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Olympian Lele Nairne inspires next generation to follow their dreams !

f Best of luck to Bang who travels back home to South Korea this week after studying in Bristol. Bang returns later in the year to continue his studies at Loughborough Uni

It has been a great experience having Bang at the club sharing the Korean style of Judo with us.

Busy weekend of events for the club .
Yesterday , our pre cadet girls had their first experience of a National event when they represented the Western Area at the National Team Championships in Walsall . Although their team did not medal they gained great experience
Today a team of 8 competed in the British Masters Championship in Walsall
Some tough fights against a high standard of opposition.
Star of the show was Joe Kent with a faultless performance in the Kyu grades with 5 Ippon wins from 5 contests to become British Masters Kyu Grade Champion
Jenny Atkin our only female entry had a great day to become F1 age British Masters Champion in her debut event
Frank Gibbs improved on last years silver to take Gold and Masters Champion.
Kinton Suen , & Weska Cheung all had some great fights coming away with Bronze Medals as dId Jokola in his first championship in 10 years and outside of Georgia . Jokola had a really tough group coming away with a well deserved Bronze
from 2 wins and 2 losses.
Ricky Leung & Mark Warden put in a good performance but didn’t medal
Over in Cardiff coach Wallace took a young team over to the the Dragons Academy championship in Cardiff coming away with 3 Golds 1 Silver and 1 Bronze
Congratulations everyone 💪💪💪💪

It's always great when an old member pops in to say hi !

Lele Nairne Judo heads off to the Paris Olympics very soon and we are super proud of the small part the club played in her younger development years . Lele’s talent was very apparent and we knew she was destined for the big stage !
Lele is the very best role model for Judo, her commitment, passion and dedication as a full time athlete has been never ending .
Her kindness and integrity are outstanding.

Congratulations to over 70 Juniors who have completed their gradings in June & July

Coaches Wallace & Weska took some of the Saturday Junior class on a road trip to Walsall to train at the home of British Judo

The Monday competition Squad showcase the new Team hoodies . Massive thanks to Tesco Stronger Starts for the sponsorship

Congratulations to the Juniors who competed at the Katana Open Championships some fantastic results !

Members of our coaching team complete the British Judo

" Finding your Feet" Course

Designed to deliver safer falling skills and fall prevention to the elderly population.

We look forward to running some courses in the community soon !

The coaching team attended the Police Sport UK Technical Weekend in Cardiff.

Luke Preston provided some great coaching skills helping our coaches with their CPD

Coach Ali Hustig who relocated back to Aus earlier this year was transiting through the UK and made time to travel to Cardiff to revalidate his British Judo Coaching Award

Congratulations to Jenny on picking up her last 40 points for her Black Belt Grade at the High Wycombe Open

Club Championships - 76 Children from across the classes came together for the club championships and annual awards. The coaching team provided them with positive competitive experience with many Juniors now keen to start competing outside of the club

Nage No Kata and Katame No Kata course . Many thanks to Jeremy Robinson and Pete Whitfield for the expert tuition and Lani for great skills as an Uke !
Congratulations to coach Ricky Leung on passing his Level 1 Kata Awards with a great display of skills along with coach Antony Yu as his uke 💪💪💪

Thanks to Coach Lee Holley for a great delivery of Safeguarding and First Aid courses at our club in Bristol today .
The courses were both well very attended by coaches and CWO’s from clubs all over the Western area allowing coaches to explore scenarios and upskill their knowledge in dealing with challenging situations that coaches and CWO’s may encounter .
Lee a serving Police Officer was able to offer a personal insight into real life situations and procedures making the Safeguarding which can be quite difficult and emotive subject into an interesting and interactive experience.
The First Aid Course followed , thanks to Japan Arts Centre coach Dr Ollie Wilde an A&E doctor in Bristol who assisted Lee who is a Police medic .
Again , great to have input from those who deal with life saving decisions on a daily basis !

In Feb we ran a Police Sport UK Dan Grading at Midsomer Norton Judo Club .

The event was a great success with over 50 competitors . Notable performances from Tomas Martinek who won his 2nd Dan on a line up and Antonio Caswell who had a brilliant day who won his 1st Dan line up at his first dan grading. As he was only recently promoted to Brown belt , he has six months to wait before he gets to wear his Black Belt !

Judo Legend Neil Adams M.B.E leads coaching Masterclass.

Coach education is hugely important to our club, to be the best coaches we need the very best mentor's. Neil is widely re- known as being the the best coach educator in the world s.

Our team were hugely grateful to Neil and Niki for sharing their knowledge

Avon & Somerset & Devon & Cornwall Police Officers Excel at Police Sport UK National Championships

The team travelled to Manchester on the 9th Sept 23 to compete in the prestigious event. Lee won GOLD in both the Masters and Veterans category, Ben won GOLD in the Open weight and SILVER in the u90kg. Frank took a Bronze in the Veterans and a 5th placing for Sacha

Lele Nairne - Olympic hopeful leads Masterclass

Both Juniors and Adults attended masterclasses with Lele hosted by Patchway Judo Club. The team benefited from Lele's insight and skill and enjoyed a great evening .

Juniors attend Dragons Academy Championships

Some of our youngest members travelled to Cardiff to take part in the Dragons Academy Judo Festival. This was a great learning experience for the children competing against other clubs

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