Check out members of the Australian Sumo Federation with some sumo kids on The Disney programme Saturday 26th February at 10:00am channel 7
2011 Sumo World Championships Cancelled!
The time and place for the 11th Junior Sumo World Championships, 3rd Junior Women Sumo World Championships, the 18th Sumo World Championships and 9th Women Sumo World Championships have been cancelled due to political unrest in the area.
Date: November 12 – 13 2011
Place: Alexandria, Egypt Cancelled
- 2005 World Sumo Championships Osaka, Japan Australian Team (l to r) David Althaus, Rowan Klein, Johnofuji Traill
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2011 Oceania Sumo Championships
2011 Oceania Sumo Championships
24th April, Sunday 11:00 am
Tallebudgera Recreation Centre
Gold Coast
Queensland
1525 Gold Coast Highway,
North Palm Beach Q 422
Ph: (07) 5507-0200
Website: www.sportrec.qld.gov.au
Competitions for both senior and junior men and women, and for teams. There will be training opportunities before the tournament and athletes not yet experienced in sumo are also most welcome to come and take part in the training and competition.
Weight divisions
Women’s:
Junior Lightweight (under 60kg) Middleweight (under 75kg) Heavyweight (over 75kg)
Senior Lightweight (under 65kg) Middleweight (under 80kg) Heavyweight (over 80kg)
Men’s:
Junior Lightweight (under 75kg) Middleweight (under 100kg) Heavyweight (over 100kg)
Senior Lightweight (under 85kg) Middleweight (under 115kg) Heavyweight (over 115kg)
Looking forward to your participation as a competitor, official or spectator
Adults $5 children $2
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Announcement: Australian Team for World Championships (Poland)
The Australian Sumo Federation is pleased to announce the following athletes have been named in the Australian team for the upcoming World Championships to be held in Warsaw, Poland in October. Congratulations to you all!
Men
Lightweight: Glenn McLaren
Heavyweight: Derek Boyer
Open: Peter Townsend
Teams Competition: Drew Weeks
Women:
Lightweight: Caitlin Szanto
Middleweight: Monica Mackenzie
Heavyweight: Kerry O’Connor
Open: Clare Lutton
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Results: World Combat Games (Beijing)
The Australian Sumo Federation would like to extend our congratulations to our representative athletes Clare Lutton and Caitlin Szanto. Both girls fought their hearts out but unfortunately lost to their much more experienced opposition. Both Clare and Caitlin have returned to training vowing to continue doing us proud at the World Championships in October, hosted in Poland. Good luck girls!
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Australian Sumo National Championships – Results
After a hugely successful National Championships on the Gold Coast last weekend, we are pleased to announce the following results:
Junior Women’s Open
1. Renee Robinson
2. Tamika Cram
3. Brianna Morris-Grant
Women’s Lightweight Division
1. Caitlin Szanto
2. Renee Robinson
3. Steph Wong
Women’s Middleweight Division
1. Monica McKenzie
2. Tinika Green
3. Holly Dickson
Women’s Heavyweight Division
1. Kerry O’Connor
2. Clare Lutton
3. Jaime Pearson
Junior Men’s Open
1. Daywu Hahn
2. Damien Collins
Men’s Lightweight Division
1. Luke Bulger
2. Daywu Hahn
3. Glenn McLaren
Men’s Middleweight Division
1. Chris Swalwell
2. Ben Thorpe
3. John Traill/Martin Gray (Equal Third)
Men’s Heavyweight Division
1. Derek Boyer
2. Drew Weeks
3. Wade Stanley
Women’s Open
1. Caitlin Szanto
2. Clare Lutton
3. Renee Robinson
Men’s Open
1. Peter Townsend
2. John Traill
3. Chris Swalwell
Congratulations to all competitors!
On TV for Disney
Check out members of the Australian Sumo Federation with some sumo kids on The Disney programme Saturday 26th February at 10:00am channel 7
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Exciting News!
In extremely exciting news, we have just had it confirmed that former Yokozuna Akebono Taro will be attending our National Championships on July 18! Akebono was the first non-Japanese to be promoted to the rank of Grand Champion and was also one of the tallest and heaviest competitors in history, standing over two metres tall and weighing well over 200kg. Akebono will be our guest of honour at the tournament.
Also, another celebrity and great competitor has signed up to compete in our heavyweight division. Fans of the television show Gladiators will remember him as Thunder, but behind the glitz and glam is one of Australia’s foremost strongmen and strength athletes, Derek Boyer! Derek has been training with the Gold Coast club for a little while now, and has decided to test himself on the dohyo at the National Championships. At 145kg of pure muscle, Derek is sure to provide some interesting challenges for the other big guys!
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