Autumn 2008 - International Chito-Ryu Karate-do Federation of ...

ICKFA Dojo NewsBathurst (cont)Goodbye and all the best to Bella Townsend of Bathurst DojoBella who recently graded to 7 th Kyu has joined the Australian Defence Force andhas been accepted into Officer Training, Bathurst members wish Bella all the bestin her new exciting career choice.Bella speaks several languages fluently and is interested in a career ultimatelywithin National Security.Fundraising for Training MatStudents, parents and care givers undertook a number of fundraising activities starting on the 3 rd of June to raise funds topurchase 100 jigsaw mats for our Bathurst Dojo each square will be approximately $25 each; which means we needed toraise $2500.It was thought that the mat would benefit our students with their training and most importantly comfort each week due tothe extremely cold floor surface of the PCYC during winter and also allow our club to run and support future tournaments.Activities included:-Major Raffle, Drawn at the Bathurst Tournament on the 10 th of August. 1 St Prize 5 nights accommodation for two peopleat the Harbour Resort on the Gold Coast won by Kara Howey a Chito Ryu student from Bathurst. 2 nd Prize 1 nightsaccommodation (cabin) at Ben Chifley Dam Bathurst won by Denise Di Fazio (Kelso Primary). 3 rd Prize 1 night’saccommodation for 2 people at the O’Connell Hotel (includes meal for 2 and a bottle of wine) won by Sam Hall (KelsoPrimary). Thankyou to all students, members, parents and caregivers, families and supporters for your help with sellingtickets. A big thankyou to Mary Raymond for organising these prizes.BBQ Fundraiser at Harvey Norman on the 28 th of June. This was an extremely cold day at Harvey Norman inBathurst, a big thank you to John and Sandra McMahon and Mary Raymond for help on the day, and also thanks toTammy Foran, Sandra McMahon and Mary Raymond for cooking cakes and slices for sale on the day as well.Sponsored mats by business or individual. Thankyou to The Rangoli Restaurant, Jesse Raymond, Brendan McMahonand the Cole family.NewcastleSensei Greg FieldChito Ryu in Newcastle is set to expand with Viktoria Crouch-Reeves making the decision to open another class. Thisclass will be located at Birmingham Gardens and will initially cater for younger children. Viktoria has held two classes sofar and is working hard to develop this dojo. German Gasco has kindly offered to help teach at the dojo and hisassistance will be a great help to Viktoria.Newcastle sent a strong team of competitors to the first Bathurst tournament. Most of the team travelled to Bathurst in ahired bus and I am glad to report that they did not set a new lap record when they drove the bus around the MountPanorama race circuit.While the welcome we received in Bathurst was very warm, the weather was anything but. It was described as thecoldest weather ever for a Chito Ryu Tournament in Australia, with some snow falling during the tournament. Mostcompetitors struggled to stay warm, which made competing difficult.For Joshua Kozis, Tom Golder, Zoe Tonks and Samantha Ford, it was the first time that they had competed in atournament, so they were very nervous. However, they all competed beyond expectations and all received a medal forplacing or winning a division.The Newcastle dojo has been lucky to have a Japanese exchange student, Tsumiki Sato, training with us over the lastfew months. Tsumiki had not trained in karate before coming to Australia, but she is really enjoying learning karate and isprogressing quickly. She has been assisting me with my pronunciation of Japanese words and this provides for somelighter moments in class. We will all miss Tsumiki when she returns to Japan.