The following Court Lane players have had their new grades submitted to the British Judo Association:
Well done to all the players who have successfully graded, remember grades will only be submitted on receipt on the correct grading fee.
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.
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!
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.
Round 2 of the Hampshire Team Championships takes place on Sunday 6th March, at Fleming Park Leisure Centre, Eastleigh.
Weigh in opens at 09.00 with competition starting from approximately 09.45.
The competition is aimed at players aged 8 yrs and above and orange belt or below.
The Junior players are split by weight in the following groups:
Boys – U30 ( min 25kg), U35, U40, U45, U50, U60, O60 ( 73kg max)
Girls – U36 ( min 28kg), U40, U44, U48, O48 ( 57kg max)
Our team for Round 2 is
Spectators are welcome, there is free parking and free entry to the centre.
We were hoping to enter a larger team for this Round, but falling on Mother’s Day and with several players also having rugby commitments, it hasn’t been possible.
If there are any players who fit the criteria above and would like to take part this weekend or in the next round (April 3rd) please contact me as soon as possible.
Round 2, 6 March
Please note this is Mother’s Day! Please advise if this will cause any difficulty…
Round 3, 3 April
We hope to possibly be able to field a girl’s team by the end of the competition, possibly some heavier weight boys as well…
Another good week of gradings, with some players progressing to new colour belts. Congratulations to the following:
1st mon:
4th mon (yellow belt):
6th mon:
7th mon (orange belt):
9th mon:
10th mon (green belt):
12th mon:
Club members celebrate delivery of new tatami
The kit funding application was available to all SSE staff providing that their sport was represented at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and Paralympic Games of which SSE was a proud partner and sponsor.
The donation was made possible by the involvement of Simon Bassil, an SSE employee who trains at the Club, as do his children Jonty and Joel.
Club Chairman Tony Brown said, “This has given a welcome boost to our mat maintenance programme, where old mats are replaced by new, and enabled us to increase our mat area to cope with growing numbers, providing improved safety for all Judo players. Thank you SSE.”
Joel Bassil made his return to competition today with a bronze medal at the -16 South Coast Open in Worthing.
The competition drew players from a wide area, with combatants attending from clubs such as Pinewood and Moberley.
The sole representative of the Club in action, Joel came second in his pool to enter the knock out stages and progress to the semifinal. Joel did well to escape from two hold downs, but sadly couldn’t avoid giving away a decisive score, and had to settle for bronze.
Congratulations to all the players who have successfully graded this week:
Tim Lehota 1st Mon
Filip Lehota 1st Mon
Reuben Raine 3rd Mon
Dean Spasov 3rd Mon
Toby Winfield 3rd Mon
Craig McGeever 3rd Mon
Sophie Rogerson 4th Mon
George Edwards 5th Mon
Jack Rogerson 7th Mon
Joel Bassil 7th Mon
Jonty Bassil 10th Mon
That’s a lot of new yellow, orange and green belts on the mat – very well done to everyone!
God luck to all those grading next week.
