of the JA Team and contributing towards the preparation of our future team for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games. I love Judo, am passionate about growing the sport in this country, and can't wait to support Australia's next Olympic medallist". - Nathan Katz
In the last Newsletter, I acknowledged a number of very generous families that have made donations to the club: Shahmatov family for the filtered and chilled water dispenser in the kitchen, Ma family for the new Loan Judogi rack, and the Lee family for the new colourful Budokan Bag Tags. I failed to mention the Vumbacas who had also previously donated the new floor-standing fan - thank you guys. Also, since the last Newsletter, John Gu made a sizable cash donation to support our sponsorship initiatives, as well as rolls of tape for our merchandising – thank you very much to John, Grant and the Gu family.
Due to the limited dates that Baul An could be locked in for the seminar, we have needed to reschedule our Budokan-hosted NSW Junior competition 1 week earlier than planned, from 29th June to 22nd June. This competition is a fantastic opportunity for first-time competitors from Budokan to compete at your own club. There will be Novice and Graded divisions. We encourage all our Mons (U/9s) and Junior U/12s to compete. We will also need volunteers for a range of competition-related roles as well as BBQ and kitchen work. An information flyer will be produced in due course. Setup will occur Saturday afternoon 21st June. Please reserve this day and support our club.
17 category awards were presented to 66 recipients at our Awards Night late last year, as well as some special awards celebrating our Olympic representative and Olympic referee. Many of these awards include large club perpetual trophies or shields, many of which contain records of over 20 years of recipients. Those who received these trophies or shields are asked to please return them to the club in the next few weeks so that they can be displayed in the club trophy cabinet.
