Players who train at the Club enjoyed a great day of Judo at Saturday’s Hampshire Closed.
Chloe Lymer was the first to fight, at -32kg. She was narrowly defeated in her first contest, but stormed back with an ippon scoring seoi nage in her next contest.
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Players from Court Lane Judo Club have made an exciting start to the year, with three medals from three competitions, across the whole spectrum of experience.
Michael Churcher claimed a bronze medal from the South Coast Green Belt & Under in January.
John Luijken followed this up with a bronze medal at the Surrey Red &
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Craig Jones gained twenty points towards his 1st Dan at a grading in Horsham on Sunday.
Craig came back from a loss in his first fight, when he was held down, to score two ippon wins in his next two contests.
This takes Craig’s points score to forty,
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Isla continued to impress with her transition into more adult judo, winning a bronze medal at the South Coast Minors, Pre-Cadet and Cadet Open on 18 November.
Isla – who is still only a yellow belt – fought two blue belts in her own weight, including a great win by waza-ari awasete ippon,
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The recent grading highlighted that a significant number of player’s licences were out of date.
We would like to remind all players and parents that your licence is a key requirement for practising Judo.
Your licence supplies vital insurance cover –
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An exciting day of judo at the Hampshire Open saw Isla and Jonty make the transition from junior to adult judo.
Up first however was Jon Luijken, making his competition debut at -46kg. Whilst there was to be no medal on this occasion, he made a determined effort and showed great promise over his three fights.
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It wasn’t just as competitors that Court Lane started to make a mark in the late 90s.
Club coach Roger Spreadbury was already qualified as an Area Referee, and went on to achieve his National C.
John MacEnri also achieved Area Referee qualification.
Brett Caswell and Chris Batchelor undertook the Junior Referee scheme,
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Competition success wasn’t immediate for the club, although players were competing from day 1 – Simon Brown was a regular early competitor.
The first medal came from Brett Caswell, winning the 1997 Hampshire Closed Orange & Under tournament. This was also his first competition!
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Court Lane Judo Club celebrated their 25th birthday with a visit from Rio Olympian and 2014 Commonwealth Games champion Nekoda Smythe-Davis, on Saturday 5th May.
Guests included club founder and original coach Roger Spreadbury, and former coach and News Coach of the Year nominee Jill Brown.
Davis,
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We are pleased to announce that Isla Savellis-Fry has been selected to represent Hampshire in this year’s Intercounty tournament.
Isla will be competing at -63kg, at the southern area event being hosted in Gillingham, Kent on 13th May.
Isla is the first female player from the Club to be selected for this team event.
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