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2013 Oceania Sumo Championships Results
2013 Oceania Sumo Championships
3rd February Broadbeach PCYC Gold Coast
Junior Combined Challenge
1st Brandon Venter QLD
2nd Jessica Lawand QLD
3rd Brandon Jin NSW
Middleweight Women
1st Geneva Webber NZ
2nd Emily Knauth QLD
Heavyweight Women
1st Lauren Ivory QLD
Women’s Open
1st Geneva Webber NZ
2nd Lauren Ivory QLD
Lightweight Men
1st Glenn Sullivan NZ
2nd Luke Bulger QLD
3rd Pat Promrangka QLD
Middleweight Men
1st Chris Swalwell QLD
2nd Nick Doyle SA
3rd Francesco Mulraney SA
Heavyweight Men
1st Mark Tanu NZ
2nd Joe Saunders QLD
Men’s Open
1st Mark Tanu NZ
2nd Joe Saunders QLD
3rd Chris Swalwell QLD
Oceania Men’s Team Trophy
1st Queensland
2nd New Zealand
3rd South Australia
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Interview with Johnofuji
This interesting interview appeared in Wrestle Hustle magazine www.wrestlehustle.com. Enjoy!
http://www.wrestlehustle.com/articles/interviews/2012/11/29/sumo-interview-with-john-traill
At he end is a film clip about the 2010 Australia National Sumo Championships.
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2013 Oceania Sumo Championships
This year it is our turn to host and the 2013 Oceania Sumo Championships will be held Sunday 3rd February at the Gold Coast. The venue is the Gold Coast Sumo Club’s home at the PCYC 180 Monaco St Broadbeach Waters, Gold Coast. Audience admission $5 adults $2 children. Competition entry $20 adults $5 children.
Competitions will be for men and women, juniors and also an under 12 event. The Oceania team trophy was won by New Zealand last year and will again be up for grabs.
Results of the senior competitions will be used for selecting the Oceania teams for the World Games in Cali, Colombia in July and the 2nd Combat and Martial Arts Games in St Petersburg, Russia in October. World Games http://worldgames2013.com.co/ Combat Games http://www.worldcombatgames.com/en/
Weight divisions
Men: under 85kg, under 115kg, over 115kg Boys: under 75kg, under 100kg, over 100kg
Women: under 65kg, under 80kg, over 80kg Girls: under 60kg, under 75kg, over 75kg
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Big Year for Sumo in 2013
There will be three big international events for sumo in 2013
The Oceania Sumo Championships at the Gold Coast 3rd February, The World Games in Cali Colombia 26th & 27th July and the 2nd World Combat Games in St Petersburg Russia 19th & 20th October.
Oceania Sumo Championships 3rd February, Sunday. Broadbeach PCYC Monaco St Broadbeach Gold Coast from 10 am. Competitions for men, women and juniors, also a team event.
The Oceania Championships event is being held earlier than usual in order to use the results for selecting the athletes who will represent Oceania at the World Games in July. We will select two men and two women in each of the categories, lightweight, middleweight and heavyweight. All competitors will take part in the Open on the second day of the event
The World Games 2013 is an outstanding event for non-olymic sports, with more than 30 sports taking part in the areas of Martial Arts – which includes Sumo – Ball Sports, Artistic & Dance Sports, Precision Sports, Strength Sports and Trend Sports – including Surfing and also Lifesaving. Take a look at their website http://www.theworldgames.org.
Later in the year the 2nd World Combat Games will allow us to send one man and one woman from Oceania for each of the categories. The second edition of SportAccord World Combat Games will feature the following 15 combat sports: Sumo, Aikido, Boxing, Fencing, Judo, Jujitsu, Karate, Kendo, Kickboxing, Muaythai, Sambo, Savate, Taekwondo, Wrestling and Wushu. http://www.worldcombatgames.com/en/
Sumo was very popular with spectators at the previous World Games and Combat Games, with tickets sold out at both events.
We look forward to hard fought competition at the Oceania Championships to secure places in these prestigious international events.
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Season’s Greetings from the Australian Sumo Federation
Wishing you all the best for 2013
Thanks to everyone for their support in 2012 and looking forward to a great year in 2013
Important sumo dates for 2013
2013 Oceania Sumo Championships
Gold Coast 3rd February
The World Games 2013
Cali, Colombia 26th & 27th July
2nd Martial Arts & Combat Games
St Petersburg, Russia 19th & 20th October
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2012 Sumo World Championships Summary
The Australian team made a great effort at the 2012 Sumo World Championships, but the opposition was very tough and we were not able to score any medals this time. The team members are still to be congratulated on the work they put into their preparations and the dedication with which they faced the task of representing Australia in this major international tournament.
An impressive win was celebrated when Jason Mareko was able to defeat the reigning champion from Hungary in his first round match of the Men’s Heavyweight, but sadly Jason went down to his opponent in the next round.
All the Australians gained good experience from their matches and the desire to hone their skills for next year’s competition.
In the medal tally
Gold: 5 Russia, 5 Ukraine, 5 Japan, 4 Mongolia, 1 Hungary
Silver: 7 Russia, 4 Mongolia, 3 Ukraine, 2 Japan, 1 Bulgaria, 1 Hungary, 1 Georgia
Bronze: 11 Japan, 7 Ukraine, 4 Mongolia, 4 Poland, 4 Brazil, 2 Russia, 2 Hungary, 2 Netherlands, 2 Azerbaijan, 1 Bulgaria, 1 Thailand
Of the 30 countries participating in this championship, it is easy to see that currently the big 4 in amateur sumo are Russia, Ukraine, Japan and Mongolia
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