Australian Youth Olympic Festival (AYOF) Competition Report

By Graham Underwood

Day 1 Results

First day of Competition - Australia wins 2 Gold, 1 Silver & 5 Bronze medals!

Today the three lighest divisions for male andfemale competed with Australia winning a total of 8 medals.

Gold medals:

Male 48-55kg, Christopher Beach
Male 55-63kg, Gabriel Andres

Silver medal:

Female <44kg, Jessica Aldridge

Bronze medals:

Female <44kg Rima Kanoun
Female 44-49kg, Erin Wakefield
Female 49-55kg, Tamara Bingham
Male <48kg, Garrick Blinman
Male 55-63kg, Hayder Shkara

Country Summary - Country (number of players): medals are:

Chinese Taipei (6) : 3 Gold, 1 Silver
Australia (23): 2 Gold, 1 Silver, 5 Bronze
China (6): 1 Gold, 3 Silver, 1 Bronze
Great Britain (1): 1 Silver
New Zealand (2): -
Oceania (1): -


Christopher Beach and Gabriel Andres Gold Medal Presentations

Day 2 Results

Second day of Competition - Australia wins 1 Silver and 3 Bronze medals in the individual competition and Silver in the Teams event.

Today the two heaviest divisions for male and female competed with Australia winning a total of 4 medals.

Silver medal:

Female 63+kg, Dana Cleary

Bronze medals:

Female 63+kg, Laura Romano
Male 63-73kg, Alex Mc Donald
Male 73+kg, Chad Cross

Country Summary - Country (number of players): medals are:

Chinese Taipei (10) : 4 Gold, 2 Silver
Australia (36): 2 Gold, 2 Silver, 8 Bronze
China (10): 3 Gold, 5 Silver, 1 Bronze
Great Britain (5): 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
New Zealand (4): -
Oceania (2): -


Dana Clearly Silver Medal Presentation	Australian Team Silver Medal Presentation

The Team event (five players each) was conduct using the Adidas electronic hogus between - Australia, China, Chinese Taipei & Oceania

Australia defeated Chinese Taipei in controversial circumstances when Chinese Taipei withdrew after the second bout following Julie Dawson scoring two points with punches to the shield and subsequently defeating the Chinese player.

Australia went into the final against China which was too strong and Australia had top settle for the Silver medal.

Both China and Australia won a set of Adidas electronic hogus. These will be used at the TA High Performance Centre and will also be utilised during state seminars so that a broad range of players can trial the prototype units.