Brett at GB World Cup 2007
We are delighted to confirm that Brett, our own 2005 British champion and former -21 Commonwealth champion, will be attending the session with Nekoda Davis on 5th May.
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Congratulations to our latest new grades!
We are delighted to confirm the following new grades:
2nd mon
- Samuel Allen
7th mon (orange belt)
- Alex Lane
- Jeremy Allen
As we are now have several mid grade players, we will be encouraging players to move up to later sessions – we wil speak to players individually over the next few weeks.
This will enable us to focus our coaching more appropriately.
Hampshire Closed success for Isla
Two players represented the Club at today’s Hampshire Closed, in Aldershot.
Kaiden Southey delivered his best competition performance to date, beating players graded a whole belt or more higher than him, to reach the 2nd round of pools in his weight.
Isla Savellis-Fry proved that her last competition medal was no fluke, with a totally focussed performance in the girls -63kg. 4 wins out of 5 secured her a silver medal, and an invitation to train with the Hampshire squad – the first Court Lane female player to receive such an invitation.
Well done to both players, great results in our 25th year!
Posted in Competitions, News, Results
Tags: 25 years, Hampshire Closed, Hampshire Squad, Isla Savellis-Fry, Kaiden Southey
Tags: 25 years, Hampshire Closed, Hampshire Squad, Isla Savellis-Fry, Kaiden Southey
Grade promotion follows competition success
A snap grading was held after Isla’s gold medal success at Worthing, and we are delighted to announce that without prior preparation, Isla successfully passed the examination for her 5th mon.
This grade has been registered with the British Judo Association.
There are other players who we may approach to grade, in advance of the main club gradings to be scheduled for March/April
Golden start to Club’s 25th year
Isla Savellis-Fry made a golden start to the Club’s 25th year with a gold medal at Sunday’s South Coast Split Grade Green Belt & Under competition.
Fighting in the Red & Yellow Belt section, Isla was in dominant form, winning all 4 of her fights with maximum ippon scores. Two of these contests were against players in a heavier weight category who had been combined with Isla’s group.
Isla joins a small group of female medallists from the Club – Kate Borland, Tiffany Caswell, Sophie Read, Sophie Dolman, Sarah Carr and Jess Oakden.
A fantastic start to the year, and a brilliant result for all Isla’s hard work and focus.
Isla wasn’t the only player in action. Jorge Nogueira and Dylan Butcher also contested the Red & Yellow Belt section. Dylan was the lightest player in his weight and had several good fights, although the essential win eluded him. Jorge’s first contest was a short affair, being thrown almost immediately with uchi mata, but in his second contest he held his own for most of the duration.
A good way to start the year!
Bronze medal for Dean at Hampshire Open
Congratulations to Dean Smith, who today claimed a bronze medal at -81kg in the senior Hampshire Open.
Junior mat fee increase
Please note that as of September, junior mat fees will rise to £5.00 per session. A second session on the same evening will be held at £2.00.
Senior mat fees are unchanged (at £5.00).
We are aware of the impact this will have financially on families who have two or more children attending and are considering a number of schemes to offer discounted fees for additional children.
You can help us to offset additional fee increases by supporting the club through the various schemes offered on our fundraising pages.
Next Hampshire squad session to be held in Gosport
Following on from a gold medal winning performance at the recent Southern Area intercounties tournament, the next Hampshire Squad session will be held this Friday (16th June) at Holbrook Judo Club, details below:
- Time: 19.30 – 21.00
- Location: Gym no 1, Brune Park School, Military Road, Gosport, PO12 3BU.
- Mat fee: £5.00.
Jack and Jonty have supported the squad from the beginning, with Jack being selected as reserve for the intercounty tournament. Sam and Jacob have also attended. It would be fantastic to see more Court Lane players attending.
Classes resume this week
After the interruptions of May half term and the General Election, normal classes resume this week.
Please note however that the Tuesday evening adult class is still suspended.
Adult class suspended
Reluctantly we have decided to suspend our Tuesday adult class.
Recent numbers have not justified or covered the cost of hall hire – Andy has moved out of the area, Matt is at University, and those we would look at moving up to this session (Jonty, Azhar) are deep into examinations. As a consequence, Dean has sometimes been the only attendee.
Any adult players wishing to train should therefore please attend 7-8pm on Tuesday, they are also welcome at the 7-8pm Thursday session.
We hope to restart the Tuesday adult session in September.
Apologies for any inconvenience.
