As announced last week, we are planning on holding gradings as follows:
Week commencing 4th October : Sho gradings (under 8s)
Week commencing 11th October : Mon gradings
To grade, you must have a current BJA FULL membership (not recreational). Memberships can be purchased online. Please present your licence when you grade.
Current grading fees are :
Sho grading – FREE
Mon grading – £14
Wow, what a fab summer of Judo we have had!
It’s a long time since we have managed to run classes over the summer holidays, thank you so much for supporting and to the school for making the hall available on the Saturday mornings.
We have seen nearly every junior member attend at least once over the summer period, and had some new players join. We were also delighted to see the return of Amy Roberts – it’s great to have you back.
Congratulations to Renèe and Ophèlia Cleugh, who passed their grading examination to 1st mon.
The summer has been marked by Olympic and Paralympic medal success – huge congratulations are due to Olympian Chelsie Giles, who winning Team GB’s first medal at Tokyo 2020 made Judo front page news, and Paralympians Elliot Stewart and Chris Skelley. Skelley’s gold medal was our first Paralympic Judo gold since Simon Jackson MBE in 1996.
We are taking a short break now, as school resumes. Classes will resume on Tuesday 7th September, at 6pm. See you on the mat!
Congratulations to the following players who successfully completed their Judo Kids grading this week:
We will hold a Mon grading in July.
Don’t forget, Sho gradings for players aged 5 – 8 years will be taking place this week!
Good luck!
Mon grading to follow soon.
We are planning to hold our first grading session for players aged under eight years and on the Judo Kids scheme shortly after the half term.
We have put aside Tuesday 15th and Thursday 17th June to grade players to 1st and 2nd sho.
To grade, you must have an in date Judo Kids licence, and present it on the day. Sho gradings remain free of charge.
A mon grading for older players will be held in July.
Licences can be purchased with membership from the British Judo Association.
Congratulations to the players who successfully graded last week:
Please remember that grades will only be registered with the BJA upon receipt of the correct grading fee. Players must be in possession of a current licence.
We have been a little remiss in adding details of the new grades recently, so starting from last summer here are all the latest grade promotions! Some have graded more than once, so we have only listed the most recent grade awarded.
Well done all players!
Don’t forget, to grade you must have a current membership of the British Judo Association.
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, nearly half way to his black belt.
Well done Craig – keep going!
Hampshire Judo has announced its draft calendar for the next two years.
Some dates are still to be confirmed, and may change slightly, but good to get these in the diary for next year now. Please note that next year’s Closed is scheduled for a Saturday.
Competitions (all at Fleming Park)
Closed – Saturday 6th April 2019
Red and Yellow Belt rumble – Sunday 7th July 2019
Open – Sunday 27th October 2019
Closed – Sunday 29th March 2020
Open – Sunday 25th Oct 2020
Dan Gradings 2019
Sunday 27th January – TBC
Sunday 28 April (Easter is the week before)
Sunday 18 August (Bank Holiday is the weekend after)
Squad training tbc
January – Salisbury
February – Andover
February – Aldershot (Southern Area training)
3rd March – Fleming Park
7th April – Fleming Park
The next grading dates will be
Don’t forget to check out the grading resources on the British Judo website.
Your licence must be in date to grade, and presented at the grading. Licences can be renewed at the British Judo website.
Grading fees remain at £10 plus mat fee for mon and kyu grades.
Good luck everyone!
