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Summer of sport continues

It’s been a great summer of sport already!

Wimbledon delivered as always – Arthur Fery’s run was amazing. Djockovic’s quest for that final Grand Slam victory may have to come to an end, but he can’t be written off…

The football world cup is coming to end, England have ridden their luck to reach the semifinal stage, but a win is a win….

Football once again has proven to be a superb warm up for judo, with the Commonwealth Games starting in Glasgow on 23rd July. The judo event begins on Friday 31 July and runs through to the Sunday. Many of Great Britain’s top judo athletes will be in action, representing their home nations.

The Games have historically been broadcast on the BBC, with the corporation covering 18 consecutive events since 1954.

However, according to ESPN, the 2026 edition will be televised across TNT Sports. Disappointingly this means you will need a subscription to watch the bulk of action.

TNT have said they will show every event on their streaming service, HBO Max. However, it has also been announced that the free-to-air Channel 5 will show “extensive highlights.”

Tickets are still available at Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games.

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End of term dates

The school will be soon be shutting for summer break – which means our classes will also come to an end.

Our final dates will be :

  • Tuesday 14 July – as normal
  • Thursday 16 July – NO JUDO. The school has advised us that they will be using the hall. Apologies for the late notice, this does mean we have run our last Thursday session. Thursday players are of course welcome to join us on a Tuesday.
  • Tuesday 21 July – as normal. Drinks afterwards in Drayton Tavern if anyone fancies…

Sessions will recommence on Tuesday 8th September.

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Hampshire Closed success

Players associated with the club put on a great performance at Sunday’s Hampshire Closed.

Ania Cardamas in the girl’s u36kg category delivered a silver medal winning performance. In a pool of 4., she beat her first opponent, holding for ippon, then scored a dominant performance, winning by 4 yukos, over her second opponent. She lost to the eventual gold medallist, being thrown for ippon with tsuri goshi.

Azamat Iiyassov, who also trains at Priory JC, competed in the men’s u90 2nd kyu and under category. In a similiar size group as Ania, all players ended up equal with 2 wins and 2 losses. Aza was deemed to be the winner by virtue of the fastest ippon score.

Both players are now eligible for selection for Hampshire team to compete in the forthcoming Southern Area team tournament.

Congratulations to both players!

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Staying up to date

Club coaches have been busy updating their knowledge. Kev, Craig and Tony all attended sessions on the new Dan grade syllabus. Tony also recently attended a weekend katame no kata course, obtaining his level 1 certificate.

All coaches are required to attend a number of revalidation events every year, as well as keeping their first aid and safeguarding certificates up to date. This ensures that coaches are up to date with developments in judo, and maintains their professional insurance cover.

The club maintains a list of current valid club coaches, this can be checked against British Judo’s list of coaches.

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Could you become a Court Lane Judo Club legend?

Court Lane Judo Club historically has a proud competition record, with numerous medallists at County level, as well as county, national and international success – including a Commonwealth gold medallist and IJF world tour appearances.

We’d love to see a strong club presence again at the Hampshire Championships – the entry form is available now at the Southern Area Judo website. Results at the County Championships and attendance at Hampshire squad will be used to determine selection for the Hampshire team at the Southern Area team tournament on 10 May – the club has provided many players for this event in the past – Brett Caswell, Andy Gould, Lewis Dolman, Isla Savellis-Fry and Chloe Lymer to name a few.

The Southern Area Judo calendar is your go to resource for events in Hampshire, Sussex, Surrey and Kent. For details of events across the country as a whole, check out the calendar on the British Judo calendar.

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More new grades confirmed!

The following new grades have been submitted to British Judo:

  • Penny Green – 3rd mon
  • Violet Roberts – 3rd mon

Congratulations girls!

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Congratulations to our first new grades of 2026

Congratulations to the following players who successfully graded on Thursday:

  • Binyamin Islam 3rd sho
  • Paul Kingswood 5th kyu

Looking forward to some players being promoted next week!

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New grade confirmed

Congratulations to Jasmine Healey on her promotion to 2nd mon on 20 November.

Her new grade has been registered with the British Judo Association.

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Southern Area Closed

It’s been a long time since we have shared a competition result – so we are delighted to share the news of Ania Cardamas’ result at the Southern Area Closed on 16 November.

Ania, our newest club member, weighed in 32.9kg – just too heavy for the -32kg weigh category so had to fight up in -36kg. This weight category was then combined with -40kg due to low numbers, meaning Ania was giving away over 25% of her body weight in some of her contests.

Ania demonstrated the true judo value of courage and battled her way to a well deserved silver medal in the -36kg category.

We are extremely proud of her.

You can learn more about Judo Courage on the International Judo Federation’s YouTube channel.

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New Sho grade confirmed

Congratulations to Arthur Eastwood-Pilgrim who successfully completed his 3rd Sho grade examination last night.

Arthur’s grade has been registered with British Judo.

If anyone else wishes to grade, please speak to Kev or Tony.

To grade, you must hold a current FULL British licence (Judo Kids for under 8s) – you can apply via the British Judo website.

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