Big thank you to 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 coaches, student leaders, parent volunteers and demo team that helped make the day special.
In addition to great weather, the day brought a good sense of community and we trust everyone enjoyed themselves! Huge congratulations to Kamal, Elvis, Danny, Stuart, and Linda who were presented with their official Hapkido Black Belts by Master Ryoo and to all students who achieved significant ranks and the GIANT Legacy Awards. 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!
Special Guest MMA and BJJ Coach Anthony Perosh
Awards and recognition are as follows:
Hapkido Black Belt Recipient:
1st Degree Black Belt – Kamal Mourad, Danny Challita, Linda Petrevski, Stuart Nurse & Elvis Roda
Competitor of the Year:
Multiple BJJ comps achieving State BJJ Champion & Bronze in amateur MMA – Anthony Baladi
Student Leaders of the Year:
The team in Blue is looking strong for 2023, we recognise them as follows:
Mentor Level 3 Leaders
Jasmine Vasilevski & Rosemary Goncalves
S.T.O.R.M Level 2 Leaders
Christopher Attieh & Anthony Baladi,
S.W.A.T Level 1 Leaders
Zoe De Sousa, Johnny Hoang, Nikolas Howley, Mohammed Kahloul, Anja Nedelkovska, Kathy Pham, Byron Ryder, Marco Savignano, Nadia Savignano, Jonah Seif, Dimitri Stavropoulos, Justin Stojanovski, Isabel Venturino, Alexandra Charalambous, Grace Floro & Madison Der Matossian.
Brand New Assistant Instructor
Chris Gregoriou
Students of the Year:
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)
Evan Voulgaropoulos & Brian Piccin
Tiny Titans Class (Kindy and Grade 1)
John Webster & Mia Boustany
Little Giants (Grade 2 and 3)
Zaynab Fahs & Zaynab Makki
Goliath Beginners (Grade 4, 5 and 6)
Kathy Pham & Fernando Castro
Goliath Intermediate Class (Blue & Purple Belts)
Fotini Apostolidis & Anja Nedelkovska
Teen Beginners Class
Sofia Scali & Hussein Elzein
Teen Intermediate & Advanced Class (Blue to Red Belts)
Laurence Screnci & Peter Souros (accepted by Justin)
Teen Kickboxing Class
Emily Frangeskos (accepted by Vicky) & Kristian Scali
Adults Hapkido Class
Vannie Kha (accepted by Sharon) & Rosemary Goncalves
Kickboxing Class
Chris Attieh (accepted by Bill) & Noah Noshie (accepted by Chris G)
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Class
Luca Taylor & Anthony Baladi
Weapons Class
Sharon Lo & Jeremy Castro
GIANT LEGACY Awards
Achievement – Benevolence – Commitment
GIANT BRONZE Dedication Award
Bill Wannous, Antonia Gregoriou, Christopher Gregoriou, Elvis Roda, Danny Challita Paula Challita, George Mantzavrakos, Stuart Nurse, Zahid Bank, Sharon Lo, Simon Moss, Nicholas Papadopoulos, Linda Petrevski, Kamal Mourad, Roger Hoang, Johnny Hoang, Lucas De Sousa, Zoe De Sousa, Anthony Baladi, Rosemary Goncalves, Christopher Attieh, Dimitri Stavropoulos & Jasmine Vasilevski
GIANT SILVER Veteran Award
Joshua Chaar, Jesse Kircher & Justin Souros
GIANT GOLD Lifetime Award
Young Seol Ryoo, Giorgio Repice & Anthony Repice
Congratulations again to all achievers, great effort this year!
See you again next year!!!
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