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Wollongong BJJ Open a huge success!

Updated: Apr 4, 2023

CONGRATULATIONS to all competitors, family, supporters, and coaches on absolutely outstanding showing at yesterday's Wollongong BJJ Open -


Wollongong BJJ Open was a massive success with GFTeam NSW winning the comp as a team in first place. We are so proud of all competitors whether you won your fights or simply showed the courage to step on the mat and fight your heart out - you did yourselves and your coaches proud.

We want to extend a HUGE thank you to all our GFTeam NSW and Grappling Bros volunteers who arrived early and stayed late to help set up the stadium, direct competitors where they needed to go and provide support to the coaches, students and spectators. This was truly a team effort - we are a young club and already we have achieved amazing things together.


Here is the complete list of placings. And GFTeam NSW won overall champion team! GFTeam Não Para! GFTeam is Unstoppable.



Gi -24kg Kaden Moulds - Gold- Grappling Bros Gi -33kg Sebastian Liesk Gold- GFTEAM Bondi Gi -33kg Remy Page - Silver - Grappling Bros Gi -25kg Finley Huckle Bronze- Grappling Bros Gi -25kg Hunter Morris - Bronze - Grappling Bros Gi -27kg Enzo Barreto - Gold - Grappling Bros Gi-30kg Jamie Toase - Gold - GFTEAM Bondi Gi-30kg Marius Critelli - Silver- GFTeam Bondi Gi-33kg Texas Pike - Silver - Grappling Bros Gi-33kg Zane Nicholls - Bronze- Grappling Bros Gi-27kg Rio Morand - Bronze - Grappling Bros Gi-36kg Alfie Walker - Bronze - Grappling Bros Gi-27kg Nash Wood - Bronze - Grappling Bros Gi-30kg Maxim Gueorguiev - Gold - Grappling Bros Gi-30kg Lennox Gripton- Silver -Grappling Bros Gi-39kg Ricardo Vega - Gold - Grappling Bros Gi-39kg Artem Semenov Silver - Grappling Bros Gi-33kg Joshua Thompson Silver- Grappling Bros Gi-36kg Brae Cameron - Silver - Grappling Bros Gi -52kg William Brett - Gold - Grappling Bros Gi-52kg Kyler Green - Bronze - Grappling Bros Gi -51kg Nicolas Markovski - Silver - Grappling Bros Gi- Girls -25kg Bridgette Hayes - Gold -Grappling Bros Gi- Girls -27kg Koa Pike - Gold - Grappling Bros Gi- Girls -22kg Audrey Griffin -Bronze - Grappling Bros Gi- Girls -25kg Blake Gripton - Silver - Grappling Bros Gi- Girls -33kg Zarah Hayes - Silver Grappling Bros Gi- Girls +45kg Nikita Mocsari - Gold - GFTeam Bondi Gi - Girls -42kg Meglena Gueroguieva - Bronze Grappling Bros Gi - 60kg Alan Mahon - Gold - Grappling Bros Gi Boys White -74kg Aden Joelson - Gold- GFTEAM bondi Male Gi - White -76kg Samuel Samson -Bronze- GFTEAM Zenbu Male Gi White -94kg James Taylor- Gold - Grappling Bros Male Gi White -94kg Daniel Srbinoski -Bronze - Grappling Bros Male Gi White -94kg Tek Kingi - Bronze - GFTeam Bondi Male Gi White +100kg Martin Cramp - Gold- Grappling Bros Male Gi White Master 1 -88kg Matias Alfieri Silver - Grappling Bros Male Gi White Master 2 -82kg Nathan Nicholls - Gold - Grappling Bros Male Gi White Master 3 -88kg Helder Corvelo Bronze - GFTEAM Zenbu Male Gi White Master 4 -88kg Carl Hayes - Silver - Grappling Bros Male Gi Blue -70kg Jacob Fry - Gold - Grappling Bros Male Gi Blue -82kg Cody Tribe - Gold - GFTEAM Zenbu Male Gi Blue -82kg Cohen Johnson - Bronze - Grappling Bros Male Gi Blue -88kg Noah Wallis - Gold - Grappling Bros Male Gi Blue -100kg Mitchel Glasspole - Silver - Grappling Bros Male Gi Blue +100kg Abraham Paku - Gold - Grappling Bros Male Gi Blue Master 1 -88kg Loc Le - Bronze - GFTeam Zenbu Male Gi Purple -76kg MARCO TEIXEIRA- Gold - Grappling Bros Male Gi Purple -88kg Christopher Gonzalez - Gold - Grappling Bros Male Gi Purple - 88kg Michael Nikoloski Male Gi Purple -100kg Jeremy Hetherington - Silver - Grappling Bros Male Gi Purple Master 1 -76kg David Pham - Silver - Grappling Bros Male Gi Brown -88kg Ronildo da Rocha Braga Júnior - Silver - Grappling Bros Male Gi Black -70kg Pedro Antun - Gold - Grappling Bros

Female Gi white -64kg Rebecca Brown - Silver - Grappling Bros Female Gi white -69kg Kiara Stapleton - Gold - Grappling Bros Female Gi Blue -69kg - Christina Adams - Gold - GFTeam Zenbu Female Gi Purple -79kg Ekbal Sayed-Rich - Gold - Grappling Bros Male NoGi White -91kg Luke Johnston Silver - Grappling Bros Male NoGi Blue -97kg Steve McGee - Silver - Grappling Bros Male NoGi Blue -97kg Mitchel Glasspole - Bronze - Grappling Bros Male NoGi Blue +100kg Abraham Paku - Gold - Grappling Bros Male NoGi Purple -85kg Anthony Kouros - Gold - Grappling Bros Male NoGi +100kg Flavio Pereira - Silver - Grappling Bros Male NoGi Brown -85kg Ronildo da Rocha Braga Júnior - Silver - Grappling Bros Female NoGi White -66kg Kiara Stapleton Bronze - Grappling Bros Female NoGi+71 Annika Cortiana - Silver - Grappling Bros Female NoGi+71kg Christina Adams - Gold - GFTeam Zenbu Female NoGi Purple +71kg Ekbal Sayed-Rich - Gold - Grappling Bros Male Absolute Gi White Bronze - James Taylor - Grappling Bros Bronze - Martin Cramp - Grappling Bros Male Absolute Gi Blue Gold - Noah Wallis - Grappling Bros Silver - Abraham Paku - Grappling Bros Male Absolute Gi Purple Gold - Marco Teixeira - Grappling Bros Silver - Flávio Pereira -Grappling Bros Bronze - Jeremy Hetherington - Grappling Bros Male Absolute Gi Brown Silver - Renildo da Rocha Braga Júnior - Grappling Bros Female Absolute Gi Purple Silver - Ekbal Sayed-Rich - Grappling Bros Male Absolute NoGi Blue Gold - Abraham Paku - Grappling Bros Silver - Mitchel Glasspole - Grappling Bros Male Absolute NoGi Purple Silver - Anthony Kouros - Grappling Bros Male Absolute NoGi Brown Silver - Ronildo da Rocha Braga Júnior - Grappling Bros Female Absolute NoGi White Master1 Gold - Annika Cortiana - Grappling Bros Female Absolute NoGi Purple Silver - Ekbal Sayed-Rich - Grappling Bros