Chojinkai Penrith Competition
The tournament itself was (thankfully) not as busy as last year, so the day finished at 5.40 for our squad of 29 students. This was one of the good points to the day after we had to withdraw without competing in many of the categories in 2014.
The other good point was the medal haul of 16 gold, 22 silver and 36 bronze medals; which meant just about everyone who entered won something. This is always a bonus. As usual our squad performed brilliantly and there were some tough bouts with some great fighting clubs in attendance.
It was a pity the refereeing was not as good as the competitors, there was a maximum of one decent ref on each area. The overall feeling at the end of the day after countless shoddy decisions was that of mild annoyance.
This does not reflect on the organiser, Doug, who is an amiable man who runs his competitions with the maximum amount of categories possible to give more kids a chance to enter with a realistic chance of medals.
This does not reflect on the organiser, Doug, who is an amiable man who runs his competitions with the maximum amount of categories possible to give more kids a chance to enter with a realistic chance of medals.