Chloe tops podium at Surrey Kyu grade

Chloe Lymer maintained her impressive run of results with a gold medal at the Surrey Kyu grade open on 11 Feb. Chloe defeated several heavier players in a combined group to clinch the top spot.

Chloe also contested the English Open in London on 24 February, but finished outside the medals on this occasion.

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Squad session this weekend

Hampshire training session will again be held this weekend, it is open to players across all categories, i.e.

  • Under 16
  • Kyu grades
  • Dan grades

A three mat system will be in place this weekend to allow for the growing numbers of attendees.

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Overheard…

Photo by Andrea Piacquadio: https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-in-red-polo-shirt-sitting-near-chalkboard-3779448/

I overheard an interesting conversation whilst walking the dogs the other day that got me thinking.

Three joggers were puffing their way along the road, and moaning that an event was offering wooden medals…

Personally, I thought the idea of a wooden medal was quite different and I would be quite intrigued by it.

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Regional Schools success for Chloe

Chloe Lymer returned to medal winning form with a bronze medal at the Southern Area Regional Schools on 20 January.

Chloe’s next competitions are the Surrey Kyu Grade Open on 11 February and the English Open in London on 18 February.

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First winner of 2024 on Portsmouth Lottery!

We had our first winner of 2024 at the weekend!

Buying tickets from the Portsmouth Lottery helps to support good causes across the city – and we get a donation from every ticket sold.

There is a weekly prize draw for £25,000 and regular bonus prizes.

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No 2nd session 8 February

Please note that our 7pm session on Thursday 8 February is cancelled.

Classes will resume as normal after half term (Tuesday 20 February).

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Looking to get into competition?

If you are thinking of getting into competition – firstly make sure you have an BJA membership.

Details of competitions within the Southern Area (Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex and Kent) are published on the calendar of the Southern Area website.

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Chris Read

We were deeply sorry to hear recently of the passing of Chris Read in December 2023.

Chris trained with us as an adult beginner, gaining his yellow belt and becoming the fourth member of his family to take up judo. Wife Sue was a former judoka, whilst children Sophie and Andy also trained with us.

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Easter Judo

The school have confirmed that as there will be no site staff working evenings over the Easter holidays, the club will not be able to run over the holiday period.

As we are aware the Thursday before Good Friday has been nominated as an INSET day (Thursday 28 March) and many people will take advantage to get away for Easter early,

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No judo due to local elections

Please note that there will be no Judo on Thursday 2 May as the hall will be used as a polling station for local elections.

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