Gem and I are very proud of all the results everyone achieved this year in 2018. Everyone has worked extremely hard and it is very motivating to be around. We love getting to work with everyone and trying to help everyone be the best they can be. Let’s keep working hard and make 2019 even better than this year.
Here are some of the results achieved by our athletes this year:
Emmanuel Kandidakis - named in Western Suburbs Magpies under 15s elite squad
Igor Almeida – won gold at UAEJJF National Pro in Melbourne
Marcus Moore – named captain of St. Gregs first grade squad
Marcus Moore – 3 year contract with the North Sydney Bears
Tom Strembickyj – double gold at grappling industries
Igor Almeida – won gold at UAEJJF Continental Pro
Tamara Garces - won gold at UAEJJF Continental Pro
Tom Strembickyj - won gold at UAEJJF Continental Pro
Simon Chandra – silver at UAEJJF Continental Pro
Lucas Kanard – Bronze at UAEJJF Continental Pro
Juninho Caruaru – Bronze at UAEJJF Continental Pro
Kimberley Cogley - Bronze at UAEJJF Continental Pro
Gilgamesh Blanch – won gold at IBJJF San Francisco Open
Igor Almeida – Bronze at IBJJF Pan Ams
Lucas Karnard – Gold at Sydney International Open No Gi
Piaa Livonen – Gold at Abu Dhabi World Pro
Simon Chandra – Silver at Abu Dhabi World Pro
Bruno Alves – Bronze at Abu Dhabi World Pro
Trist Ball – CCC Southern Country Rugby League team
Riley Williams - CCC Southern Country Rugby League team
Igor Almeida – won gold at Autumn Cup
Marcus Moore – CHS Rugby league team
Ben Quinlan – CHS Rugby league team
Trist Ball – NSWCCC School boys team
Christian Urso – signed a two year deal with the Bulldogs
Brendan Waters – RMC Rep team. Vice Captain.
Nathan Waters – RMC Rep team assistant coach
Igor Almeida – Bronze at IBJJF Worlds
Trist Ball – Signed a 4 year deal with the Wests Tigers
Riley Williams – Wests Tigers Cubs Squad
Trist Ball – Wests tigers Cubs Squad
Brendan Waters – Selected in RMC Rep team to play Queensland
Trist Ball – Rising Talent Award Western Suburbs Magpies
Nathan Waters – Gold in weight class No Gi NSW State Jiu-Jitsu Championships
Nathan Waters – Silver in open weight No Gi NSW State Jiu-Jitsu Championships
Mike Johnstone – Gold Gi NSW State Jiu-Jitsu Championships
Garces Gals – 3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze at NSW State Jiu-Jitsu Championships
Jon Bovard – Silver No Gi NSW State Jiu-Jitsu Championships
Riaz Hussain – Bronze Gi NSW State Jiu-Jitsu Championships
Jon Bovard – Silver Gi NSW State Jiu-Jitsu Championships
Jon Bovard – Gold Central Coast BJJ Open
Kenji Kawasaki – Gold Grappling Industries Sydney July
Jon Bovard – Gold Australian Jiu-Jitsu National Titles
Riaz Hussain – Bronze Australian Jiu-Jitsu National Titles
Kenji Kawasaki – Silver World Masters Las Vegas
Toby Huxley – Group 6 Representative Player Of The Year (Rugby League)
Aaron Daniel Smith – Silver at Asian Jiu-Jitsu Championship Japan
Marcus Moore and Christian Urso – Group 6 Under 18s Premiers (Rugby League)
Simon Chandra - won gold, submitting his opponent with an armbar at Pan Pacific Jiu-Jitsu Championships
Tom Strembickyj won gold in his weight class and open weights in the adult blue belt division at Pan Pacific Jiu-Jitsu Championships
Sol Blanch won gold in the adult purple belt rooster weight division and his brother Gil won silver in the same class at Pan Pacific Jiu-Jitsu Championships
Lucas Kanard won gold in the adult purple belt medium-heavy division at Pan Pacific Jiu-Jitsu Championships
Tamara Garces won gold in the adult female purple belt middle weight division at Pan Pacific Jiu-Jitsu Championships
Riaz Hussain won bronze in the master 5 blue belt medium-heavy division at Pan Pacific Jiu-Jitsu Championships
Brendan Waters – won the Noel Kelly award which is an award for the most outstanding player in the club (Western Suburbs Magpies). This is the third year in a row he has been the best player in the club.
Luke Williams – won the Western Suburbs Magpies Best and Fairest award for Ron Massey Cup (second year in a row)
Cameron Lawrence – Most tries scored in the club. Western Suburbs Magpies.
Brendan Waters – finished top 3 in the Ron Massey Cup Player of The Year votes (Won it in 2016 and top 3 last year)
Riaz Hussain – won gold at NSW Summer Cup (jiujitsu) and silver in the open weight class
Trist Ball, Emmanuel Kandidakis, Riley Williams, Lochlann Davies, Tobin Eade, Jet Boland, Zakaria Jamus – all made the Western Suburbs Harold Matthews squad.
Moses Vuki – Canterbury Bulldogs S.G Ball
Simon Watson – Under 13s rep team (soccer)
Milenko Simunovic – Under 20s Hurstville (soccer)
Igor Almeida – won open weight invitational submission only comp in Brisbane in a 52 minute final
Trist Ball – Best and fairest under 15s NSWRL conference
Simon Chandra – Blue belt from professor Bruno Alves
Nathan Waters – Blue belt from professor Bruno Alves
Kyle Fish – Purple belt from professor Bruno Alves
Marcos De Souza – Brown belt from professor Bruno Alves
Mike Johnstone – Black belt from professor Bruno Alves