Following their success in the prestigious Cairns Cup, Cooroy’s Team Impact Boxing Club last weekend had two of its fighters, Slade Gray and Cain Jones, head to Ipswich to represent their club at the Ipswich Regional Titles.
First up was Slade Gray who faced off against a fellow Australian champion. This was a challenging bout with both girls demonstrating notable skills in attack and defence. However, on this occasion Slade dropped a very close points’ decision.
From Coach Mark Evans, “No complaints and no excuses – full credit to our opponent, who was the better boxer on the night. This result only adds fuel to what promises to be a cracking rematch down the track: Slade gave a great performance, and her attitude continues to make us proud.”
Next in the ring was Cain Jones. This young fighter continues to show his strong form by claiming the Ipswich Regional Title with a second round TKO. “Cain dominated early when he put an 8-count on his opponent in both first and second rounds. Midway through the second round a devastating right hand dropped his opponent once more: this prompted the ref to wave it off.”
In discussing his performance in the changeroom with coach Mark Evans, he humbly apologised for his performance. “I just felt like a bit of a brawl tonight.” That was exactly what he got – resulting in a convincing win. The next event on the program will be out at Emerald: five members of Team Impact will compete in the Coalfield Challenge Tournament.
Once again Coach Evans has expressed his sincere thanks to his supporters. “Your belief in Team Impact means the world to us: massive shoutout to Andrew Davey and boss lady, Kylie Evans for their help in the corner. We appreciate you all.”
Martial Arts.
In what can only be described as sensational, a 15-year-old member of the Noosa CAZA Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Club, Daniel Svoboda, has just returned home after competing in the Brazilian National Championships. Daniel an Orange black belt holder in the kid’s lightweight division (60kg) won the bronze medal at the Sao Paulo tournament.
Competing in what is recognised as the largest competition for children globally, Daniel as the sole foreign representative, was participating in a bracket alongside 14 other competitors. Daniel won his first match by points 2-0, second win was by submission, but lost his third by one advantage. However, his total was enough to earn him the Bronze Medal.
The tournament which had a total of some 8000 competitors, is one of the major events in the international world of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: now one of the fastest growing sports in Australia. Training under the supervision of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu 4th degree black belt Yoshi Hasegawa, this young man has a future in the world of martial arts. He is now considered a world tier competitor for kids.
This is a sport that offers programs for the entire family. Weather you are looking to get back in shape, learning practical self defence or competing for a BJJ world title the CAZA club can help.
Rugby League
Spokesperson for the Noosa Pirates Rugby League club tells us that the Pirates are going through a bit of a rough time. Last weekend the A grade had a bye, the Gympie teams forfeiting the Reserves and the women’s games, it was up to C grade and the U19 men’s to fly the Pirates flag.
The C grade men’s put on a good show by beating Yandina 28-12. Unfortunately, the U19 men went down to Gympie 36-12. Heading into the international junior games the U17 boys still remain unbeaten this season beating Gympie 36-6: thus keeping their place as top of the table.
The U17 girls had a rough game battling injuries and being short on numbers, but they still travelled down to Caloundra and put in a 100 per cent effort with all the girls, having to play the game with no bench players. They showed lots of heart but went down 50-0. The U15 boys still with only one loss so far this year, beat Maroochydore Black 34-14: thus, standing at second place on the ladder.
This is the same with the U15 girls, only one loss, beating Maroochydore 36-18. Our U14 boys had a massive win over Coolum 40-6: thus, putting them in a tight three-way tie with Caloundra Black and Kawana for first spot -with only the points differential splitting them. The U13 boys finally had a solid win over Kawana Maroon team 42-10. Rounding out their international junior games, the undefeated U13 girls keep rolling on beating Coolum 38-0: thus staying on top of their ladder.
This week is the “Knee for Ackers,” round where all senior and Junior International wear pink socks, form a circle and take a knee to remember James “Ackers” Ackerman, who lost his life playing the game he loved in 2015. All our senior teams are down to Caloundra this Saturday and our junior games are being played in Cooroy this Friday night and Saturday, so come out and support your teams.
Noosa Outriggers.
Success in our community seems to be contagious. News from the Noosa Outriggers spokesperson Colin Jones, informs us that 4 Noosa Canoe Club members have been selected to represent Australia in the International Va’a Federation World Marathon Championships.
“Set down for August this year in Rio De Janeiro Brazil, they join over 50 paddlers nationwide, heading over to compete in team and individual canoe, and marathon races. The Noosa club is providing support for Lachlan Burnett, the youngest Australian V1 canoe representative (U16 division) and Rose Edyvean the oldest V1 representative (75+ division) and multi–World Champion in previous years.
Andy Harler selected in the 50+ Men’s and Flea White in the 40 &50 + Women’s Team OC6 marathons. Training till August has stepped up, and all paddlers are taking to our perfect ocean and river conditions over winter, to bring them to their best. Good luck to all involved.”
