Big thank you too all who attended the GIANT Awards BBQ party! Awesome to had seen such a large turnout of members and their families in attendance. Thank you to all the Student leader members, parent volunteers and Demo Team that helped throughout the day.
In addition to great weather, the day brought a good sense of community and we trust everyone enjoyed themselves! Huge congratulations to Antonia & Chris Gregoriou who were presented with their official Black Belts by our Master Ryoo and to Nick Papadopoulos on achieving his Blue belt in BJJ. 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!
Awards and recognition are as follows:
Hapkido Black Belt Recipient:
1st Degree Black Belt – Chris and Antonia Gregoriou
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu New Belt Recipients:
Nicholas Papadopoulos – Blue Belt
Competitors of the Year:
Chris Gregoriou for numerous events and Gold Medals in the Kickboxing circuit
Student Leaders of 2022:
The team in Blue is looking strong for 2022, we recognise them as follows:
Mentor Level 3
Chris Gregoriou, Jasmine Vasilevski
STORM Level 2
Anthony Baladi, Kara Giardullo, Anna Glinatsis, Rosemary Goncalves, Karim Hijazi, Kelly Liu, Kamal Mourad, Tracy Yao
SWAT Level 1
Fotini Apostolidis, Christopher Attieh, Johnny Hoang, Nikolas Howley, Lamar Mourad, Marco Savignano, Nadia Savignano, Dimitri Stavropoulos, Justin Stojanovski
Brand New Assistant Instructor
Antonia Gregoriou
Students of the Year for 2022:
To the students who have consistently shown not just good technique, but followed with great attitude to training and helping others, we recognise:
Mini Mites (Pre Kindy)
Khalil Haydar & John Elachi
Tiny Titans Class (Kindy and Grade 1)
Mira Dae Gonzalez & Zainab Makki
Little Giants (Grade 2 and 3)
Marko Nedelkovski & Alexander Kicsak
Goliath Beginners (Grade 4, 5 and 6)
Chantelle Stojanovski & Kayal Mudbhari
Goliath Intermediate Class (Blue & Purple Belts)
Ben Clancy & Byron Ryder
Teen Beginners Class
Henry Hidajat & Onisa Angelwin
Teen Intermediate & Advanced Class (Blue to Red Belts)
Kelly Liu & Cameron Brotherton
Teen Kickboxing Class
Johnny Hoang & Anthony Baladi
Adults Hapkido Class
Elvis Roda & Rosemary Goncalves
Kickboxing Class
Chris Gregoriou & John Elias
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Class
Domenic Dyson & Chris Attieh
Weapons Class
Linda Petrevski & George Mantzavrakos
Congratulations again to all achievers, great effort in consistency this year!
See you again next year!!!
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