term 2 starts this Saturday

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I hope everyone has enjoyed some time off over Easter. Below are the results from this year's AKC held in Perth.

See you Saturday!

MEN’S KYU INDIVIDUALS CHAMPIONSHIP
1st    James OH (NSW)
2nd    James O'NEILL (VIC)
Equal 3rd    Ngoc Minh PHAM (NSW), Paolo Inigo USARES (NSW)

WOMEN’S KYU INDIVIDUALS CHAMPIONSHIP
1st    Xiaodong ZHAO (ACT)
2nd    Yuk Ting Alice WONG (NSW)
Equal 3rd    Iris SOMERA (NSW), Samantha Mi ZHONG (NSW)

VETERANS INDIVIDUALS CHAMPIONSHIP
1st    Chiharu FUKUMOTO (WA)
2nd    Toshio NISHIMOTO (NT)
Equal 3rd    Brian BRESTOVAC (WA), Noriko MATSUMOTO (VIC)

WOMEN’S DAN INDIVIDUALS CHAMPIONSHIP
1st    Yumiko BUNNEY (WA)
2nd    Yue Julie FENG (NSW)
Equal 3rd    Susan BONAR (WA), Nobuko FUJITO (NSW)

MEN’S DAN INDIVIDUALS CHAMPIONSHIP
1st    Jayson CHAPLIN (NSW)
2nd    Kelvin Trong-Nang TRAN (NSW)
Equal 3rd    Takayuki SUZUKI (VIC),    Richard T’EN (VIC)

TEAM EVENTS

MEN’S KYU TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP
1st    NEW SOUTH WALES
2nd    WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Equal 3rd    NORTHERN TERRITORY, VICTORIA

WOMEN’S KYU TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP
1st    NEW SOUTH WALES
2nd    VICTORIA
Equal 3rd    AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY, NORTHERN TERRITORY

KATA TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP
1st    TASMANIA
2nd    WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Equal 3rd    AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY, NEW SOUTH WALES

WOMEN’S DAN TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP
1st    VICTORIA
2nd    NEW SOUTH WALES
Equal 3rd    QUEENSLAND, WESTERN AUSTRALIA

MEN’S DAN TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP
1st    VICTORIA
2nd    NEW SOUTH WALES
Equal 3rd    SOUTH AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA

FIGHTING SPIRIT AWARDS
Men’s Kyu – Halley TAN (NSW)
Women’s Kyu – Phuong Thanh Isabel TRINH (VIC)
Men’s Dan – Tomonori HU (NSW)
Women’s Dan – Julie TRAN (VIC)

JOHN BUTLER AWARD
17WKC Australian Kendo Coaching & Management Team - Kate Sylvester, Daniel Jeong, Rob Reid & Yaya Bonggotgetsakul

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