WHJC Senior Judoka
Competition Results
Congratulations to the following for competing in Southampton Samurai's Annual Open Championships that took place on Sunday 11th November in Southampton. Stephen Miles and Mike Mills both won Silver.
Congratulations to the following for competing in WHJC's Annual Open Championships that took place on Sunday 21st October in Didcot. Adam Johnstone (Bronze in the u90Kg 2nd & 1st Kyu category), Tom Bowman (Bronze in the o90Kg 2nd & 1st Kyu category), Stephen Miles (Silver in the u60Kg 2nd & 1st Kyu category), Ashley Helm (first competition after 20 years: fought well, but didn't do quite enough to get into the medal placings)!
Congratulations also to Dave Tooby for being Mat Marshall for the day and to Yvette Fox for finding time to referee some contests in between doing everything else!
Congratulations to Stephen Miles for competing in the BJC Welsh Junior National Championships that took place on Sunday 23rd September in Hereford. Stephen took Bronze in the u60Kg Youth.
Courses attended
Cromer Whitsun Course, Sunday 26th - Friday 31st May Yvette, Mike and Gav attended this course. Mike and Gav spent the Sunday and Monday under the watchful eye of Neil Roode 6th Dan and Nick Holmes 4th Dan on the 'General Judo' mat whilst Yvette attended the Kata Masterclass with G. R. Mealing 7th Dan. With the Tuesday off to spend time with family, Wednesday saw everybody back on the mat with Paul Laskey 6th Dan taking the General Judo mat for the seniors. Yvette spent time on the Kata mat practising Nage, Katama, Kime and Ju-no kata. All attendees thoroughly enjoyed their time on the course.
St. Ives Easter Course Gav, Russ, Tom and Zante attended this course. The mat was crowded as usual but they all enjoyed their time there. Tom found the on-site Physio extremely useful to have present! Grading day saw Russ fight for his Dan grade and Gav fight for his 2nd kyu but due to a muck up his grading didn't continue.
Fundamental Principles of Judo Level 2, Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th August Mike & Yvette attended the above course at White Horse Judo Club. Mike passed his FPJ 2 and Yvette re-qualified her FPJ 2.
Bognor Summer School, Monday 20th - Friday 24th August Emily, Tom, Mike & Yvette attended the above course. Tom passed his FPJ 1 and trained on Wednesday with Jane Bridge-Charlot, learning lots of new techniques and most importantly having lots of fun. Emily and Mike trained on the Monday & Tuesday learning BJC general Judo and then spent Wednesday and Thursday under the expert tuition of Jane Bridge-Charlot. Both learnt a lot from Jane and found it hard work and tiring. Emily, Tom and Mike entered the National Grading on the Friday: Tom was promoted to 2nd Kyu and Mike drew his 1st fight but got injured in his 2nd fight forcing him to withdraw from the grading.
Hopefully more of White Horse Judo Club will attend the Summer School next year as you missed a great opportunity to learn new things, meet new people and make new friends.
Fundamental Principles of Judo Level 1, Monday 20th & Tuesday 21st August Tom attended the above course at Bognor Summer School. Tom passed his FPJ1.
Grading Results
Congratulations to Gavin Darke who was promoted to 2nd Kyu at the BJC Cromer Whitsun School on Friday 31st May 2013. Gavin had to be examined on his BJC theory, demonstrate the 1st set of both the Nage-No-Kata and the Katame-No-Kata before winning 4 contests against other (much younger) senior male 3rd Kyus.
Congratulations to Russell Moody who gained his 1st Dan at the BJC St. Ives Easter course on 31st March. He won 4 out of 5 contests, knocking an opponent out in the process!
Congratulations to Michael Mills who gained his 1st Dan at the Oxfordshire Area Grading on 17th March. |
