Please note that the Club will be closed over the Easter holidays, as the school premises are shut.
The final training session before Easter will be Thursday 24 March.
There will be NO judo on the following dates:
The Club will reopen on Tuesday 12 April – just in time for final practice for the Hampshire Closed on Saturday 16 April. We still aim to enter a team for Round 3 of the Hampshire Team Championships, on 3 April.
Entry is now open for this year’s Hampshire Closed.
Entry form is attached.
Good luck everyone!
We have been looking at the competition calendar for next year, the following suggest themselves as good competitions without too much travel. When available, we have linked to the entry form.
All competitions in Hampshire, Sussex, Surrey and Kent will be listed on the Southern Area website, www.sajudo.org.uk.
Nationally, all events are listed on the British Judo Association website, www.britishjudo.org.uk.
As always, speak to club coaches before entering!
January
February
March
May
June
September
October
November
Competition results up to end June should inform your decision as to whether you want to enter for the Southend International.
Some of you may want to try out for National Championships, you need to be a seasoned competitor with a good track record of success to consider this.
We will add further competitions in Northern Home Counties and Western Area as they become available.
Azhar on medal podium
Azhar Baree continued to stake his claim as one of the best young judo players in Hampshire with a bronze medal at -42kgs in today’s Hampshire Closed.
Apart from one defeat, in the second round to the eventual gold medallist, Azhar won all his fights with resounding ippon scores, including a nine second victory in his bronze medal contest.
Elsewhere, Mieszko Polak and Jack Rogerson performed well in the -34kg category. Both players found themselves in the repechage after defeats in the early stages. Digging in deep, they fought their way through to the repechage final, where in a see-saw contest Jack beat Mieszko to progress to the bronze medal contest against the losing semi-finalist.
In a battle of attrition, the medal hung in the balance, before Jack was held for ippon.
Final results:
Azhar Baree, bronze -42kg
Jack Rogerson, 5th place -34kg
Mieszko Polak 7th place -34kg
Azhar on medal podium at last year’s Hampshire Closed
Just a quick reminder that the closing date for this year’s Hampshire Closed is Monday 23 February – get those entries in!
Forms are available to download via the Hampshire Judo website or can be made online – full details here.
Azhar on medal podium at last year’s Hampshire Closed
This year’s Hampshire Closed is taking place on 1st March. As usual this will serve as Trials for the Southern Area Intercounties team tournament.
The event is not age or grade banded, and no technique restrictions are applied – all drop and sacrifice techniques are permitted.
Closing date for the event is 23 February. Full details are available at http://hampshirejudo.org.uk/competitions/hampshire-championships-closed/
Player of the Month
We have reinstated the Player of the Month trophy.
Winners so far for 2014 are:
February – Jonty Bassil. Sustained effort, attitude, and maturity, general all round improvement in his judo.
March – Rueben Raine. Smooth transition from the Kano Club, great effort and behaviour.
April – Marcus Tree. Very tough decision, as some very strong contenders after the Hampshire Closed. Final decision based on competition performance, all round improvement and attendance.
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.
Don’t forget, today is last date for entries to be received for Sunday’s Hampshire Closed.
Entries can be made online via the Hampshire Judo webpages.
We’d like to wish good luck to all the players who train at the Club, who are competing in tomorrow’s Hampshire Closed:
Don’t forget, the competition will be followed by a training session on the Sunday.
Our good friend and top American judoka will also be busy on Saturday, commentating on the New York Open.
