The Board of Judo New Zealand is pleased to announce that the Judoka of the Year Award for 2019 has been jointly awarded to Justine Bishop (NJS AK) and Jason Koster (CJA CA).
Jason and Justine will share the award over the next twelve months and each receive $500 after their individual international results were so similar they could not be separated.
The Board has also agreed that commencing in 2020 a Junior Judoka of the Year will be introduced with a financial reward of $500.