The results and season rankings are now available after yesterdays Sunshine Coast Challenge Tournament (Sun, 18 Mar 2012 at Pacific Paradise State School).  Thank to all competitors, volunteers and supporters for making the event such a success.

With the extra “challenge events” of sharpest punch and best side kick it was great to see a big step up in the standard of basics. Although it did add a bit of extra time to day, it was worth it.

A special congratulations to all of the first time competitors, especially those taking the step into the kumite events for the first time.  Looking at the rising standard of competition, I think we are going to have a very strong team at this year’s national titles in Sydney later in the year.

Anyway, onto the part that everyone wants to know about – the results and rankings.

• Tournament Results (PDF)
• 2012 QLD Chito-Ryu Tournament Circuit Season Rankings – After Round 1 (PDF)

Next tournament for members will be the Gold Coast Challenge Tournament to be held Sunday 15 April 2012.  Adam Sensei has created 2 new events for this tournament, “Most Push Ups” and “8 Block Combination” in addition to the normal events – kata, kumite, kumite tag, team kata and bunkai.  Entry forms are now available for download or  from the dojo.

• 2012 – GC Tournament entry form – April (PDF)
• Most Push-Ups + 8 Block Combination (PDF) – Explanation of the events

Here are a few photos from yesterdays tournament.  If anyone has more photos or videos to share, please be sure to drop by our Facebook Page.

Logan Murray – Showing off his medals after his first tournament.

Tessa Henderson – Showing off her medal haul.

Congratulations to all members who competed at yesterdays Challenge Tournament, the final event of the year for the Qld tournt circuit.  As always, a huge thank you to all of the volunteers who helped make the event such a success, especially our young brown belts who helped by stepping up and refereeing our junior events in addition to competing in their own events.

Overall tournament champions were as follows:

• Senior Tournament Champion – Donell Cook (Sunshine Coast)
• Junior Tournament Champion – Cheyenne Furguson (Gold Coast)
• Little Champion Tournament Champion – Kairyo Searle (Sunshine Coast)

Full result listing can be viewed here: 2011 Sunshine Coast Challenge Tournament Results (26 November)

With the final round of the Qld circuit now complete, we can now finally present the overall season champion.  Early in the year, the Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast committees decided to put aside an amount of $50 from each tournament to be held in trust for the season champion in order to go towards covering cost if they are selected for a place on the national team to compete at the Chito-Ryu World Championship (also know as the Soke Cup), to be held in Hong Kong in 2013.  With a total of 7 tournaments for the year, this gives a total prize pool of $350, and prize goes to….

Cheyenne Furguson (Gold Coast dojo)

Full list of rankings can be viewed here: 2011 – QLD Tournament Circuit – End of Season Rankings

And for those who love photos, here are a few that have been collected from around the web.

Donell Cook – Senior Tournament Champion

Zac Neasmith – Collection of karate trophies and medals, last 18 months.

Emily Ryan – Competing in “The Sharpest Punch” competition in the Little Champions age group (4-7yrs)

Emily Ryan – Check out this medal haul!!

Kane & Alicia Gordon – Showing off some of the medals going home to the Gold Coast

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the beginner tournament last weekend in Maroochydore.  A big thank you to all of the volunteers and officials.  Great to see more and more beginners jumping up for the first time.

Here is a full listing of results from the tournament.  And the updated Season Rankings for the QLD Circuit after round 5.  There are now only 2 rounds left to decide the overall season champion.  At this stage, we have Senpai Helen O’Grady from the Sunshine Coast narrowly in the lead, but hte next round could shake things up a bit with.

Tournaments can be a bit of a scary thing, because by their very nature they push people way out of their comfort zone.  And this tournament was no different.  With this in mind, here’s a special metion for our senior tournament champion and first time competitor Jodie Marriott.  Jodie, has been terrified about jumping up and competing, but she decided to take the plunge at last weekend’s event with great results, winning medals in all events she entered and in turn earning the title of senior tournament champion as the best all round competitor.  Keep up the great work Jodie, you’re a great example of what can be achieved when you’re willing to step up and have a go.

For all those who are keen competitors, next opportunity to compete is this year’s national Chito-Ryu Karate Championships, to be held for the first time ever on the Gold Coast.  entry forms and information about the event are now available.

A big congratulations to all Sunshine Coast competitors who attended round 2 of the Qld Chito-Ryu Karate Tournament Circuit last weekend on the Gold Coast.  The Gold Coast Cup is one of the major tournamets of the year and double points are awarded towards the season champions and this shook up the rankings a bit.

As always it was great to see people stepping way out of their comfort zone and pushing the boundaries.  This is by far one of the most important aspects of competition.  While it’s always great to win and there was plenty of that going on with our Sunshine Coast members, having the courage to step up and have a go is always great to see.

Of course a huge thank you to Adam Sensei and the crew from Gold Coast Chito-Ryu Karate. It’s always a big undertaking to run a tournament of any size and it takes a lot of volunteers to make it work.  Also a big thank you to our Sunshine Coast members and parents who volunteered with refereeing and as table officials.  Great job!

So what you’ve been waiting for….

Results of the Gold Coast Cup – Sunday, 10th April 2011

2011 – QLD Tournament Circuit – Season Rankings after Round 2

A special mention to Senpai Helen O’Grady who was awarded senior tournament champion for the 2nd year running.  Also a special mention to our Sunshine Coast kumite team who once again were successful in keeping the home team from winning.

Round 3 of the QLD circuit will be the Sunshine Coast Cup, to be held Sunday, 29th May.  This is even will also be worth double points towards season rankings as it is one of hte major tournaments for the year.  Entry forms will be available soon.

More photos available on the Gold Coast Chito-Ryu Karate Facebook Page.

Thank you to all of the competitors, volunteers and supports who attended the first round of our Queensland Chito-Ryu Karate Tournament Circuit, held at the Sunshine Coast dojo last Saturday (5 March 2011).

For the first tournament of the year it was great to see a high standard emerging, espeically in the new Kumite Skills Triathlon events.

Results are now available for download: Round 1 tournament results – Sunshine Coast (5 Mar 2011)

This year, we have also decided to keep track of the top performers in the Qld tournament circuit with a point system.  All place getters in any of the events receive points towards the season rankings.  Already we are starting to see some stand out performers who have placed in every event that they have entered.  But as it’s still early on in the season you can still join the leader board.  Especially with the next 2 tournaments being double points as they are the major regional tournaments of the year for Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast.

Find out who’s in the top 40 rankings so far after the first round of competition.  Season Points 2011 – After round 1

Next tournament will be the Gold Coast Cup, 10 April 2011.  Entry forms are now available at all Qld Chito-Ryu dojos.