The 45th Australian Kendo Championships were held on April 8-9 at the Melbourne Sports Centres - Parkville.
Victoria had some great results, with all players demonstrating strong and spirited kendo.
In the individuals, of particular note, S. Chen (MUKEN) won the Women's Kyu Individual, K. Dimovski (MUKC) won the Women's Dan Individual and C. Rippon (MBK) received a fighting spirit award. In the teams events, Victoria won the Women's Kyu Team and was runner-up in all other events. Congratualations to all medal winners. The full results are below.
The VKR would like to acknowledge and thank this year's coaching team: Kazuya Kimura (Head Coach), Trent Reeve (Assistant Coach), Tarl O'Mara (Assistant Coach) and Hoey Goh (Team Manager) for their efforts over the campaign.
The VKR would also like to thank the members of the AKC Organising Committee and all the volunteers who supported make this event a success. We received many compliments from interstate visitors regarding the quality and professionalism of the event and that is due to your collective efforts.
Next year's AKC will be held in Sydney, NSW.
====== AKC 2023 - Full Results ======
Men’s Kyu Individual:
Winner: J. Takatori (NSW)
Runner-up: Y. Wang (VIC)
Equal 3rd: H. Black (NSW), B. Jackson (VIC)
Women’s Kyu Individual:
Winner: S. Chen (VIC)
Runner-up: M. Hobbs (SA)
Equal 3rd: C. Rippon (VIC), K. Choi (NSW)
Men’s Dan Individual:
Winner: Y. Kim (NSW)
Runner-up: A. Kishikawa (NSW)
Equal 3rd: J. Chaplin (NSW), S. Chang (NSW)
Women’s Dan Individual:
Winner: K. Dimovski (VIC)
Runner-up: D. Chun (NSW)
Equal 3rd: Y. Bon Jeong (VIC), K. Kishikawa (NSW)
Veterans Individuals:
Winner: Y. Usami (NSW)
Runner-up: K. Sugimoto (VIC)
Equal 3rd: T. Nishimoto (QLD), N. Matsumoto (VIC)
Men’s Kyu Team:
Winner: NSW
Runner-up: VIC
3rd: SA
Women’s Kyu Team:
Winner: VIC
Runner-up: NSW
3rd: SA
Men’s Dan Team:
Winner: NSW
Runner-up: VIC
Equal 3rd: TAS, WA
Women’s Dan Team:
Winner: NSW
Runner-up: VIC
Equal 3rd: WA, QLD
Kata Team Pairs:
Winner: NSW
Runner-up: VIC
Fighting Spirit Award:
C. Rippon (VIC)
I. Song (NSW)
G. Nguyen (NSW)
H. Min (NSW)
