Ippon! 2007 GB World Cup
Players may be interested in the following competitions during January:
21 Jan – Southern Area Schools – qualifier for national school championships
22 Jan – South Coast Junior Green & Under Open
Adult players may like to consider:
22 Jan – Kent Kyu Open
29 Jan – Southern Area Dan grading
There is still time to enter the following forthcoming competitions:
12 Nov – Southern Area Junior Open – closing date 7 Nov! Online entry is also available. Note that this is a SATURDAY competition.
20 Nov – South Coast Open
Squad training will take place again this weekend, it has been great to have Court Lane players at every session, would be great to see a few more this time! Sessions are open to all competitive juniors, aged 8 and over.
My fellow squad manager, Paul Vella, recently circulated this message about the squads:
Please note that the next county squad training session is to be held this coming Sunday 23 October 2016 15.30 – 17.30 with guest coach Petra Piears she was a junior once and I remember her as a young teenagerat Burridge JC many years ago, she did go on to win many British, European & World Masters titles. We would like to remind all County juniors that there is no county championships next year and therefore the county training sessions will be used to identify players for the 2017 SA intercounties championships.Full selection criteria will be publicised soon but you must be aware that werequire all clubs and coaches to promote these sessions amongst their players as we do have our hands tied here. The November training will be run by Danny Murphy also at Fleming Park (27/11/16)and then it is intended to move sessions to Osaka for January February & March 2017 subject to numbers attending.
Jack on medal podium
Jack Rogerson added to his burgeoning medal collection with another determined performance at today’s Hampshire Open.
Fighting at -38kg, Jack was one of nine players, split into two pools. He started strongly against an Osaka player, but was thrown for ippon when he was caught off-balance by a strong counter attack.
He bounced back to score three consecutive ippons, transitioning smoothly from tachiwaza to newaza in each case. Jack finished 2nd in his pool and moved into the knockout stage, to face the winner of the other pool.
This was a tough match against a player from Summit. Jack did well to block two strong uchimata attacks before being caught for waza-ari with tai-otoshi. Jack was fighting his way back into contention when he was caught for ippon with uchimata, to finish in bronze medal position.
Action from 2009 Championships
Entry is now open for the Hampshire Open on 2 October, for both junior and senior players. It is point scoring for those chasing Dan grade points.
Please note that this competition is weight banded only – there is no age or grade banding in place.
Entry forms can be found at the Hampshire Judo website.
The competition will once again be held at Eastleigh’s Fleming Park Leisure Centre.
Dean Smith and Craig McGeever represented the club at Sunday’s Split Grade competition.
Craig made his competition debut in the boy’s red and yellow belt competition at -30kg. He was narrowly defeated in his first fight, conceding a yuko in the final seconds. His second fight went in to two periods of golden score, before Craig won on a penalty. Unfortunately this was not sufficient to take him through to the knock out stages.
Dean delivered an excellent performance, knocking his first opponent down for waza-ari with o-soto, before scoring a decisive ippon. In his second fight, Dean again looked dominant, and was unfortunate to be caught on the ground with a juji gatame. His third fight was shorter, being thrown for ippon with drop seoi nage. His performance was sufficient to advance him in to third place and a well deserved bronze medal in the adult novice category.
There is still time to enter the Hampshire Split Grade competition on 31 July.
Competitors are split by grade and weight, with both junior and senior events running on the same day. For adults of 1st kyu and above, this is a points scoring event.
Full details can be found on the Hampshire Judo website.
Summer break may nearly be here – but there is a lot of judo to still squeeze in!
We will announce details of summer training activities shortly.
Entry is now OPEN for the Hampshire Split Grade Open, to be held at Eastleigh’s Fleming Park Leisure Centre on 31 July.
The competition features both senior and junior categories, split by grade and weight. For those seeking points for their black belt, the 1st kyu and Dan grade section is point scoring.
The entry form can be downloaded from the Hampshire Judo website. Entries can also be made online, details can be found on the Hampshire website.
Royan – Gosport training 2015
As you know, the Portsmouth area are hosting a delegation from Le Havre on the weekend of 4-5 June.
The timetable for the weekend is as follows:
This will enable our visitors to spend some time with their host families on the Saturday afternoon and again on the Sunday, before sailing for home Sunday afternoon.
