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Nippon Judo Club is proud to announce our award winners for 2011. It was an extremely tough assignment as there were so many outstanding performances, and so many outstanding achievements. Here are the names, starting with our supreme award winner : PLAYER OF THE 2011 :
Anton Hammond
Female player of the Year
Moira De Villiers
Male Player of the Year - 2011
Anton Hammond
Hibiscus Coast Player of the Year
Meghan Robson
Under 14 Player of the Year
Dante Mirabito
Under 11 Player of the Year
Ally Gibbons
Cadet Player of the Year
Kate Poole
Best Individual Performance – Female
Annezka Joubert (Nationals)
Best Individual Performance – Male
Anton Hammond (Singapore Open)
Most Scientific Player
Ryan Jeffery
Most Improved Female Player
Annezka Joubert
Most Improved Male Player
Liam Closey
Overall Contribution Award
Nick Gray
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Congrats to everyone involved in the build-up for a spectacular performance at the 2011 Nationals. Credit to players, athletes, parents, training partners and coaching staff.
An amazing 48 medals in this flagship event for one club, is phenominal. There 15 new NZ National champs in our club, winning a combined 25 national titles. Add to this, the 13 silver medallists and 10 bronze medallists, and we have a pretty high bench mark for future squads.
Add to this, the 5 trophies for 5 different individuals being the "most outstanding" athletes in their age groups. Their are 10 such categories in NZ Judo, and our club has won half of the awards. And we can go on and on ....
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Well done to all at the competition - it was a good day out. Medallists were ;
Gold to Ally, Henry, Meghan, Tristan, Ullrich and Grayson
Silver for Pierce and bronze for Cameron and Fynn. Charlotte, Manaal, Max, Cooper and Boston learnt a lot, and all this experience will show soon. Watch this space for those names ....
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Every year, many of our judo players get recognition in schools and universities for their achievements on the judo mat, as well as other sports/academic results/arts/culture/etc. We will try and record everyone in 2011 who gets recognition for Judo.
1. Vinay Reddy - Full Blues and Sporting Excellence award at Whangaparaoa College
2. Annezka Joubert and Tim Westerkamp received awards for excellence in Judo at Rangitoto College
3. Meghan Robson won the Judoka of the Year award (3rd time) and got blues (2nd year) at Carmel College
4. Liam Closey: Blues with distinction and nomination for Sportsman of the Year at Rangitoto College
5. Long Bay College has awarded a certificate for excellence in Martial Arts to Isaac Drakeley
6. Albany Senior High : Sportsmen and -Women (again) Alex Bishop and Hannah Downing
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A typical top drawer performance from our athletes - even from the "previously retired" Calum. Well done to everyone, even Moritz, and Charlotte who won matches, but could not quite get on the podium. Tim also fought very well, but could only just not crack his opponent for a win.
Gold medals : Kate (3), Tatalong and Tawan (2), Annezka, Calum, Dante, Nathan
Silver : Liam (2), Cameron, Matty, Dante, Ally and Annezka
Bronze : Nico, Isaac (2), Henry, Cameron
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Very solid performance from Anton to walk away with a gold in the cadet open weight division. He was by far the smallest in the category, but smart thinking and a big heart won him the title.
Joss, our import for the weekend, won a silver, and Liam was having one of the days we all get from time to time, but we all want to forget it as soon as possible.
Day 2 of the competition brought Alex and Marco to the party. Alex lost his first match by decision against the eventual bronze medallist, and Marco won 2 matches to get bronze.
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Awesome display by our athletes in this premier event on the NZ Judo calendar. Team Nippon won 38 medals, 17 gold, 10 silver and 11 bronze.
Gold : Tatalong, Hannah, Moira and Meghan with 2 each, Alex, Liam, Anton, Nico, Cameron, Pit, Heather, Jade and Dannelle
Silver : Dante (2), Kate (2), Liam, Tawan, Ryan, Jade, Ally and Dannielle
Bronze : Ryan, Nathan, Vinay, Marco, Tim, Isaac, Anton, Brandon, Pit, Justine and Meghan
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Congrats to Red Beach School who won the first ever primary schools team competition in NZ. The final against Torbay Primary was a tight affair, with Red Beach only winning it in the last match to secure a 3 - 2 victory. Glamorgan Primary and Orewa Primary got third equal.
Congrats also to the club senior team, who won the team competition against the touring team from Sundvalle in Sweden by 6 matches to 4.
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| Well done to the three players who went down to Wellington to compete in their championships. Jade, Nico and Dante all got a gold medal each, and Dante also added a silver to his collection. Well done coach Tavita!!
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Another successful day for our players. However, this time they competed for their schools, but they are still "ours". Well done to all who competed, and specifically to the following medal winners :
Gold - Tawan, Liam, Kate and Jess (welcome back with 2 golds)
Silver - Brandon, Tatelong, Annezka, Anton, Meghan, Hannah (and a speedy recovery)
Bronze - Izaac, Grayson, Kate
And to think the delegation did so well without the other "big guns" Ryan, Alex and Vinay .....
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Awesome day in Glenfield on Sunday 10 July with the lower grade event held at Judokwai. Many new competitors and some surprising results. In total, Junior Team Nippon won 9 gold medals, 12 silvers, and 6 bronze medals. Here are the names of the medal winners :
Gold : Shae, Danielle, Holly, Henry, Nico, Cameron, Dante, Alex T and Grayson.(oops, I forgot Brandon, sorry)
Silver : Boston, Samuel, Fynn, Zeke, Charlotte, Marlon, Nathan, Alex Kopyl (wishing him a speedy recovery from a broken arm in the finals), Tim, Tristan, Josh Crighton and Shaun.
Bronze : Pierce, Dominic, Matt Edwards, Can Huffam, Matty and Steven Kim.
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| Well done to the small group of Nippon players who went to New Plymouth last weekend for the North Wellington Area Opens. All went very well for them, and they brought back heaps and heaps of medals - 18 in total (11 players). Dante, Hannah, Liam and Tim bagged two gold medals each. Grayson did his first competition in about 3 years and got a gold and a bronze. Nico got another gold, Nathan, Isaac and Henry got a bronze each, and Heather followed her Auckland gold with a silver. Annezka got a complete set with one gold, one silver and one bronze.
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| Congrats to Alexandra (gold), Charlotte (silver) and Dani and Fynn (bronze) with their medals from the comp on 25 June. Hard luck for Jacob Lambert who lost his match for the bronze medal.
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7/6/2011 Results: WBOP Open
New weight categories, new group of players, new venue – same result!!! Well done to all who participated in Tauranga, you did yourselves proud. Speedy recovery for Becky, and so close for Jacob, Jayjay and Matty to get on the medals table. Here are the names of the medal winners :
Gold : Isaac, Liam, Ryan, Anton, Tawan, Nico, Dante (2), Hannah (2), Emma, Meghan (2), Dannielle and Jade. (15)
Silver : Tawan, Tatalong, Liam, Vinay, Anton, Tim, Marco, Henry, Pit, Cameron, Hannah, Annezka, Charlotte and Alexandra (14)
Bronze : Marco, Anton, Isaac, Nathan, Meghan, Brandon, Cameron and Annezka. (8)
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