To all JKA Members throughout Australia & New Zealand,

It gives me great pleasure to invite all members of the Japan Karate Association from throughout Australia and New Zealand, to travel to Mildura (Victoria), and take part in the 2009, 2nd Annual, ‘JKA Southern Cross Cup, Karate Championships’.

These championships will be held at the Irymple Community Leisure Centre, in the south-eastern suburbs of Mildura, from the 5 th to the 8 th of June, 2009.

The dates & location of this event have been publicised for nearly 12 months. This invitation represents the first detailed information about this year’s event, but should be of no surprise to anyone.

The 2008, inaugural Southern Cross Cup was won by the Adelaide Metro Dojo, due mainly to the strong representation across all rank divisions. It is important to acknowledge the participation of our newer members – to win the Southern Cross Cup each club must perform well in all categories.

Honourable mention must go to the Noble Park Dojo, from Victoria, with the strongest representation from outside of South Australia. There were some great performances by this club’s senior members, providing many of the highlights of the tournament.

We are privileged, once again, to have Nishimura Sensei as the Chief Instructor for this event, and look forward to his seminar, as always.

The Southern Cross Cup is a Club-based, Grass-roots Tournament . Whilst competing at an individual level – all individual medal results are counted on a medal tally. The Club with the highest Medal Tally Points will win the Southern Cross Cup.

This event is an open event, to be shared with everyone that is a current member of JKA. Please share this invitation with your members, and encourage them to attend.

We look forward to seeing you all at our tournament.

 

Oss & regards,

Dion Risborg
Event Coordinator