This weekend was the Thunder Bay Judo Club's annual BBQ, Award Ceremony, Certificates for Belt Promotion and Adopt-A-Road. Congratulations to all the recipient of the awards, you are recognized for dedication to judo and contribution to our club. Congratulations to our students who worked hard achieving their next belt level, keep up the good work! Thanks to all the Senseis for volunteering your time, efforts and knowledge to teach structured judo classes to our students. A big thanks to our President Scott Longridge for your dedication to our club. Scott is leaving our club to pursue a promising future for himself and his family. We wish you all the best for a bright future ahead. In order of pictures this years award recipients and belt promotions: Sophie Kurucz: Kevin Kennedy Bursary Award Viviane Basque: Female, Sportsmanship Dylan Danielson: Male , Sportsmanship-no photo Patrick Proux: Jr. Most Improved Ian Moorey: Sr. Most Improved Avi Bragnalo: Kano Award Sr. Tyler Bragnalo with Jr. Ameer Mohommed, Judoka of the Year Mattew Svensson promoted to Yellow Belt Ian Moorey promoted to Green Belt Ameer Mohammed promoted to Orange Belt Tao Li achieving his Green and Blue belt Matthew Ellard promoted to Blue Belt Tyler Bragnalo promoted to Brown Belt Elizabeth Goddard promoted to Brown Belt Last, group picture Adopt-A-Road clean up Pictures of Promotions not show: Patrick Proulx, Yellow Belt Bill Kusznier, Yellow Belt Sophie Kurucz, Yellow and Orange Belt Dylan Danielson, Yellow Belt Wyatt Markall, Yellow Belt Jeff Churchley, Yellow and Orange Belt Stephen Garstin, Yellow Belt Zachary Elemento, Yellow Belt Certificates are given to students achieving solid colour belts although we do recognize that some of the students mentioned have also achieved their stripe. It has been an successful year and we can only hope our club stays strong and prosperous for the sake of our members, judo and the northwestern region!