Judo News

Congratulations to Walderslade Coaches Ranj Atwal and Eddie Orgee who both competed in the Grand Masters category of the 2012 Commonwealth Judo Championships in Cardiff on Monday.  The event saw strong contingents from all of the home nations in attendance along with large delegations from Canada, Australia and South Africa and many other Commonwealth countries.

Ranj competed in the M4 Over 100kg event and took a well-earned Silver medal, whilst Eddie competed in the M5 U66kg event and gained a Bronze in a tough field.

Dear Club Members,

Already 2012 is off to an exciting start and we can now announce that on Friday 27^th January we will be having GB International Sam Dunkley with us at the club.

Dear Club members,

We hope you are all glad to be back after the Christmas and New Year holiday and that you all enjoyed your first session of 2012, Olympic year!  It was great to see so many of you at the opening sessions on Monday and Friday and also great to see some old faces again to.  For those of you who are still to get your 2012 training off to a start then we hope to see you all soon.

Thank you to everyone who took part in our 2011 Christmas Championship and Prize-Giving Night on 16^th December and a special thank you to all those who helped organise and run the event, a great time was had by everyone.

Dear Club Members,

Medway Fighting Chance programme

It'is always nice to be able to report on a success story and that's just what the Fighting Chance Inclusion Programme has been deemed to be.  Back in March 2011 we were pleased to be asked to work with Kent Police and Kent Fire & Rescue on an inclusion programme called Medway Fighting Chance.  This required the club to deliver a set of 12 week courses of judo to pre-selected groups of young people between the ages of 13 and 17 from within the local area.

Dear Senior Club Members

As the plan to set up a permanent judo centre at the Greenacre School gathers pace we are looking for assistance from club members, friends or family who may have relevant skills or time to donate.  So far, we have had a small group of people working on the project but as things move ahead and more jobs need to be done we may need some additional support.

Dear Club Members,

It is with great pleasure we can announce that Sally Elcome passed her final assessment for promotion to 2nd Dan Black Belt last weekend.  Sally had a final couple of sections of theory to complete for ther promotion assessment and during our International Training Event last weekend, Dermot Heslop and Kerry Finney kindly agreed to carry this out after the judo sessions had finished.  Well done to Sally for a very overdue promotion.

Dear Club Members,

Thank you to all the club members who supported our International Training Event last weekend, and what a weekend it was.  We had around 105 judoka on the mat on Saturday and over 80 on Sunday morning with the feedback we have had so far indicating it had been an excellent event.

Dear Club Members,

Just a few updates on our Children in Need appeal, the Training Weekend,  our annual end of year Christmas Party and Games evening which will soon be upon us and a new club championships we aim to start in the New Year.  Read on for more information.

Children in Need update

Dear Club Members,

Children In Need

On Friday 18th November we will be raising funds for Children in Need again by having a cake sale and also asking you to pay £1.00 to wear your pyjama bottoms to judo instead of your judo trousers!  We did this last year and it was a very funny sight.

Bring lots of extra pennies and go home with some tasty cakes and biscuits and dont forget to wear your pyjama bottoms in as well and pay your £1.00 for the pleasure.

Training Weekend