Jack, Isla and Kaiden all attended the last Hampshire squad session, which attracted 40 players.

The next Hampshire County Junior training session is 10.00 – 12.00, Sunday 16th July at Maida Gym (the home of Osaka Judo Club), Queens Avenue, Aldershot, GU11 2BT, (or SAT NAV users use Scarletts Road, Aldershot, GU11 4AE which is more SAT NAV friendly).

The session is once again open to all Hampshire junior Judo players and the mat fee will be £5.00 per player.

The session will see the handover of the Boys Southern area intercounties cup (currently held by Fleming Park) to the next club who helped the boys to victory at this year’s competition.

Future training sessions have been planned:

• September 10th at Osaka which will be combined with a visit by Surrey squad (the return will most likely be early 2018 in Croydon);
• October 8th in Chichester with Sussex squad (again we will plan a return visit to Hampshire sometime in the Spring 2018).

Further decisions will be made on Hampshire only trainings for November & December plus early 2018 as soon as  dates and venues have been identified.

Hampshire squad sessions are run for the benefit of all Hampshire players. The last session had 50 players on the mat, but disappointingly only representative from Court Lane.

This session also included an update on the latest rule changes.

Details of the next sessions can be found here.

Victorious Hampshire squad players at Crystal Palace

Hampshire squad sessions are back, after a summer break.

• Sunday 25 September 2016 with Tony Brown & Paul Vella (County junior squad managers)
• Sunday 23 October 2016 with Petra Piears (Multiple European and World Masters Champion)
• Sunday 27 November 2016 with Danny Murphy (5th Dan British Masters team member and Hampshire Senior squad manager)

The mat fee remains at £5.00 for these sessions.

Sessions will be held in the Studio, at Fleming Park Leisure Centre, Eastleigh, and run from 15.30 – 17.30