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.
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.
Killarney '08
Here's the photos! Click the photo and press Next/Previous cursor or the [+] and [-] keys to
move through them.
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Demo Time
YouTube Judo!
Just to get you in the mood for another great year of Judo, take a look at Mr Koga!
New Albums
Take a look at the photo Albums link in the top left & turn your speakers on!
Very Kind Anonymous Donation
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!
BJA Membership Form
+Grading Dec 07
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.
-It's just a bit of fun...
