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Azhar Baree, Jack Marshall and Mos Hannan all competed in the over-12 section of the final High Wycombe Mini Mons on Saturday 20 December.
Azhar missed out on a gold medal by the narrowest of margins, whilst Jack and Mos returned with bronze.
It was a well attended competition, with a good standard of judo on display from all the players, and our players acquitted themselves well.
Joel Bassil made his return to competition today with a bronze medal at the -16 South Coast Open in Worthing.
The competition drew players from a wide area, with combatants attending from clubs such as Pinewood and Moberley.
The sole representative of the Club in action, Joel came second in his pool to enter the knock out stages and progress to the semifinal. Joel did well to escape from two hold downs, but sadly couldn’t avoid giving away a decisive score, and had to settle for bronze.
Court Lane Judo Club marked a return to medal form with results in two competitions over the weekend of 4-5 October.
On the Saturday, Craig Jones broke a 5 year hiatus from competition, when he competed in the Kyu Grade Cup at the High Wycombe Judo Centre. It was a successful return to competition, culminating with a well deserved bronze medal for 22 year old Craig, who can usually be found instructing the younger players at the Cosham based club.
These same young players did the Club proud on Sunday 5 October, when a 5 strong squad competed at the Hampshire Split Grade Competition at Eastleigh’s Fleming Park Leisure Centre.
All players were fighting in the junior novice red and yellow belt categories, and returned with 4 medals – Marcus Tree with silver, at -27kg; Jack Rogerson bronze at -34kg; bronze for Mieszko Polak at-30kg and a bronze for debutant contestant Mostafa Hannan at -60kg in the higher age bands.
The fifth member of the squad was Conor Isherwood-Lee (-38kg) who also fought with distinction against some tough opponents.
Coach Kevin Jones commented on the results, “There was a great club spirit today, everyone supported their club and players through to the final fight. There was some great judo from all the players.”
Marcus on the medal podium
Competing in the lightest, -27kg, weight category, Marcus benefitted from a bye in the first round, and followed up with a win by penalties in the second.
This put him into the semifinal, with his opponent withdrawing injured partway through the match.
In the final, Marcus’ opponent took advantage of a moment’s hesitation to secure a strong hold down and secure the win.
Aaron on the medal podium
Not only was this was Aaron’s competition debut, it was the first Special Needs event that Hampshire Judo has run. The competition was well attended, players with a variety of disabilities competing together.
As always, Aaron gave his all, and was awarded with a well deserved bronze medal.
Crystal Palace, home of the Kent International
As the photo above shows, Crystal Palace is a massive venue, and for the Kent International is usually laid for 7 full size mat areas. Add to that the huge numbers that the event draws, the humidity from the swimming pool that is under the same roof and only separated from the “arena” by a walkway – all told, Crystal Palace is a daunting venue.
Jack started strongly, with a win in the first round, before a second round loss put him into the repechage. Jack picked himself up and scored another good win, before a second defeat put him out of the tournament.
Jack is showing a fantastic level of consistency, and has a good platform to build from.
Marcus and Maddy with Portsmouth’s silver medal winning team
Marcus won both his fights, one by ippon and the other by penalties.
Maddy, who was giving away a lot of weight, showed the same spirit in competition as she has shown in training recently.
The journey to Aldershot was nearly as adventurous as last year’s journey home…
The only disappointment on the day was the low entry from other areas, with only four teams entered in the judo tournament – the others being Eastleigh, Hart and Deane and Winchester. Portsmouth was the only area to enter a full team of 9 players, Winchester only having a team of 3.
*Mieszko Polak was also originally entered to compete in this tournament, however we realised late on that no reserves were allowed this year, and we had to advise 4 players that they would not be competing. Our apologies to all affected.
Next competition is the Kent International, which will see Jack Rogerson representing the Club, followed by the Hampshire Open.
Azhar on medal podium
A determined performance from Jack Rogerson saw him fight through to a bronze medal contest in a large -30kg category. Jack was unable to overcome his final opponent, being thrown for ippon.
Fighting alongside Jack were Mieszko Polak and Marcus Tree, who both delivered excellent performances.
Joel Bassil was on excellent form in the lightest -27kg category, winning his first fight by yuko before scoring ippon with o soto guruma in his second contest. His third fight was hotly contested, Joel just being edged out, before he scored a huge ippon in his fourth. Frustratingly, his efforts were to no avail, as a combined score of 25 points was not enough to lift him from his pool into the knockout, other players with the same winning ration having scored 30 and 27 points.
Jonty Bassil was our final competitor, at -50kg. Despite giving away several inches, Jonty started strongly, and took the fight to his opponent before being held for ippon. Unfortunately Jonty was thrown and injured in his second fight. We wish him a speedy recovery.
Today’s results marked a massive improvement from the same tournament last year, with all players making serious challenges and showing how hard work and self belief pays off.
Lewis, who started his judo career at Cosham’s Court Lane Judo Club, won a bronze medal at -66kg in yesterday’s British University Judo Championships.
This marked a brilliant return to form for Lewis, currently studying zoology at Nottingham University, who had not competed for over a year after being knocked unconscious in a previous tournament.
Lewis came through second in his pool, to enter the knockout stages of the competition. A loss to eventual winner Thomas Johnson (LSE) put him into the repechage where he dominated all his remaining fights, to claim bronze with an ippon scoring throw on Sean Martell (University of South Wales) 1m 46s into the 5 minute contest.
Full results can be found on the JudoTechnologies website.
Lewis is the 2nd player from the club to compete at the British Universities Championships, Brett Caswell winning gold at -60kg for Bath in 2005.
