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NEWS British Judo Association Judo Club Local Events Does your club have an event or course that you would like to advertise ? Surrey County Please pass on the details to Chris Crook, and he will put them on the BJA website and in the Newsletter. Newsletter Date Where/What Club/Venue 24 th April 2010 Seminar for Young Officials High Wycombe JC April 2010 – Issue 49 1-2nd May 2010 UKCC Level 2 Judo Coach Course (Part 1) Croydon JC 1st June 2010 UKCC Level 2 Judo Coach Course (Part 2) Croydon JC Dan Grade Awards since last Newsletter At the South Coast kyu and dan grade competition held in Worthing on Sunday 21st February, Henry Dean (Pyrford) won 30 points towards his Dan grade. He only needed 14 and he also took the Silver medal at the competition. Having already completed his theory for his 1st Dan he can now wear his belt (subject to confirmation by the Dan grade registrar). 1st Dan for Nathaniel Farmer (Sovereign) won at the Budokwai at his first attempt, winning all his contests including a lineup. He also completed his theory on the day. Peter Vincent (Westcroft) added his BJA Dan Grade to his BJC Dan Grade following the National Grading at High Wycombe on Saturday 10th April 2010. This is a great achievement holding two Dan grades at 15 years of age. Peter passed his Dan Grade in a line up beating the final opponent in the last 15 seconds with a yoko tomonoeage ippon throw. Peter won his fights with three ippon throws, one hold down and an armlock. Club or Judoka Profile In this Issue A Judo Club or Judoka profile is something I’d like to make a regular feature of this newsletter. Contact Chris Crook if you would like to see a profile done on your club or of News a particular judoka/volunteer in our future publications, or if you just have a bit of club news that you would like to share with the rest of the county. Unfortunately I’ve no clubs Competition Results or judoka to report on for this edition. Events Entry Forms District Sports Awards Contacts Surrey Judo Clubs Can all clubs remember to nominate people for their district sports awards – this could Application for Information then lead to nominations from their Sports Councils for the Surrey awards. (FREE – please take one) Photo Opportunity at Croydon JC – 8th April Surrey Squad information The senior men’s squad train together at Yamabushi Kingston on the first Monday of every month from 8pm to 9-30pm. The next session there will be on the 7th June. A squad training session is booked at Croydon JC for Saturday 24th April 2010 (2-4pm) prior to the intercounties on Sunday 9th May in Kent. This is a joint training session whereby Junior and Senior players will be invited to train together as a Squad. Coaches please support this event by promoting at club level. Any enquiries should be directed to Simon Allen on 07876 577 953 or at [email protected] Lloyd Nicholls, and Simon Carlo are the Male Squad managers. Kat McDonald is the Female Squad manager. Witley Yamabushi – Club Mark Award On the 6 th February Roy Inman (8 th Dan) presented Witley Yamabushi with their Club Mark Bronze Award. Congratulations to all at the club. This now brings the total number of Surrey clubs with this award to 5; Croydon, Dorking, Westcroft, and Westcroft (Nork). Westcroft JC – new home On Saturday 6th February, Westcroft Judo Club officially unveiled its new £500,000 judo club based at Carshalton Boys Sport College. 2 hours after the announcement of the election Alan Rickard had a call from the Prime Ministers office (not a wind up) asking if we had classes in the day or could we organise The new facility, which is an extension to the schools existing indoor sports facility, boasts a 10m x one for a meet and greet and photo opportunity!! 12m contest area on a sprung floor and a minor spectator area. It was made possible by funding through the Community Club Development Programme (CCDP), which is an innovative collaboration between the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Sport England and 16 National We could not be told who would be there because if it got onto the net they would have to Governing Bodies. cancel for security reasons. Nagging pleading and lots of phone calls later our members and friends rallied around and I am proud to say we had over 60 players of all ages and The programme aims to bring with it flexibility to encourage creative approaches to enhancing club ability on the mat for this extra session. They had the 'pleasure' of having their photos facilities and increasing participation by members of the local community -particularly those who taken with Foreign Secretary Dave Milliband, Cabinet Minister (Minister for the are traditionally underrepresented in sports participation. Olympics, Minister for the Cabinet Office, Minister for London and the Paymaster General) Tessa Jowell, and Labour's candidate in Croydon Central Gerry Ryan. The club was identified by British Judo in 2004 as a judo club that needed significant improvement, and because of this it was presented as part of the Association’s submission for funding. Alan and I would like to say a big Thank You to all who turned out to do judo on a “Westcroft Judo Club met the criteria for the funding, as amongst other things, it had the potential to Thursday morning from 10 to lunch time - politicians don't stick to timetables very well!! create a sustainable and viable sports club infrastructure. It could also link into schools and provide support and pathways for talented individuals, as well as meet the needs of the local community,” Shelia explains Mark Beecher, British Judo’s Development Director. To listen to Alan’s interview visit the Labour Party website : “It has taken four years from application to this point, and the club have worked with us to create a http://www2.labour.org.uk/croydon-judo-club fantastic facility, which will be an asset to the entire Community.” Surrey Senior/Junior Players on their travels ! What was once a small club set up in 1996, on a squash court in a leisure centre, the club now boasts over 300 license holders with five players on the England squads. One of which was 2007 Youth st Olympian, Kerry Ford. Sussex Open 21 February 2010 Bryone Mitchell (Croydon) – grp1 kyu – Bronze Present at the opening was Chairman of the British Judo Association, Densign White and the Jamie Lakidi (Croydon) – grp2 kyu – GOLD London Borough of Sutton’s, Head of Construction and Procurement, Paul Algeo. Emma Griffin (Yamabushi) – grp3 – Bronze Emma Griffin (Yamabushi) - grp4 – Silver The official opening ceremony took place at 1.15pm with speeches, including words from British Dan Rusi (Croydon) – grp1 Masters – Bronze Judo Chairman Densign White and Westcroft Judo Club’s Andy Ede. Ashley Parrette (Croydon) – grp2 Masters – Bronze Vince Skillcorn (Camberley) – grp4 Dan – GOLD The official opening was also marked with a judo session for the members run by Densign White, a Henry Dean (Pyrford) – grp5 Dan – Silver three times Olympian and World medallist. th Clive Taylor Memorial Championships 28 February 2010 Senior Club Coach, Andrew Ede, a former international himself said, “This is a fantastic opportunity Oliver Platt (Pyrford) -42kg – Bronze to move forward, ensuring that Westcroft Judo Club is here for many years to come. English Junior Open 6-7th March 2010 th “Before this, we were spread across various venues. By bringing it all together now, we have made Sam Hughes (Camberley) -55kg – 5 judo available to the wider community. Thank you to all who have been involved.” Frazer Chamberlain (Camberley) -73kg – Bronze Josh Butler (Camberley) -90kg – Bronze Densign White, Chairman of the British Judo Association said, “ The new venue is a credit to Kerry Ford (Westcroft) -63kg – Silver Westcroft Judo Club. The facility will be invaluable for the entire spectrum of judo player – from English Senior Open 20-21 st March 2010 our grass roots participants’ right through to athletes competing internationally.” th Vince Skillcorn (Camberley) -81kg – 5 “A club such as this also no doubt helps to attract and retain new participants into our sport.” Anna Svenson (Camberley) -63kg - Bronze Tomoko Kumamoto (Camberley) -70kg – Silver Cllr Graham Tope, Executive Member for Community Safety, Leisure and Libraries on Sutton th Council, said: “The borough now has a world class facility to train students to the highest levels and British Schools National Individual Championships 20 March 2010 this new hall will be an asset to the whole community.” Tim Philip-Ebel (Westcroft) -55kg – Bronze Max Brown (Pyrford) -50kg – 5th th Charles Johnston, Director of Property at Sport England, said, "The new hall at Carshalton Boys Gabriella Giles (Pyrford) -57kg – 5 College provides a high quality judo facility for participants of Westcroft Judo Club, the school and Matty Sexton (Westcroft) – Silver the local community. We’re delighted to support the project and are confident that it will become an Alex Mack (Westcroft) – Bronze important site for people wanting to make sport a regular part of their lives." Samuel Mabbot (Westcroft) – Bronze Joey Fowler (Westcroft) – Bronze Jordan Mulley (Westcroft) – 5th The club welcomes new members and details of club session times can be found on the club’s th website www.westcroftjudo.com . Francis de Lima (Westcroft) – 5 th Anyone interested in attending a judo class can call Senior Club Coach Andy Ede on 0845 0560241. High Wycombe Ne-waza Championships 11 April 2010 David Smith (Westcroft) -73kg –green - Silver Charlie Clarke (Westcroft) -73kg +green – Bronze Oliver Bradley (Dorking) -90kg +green – Bronze Stuart Rich (Dorking) +90kg –green – Bronze Stuart McDougall +90kg +green - Bronze On Saturday 13 th March Michael Dean (Pyrford) was selected to represent England at the trials for the European Cadet Championships.