Just a quick reminder as we move into our next phase of grading, the BJA has published a host of grading resources online. These include videos, and downloadable copies of Sho, Mon and Kyu syllabi.
Please make sure your contact details are up to date on The Dojo, the BJA’s online membership system – this is migrating to a new system starting this Saturday and will be off line for about three weeks. Details can be amended and new memberships taken out until end of day Friday.
Due to the Dojo outage, there will be a delay registering grades with the BJA – so please remember to bring in your licence book so that this can be updated with grade details. This will be the only proof of grade until The Dojo is back up and running.
Court Lane Judo Club returned to competition after a long hiatus due to the Covid pandemic, when three players entered the 2022 Hampshire Closed.
Lewis Hook secured gold in his category, winning all his fights with ippon.
Chloe Lymer fought in a group where three three different weight groups were combined, securing a silver medal.
Michael Churcher made his full senior debut, and had seven excellent contests. Michael beat some higher graded players and was unlucky to just miss out on a medal.
Well done everyone!
Thanks also to the players who made the effort to come along and support – it was greatly appreciated.
Tomorrow sees Court Lane players officially return to the competition mat for the first time since Covid, when they compete in the Hampshire Closed in Eastleigh.
Wishing Michael, Chloe and Lewis the best of luck!
We will update throughout the day on our Facebook and Twitter accounts.
After a mammoth grading effort – not helped by both Tony and Kev having to isolate due to Covid – over 20 new grades have been registered with the BJA!
Congratulations to :
Nevaeh Langley – 1st sho
Connor McCormack – 4th sho
Oliver Bernere – 4th sho
Natalia Langley – 1st mon
Xander Langley – 1st mon
Fabian Rodgers – 1st mon
Oscar Rodgers – 1st mon
Liam Cordery – 1st mon
Yameenah Baree – 1st mon
Zakariyya Baree – 1st mon
Harley Williams – 1st mon
Harry Webb – 1st mon
Jack Buckner – 1st mon
Harriet Stevenson – 2nd mon
Edward Stevenson – 2nd mon
James Passingham – 3rd mon
Lewis Hook – 5th mon
Chloe Lymer – 9th mon
Ryan Southey – 6th kyu
Connor Southey – 6th kyu
Paul Kelly – 4th kyu
Grading certificates etc. will be despatched directly from the BJA shortly.
There are a few players who were unable to grade for various reasons, hopefully we can add their names to this list shortly!
After a hiatus caused by the Covid pandemic, the Southern Area intercounties tournament will resume this year. Hampshire has a proud record in this event: the winning boys and girls teams from 2004 are pictured. (Court Lane’s Lewis Dolman is holding the trophy, with Andy Gould wearing GB patch behind him).
This year’s edition will be held in Eastleigh on Sunday 8th May. Hampshire’s team will be announced based on squad attendance and results at Hampshire Closed, to be held in April.
The event has been restructured, and will now feature more but smaller teams than previous years, along with grade banded mixed gender adult teams.
Each team will consist of 7 players with there being six categories – u12 years of age boys and girls teams, u16 years of age boys and girls teams, senior mixed kyu grade teams and senior mixed dan grade teams. Technical restrictions will be in place for the u12 teams and armlocks and strangles permitted only in the senior events, minimum age 14 years.
Team Formats
U12 Boys u27kg, u30kg, u34kg, u38kg, u42kg, u46kg and o46kg
U12 Girls u28kg, u32kg, u36kg, u40kg, u44kg, u48kg and o48kg
U16 Boys u42kg, u46kg, u50kg, u55kg, u60kg, u66kg and o66kg
U16 Girls u40kg, u44kg, u48kg, u52kg, u57kg, u63kg and o63kg
Mixed Senior Kyu Grade (maximum grade 2nd Kyu) Men u66kg, u81kg, u100kg and o100kg Women u57kg, u70kg and 070kg
Mixed Senior Dan Grade (minimum grade 1st Kyu) Men u66kg, u81kg, u100kg and o100kg Women u57kg, u70kg and 070kg
Senior teams will fight alternately M, F, M, F, M, F, M
Regardless of the changes, team judo is one of the most exciting competition formats and this promises to be an exciting day as always!
Three sessions in to the New Year, and we are delighted to to see everyone back on the mat!
The tatami is as busy as it was at the end of last year – indeed even busier, with new faces joining in on every session! In fact we are so busy that we are seriously considering purchasing more mats to expand our mat area.
We are also looking at expanding our payment options, using a card reader to enable card payment rather than cash, and re-establishing a dedicated adult session. This would enable us to better separate adults and younger players, and let us move some junior members up to the next session.
More news on these developments will follow.
We are blown away by your support and enthusiasm, and look forward to 2022 being a great year!
As we near the end of a year, we’d like to say Thank You to everyone who has supported the Club this year.
When we reopened following the lifting of restriction on indoor contact sports, we really had no idea who would re-appear. So to see the Club growing this year, with a well attended first time summer season and adults joining us from the September onwards, has been amazing.
The increase in numbers, as well as fantastic support from Window Workshop and grant support from British Judo, has put the Club in the strongest position it has been in for years. Certainly not what we were expecting as we re-opened under the spectre of Covid.
It was great to have Maddi rejoin us on the front desk. Even better to get her back on the mat just before Christmas.
Thank you too to those who have signed up to support us via our two fundraising streams, Easyfundraising and the Portsmouth Lottery – details can be found here.
Whilst like everyone else we are keeping an anxious eye on announcements from Government due to the rise of the Omicron variant, we look forward to seeing everyone back on the tatami in 2022. We will advise if there are any changes to the planned dates.
