Awards Day Xmas Party Success 2024

Written on the 8 December 2024

Big thank you to all who attended the GIANT end of year awards party!

Awesome to had seen such a large turnout of members and their families in attendance. Thank you to all coaches, student leaders, parent volunteers and demo team that helped make the day special.

The day brought a good sense of community and we trust everyone enjoyed themselves! Huge congratulations to all award recipients, Black Belt achievers, Legacy Awards and those who achieved significant ranks this year. All had great speeches which shared memorable moments in their journey's and provided inspirational advice to the junior peers in the audience. Great examples of what it is to be a GIANT!

A special thanks coach Bill on the BBQ and to all parents who brought along a dish of their culture, so many great choices of food to choose from.

Looking forward to next year already!

HIGHLIGHT VIDEO COMING SOON!

Awards and recognition are as follows:

Hapkido Black Belt Recipient:

1st Degree Black Belt - Rosemary Goncalves, Christopher Attieh, Anthony Baladi, Zoe De Sousa, Lucas De Sousa, Jasmine Vasilevski and Kara Giardullo

2nd Degree Black Belt - Antonia Gregoriou, Christopher Gregoriou and Bill Wannous

Competitor of the Year:

Multiple comps achieving State BJJ Champion & Gold in amateur MMA – Anthony Baladi

Multiple BJJ comps including success at Blue Belt level BJJ competition - Luca Taylor

Student Leaders of the Year:

The team in Blue is looking strong for 2024, we recognise them as follows:

Mentor Level 3 Leaders

Jasmine Vasilevski & Rosemary Goncalves and Christopher Attieh

S.T.O.R.M Level 2 Leaders

Anthony Baladi, Zoe De Sousa and Isabel Venturino

S.W.A.T Level 1 Leaders

Nikolas Howley, Anja Nedelkovska, Kathy Pham, Jonah Seif, Alexandra Charalambous, Grace Floro, Madison Der Matossian, Fernando Castro, Sebastian Castro and Jeremy Castro

Students Awards:

Most Improved award – Granted to the student who has improved in technique and attitude since the beginning of the year or last year.

Student of the Year Award – To the student who has consistently shown passion towards learning, good technique, great attitude to training and helping others. Most of the students who have achieved this award were selected on their effort to achieve a student of the month award.

Mini Mites (Pre Kindy)

MOST IMPROVED AWARD: Arjun Verma

MM SOY: Blaire Bannon