Every year, the BJA runs ranking tournaments, at pre-cadet, cadet, junior or youth and senior level.
Placings at these events determines national ranking and seeding for the country’s most able judoka.
A number of our junior players have asked for details of 2016 ranking events, here are the next two:
27 Feb North-West Area Age Banded Championships
20 Mar Southern Area Pre-Cadet, Cadet and Junior Open
Previous Red Belt Rumble Medallists
Attached is the entry for the Northern Home Counties Red Belt Rumble in High Wycombe on 19 March.
These are a brilliant way of trying out competition in a very relaxed format.
NHC RED BELT RUMBLE 19 MARCH 2016
Full details of NHC events are available here.
Here is the team selection for Round 1 of the Hampshire Team Championships, Sunday 7 February.
-30kg Alex Lane (tbc) Reserve – Xander Harris
-35kg Sam Boichot
-40kg Mieszko Polak
I will announce team for Round 2 later on this week. I am still awaiting clarification if I can enter two players in one weight and alternate them between contnest.
If anyone else wishes to step forward – I have places in all boys weights 40kg+ and in ALL girls weights.
Please add your name in the comments below if you would like to take part in future rounds.
Must be 8-15 years, red, yellow or orange belt and hold a current BJA licence.
The eagle eyed amongst you will have noticed a Junior team event listed on the Hampshire calendar referenced in our last post – here are the details:
Plan for Juniors is as follows:
Boys:
u30 (min 25)
u35
u40
u45
u50
u60
o60 (max 73)Girls:
u36 (min 28)
u40
u44
u48
o48 (max 57)Red, Yellow and Orange Belts only (novice to 9th Mon). Minimum age 8, maximum age 15). Time is 09:00 weigh – in for 09:30 start.
Please register your teams by sending email to competitions@hampshirejudo.org.uk
Anyone not in a team who wishes to be involved should send email to the above address and we will try to include you if possible but it will depend on how many people at what weight.This event will be restricted to Hampshire Licence holders only.
Teams will be allowed to play one Joker per match (of any age / non-competitive).
Cost: £35 for boys team, £25 for girls team or indivdual entry £5 per person.
We are keen to enter a team for this event which will run over three rounds – please let us know if you are interested! It is unlikely we can fill all weights, but there are several players who would benefit from this developmental opportunity.
Further to our earlier posts on competition dates, Hampshire Judo have published the following dates for 2016:
Here is the Hampshire County Judo calendar planned for 2016:
- Sunday 27th March – Dan Grading at Fleming Park
- Sunday 10th April – Referee and Table Officials Course (venue TBC – probably AWE)
- Saturday 16th April – Hampshire Closed Competition
- Sunday 15th May – Hampshire Split Grade Competition
- Sunday 19th June – Dan Grading at AWE
- Sunday 2nd October – Hampshire Open & Special Needs Open Competition
- Sunday 23rd October – Dan Grading at Fleming Park
All competitions are at Fleming Park.
Hampshire Team Championships (all at Fleming Park):
- Sunday 7th February
- Sunday 6th March
- Sunday 3rd April
Juniors 09:00; Seniors 13:00 finish 17:00
Also:
Sunday 8th May – Southern Area Inter-counties at WorthingPlanned committee meetings:
- Tue 26th Jan
- Tue 27th Mar
- Tue 17th May AGM
- Tue 28th Jun
- Tue 20th Sep
- Tue 8th Nov
Please note that all of the above is subject to change if there are circumstances out of our control. You should check that you have the latest information about an event before travelling and indeed that you are travelling to the correct location.
Entry forms will be published on the Hampshire Judo, Southern Area and BJA websites. We will advise as soon as these are available.
Hopefully you have had a good Christmas and New Year break.
Training recommences on Tuesday 5 January 2015 – we look forward to welcoming you back on to the mat.
All junior players are invited to a randori session at Holbrook Judo Club on Saturday 9 January from 10 – 12 noon.
This will be beneficial to all players, but especially those planning on entering any of the competitions we identified in our earlier posts:
Further competition opportunities
The first competition is only three weeks away…
Following on from the weekend post identifying competition opportunites for 2016, Northern Home Counties have now published their events calendar for next year. Most of these events are at High Wycombe Judo Centre – the first purpose built judo centre in the country – so only about 90 minutes drive away.
7 February – Orange Belt and Below Open – Novice to 9th Mon inclusive
19 March – Red Belt Rumble Open – Players 8 – 12 years inclusive
23 April – Pre-Cadets & Cadets Ranking
24 April – Minors, Juniors, Senior Ranking, Masters
17th July – Split Grade Open (The Don Werner Memorial Championships)
16th October – Mini Mon Open for Boys and Girls – Novice to 6th Mon (Yellow Belt)
26 November – KYU Grade Open
Entry forms can be found on the NHC website: www.bjanhc.com
Azhar on medal podium at last year’s Hampshire Closed
Just a quick reminder that entry for the Hampshire Open closes one week today – October 12!
Full details can be found on the Hampshire Judo website.
Calendar dates from Monday to Sunday
Entry for the Hampshire Open on 18th October closes two weeks today – 12th October.
The Hampshire Open was one of the key Autumn Competitions we highlighted over the summer break.
The entry form can be found on the Hampshire Judo website.
As always, please discuss with us before entering.
Kate Howey at 2002 British Open
We hope everyone is enjoying their summer break – but our thoughts are already turning to the next round of competitions… Here are some you could consider:
19 September
4 October
18 October
As well as being a good competition in its own right, this would also serve nicely as a warm up for Southend…
24-25 October
15 November
As always, please discuss with us first as to whether competition is suitable for your ability and grade. Please let us know if you have entered, so that we can try to support on the day.
If you are competing – you need to be training! Failure to prepare is preparing to fail…
