The New Term
Judo sessions are on as usual from Monday 6th September. We look forward to seeing you all back from then.
Thanks Andy, Magaret & Pete.
Nailsea Team Competition 2010
BATH JUDO CLUB 2009 ANNUAL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS
Alex Schlesinger the Garraway Youth Club chairman made a presentation of medals to the contest fighters for their achievements in winning positions of 1st, 2nd or 3rd in their respective weight groups.
The back row from left to right:- Max Harrison, Jesse Armstrong, Leroi Bryant, Alex Schlesinger, Elliot Hawtin Coach Peter Thatcher, Jamie Padkin, Jamie Singleton.
Front row:- Thomas Calvert Alex Dale, Kit Beale, Remy Mills, Rory Padkin, Max Machin, and Emile Sealy who was awarded a medal for his special improvement.
The clubs closed championship was a hard fought event with many of the fighters winning with hard fast skilful throws. Elliot Hawtin was extremely good in his weight category winning with decisions against some of the clubs top junior players. Max Harrison won all his contests with decisive throwing techniques but was given very strong competition from Jesse Armstrong and Leroi Bryant. Sam Whitmore was beaten to gold medal position by his elder brother Jack who had his work cut out to beat his brother Sam. Thomas Calvert had a hard contest in the final of the lightest weight group where he took the gold medal with club mate Alex Dale taking the silver.
RESULTS:-
The clubs closed championship was a hard fought event with many of the fighters winning with hard fast skilful throws. Elliot Hawtin was extremely good in his weight category winning with decisions against some of the clubs top junior players. Max Harrison won all his contests with decisive throwing techniques but was given very strong competition from Jesse Armstrong and Leroi Bryant. Sam Whitmore was beaten to gold medal position by his elder brother Jack who had his work cut out to beat his brother Sam. Thomas Calvert had a hard contest in the final of the lightest weight group where he took the gold medal with club mate Alex Dale taking the silver.
RESULTS:-
- Under 25 kilo, Gold, Thomas Calvert. Silver, Alex Dale. Bronze, Remy Mills and Kit Beale
- Under 30 kilo:- Gold, Jack Whitmore. Silver, Sam Whitmore. Bronze, Rory Padkin and Max Machin
- Under 35 kilo:- Gold, Max Harrison. Silver, Jesse Harrison. Bronze, Leroi Bryant and Aidon Higgins
- Under 40 Kilo:- Gold, Elliot Hawtin. Silver, Jamie Padkin. Bronze, Jamie Singleton
Please contact Pete Thatcher on 01225 428569 or pete@bathjudo.org.uk for any enquiries regarding our club or you can email me at andy@bathjudo.org.uk
Senior Theory Grading
The senior grading syllabuses can be found here:
- BJA Kyu Grade Syllbus
- BJS Syllbus - click 'SyllabusOnline' to the left
High Wycombe - Senior Championship 2009
Four fighters from the Bath Judo Club adult sessions attended the Bushido Za Zen national championships at the High Wycombe Judo Centre and returned with seven medals.
Toby Coe who left Monkton Combe school this year and was the captain of the combined cadet forces unarmed combat and judo squad won one bronze medal in the under 60
kilo adult group and a silver in the 16 to 18 year under 60 kilo group. The next Bath member to fight was Matthew Longshaw who won silver in the 16 to 18 years class
under 66 kilo and also a silver in the men’s under 66 kilo class. James Allard who fought in these championships despite having a heavy cold gave a sparkling display
of throwing judo to win the bronze medal in the under 100 kilo class losing to Bath’s Craig Hiscott in his final fight. Craig who only started judo in January of this
year won a silver medal in the 100 kilo class and then entered the Open or any weight and grade group and again took the silver medal losing the final to a high grade
black belt player from the Dover judo club.
The Bath judo club has classes to suit all abilities from the complete beginner to the advanced player and specialises in self defence lessons for it’s members. Children and Adult classes are available. Classes are held in the Bath Leisure Centre on Friday evenings or The Bath Judo Centre, Larkhall Monday and Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings. For more information contact Peter Thatcher on Bath 428569 or Andrew Knapp on Bath 426259.
The Bath judo club has classes to suit all abilities from the complete beginner to the advanced player and specialises in self defence lessons for it’s members. Children and Adult classes are available. Classes are held in the Bath Leisure Centre on Friday evenings or The Bath Judo Centre, Larkhall Monday and Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings. For more information contact Peter Thatcher on Bath 428569 or Andrew Knapp on Bath 426259.
High Wycombe - Junior Championship 2009
A team of 11 under 16 year olds travelled to High Wycombe for the Bushido National Junior Judo Championships and came back with 3 golds (Josh, Ruben & Max), 2 silvers (Callum & Jordon) and 2 bronze medals (Will & Elliot)!
Well done to all who went. Full report to follow but for now here's some pictures of the day:
SummerSchool '09
What a great summer school! 58 of you attended and all got new tabs and all passed their next theory grade; that must be a record! Well done to all and I'm sure you all would like to thank all of the helpers and especially Pete!
High Wycombe '08
Well done to Tasha, Ollie, Connor and Jordon who between them brought home 4 golds and one silver from the National Bushido Zazen Championships!
Here's the report that was sent into Bath Chronicle:
Four young fighters from the Bath Judo Club attended the Bushido national championships held at the High Wycombe Judo Centre and returned with four gold medals and one silver medal. The first competitor to fight was Jordan Owen who was in a group of twelve players. His first three fights did not go the distance as he completely dominated the contests and won with the maximum score before the final contest time. He then went through to the final where he came up against a player who had a vast amount of experience but Jordan managed to take control of this contest and amassed three minor scores which he held onto until the final contest time to win the gold medal in the under 45 kilo class.
The next contestant to fight was Connor Miller who completely overwhelmed all the players in the under 55kilo group, he threw his first three competitors with dynamic throws within about 25 seconds of the contest to go through to the final where he again took complete control and won this fight for the Gold medal in the first minute of the contest.
Our final male player was Oliver Hawthorne who was in the under 70 kilo group and was giving all his opponents an advantage due to the fact that they were much heavier than he was, he won his first contest with a well executed throw but then lost his next contest by a hold down where his opponent managed to pin him to the mat for 25 seconds, In his third contest the opponent was thrown for an ippon which is the maximum score and in his final contest Oliver won by throwing his opponent for a small score and then pinning him down for the winning decision and the Silver medal.
Our last competitor of the day was Natasha Hawes, who, not to be out done by the other fighters from her club, threw all her opposition with stunning techniques which brought a number of the spectators to their feet to cheer her as she took the Gold medal in her weight group. She also contested the weight group above her own where she again proved her superiority by winning all her contests to win another Gold medal.
Our last competitor of the day was Natasha Hawes, who, not to be out done by the other fighters from her club, threw all her opposition with stunning techniques which brought a number of the spectators to their feet to cheer her as she took the Gold medal in her weight group. She also contested the weight group above her own where she again proved her superiority by winning all her contests to win another Gold medal.
Killarney '08
Here's the photos! Click the photo and press Next/Previous cursor or the [+] and [-] keys to move through them.
Demo Time
Just to get you in the mood for another great year of Judo, take a look at Mr Koga!
Take a look at the photo Albums link in the top left & turn your speakers on!
Many thanks to the person who kindly donated £100 towards the refurbishment of Garraway boys club. It was most generous and will be put to very good use.
And many thanks to those who helped Pete collect enough tokens from the Chronicle to win the top prize of £10,000!!! The money will allow use to perform much needed maintenance and refurbishment of the Garraway Boys club and so will benefit all the clubs that use the building, particularly the judo club!
If you've been asked to fill out a BJA membership form, here's what you need to do:
Please return them ASAP.
Click here for a printable form. Please contact Andy on 01225 426259 with any queries.
- Circle the appropriate fee (£29 for 16 and over, £19 if under 16) and fill in the total fee at the bottom.
- You will get one free quarterly magazine, but it you want an additional glossy one with great photos by a local world class photographer/editor, tick the World of Judo Mag box and add £11 to your total.
- Choose you Ethnic Group - just remember the code e.g. A1 for the next section
- If you have a disability remember your code e.g. D.
- Fill in either a Senior or Junior set of details putting in NEW for Licence Number and n/a for Expiry Date
- Don't worry about family connections.
- Club is Bath Judo Club
- Club Number is 2177
- County would usually be Somerset
- Your parents can do the rest.
Please return them ASAP.
Click here for a printable form. Please contact Andy on 01225 426259 with any queries.
Photos and report from...
Well done to all those who took part in the grading!
Report to follow!!
A special well done to all the Monday night session girls (L-R) Frances, Victoria, Sarah, Amber, Harinee and Natasha, who all performed outstandingly well with Victoria, Sarah, and Natasha all gaining much deserved new belts (green, blue & blue respectively). Frances gaining her senior competitive blue belt with the Christmas girls, Amber and Harinee beating their opponents convincingly to gain more tabs towards their next belt.
go to: Dog
Judo for Christmas (and Dame Judo Dench)