URGENT! TRAINING CANCELLED TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY 1ST OCTOBER
Tomorrow's AUG competition is expected to end as late as 7pm.
Most of the club will be there supporting the team, and most of the seniors will be there as referees and court officials. Therefore, TRAINING TOMORROW - WEDNESDAY 1ST OF OCTOBER - WILL BE CANCELLED.
More information about the AUG tournament tomorrow: - The tournament will be held at the Victoria University Footscray Park Campus on Ballarat Rd, - There is free parking opposite the University on the other side of Ballarat Rd, - The tournament will be held within Building L, the Physical Recreation Building. - The Kyu Individual tournament starts at 9am sharp, - Let's see as many of you supporting the team tomorrow as possible! And remember to wear blue!
This week is the Australian University Games week, the "Olympics for Australian Universities", and is a major event on the University's and UMKC's calendar. In 2006 it was held in Adelaide, last year it was on the Gold Coast; this year the City of Melbourne finally has the privilege to host the Games.
The Kendo tournament will be held on Wednesday at Victoria University, Footscray Park Campus - a 15 minute journey from Melbourne Uni. UMKC traditionally performs well at the AUG, dominating the Kyu Team competition, and performing strongly in the Open Team and individual competitions.
UMKC have become known for our large teams and even larger supporter base. We would like to encourage everybody to come and support UMKC on Wednesday; as well as cheering your team on, you will get to watch some of the most intense kendo that Australia has to offer. It will be both enjoyable and a great learning experience. The team needs your support to give it that little bit of extra strength it needs to win, because there are some very very strong teams competing this year!
Victoria University, Footscray Park Campus can be reached by public transport from the city. It lies on Ballarat Road; its map can be found here http://www.vu.edu.au/About_VU/Campus_Maps/Footscray_Park/index.aspx . To reach the venue by train, catch a Williamstown, Werribee or Sydenham train to Footscray Station, then catch a connecting 406 bus to Keilor East, making sure to get off at Vic Uni on the way. Alternatively, catch tram 82 from Footscray Station toward Moonee Ponds until you reach the corner of Droop and Geelong Road, then walk up Geelong Road until you reach the venue.
The event starts at 9am and should end by 4pm. Immediately afterwards many of the interstate kendo clubs will be coming to train with us at UMKC at Melbourne Uni (provided it doesn't go incredibly overtime), so make sure you bring your kendo gear if you want to train after the AUG as well, as you might not have enough time to return home to retrieve your gear.
There is still some hope that the club jackets will be arriving before the event; the small sized jackets have been delayed due to problems on the manufacturer's side. If they do not, please instead wear to the AUG an item of blue clothing (preferably baby blue) to show off your team colours. People who have ordered jackets other than small will be able to collect their jackets from training on Monday.
So, join in the club spirit, cheer and support UMKC on at the AUG, and have a great time! Don't forget to wear blue, and remember: SHINBASH! (the UMKC cheer).
ps. Many of the juniors this year will get to try out for, and indeed be part of, the UMKC AUG team next year - held on the Gold Coast again.
