Awards Presentation Night - 28 Sept 2006

Hi everyone,

This year has flown by so quickly, we’re already more than half way through Semester 2!

I know many of you are busy with mid-semester exams and lots of assignments around this time of the year and haven’t been in class lately, so you may not have heard about our Kickboxing Club Annual Awards Presentation Night.

The Annual Awards Presentation Night is our biggest social event of the year where all the Kickboxing Club Members bring their friends and family along for a great feed and lots of laughs, music, games, prizes and entertainment.

There will be Awards of Excellence Presentations for students who have demonstrated outstanding qualities during their training throughout the year, and Grading Certificate Presentations for those who successfully completed their Semester 1 Gradings. Members who have represented the Kickboxing Club at martial arts tournaments or Kickboxing events will also receive recognition as part of the Fight Club.

We will be having our Awards Presentation Night at at a classy Russian restaurant, so if you've never had traditional Russian cuisine before, now's your chance to try something new! There will be a huge 3 course meal with hot platters, cold platter, desserts, and more. Vegetarians and vegans catered for.

We will be providing beer, wine and champagne, and there will also be a bar open. You're welcome to BYO alcohol, and being a Russian restaurant, I'm sure there'll be heaps of vodka going around!

We will be putting on a slideshow of photos from all the events that the Kickboxing Club has been involved in this year, so many of you will spot yourselves up on the big screen. We will also be putting together a video of the NAS competitions, Kickboxing fights, gradings, and seminars that we've been involved in.

There will be plenty of games, prizes, music, dancing and entertainment on the night, which we will keep as a surprise for you and your guests.

Tickets are $55 for Members and $60 for General Public, and this includes your 3-course meal, beer & champagne (and entertainment)!

We'd like to encourage you to bring your partners, friends, parents and other family members along to this event, so if you bring 3 or more guests (who are Non-Members), your guests will receive their tickets at Member prices.

As you can see, this is a huge event, and we'd like you to be part of it - it just wouldn't be the same without you!

Venue: St Petersburg Restaurant, 43 Glen Eira Rd, Elsternwick 3185

Date: Thursday 28 September (there will be no class on this night)

Time: 7pm till late

Dress: Smart Casual.

Tickets: $55 for Members and $60 for General Public.

Group Discounts: Member prices for all your guests when you bring 3 or more guests (Non-Members).

Put your name down on the Booking Form in class to reserve a place at a table for you and your guests!


Kacey Chong.

Interclub Challenge Results - 19 Aug 2006

The last Interclub Challenge was held on Saturday 19 August at the West Sunshine Community Centre, Kermeen St, West Sunshine.

Congratulations to Eric Hatzistavrau, Andy Lin and Chatu Abeysinghe for representing the Monash University Kickboxing Club the Interclub Challenge in their first amateur/novice Kickboxing fight.

All 3 guys had hard fights and represented the Kickboxing Club very well, showing good sportsmanship at all times.

Eric was the first of the 3 to fight. He was up against a much more experienced opponent, and to make things more difficult, his opponent also had a huge height and reach advantage over Eric (despite Eric being 6 foot tall!). Eric fought hard and fast all through his rounds and even though he had trouble getting on the inside of his opponent’s reach, he was not afraid to get hit and demonstrated excellent fighting spirit. Eric’s opponent was too good in this match and won the fight. Great effort, Eric!

Andy was the next fight. Again, this was a tough one for a first fight. Andy also had a good opponent with much longer reach. Andy showed great boxing skill and landed some hard shots, but his opponent also landed a few hard ones on him which caused him to lose balance. Despite being on the receiving end of some well-placed punches, Andy kept on going like a pitbull. In the end, his opponent won the fight, but well done to Andy who shows a lot of potential to do well in future fights.

Chatu was lucky last. Chatu was matched with an opponent with good technique and good combos. This was a nice match with both fighters moving and exchanging well. Chatu made good use of his foot jabs, had good accuracy with his punches and demonstrated good technique throughout his bout. This fight finished in a draw, and Chatu will do well in the future with more focus on his fitness.

Great effort by all 3 fighters in their first fight. They will learn a lot from their experience and can only get better from here.

Thank you to all the Members who came along to cheer on the fighters, your moral support is always appreciated by the fighters!

Photos and videos of the fights will be shown on the big screen at our Annual Awards Presentation Night, so if you missed the fights on the day, make sure you come along to Presentation Night and check out the fights.


Kacey Chong.