Results etc. Newsworthy happenings.
Harry and Emily
Harry and Emily of Sport Hampshire and IoW will be visiting the Club on Tuesday 14 July to take part in a session.
Inspired by last year’s Commonwealth Games, they have undertaken to try 50 different sports in a year… they are now into the final 10… You can follow their adventures via their blog.
We look forward to hosting them.
Simon takes on Teddy Riner
Many congratulations to Simon Bassil who was promoted to orange belt on Tuesday.
Following Tuesday night’s Hampshire committee meeting, proposed new date for the Judo competition is at the end of October.
Availability is to be confirmed with Fleming Park Leisure Centre
As you are probably all aware by now, the Judo competition scheduled for Saturday 20 June as part of this year’s Hampshire & Isle of Wight Games, was cancelled late on Friday afternoon. Here is the official announcement from Lynn Stringer on Hampshire Judo’s Facebook page:
HAMPSHIRE GAMES – JUDO
Just to let you know, we have decided to postpone the Judo event which was due to be held at Fleming Park Eastleigh tomorrow.
Due to the low level of entries we decided that it wasn’t fair on the children to expect them to turn out for a couple of fights each. Paul [Hamilton – Hampshire Chair], Peter [Blakemore – Competition organiser]and I will be at the Hampshire Judo Committee Meeting on Tuesday, and we will find an [sic] suitable time later in the year to hold the event. This will give all the areas time to hold selection trials, and get a team together. I will send out full details once a decision has been made on the new date.
Apologies for the short notice, but hopefully everyone will benefit from the delay and we will have a great day later in the year.
As soon as I have any more information regarding dates, format I will let you all know.
Apologies for any disappointment and inconvenience caused.
Great Britain’s -66kg fighter Colin Oates will be competing at Baku
Today marks the first day of the first ever European Games, being held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Putting aside for the moment the ongoing controversy over Aerbaijan’s human rights record, and the cancellation of the BJA-hosted European Judo Championships which have now been incorporated within the Games, it promises some great sport and vital Olympic qualification points.
Judo begins on Day 13, Thursday 25 June.
A full breakdown of events is available from the BBC website. Television rights have been granted to BTSport, so should be available via cable, satellite and internet subscription.
Our display team will be in action this Saturday at Solent Junior School.
Eight of our players have been rehearsing hard to put together a 20 minute demonstration for the school’s summer fair this Saturday.
The fair opens at 11.30, we will be taking to “the stage” at 13.30.
Please come along and support!
Our next demonstration will be at Court Lane Junior School’s summer fair in July.
A busy weekend of competition for Court Lane players saw them return with medals from two competitions.
On the Saturday, club coach Kevin Jones returned to competition at the High Wycombe Masters, claiming a bronze medal. This event attracted a strong international entry.
Sunday saw the action shift to Eastleigh, with Mieszko Polak, Jack Rogerson and Azhar Baree all competing in the Split Grade Open.
Mieszko performed admirably in his pool, in the red and yellow belt section, and was unlucky not to progress through to the knock out stages, just not quite amassing enough wins/points.
In the orange/green belt categories –
Jack Rogerson claimed a silver medal at -38kg, proving once again that he is one to watch, with a particularly pleasing ko uchi gari for waza-ari during golden score.
Just missing the cut off point for -42kg, Azhar was forced to move up a weight, to -46kg; then found his group merged with -50kg! He just missed a spectacular gold medal in his weight, a superb throw being launched after a call of matte, and had to settle for silver. He battled hard against the heavier players, and scored a pleasing win his last fight.
A one minute silence was held in honour of Roy Inman OBE.
Final results:
High Wycombe Masters – Kevin Jones, bronze
Hampshire Split Grade Open – Jack Rogerson, silver -38kg (orange/green belts); Azhar Baree, silver -46kg (orange/green belts)
Marcus and Maddy with Portsmouth’s silver medal winning team 2014
The team is coming together for the Portsmouth entry in this year’s Hampshire & IoW Games.
Confirmed from Court Lane are :
Alex -27kg
Noah -34kg
Maddie -48kg
Noah won his place in a 6 person fight off on 19 May, winning all five of his fights with ippon!
We are pleased to announce that Court Lane Judo will be appearing at two school summer fairs this year.
First, we will be at Solent Junior School on 13 June. This request was received last week…
This will be followed by an appearance at Court Lane Junior School on 11 July.
These will be our first public appearances for some time. We are looking for dedicated volunteers to make up our demo team – please see Tony, Kev, Andy or Craig on Tuesday. We only have two weeks to practise before our first appearance.
Judo classes recommence Tuesday 21 April.
Looking forward to seeing you all back on the mat.
