As announced during earlier trainings, there was a competition over the last weekend, which is the 43rd Australian Kendo Championships, the biggest Kendo competition in Australia every year that involves Kendo players from all states.
上个周末第四十三届澳洲剑道大赛在悉尼举行，从名字就知道这是澳洲一年一度最大的剑道比赛，选手来自澳洲的各个地区。虽然我们已经在训练的时候听说了这场赛事，但是鉴于它如此重要，就让我们在此重温一下吧。
Many club members were involved in this event to test their Kendo skills or to help. Kelvin, Allan and Kelly joined the competition. The results are encouraging:
我们社团的成员们也有很多都参与到了这项赛事中，他们有的参加了比赛，还有的去做了志愿者。这其中，Kelvin，Allan和Kelly参加了比赛，并且取得了傲人的成绩：
- Kelvin won the Men’s Dan Individual as well as the Men’s Dan team.
- Allan won his U16 division.
- Kelly got 2nd place on her U13 Kihon competition.
- Kelvin 赢得了男子段组个人赛第一名，并与新州的队友们夺得了男子团体赛第一名。
- Allan赢得了16岁以下个人赛第一名
- Kelly赢得了13岁以下个人赛第二名
Volunteering is a part of kendo study by which new players can better know the rules and procedures. This year, our club sent out volunteers with those from other clubs to ensure the smooth running of the competition. They focused on their jobs from morning to evening, recording the mark, counting the time, managing the ribbons, and so on.
在大赛上做志愿者也可以说是剑道的一部分了，因为在这个过程中新手们能够更好地了解比赛的规则和流程。在今年的这场大赛中，咱们社团派出的志愿者和来自其他社团的志愿者们一同努力，保证了比赛的流畅。他们跟随着比赛从早忙到晚，计分、计时、为选手们系上带子，等等等等。
Our three Sensei, Takayama Sensei, Fujisawa Sensei, and Konishi Sensei were also there to help; as Sensei, there was a task to be a referee (Shimpan), which required much concentration on one match after another.
高山教练，藤泽教练和小西教练也去帮了忙。作为教练，为比赛做裁判也是一项很重要的任务，需要他们一场比赛接着另一场地裁判，并且每场都要保持极高的注意力防止误判。
All volunteers and Sensei were working super hard. Their work contributed a lot to the competition as well as to the outcome!
Congratulations on their achievements, and let’s not forget to keep improving by training hard!
所有的志愿者和教练在这两天都非常辛苦，也非常出色。总之，他们出色的工作既为大赛的成功贡献不少，同时我们的选手的成绩也与他们的辛劳分不开！
恭喜他们取得了如此高的成就，也让我们继续刻苦训练，这样才能不断取得进步！