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The 2nd Annual Gold Coast Cup was held on Sunday 16 August with 53 competitors representing the Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast dojos.

This year’s event saw the introduction of beginners divisions in kata and kumite for White – Green belts. These extra divisions were added as a means of encouraging more people to experience tournament karate for the first time. This concept proved very popular with a number of karateka taking advantage of the opportunity to try the tournament without the extra pressure of having to compete against senior belts.

The kata events started the day, and it was very pleasing to see that the standard is continuing to improve across all divisions. The beginners divisions were especially pleasing with some competitors putting out notice that they will be a force to be reckoned with in future years as they progress in to the senior divisions. The team kata was well represented with many families and friends taking the opportunity to perform together.

The kumite events were full of excitment as all competitors tried their hardest to score a point on their opponent. Many of the beginners stepped up to compete in the open division as well, with the extra experience gained through increased competiton they are all sure to perform strongly at the national titles in October.

The final events of the day were the Gold Coast vs Sunshine Coast team kumite which were trialed for the first time. The top female and male competitors from each dojo in each age division were pitted against each other to see which dojo would be crowned champion. In the Female division the Gold Coast girls stepped up to the challenge winning 3 of the 4 matches to be crowned champions. The Sunshine Coast guys reversed the outcome taking the Male Team kumite division 3 matches to 2. This event proved a great success with plenty of involvement from the crowd and the competitors giving it all and will be definitely be an event that everyone looks forward to next year.

Results:

	Kata			Kumite			Total
	G	S	B	G	S	B	G	S	B
Gold Coast	5	6	4	9	8	9	14	14	13
Sunshine Coast	5	4	6	7	8	2	12	12	8

Team Kumite:

Female Team Kumite - Gold Coast
Male Team Kumite - Sunshine Coast

Tournament Champion:
Junior Tournament Champion - Tamika De Jongh
Senior Tournament Champion - Rhys Woodhouse

Congratulations to:-

Gold Coast Teams
1st - Sabrina Stanghi,Nadia Stanghi,Monica Lester (Open Team Kata White-Purple)
2nd - Jared Van Deventer, Laine Van Deventer, Giovanni Stanghi (Open Team Kata White-Purple)
2nd - Adam Higgins, Anthony Horgan, Tasi Schiffers (Brown-Black Team Kata)
3rd - Lisi Lagilkoliko, Cherish Leituvae, Adrian Spoto (Open Team Kata White-Purple)

Anthony Horgan
1st - Anthony Horgan (Open Mens Kumite)
2nd - Anthony Horgan (Senior Kata Brown-Black)

Tasi Schiffers
2nd - Tasi Schiffers (Open Womens Kumite)

Bina Schiffers
3rd - Bina Schiffers (Open Girls Kumite 14-17yrs)

Monica Lester
1st - Monica Lester (Senior Kata White-Green)
2nd - Monica Lester (Womens Kumite White-Blue)

Jared Van Deventer
1st - Jared Van Deventer (Open Boys Kumite 16-17yrs)
3rd - Jared Van Deventer (Senior Kata White-Green)
3rd - Jared Van Deventer (Boys Kumite White-Green 14-17yrs)

Donell Cook
2nd - Donell Cook (Boys Kumite White-Green 10-13yrs)
3rd - Donell Cook (Junior Kata White-Green 8-11yrs)

Nadia Stanghi
1st - Nadia Stanghi (Girls Kumite White-Green 14-17yrs)
2nd - Nadia Stanghi (Junior Kata White-Green 12-15yrs)

Sabrina Stanghi
1st - Sabrina Stanghi (Girls Kumite White-Green 10-13yrs)
1st - Sabrina Stanghi (Open Girls Kumite 12-13yrs)

Jake Nicholson
3rd - Jake Nicholson (Boys Kumite White-Green 10-13yrs)

Giovanni Stanghi
1st - Giovanni Stanghi (Junior Kata White-Green 8-11yrs)
1st - Giovanni Stanghi (7-9 Years Kumite)

Luke Nicholson
3rd - Luke Nicholson (7-9 Years Kumite)

Laine Van Deventer
2nd - Laine Van Deventer (Girls Kumite White-Green 10-13yrs)
2nd - Laine Van Deventer (Open Girls Kumite 10-11yrs)

Alexander Priala
1st - Alexander Priala (Junior Kata 7yrs & under)

Dylan Pike
2nd - Dylan Pike (Junior Kata 7yrs & under)

Kira Alexander
1st - Kira Alexander (Junior Kata White-Green 12-15yrs)
2nd - Kira Alexander (Girls Kumite White-Green 14-17yrs)

Andrew McMahon
2nd - Andrew McMahon (Boys Kumite White-Green 14-17yrs)
3rd - Andrew McMahon (Open Boys Kumite 14-15yrs)

Ryan Wilcox
1st - Ryan Wilcox (Boys Kumite White-Green 14-17yrs)
1st - Ryan Wilcox (Open Boys Kumite 14-15yrs)

Cherish Leituvae
2nd - Cherish Leituvae (Junior Kata White-Green 8-11yrs)
3rd - Cherish Leituvae (Girls Kumite White-Green 10-13yrs)
3rd - Cherish Leituvae (Open Girls Kumite 10-11yrs)

Lisi Lagilkoliko
1st - Lisi Lagilkoliko (Womens Kumite White-Blue)
3rd - Lisi Lagilkoliko (Open Womens Kumite)

Adrian Spoto
2nd - Adrian Spoto (Mens Kumite White-Blue)
3rd - Adrian Spoto (Open Mens Kumite)

Lauren de las Heras
3rd - Lauren de las Heras (Junior Kata 7yrs & under)

Related Links
For more photos visit the 2009 Tournament Photo Gallery
Competition Results Honour Board