Several weeks of roadworks commence on Havant Road this week, with temporary lights to control traffic. The top of Court Lane continues to be shut, despite the closure originally only being announced as for two days.
Please allow extra time for your journey, especially if aiming for the 6pm session.
Congratulations on another winning ticket for a Court Lane Judo Club supporter!
Every ticket purchased on the Portsmouth Lottery via our page supports the club, plus other worthy causes across the city.
Playing the Portsmouth Lottery – and supporting us via Easyfundaising – helps us to keep costs as low as possible.
Further details can be found on our fundraising pages.
Please note, as the school hall is used as a polling station, there will be no Judo on Thursday 7th May.
Players are encouraged to attend our Tuesday session instead. It’s a great chance to practise with players you may not regularly meet.
The next Hampshire training session will be held this Sunday, 26 April, at Test Valley School, Stockbridge. The session will run from 1000 – noon, the usual £5 mat fee will apply.
The session is open to all Hampshire registered players (junior and adult), especially those who medalled at the recent Hampshire Closed. It is hoped to announce the Hampshire teams for the forthcoming Southern Area team event at this session.
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!
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.
March saw our first winner of the year on the Portsmouth Lottery. Club supporters hit quite a streak last year – can we do it again this year? The big jackpot prize of £25,000 is still out there….
Every ticket purchased via our page on the Portsmouth Lottery triggers a donation to the club, as well as supporting wider community projects in the City.
For more details and to sign up, please visit the fundraising pages.
The club smashed the £1,000 barrier earlier this year on Easyfundraising. That’s over £1,000 that has been contributed FREE to the club as a result of club supporters shopping online.
These contributions help to subsidise hall hire, keeping mat fees down for everyone. For more details of how Easyfundraising works and how you can help the club, visit our fundraising pages.
Thank you again!
Sessions this week will be our last ones before the Easter break.
There will be no Judo on the following dates:
Sessions will recommence from Tuesday 14 April.
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.
