With effect from Tuesday 1st April, all mat fees will increase to £6.
This is our first increase in fees since September 2017. All monies received go back into the Club – in the last year alone we have invested more than £2,000 in new mats, Olympic Masterclass with Nekoda and coach education and revalidation. All coaches continue to be unpaid.
We have absorbed an increase in hall hire costs and other administration costs – BJA membership etc.
We have brought back a 3 for 2 offer – if 3 or more members of one family are training the third and subsequent members are free.
We will shortly be offering payment by card facilities – watch this space!
We’d like to introduce you to our new Club Welfare Officer, Candice Reid (Candy).
Candy is at the club most Tuesdays and Thursdays, either with her children or training herself.
As Club Welfare Officer, Candy is here to
Assist the club to fulfil its responsibilities to safeguard children and young people.
Assist the club to implement its child protection plan.
Be the first point of contact regarding concerns about children’s welfare, poor practice or child abuse.
The CWO is responsible for following the British Judo Association’s policy and procedures especially in relation to safeguarding and in particular the reporting procedures.
Maintaining appropriate records and assessing information promptly and carefully, clarifying or obtaining more information about the matter as appropriate.
Initially discuss your concerns with the British Judo Association Lead Child Protection Officer in England and Wales or the Judo Scotland Lead Child Protection Officer in Scotland
Consult initially with a statutory child protection agency such as the local social services department or health board, or the NSPCC, to test out any doubts or uncertainty about the concerns as soon as possible, in agreement with the BJA Safeguarding Manager.
Make a formal referral to a statutory child protection agency e.g. social services department or the police (by telephoning by 101 for non-emergency, or 999 in an emergency) without delay. It is NOT the role of the club to decide whether a child has been abused or not. This is the task of the social services department and the police or NSPCC.
Be the first point of contact with the National Lead Child Protection Officer.
Maintain contact details for local Social Services, Police, and how to obtain the Area Child Protection Committee’s policy/procedures. Contact details for local/national help lines should also be maintained and publicised within the club.
Promote the clubs best practice guidance/code of conduct within the club in line with the club’s plans. This may involve working with children/young people and parents on developing the club’s approach to the best behaviour of everyone at the club.
Promote and ensure adherence to the club’s child protection training plan.
The CWO will need to ensure that everyone is aware of what training is available and work with the club management committee to ensure that training requirements are met.
Ensure confidentiality is maintained alongside the club’s management committee.
Promote anti-discriminatory practice. The club must ensure that it has made clear its commitment to anti-discriminatory practice in its policy, procedures and plans for safeguarding children and young people’s welfare. The club should also have an Equity policy.
Candy can be contacted on 07871 806312. We will shortly publish a dedicated email address also.
Last weekend saw our third winner on the Portsmouth Lottery in as many weeks!
To be in with a chance to win the top prize of £25,000 sign up today! A proportion of each ticket sold comes back to the club, or is put aside to support other community projects in Portsmouth.
Only two weeks in, and already we have our second winner of the year on the Portsmouth Lottery!
Playing the Lottery helps to support us, and other good causes in the City. A ticket only costs £1, with 50p coming to us and 10p going to a Community pot for grant making purposes.
It’s the first Hampshire squad session of the year on Sunday, 12 January. The session is open to all competitive players, junior and senior, who are looking to improve.
The session will be held at Holbrook Judo Club, Brune Park School in Gosport. The session will start at 1000 and run to midday. A £5 mat fee will apply.
The first weekend of 2025 was marked by success for one of our players on the Portsmouth Lottery, who successfully matched several numbers.
The Lottery is open to all players over 18, with 50% of each ticket sold being donated back to the Club and 10% to a Community pot supporting other activities in Portsmouth. We have been part of the Lottery for 8 years.
It’s only £1 a ticket, with a potential prize of £25,000 to win and regular bonus prizes – currently a £1,000 Aldi gift card is up for grabs.
This is the final week of term for 2024 – our final classes are tonight (17 December) and Thursday (19 December).
Classes will resume from Tuesday 7 December.
We’d like to say a big Well Done to everyone, and thank you to those who supported our session with Nekoda – we hope you all enjoyed it. It was nice to be able to welcome players from other clubs (Holbrook, Meridian and Chichester) across both sessions and was a fantastic way to wrap up the year.
It’s been a great year – we have expanded our mat area, most of our classes continue to be well supported and we have finally got a functioning committee in place, of which more in the New Year. It means that a lot of the background administration essential to running a club is now in place.
Looking forward to next year,
we are keen to see more players coming forward to grade (it has been difficult this year with Tony working away a lot to divert attention to grading)
hopefully players will attend the Hampshire squad sessions – it’s a great way to train with other players.
