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!
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
Tiny Titans Class (Kindy and Grade 1)
MOST IMPROVED AWARD: Grace Wooldridge
TT SOY: Ricky Hammoud
Little Giants (Grade 2, 3 and 4)
MOST IMPROVED AWARD: Jordan Lumakovski and Arya Chen
LG SOY: Mitchell Rosten
Goliath Beginners (Grade 4 and 6)
MOST IMPROVED AWARD: Atticus Rhedey and Qiunlan Pham
GOL BEG. SOY: Mia Abou Ali
Goliath Intermediate Class (Blue & Purple Belts)
MOST IMPROVED AWARD: Austin Reed and Charlie Howard
GOLIATH INT SOY: Jaiden Issa
Teen Martial Arts
MOST IMPROVED AWARD: Byron Ryder
TEEN MARTIAL ARTS SOY: Fotini Apostolidis
Teen Kickboxing Class
MOST IMPROVED AWARD: Kristian Scali, Isabel Venturino, Leo Odgers and Levi Prijana
TEEN KICKBOXING SOY: Max Kalpage-Cox
Adults Hapkido Class
MOST IMPROVED AWARD: Robert Rosadi
ADULT HAPKIDO SOY: Zoe De Sousa
Adults Muay Thai Kickboxing Class
MOST IMPROVED AWARD: Christopher Attieh and Elvis Roda
ADULT KICKBOXERS SOY: Christopher Gregoriou
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Class
MOST IMPROVED AWARD: Jeremy Castro
ADULT GRAPPLER SOY: Christopher Gregoriou
Weapons Class
MOST IMPROVED AWARD: Carole To
ADULT WEAPONS SOY: Jeremy Castro
Women’s Only Class
MOST IMPROVED AWARD: Megan Floro
WOMENS ONLY SOY: Hannah Chen
GIANT LEGACY Awards
Achievement – Benevolence – Commitment
GIANT BRONZE Dedication Award
Luca Taylor and Cameron Brotherton
Well done to the following students who received significant ranks in 2024:
Muay Thai Kickboxing Brown Armband – Christopher Gregoriou
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Blue Belts – Luca Taylor, Anthony Baladi and Christopher Attieh
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Purple Belt – Nicholas Papadopoulos
Weapons Brown Chevron – Jeremy Castro and Vannie Kha
Congratulations again to all achievers, great effort this year!
Click here to see more GIANT student awards, ranks and titles
Hope to see you up on stage at next years Awatds day!
