The following competitions all offer opportunities for Court Lane judoka to gain more valuable judo experience and test themselves against players from other clubs:
12 June – Red & Yellow Belt Rumble, Worthing
25-26 June – Kent International, Gillingham
10 July – Surrey Senior Open Blue Belt & Under, Redhill
17 July – Northern Home Counties Split Grade Open, High Wycombe
31 July – Hampshire Open Split Grade – entry form to be issued
A recent consultation exercise recommended that the BJA syllabus remain technically based, rather than reverting to the previous competitive grading system. As coaches, we support this approach, however would like to draw players attention to the following, which we have extracted from the syllabus as published on the BJA website.
RECOMMENDED COMPETITION/ RANDORI PROGRAMME
We will shortly publish an updated list of all forthcoming suitable competitions.
We continue to urge players to support the Saturday sessions at Holbrook – it is a great way to gain experience of training and competing with other judoka. The forthcoming visit by French players from Le Havre offers another great opportunity for some of our players. More details to be published shortly!
Action from 2009 Hampshire Open
Court Lane players will be competing this Saturday to prove they are the best in Hampshire, at the annual Hampshire Closed.
Representing the Club this year will be Jack Rogerson and Joel Bassil. Sadly the pressures of exams has stopped some of our other high grade players from competing.
As well as the title of Hampshire Champion and that coveted gold medal, there is also the chance of selection to represent Hampshire in the Southern Area InterCounties tournament.
The tournament will be held at Fleming Park Leisure Centre, in Eastleigh, with the first contests around 10am.
Please come down and cheer on your club mates, entry is free and they would value your support.
Action from 2009 Championships
The entry for this year’s Hampshire Closed closes on Monday, 11th April – the competition is Saturday 16th.
This year’s competition will be held at Fleming Park in Eastleigh.
Full details are available from the Hampshire website.
Xander Harris and Toby Winfield represented the Club in the third and final round of the Hampshire Junior Team Championships.
Gaps in the team were generously made up by players from Holbrook Judo Club, meaning that we fielded a full team for the first time.
Throughout the whole event, we have given novice players their first experience of competition:
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
We have struggled to field a full team, as most of our players were in the same weight group! Hopefully next year we can fill more weights and give more players a chance. All the players who have taken part have gained valuable experience and developed as a consequence.
Well done to Holbrook!
A change has been announced to the Hampshire competition calendar.
The Split Grade competition previously scheduled for May, has now been rescheduled for 31 July. This is to avoid a clash with other Southern Area events.
Entry forms will be circulated as soon as they are available.
Previous Red Belt Rumble Medallists
All those players who have had their appetite for competition whetted through the Hampshire Team Championships, should consider entering the next Rumble to be held in Worthing, in mid June.
Full details are available here.
Round 3 of the Hampshire Team Championships takes place this Sunday, 3rd April.
As per previous rounds, weigh in is 9am at Fleming Park Leisure Centre, Passfield Avenue, Eastleigh. Event should finish between 1 and 1.30pm.
Don’t forget your gi and in date licence – you will need to present this at the weigh in.
Team selection so far is:
-30kg Xander Harris
-35kg vacant
-40kg Toby Winfield
-45kg vacant
-50kg vacant
-60kg vacant
+60kg vacant
I am still looking for players red – yellow – orange to fill in some of the above gaps. We can play one person as a joker, meaning they do not have to compete, but guaranteeing a win for the team!
Paul Vella at Holbrook has kindly offered us players to fill in some of the gaps but would love to field as many of our players as possible.
Entry closes this weekend for the competition training event at Holbrook Judo Club in April – entry forms have previously been circulated.
This is a brilliant opportunity for novice and inexperienced players to experience competition in a friendly environment. Several Court Lane players took part last year.
Xander, Sam and Joel fought for the club in Round 2 of the team championships today.
Our team was augmented by two players we borrowed from Holbrook.
Xander and Sam produced massively improved performances compared to Round 1, demonstrating the importance of participating in these development events. Joel was in excellent form, winning his first fight with tani otoshi for ippon. He continued his winning streak through the next two rounds, scoring some big wins with a lethal ko uchi gake, which is rapidly becoming a signature move.
Well done everyone, looking forward to continuing our progress in Round 3 in April.
