ABOUT THE CLUB


The Adelaide University Judo Club was formed in 1956 as part of the Adelaide University Boxing Club and was given full status and amalgamated with the Adelaide University Sports Association in 1958.  Joe Revalk was one of the first coaches of the Club. At this time it was based at the university gym, on Mackinnon Parade, in North Adelaide. Hugh Willans then took over the club for a few years. Cliff Adams took over in 1970 and looked after the club until 1973. There were three sessions a week at this time, Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.

In 1974, Michael Headland took over as Head Coach of the club and has served in this role ever since that time.

The club moved out of the university gym in the mid eighties to the Games Room, Level 5, Union House. The club initially maintained three sessions per week and began to grow at this venue but eventually lost the Saturday Session.

The Club moved to the Thebarton Sports Centre in September 2006 as The Games Room was converted into a Fitness Centre. The Club has however retained an on Campus presence by having one session on Friday evenings at 5pm in the Irene Watson Room, together with its original Monday, Wednesday and Saturday sessions.

The Adelaide University Judo Club continues to work hard to deliver quality judo opportunities to students of Adelaide University and members of the wider Judo Community.


AUJC Life Members

Michael Headland
Meera Verma
Anthony Clarke
Karel Curran
Leonard Hall


Hall of Fame

Marc Miller
Chelisa Trethowan
Chung Jae Lee
Kenzo Kinami
Debbie Lackerstein
Sarah Hunter
Jake Andrewartha
Chad Trethowan


2023 AUJC Awards

Seniors Awards:

Volunteer of the Year Anna Nobis
Show Pony of the Year Phuc Nguyen
Tony Clarke Award (Best Male Contest Player) Ivan Lam
Chelisa Chester Award (Best Female Contest Player) Olivia Hobby
Female Rookie of the Year Isabelle Colby
Male Rookie of the Year Iñaqui Santos
Most Valued Player Valen Kostich
Most Improved Senior Michael Walloscheck
Karelyn Curran Award (Best Club Person) Anthony Smit

Juniors Awards

Most Improved Junior Aiden Reduch
Best Junior Girls Contest Player Lauren Cole
Best Junior Boys Contest Player Reuben Bowden-Smit
Lion King Award Jérémi Scuiller
Best Club Kid Joss Bennett
Kano Shihan Award Isaac Choi

2022 AUJC Awards

SENIORS 

Volunteer of the Year Lesley Lewis  

Show Pony Award (Mawashi Masters) Richard Lewis 

Show Pony Award (Mawashi Masters) Scott Smith  

Tony Clarke Award (Best Contest Senior Male) Christian Alber  

Chelisa Chester Awards (Best Contest Senior Female) Olivia Hobby 

Female Rookie of the Year Ashley Stone  

Male Rookie of the Year Rhys Cook  

Most Valued Player Shamit Singla  

Most Improved Senior Sebastian Rueda Paez  

Karelyn Curran Award (Best Club Person) Jamie Tyner  

 

JUNIORS  

Most Improved Junior Joss Bennett  

Best Contest Player (Junior Female) Yeonsue Choi  

Best Contest Player (Junior Male) Tom Brunet  

Spiderwoman! Lauren Cole  

Best Club Kid Kasper Kabacinski  

Lion King Award for Courage Anders Leow  

Kano Shihan Award Reuben Bowden-Smit  

 

AU Sport Awards 

Adelaide University Blue Christian Alber 

Adelaide University Blue Olivia Hobby 

Adelaide University Half-Blue Tony Ward 

Club Letter Deborah Brunet 

Club Letter Tony Choi 

Club Letter Susanne Wells 

2021 AUJC Awards

SENIORS:

Volunteer of the Year Lesley Lewis (Carol Sporn) 

Show Pony of the Year Richard Lewis/Scott Smith (Joshua Strachan) (Mawashi Masters) (Master acrobat)  

Tony Clarke Award
(Best Contest Senior Male) Christian Alber (James Chirgwin) 

Chelisa Chester Awards
(Best Contest Senior Female) Olivia Hobby 

Female Rookie of the Year Ashley Stone (Laura Cattonar ) 

Male Rookie of the Year Rhys Cook (Se Hwan Kim) 

Most Valued Player Shamit Singla (Shamit Singla) 

Most Improved Senior Sebastian Reuda Paez (Zachary Martin-Peddy) 

Karelyn Curran Award (Best Club Person) Jamie Tyner (Chris Alber)  

 

JUNIORS:

Most Improved Junior Joss Bennett (Reuben Bowden-Smit)  

Best Contest Player (Junior Female) Yeonsue Choi (Yeonsue Choi)  

Best Contest Player (Junior Male) Tom Brunet (Isaac Choi & Tom Brunet) (Tie for this year!)  

Spiderwoman! Lauren Cole (Lauren Cole) 

Best Club Kid Kasper Kabacinski (Joss Bennett)  

Kano Shihan Award Reuben Bowden-Smit New Award 

Judo Values Award (Courage) Anders Liew New Award

 

2020 AUJC Awards

Show Pony of the Year Philip Sa Pereira (Tomoe Titan)
Tony Clarke Award (Best Contest Player) Eric Ingles
Female Rookie of the Year Whitney Hagenus
Male Rookie of the Year Jarrod Biggs
Most Valued Player Chris Aber
Most Improved Senior Ivan Lam
Karelyn Curran Award (Best Club Person) Richard Lewis
   

Juniors Awards 2020:

Most Improved Junior Aryo Arriola
Best Contest Player (Junior Female) Yeonsue Choi
Best Contest Player (Junior Male) Isaac Choi
Spiderman! Kasper Kascinski
Best Club Kid Tim Richer

2019 AUJC Awards

Show Pony of the Year Jasper Hose
Best Contest Player (Tony Clarke Award) Ross Corben
Best All-Rounder Amy Trinh
Female Rookie of the Year Susanne Wells
Male Rookie of the Year Sinong Gou
Most Valued Player Lintern Fairbrother
Most Improved Player Runzhi Zhao
Karelyn Curran Award (Best Club Person) Richard Lewis
National Schools Event Isaac Choi
National Schools Event Yeonsue Choi

2018 AUJC Awards

Most Valued Player Bart Kowalski
Best Contest Player (Tony Clarke Medal) James Chirgwin
Most Improved Player Yong Voon Cheng
Best Club Person (Karelyn Curran Award) Ricky Corben
Rookie of the Year Sonia Budnikova
Show Pony of the Year Lintern Fairbrother
Best Female Contestant Amy Trinh
Steel & Whipcord Award – Dragon Slayer of the Year Stephen McEwen

2017 AUJC Awards

Most Valued Player Amy Trinh
Best Contest Player (Tony Clarke Medal) Richard Lewis
Best Club Person Jiyeon An
Most Improved Player Jasper Hose
Rookie of the Year Lintern Fairbrother
Show Pony of the Year (Lenny Award) Iszwan Harris Razali
Best Female Contestant Amy Trinh
   

2016 AUJC Awards

Most Valued Player Amy Trinh
Best Contest Player Matt Freeman
Best Club Person Woon Hwan Choi
Most Improved Player Richard Lewis
Rookie of the Year Benito Crago
Show Pony of the Year Stephan Newman
   
   

2015 AUJC Awards

Most Valued Player Ben Wollinski
Best Contest Player Eddie Choi
Best Club Person Casey Sheridan
Most Improved Player Amy Trinh
Rookie of the Year Benito Crago
Show Pony of the Year Riccardo Roccisano
Male Rookie of the Year  Brett Twigden
Female Rookie of the Year  Jiyeon An
True Grit Award  Margaret Watson
True Blue Award  Gary Cullen
Kano Shihan Award  Richard Furler

2014 AUJC Awards

Most Valued Player Bart Kowalski
Best Contest Player Riccardo Roccisano
Best Club Person Min Pakjira Mednis
Most Improved Player Christian Alber
Show Pony of the Year Pedro Barros
Male Rookie of the Year Woon Hwan Choi
Female Rookie of the Year Tam Nguyen
Clinton Tarentino Award (Best Cinematography) Clinton Chieng
Come Back Kid to Super Referee Chak Shing Chen

2013 AUJC Awards

Most Valued Player Ben Wollinski
Best Contest Player Ben Corben
Female Player of the Year Emma Thompson
Most Improved Player Ben McCarthy
Rookie of the Year Jianan Chen
Show Pony of the Year Sean Hesketh
David and Goliath Chi Lam Fung
Best Club Person Casey Seheridan
Best Club Person for Governance Yoshiya Toden
Kata Award Meera Verma
Texas Grappler Award Shusuke Toden

2012 AUJC Awards

Most Valued Player Shusuke Toden
Best Contest Player Matthew Spearman, Casey Sheridan
Female Player of the Year Ashley Leow
Most Improved Players Ben Corben, Danijel Mitrovic, Amanda Cao
Rookie of the Year Dang Nyugen
Show Pony of the Year Chun Li
Comeback Player of the Year Matt Ager
Foreign Player of the Year Marjin Van der Aa
Energizer Man Award Sean Hesketh
Best Club Person Bartosz Kowalski

2011 AUJC Awards

Most Valued Player Shusuke Toden
Best Contest Player Alex Nixon
Most Improved Player Yuqing Chen, Perry Fraser
Rookie of the Year Danijel Mitrovic
Best Throw of the Year Hong Lee
Comeback Player of the Year John Saunders

2010 AUJC Awards

Most Valued Player Meera Verma
Best Contest Player Shusuke Toden
Most Improved Player Philipp Allgeuer, Yuqing Chen
Rookie of the Year Robert Garrard, Amanda Cao
Best Throw of the Year Philip Li
Best Club Person Ricky Corben

2009 AUJC Awards

Most Valued Player Shusuke Toden
Best Contest Player Jake Andrewartha
Most Improved Player Michael Peachey, William Brown
Rookie of the Year Ben Corben, Lynn Yeo
Best Throw of the Year Marsus Pumar

2008 AUJC Awards

Most Valuable Player Shusuke Toden
Best Contest Player Jake Andrewartha
Most Improved Alex Nixon
Rookie of the Year Chi Lam Fung
Best Throw of the Year Matthew Spearman