Subak students competed in every discipline of the tournament.

“The Dubbo AMAC event was a huge success for Subak MMA as we had students from our youngest to adults taking out places, but most importantly showing and demonstrating the true martial arts spirit of competing to the best of their ability and being gracious to all other competitors,” Subak head instructor Anthony O’Leary said 

Sisters Tori and Kassie Kearns had a hugely successful day. Tori demonstrated her all round martial arts abilities by taking out first place in a wide range of events including kata, points sparring and sumo. Kassie also had a great day taking second place in points sparring and first in the sumo event.

Heidi Connolly displayed a tenacity beyond her years to attack and counter with great combinations in all of her events. She claimed first place in points sparring and second place in freestyle.

Fellow under-9, Sarayu Prakashbabu continued her great development by taking first in freestyle sparring, third in point sparring and fourth in traditional forms.

Subak Instructor Jeromy Smith also did very well in both tap and full contact sparring. He gained second in advanced to black belt continuous sparring and first in middleweight all grades full contact. 

Nathan Payne, although only training for a shorter period of time, stepped up and finished second in the full contact division.

Matt Connolly displayed a never-say- die attitude to finish fourth in the highly competitive points division. He also took first place in the demonstration section and second in kata, sumo and swords. His sister Sophie demonstrated her diverse skills by placing second in her division of the traditional sword fighting and sumo.

Emma Williams continued her journey to black belt, displaying some quality technique. She came away with a swag of places including second in full contact point sparring 13-15 all grades, second sparring points 13-15 all grades, second sparring freestyle 13-15 all grades, second sumo 13-15 female, second swords 13-15 female and third traditional forms 13-15 male and female all grades.

Bryce Abel had a busy tournament competing in the many events of his under-12 division. He gained third place in swords and points sparring and second in freestyle sparing.

Lachlan O’Leary, Lilly Williams and Bindi Shaw also gave their best with pleasing results.

The Subak team will now focus on preparing for the Sydney and Orange tournaments as they target the NSW State titles later in the year.