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A step closer to a safe return to judo

Posted on October 13, 2020

The school has informed us today a return to training is possible from after October half term, subject to us submitting a Covid risk assessment and our requirements being possible with their cleaning schedules.

We are planning a low key return with ONE session only on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. This is to safeguard club finances whilst we gauge interest and appetite for a return to judo.

We are still in Phase 1 of the BJA’s agreed Return to Judo plan – details are available here https://www.britishjudo.org.uk/covid-19/a-safe-return-to-judo/. Please make sure you are familiar with the requirements on you as a player / parent.

Key points to note at present:

  1. BJA membership must be up to date – no licence, no training!
  2. Covid declarations will be required for each session attended
  3. Attendance must be pre-booked – numbers will be limited to allow for social distance (3 square metres per player). Insufficient numbers means sessions will be cancelled. Booking will open a week in advance and close 48 hours before.

More details will follow as details are firmed up.

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Outdoor training comes to an end

Posted on October 7, 2020

Outdoor fitness training has now finished for this year.

We have been running these sessions on Tuesday and Thursday evenings since lockdown restrictions were eased. Thank you to all those who have supported.

With the evenings now drawing in, it is not viable to continue with these sessions.

If there is interest, a weekend session may be possible – please let us now.

In the meantime, we await a decision from the school as to whether they are resuming hiring facilities to external groups.

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Seeking your views on outdoor training going forward

Posted on September 9, 2020

As you will have seen from an earlier Facebook post, we have cancelled the Tuesday sessions in Drayton Park. We have made this decision based on the lack of attendance the last few weeks.

We are now seeking your views on Thursday sessions – is there interest in keeping these sessions going? If so we would look at starting at 6pm, as it is getting darker earlier.

Alternatively, we could look at a session over the weekend if that would be of interest.

Or would you rather wait until we can get back on the mats? Hopefully after the October half term.

Please let us know your views.

This has been an incredibly difficult period for everyone, and a 6 month break from our sport has been unprecedented. We appreciate the support from those who have attended the sessions and welcome your feedback on our suggestions above.

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School’s back – Judo’s not

Posted on September 1, 2020

School’s reopen this week in England, which would usually signal our return to mat based training.

However, the school remains closed to external groups, with a scheduled possible return after the October half term.

In the meantime, training remains outdoor based – Tuesdays at Drayton Park and Thursday at Hilsea Creek (Peronne Road)

Hope to see some of you there this evening – no heatwave or storms forecast for tonight!

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Tuesday session cancelled

Posted on August 24, 2020

In line with the weather warnings issued for Storm Francis, we have taken the decision to cancel the outdoor session scheduled for tomorrow (25th August).

We will review the weather and make a decision in connection with Thursday’s session nearer the date.

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No outdoor session this evening

Posted on July 21, 2020

Please note that thee will be no outdoor session this evening (Tuesday 21 July).

The next session will be Thursday 23 July, at Hilsea Creek.

Please let us know if you are attending to ensure we have adequate numbers of coaches. We are still limited to working at a maximum ratio of 1:5.

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Change of venue for Tuesday training

Posted on July 12, 2020

Training this Tuesday will be in Drayton Park, at the bottom of Court Lane.

This will enable us to use the 5 station outdoor gym.

Please also bring judo belts, tension band or uchikomi bands if you have them – we can thread these through the tennis court fence to enable some uchikomi practice.

Times and costs remain unchanged.

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Training cancelled

Posted on July 2, 2020

Apologies for the last notice, but in light of the uncertain weather and no confirmed attendees, we are cancelling tonight’s session.

Hopefully summer will return next week!

We will be checking out a local outdoor gym, with a view towards using that from next week.

Details to follow.

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Training tonight cancelled

Posted on June 30, 2020
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As the weather today (30 June 2020) has been generally wet, we have decided to cancel tonight’s session at Hilsea.

Forecast is looking good for Thursday, so we will see you then.

Enjoy your evening!

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Don’t forget training tonight!

Posted on June 23, 2020

Don’t forget, we will be meeting tonight for a socially distanced fitness and movement training session, as announced previously. Please let us know if you are coming!

Bring outdoor sports clothing and water, an exercise mat is also useful.

Our next session will be Thursday.

We are expecting guidelines soon from the BJA as to what a return to mat based training could look like – but we will be dependent on the school allowing hall hire to recommence. Recent news from Croatia after Novak Djokovic hosted a tennis tournament, with several players testing positive afterwards, also flags up the value of a cautious return to sport.

In the meantime, don’t forget you can help us to boost club funds so that we can come back stronger by playing the Portsmouth Lottery or using the Easyfundraising website or app when shopping online – we have recently benefitted from purchases at Amazon, Uber Eats, Dunelm and Ordnance Survey, to name just a few. Signing up now could win us £500!

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