At the Ultimate Force Tournament on Sunday, December 3, 2006, we had several more members compete and place in both gi and no-gi divisions. In the gi brackets:

• Dave Galati: 1st blue-belt middleweight.
• Bryce Lee: 1st blue-belt heavyweight.
• Jimmy Cerra: 2nd blue-belt middleweight.

The following club members placed in the no-gi brackets:

• Dave Galati: 1st advanced light heavyweight.
• Randy Jones: 1st intermediate middleweight.
• Bryce Lee: 1st intermediate light heavyweight.
• Aaron Sikora: 1st novice lightweight.
• Jimmy Cerra: 1st advanced lightweight.
• Jon Chastek: 2rd novice lightweight.
• Pat Daley: 2nd novice welterweight.
• Jared Lioi: 3nd novice lightweight.

Mike Weiss, Mike Musser, and Mike Hansell also fought but didn't place in the top three. Congrats to everyone who stepped up to compete. It takes a lot of courage to compete for the first time.

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At the Kim Judo Open tournament on Saturday, December 2, 2006 we had several members place:

• Eric Cyterski: 1st.
• Jimmy Cerra: 1st.
• Brian Cernic: 2nd.
• Phillip Lyons: 2nd.
• Warren Samules: 2nd.
• Mike Callahan: 3rd.
• Sam Taggart: 3rd.

All of them got promoted a grade in judo by Master Kim as well. Congratulations to everyone.

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