Latest MUKEN News

Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Mumeishi 3's results

Congratulations to all those that participated at the Mumeishi 3's:

Team A
- Russel Tran
- Avi Ganesan
- Kenji Sugimoto

Team B
- Audrey Kua
- Tony Shearer
- Hiro Hiwatari

Special congratulations to Team A who placed third behind Ballarat and Kenshikan!
posted by Viet at 5:01 pm
↑ Top
Thursday, October 02, 2008
UMKC Victory - AUG Results

I am pleased to announce that Melbourne University are the 2008 AUG Overall Kendo Champions! After years of coming second overall to University of Sydney in the Kendo competition, Melbourne University was able to take the crown on home soil.

A brilliant day of kendo with excellent perfomances from everyone who competed. The largest AUG kendo competition in history with over 70 competitors (double the average in previous years and larger than the Judo competition!), the standard of kendo displayed has been quoted by all the sensei and seniors present as nothing short of amazing.

A big congratulations and a big thanks to the UMKC team, with many performing better than expected. A big thanks to Andrew Lam, who coached the team to success. A big thanks to the shinpan (referees) who took the time off work to shinpan the matches today. A big thanks to the volunteers who helped with the smooth running of the event. A big thanks to those who came to support us today! The spectator turnout was impressive, the cheering was loud, and some of you even helped out with the scorekeeping, timekeeping, and ribbon-tying! A very big thanks for that (and the seniors and sensei were quite impressed by how easily and quickly you took to those duties)! And finally, a big thanks to Yakov Sensei, who has made us the powerful club that we are!

Results:

Special mention goes to Alex Lee, who came 3rd in the Kyu Individual, and Kevin Chin who came second in the Open Individual, as well as earning a Green and Gold selection. UMKC came first in the Kyu Teams and the Open Teams. Full results are below. The team matches were nerve-wracking and intense, with our team members displaying extraordinary levels of kendo at the right moments to pull through.

Kyu Individual:
1st - F.J. Kiew (MON)
2nd - A. Corbett (UBAL)
3rd - Alex Lee (UMKC)

Womens Kyu Individual
1st - M. Quah (MON)
2nd - G. Lim (UNSW)
3rd - O. Wong (MON)

Dan Individual
1st - D. Taira (UTS)
2nd - Kevin Chin (UMKC)
3rd - N. Duy (UTS)

Womens Dan Individual
1st - D. Chun (UNSW)
2nd - C. Lim (MON)
3rd - H. Yuan (UNSW)

Kyu Teams
1st - UMKC (Viet, David, Kevin H, Peter, Kin-On)
2nd - USYD

Open Teams
1st - UMKC (Peter, Alex, Kevin C, Kevin H, Kin-On)
2nd - UTS

Green and Gold
D. Taira, E. Peng, K. Chin, D. Chun, F.J. Kiew


Extra information:
Check out Nova Radio's coverage of the day here (on the side): http://www.nova100.com.au/site/shows/launchpad.aspx or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRgYXo9P2aU
Hiro teaches the Launchpad hosts how to play kendo!

UMKC will be defending the title in the 2009 AUG in the GOLD COAST.

Photos of the day to come shortly!
posted by Viet at 1:40 am
↑ Top