Pre-Cadet
BRONZE Luke Davies
Cadet
Adam Burt was unplaced
Senior
SILVER Ryan Burt
5th place Silviu Nastasa
Elena Bob was unplaced but fought well, with this being her first competition for 4 years.
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The team training at the Koksijde camp on Friday night, as final prep for this weekend's tournaments.
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Above: our medalists from the two tournaments attended today.
The ne-waza event was attended by strong teams from Germany, Netherlands and France. The level was high and seems to be getting stronger every year.
SILVER Ryan Burt
SILVER Silviu Nastasa
BRONZE Elena Bob
Juniors
5th place Connor Gossedge
7th place Ryan Burt
Seniors
BRONZE Elena Bob
7th place Silviu Nastasa
Giovanny and Ryan were unable to place today.
Masters
GOLD Giovanny Antalika
BRONZE Silviu Nastasa
Our developing next generation, ably coached by Sammie, put in a great effort and were rewarded accordingly.
GOLD Sam Amin
SILVER Callum Burt
SILVER Peter Palotas
SILVER Kiah Lares
SILVER Kyrese Lares
BRONZE Jack Devaney
Under 12 Red to Orange Belt
GOLD Ellis Davies
GOLD Jaap Kaur
SILVER Callum Burt
SILVER Maya Aubert-Gomez
SILVER Sophie Wilkinson
12-15 Green Belt and Below
GOLD Kiah Lares
GOLD Mounir Baaziz
GOLD Dlair Singh
SILVER Alex Thoule
Senior Novice to Blue Belt
GOLD Dinu Bucalet (Judo debut)
GOLD Silviu Nastasa
SILVER Cedric Aubert
SILVER Adam Burt (first senior event)
at the Dan grading that followed the tournament Connor earned his first 40 points, narrowly missing out on succeeding in his line-up. Blake Inniss, however, succeeded in winning his line-up and earned his 1st Dan.
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Above L-R: Mounir, Kiah, Alex and Dlair with their medals.
GOLD Maya Aubert-Gomez
SILVER Callum Burt
BRONZE Lucjan Popiel
BRONZE Ellis Davies
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Nekoda put in a mature and independent performance today to win her first medal at the prestigious Paris Grand Slam. She took out opponents from Bulgaria, USA, Korea and Israel, only losing the semi to Yoshida of Japan. This bronze medal is very special, with the Paris tournament being one of the strongest and toughest to compete at any time in the Olympic cycle.
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Showgo was selected as part of a strong England team. He won bronze on Saturday in the Senior section and pushed even further on Sunday, winning silver in the Junior age band. A great weekend's work from this judoka!
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GOLD Robyn Davies
GOLD Stefan Krunic
GOLD Kyrese Lares
SILVER Anoop Kaur
SILVER Sara Krunic
SILVER Anton Derkach
SILVER Ellis Davies
SILVER Jack Devaney
SILVER Callum Burt
BRONZE Zacki Landy
BRONZE Jai Gandhi
BRONZE Osca Thomas
it was a great experience to have members of the Korean Judo club, Juplish, competing at our event. Thank you to Sensei Ahn for presenting the trophies and medals.
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Jess represented Brighton Uni and Ryan travelled with Anglia Ruskin. Jess fought very well, afternwuite a long break from competition, winning 4 out of 5 contests to win bronze. Ryan also won 4 out of 5 contests, losing in the final, to bring home a silver medal.
Ryan fought in the Anglia Ruskin team, which won silver with some great Judo.
Five stunning wins against high quality opposition (and all for maximum score) took Nekoda to her first Grand Slam gold. This is worth important points on the IKF world ranking list and it has taken Koda up to number 3 in the world. Congratulations from everyone.
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Above L-R: Ellis, Evan, Ramtin, Matteo & Marco with their medals.
We had a lovely day in North-West London, with 9 of our developing competition squad. They each put in a great effort and were rewarded with some rather pretty medals.
GOLD Callum Burt
SILVER Ellis Davies
SILVER Evan Spencer
BRONZE Maya Aubert-Gomez
BRONZE Sammy Zaitshek
BRONZE Jai Gandhi
BRONZE Ramtin Zolfagharinia
BRONZE Marco Lamagna
BRONZE Matteo Lamagna
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Above L-R: Abdel, Dinu, Vlad & Natasha
Kyu Grades
GOLD Dinu Bucalet
Dan Grades
GOLD Natasha Glassford
SILVER Vladimir Oleinic
BRONZE Abdel Naouri
Ben fought too, his first event for approximately 4 years and although no medal came of it, 20 points were earned at the grading after the tournament.
GOLD Jaap Kaur
GOLD Sophie Wilkinson
SILVER Maya Aubert-Gomez
SILVER Jack Devaney
Ellis also fought today, in his first event including orange belts. He won two and lost two contests to place 7th in a large group. Thanks to the travelling fan club, as always.
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Junior (-21)
GOLD Ryan Burt
SILVER Connor Gossedge
BRONZE Adam Burt
Cadet (-18)
BROZE Connor Gossedge
7th place Adam Burt
A-Band (-12)
SILVER Peter Davies
AA-Band (-10)
BRONZE Callum Burt
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We had a great experience in Alicante with our Pre-Cadets. For Mounir and sofia it was their first international competition. Luke didn't fight this time and so was the lead cheerleader throughout. Mounir won a bronze in a very big group. Dlair placed 7th. Sofia was unplaced but pleased to have won a contest at such a high quality event.
We had a disappointing weekend in Sheffield. Alex, Francesca, Adam and Connor all approached the event positively but a mixture of things prevented them from displaying their best work and kept them shy of the rostrum. Connor just missed out, losing for bronze in the older age band and having to fight up at -60 with there being no-55kg group offered.
Elena flew home to her native Romania to compete in the National Championships, a brave move as she hadn't fought at national level for a few years. She fought well but lost the first round contest narrowly, in a straight knockout system.
Ryan travelled with the national team to this notoriously tough and well attended international event. He lost his first contest controversially and went out at that point.
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Saturday
In the Junior (-21) age band Showgo fought up at -66kg and enjoyed some strong contests with Canadian, Portuguese and British opposition. He placed 5th at the end of the day.
Pre-Cadets (-15)
GOLD Mounir Baaziz
SILVER Luke Davies
BRONZE Maddy Birri
5th place Sofia Krunic
Unplaced Dlair Singh
A-Band (-12)
GOLD Peter Davies
SILVER Peter Palotas
BRONZE Jaap Kaur
Unplaced Ellis Davies & Stefan Krunic
Sunday
Cadets (-18)
SILVER Tohgo Kimura
5th place Connor Gossedge
Unplaced Adam Burt & Francesca Birri
What an absolute treat! We travelled to Celje, Slovenia for a week of full time training with a world class team, including Olympic medalists, European Champions and a team of outstanding coaches. While there we decided to contest a friendly team match. We faced a team from the home club, including a number of national champions and a mixed team of other visitors, including a Sri Lankan Olympian. Quite a challenge!
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We lost each match 4-3, with some cracking performances from all. Luke beat two Slovenian national champions, Ben went full time with an Olympian, so many great moments. Huge thanks to the Sankaku hosts for such a brilliant experience and for our team trophy, despite coming 3rd out of 3!
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Above: everyone who took part in this team event and those who came to support and enjoy.
Bronzes for Peter Davies, Luke Davies, Connor Gossedge, Adam Burt, Elena Bob, Ben Westcott and Silviu Nastasa.
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Above: the EJC team in Ptuja.
Little Peter Davies had 4 incredibly tough contests against opponents from Slovenia, Austria and Romania. Peter threw all opponents for the wins, with the final going into golden score before a massive ura-nage secured the gold Medal. This was particularly pleasing as 11 year old Peter was the youngest in the group, which was -15.
In the same age band Luke fought up a weight as there was no opposition at his usual -46kg. He won all 3 contests to win gold. Connor and Adam continued the good form winning a silver and bronze respectively at -60kg in the Cadet age band. Well done to all 4 boys.
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Above: our medalists with the Sankaku head coach, Fabjan.
On Saturday Connor won gold in the Junior (-31) age band, Silviu won bronze in the senior event and Cedric, despite and early win, missed out on a medal in the Masters category.
Below: a bit of judo-ing and some medals, plus a snippet of our trip out to the Giants Causeway.
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On Sunday we had a bigger team. Adam, Ellis and Dlair didn't reach the rostrum this time.
GOLD Jaap Kaur (-36)
GOLD Peter Davies
GOLD Luke Davies
BRONZE Jaap Kaur (-40)
BRONZE Maya Aubert-Gomez
5th place Connor Gossedge (Cadets)
Nekoda had a challenging day in Tel Aviv, unexpectedly losing her first round contest to a relative newcomer, but tough opponent, Cysique of France. Always lessons to be learned and we are sure this event will serve Nekoda well as she heads into the qualification period for Tokyo 2020. Always proud.
Connor and Adam each put in positive performances, winning two and losing contests each. In the Pre-Cadet age band there was a gold for Mounir, bronzes for Valentine & Maddy and 5th place finishes for Luke & Dlair. Niki missed out on the placings.
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Above: most of the team getting ready to warm up.
Juniors
SILVER Showgo Kimura
BRONZE Connor Gossedge
Unplaced Adam Burt
Seniors
GOLD Ion Fiodor
BRONZE Showgo Kimura
BRONZE Silviu Nastasa
5th place Vladimir Oleinic
5th place Ben Westcott
lovepreet, Natasha, Giovanny & Abdel didn't place.
GOLD Jaap Kaur
GOLD Sophie Wilkinson
GOLD Evan Spencer
SILVER Matteo Lamagna
SILVER Sophie Wilkinson (a second weight category)
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Above:,Evan with his medal.
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Above: Repping and ready to go!
GOLD Peter Davies
GOLD Sophie Wilkinson
SILVER Stefan Krunic
SILVER Peter Palotas
BRONZE Ellis Davies
Below: the team!
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Elena Bob won bronze at -63kg.
We had a great weekend, with the whole team, travelling fan club included, giving of their best, to produce a consistently high standard of judo and a very unified feel.
Saturday - A-Band, Pre-Cadet & Cadet
GOLD Jaap Kaur
GOLD Maddy Birri
GOLD Luke Davies
SILVER Sophie Wilkinson
SILVER Sofia Krunic
BRONZE Maya Aubert-Gomez
BRONZE Valentine Bachelez
5th place Peter Davies
5th place Connor Gossedge
Ellis, Francesca & Adam were unplaced
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Sunday - Under 21, Senior & Masters
GOLD Ion Fiodor
GOLD Natasha Glassford (Masters)
GOLD Giovanny Antalika (Masters)
GOLD Moli Ramos
GOLD Silviu Nastasa (Masters)
SILVER Natasha Glassford (Senior)
BRONZE Connor Gossedge
BRONZE Giovanny Antalika
John didn't make the rostrum today.
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GOLD Jaap Kaur
SILVER Peter Davies
BRONZE Jack Devaney
Ellis fought very well at -34kg but did not medal.
Giovanny and John went along with coach Sammie and won a gold and a bronze respectively.
GOLD Vladimir Oleinic
GOLD Joe Greatholder
SILVER Robyn Davies
SILVER Sammy Zaitshek
BRONZE Anton Derkach
Our 5 competitors really put it all out there at the Europeans for ages 30+. On the Friday Giovanny fought fantastically well to win a bronze medal, while on Saturday Silviu (ROU) and Natasha each placed 5th in strong fields. John (IRL) and Antonio (ITA) didn’t love but had a great experience.
This is always an interesting event, with club members competing for the respective borough team and we had players fighting for Ealing, Hillingdon and Richmond this time.
Ealing
GOLD Maddy Birri
GOLD Evan Spencer
GOLD Luke Davies
SILVER Peter Davies
SILVER Sofia Krunic
SILVER Connor Gossedge
BRONZE Maya Aubert-Gomez
BRONZE Francesca Birri
Ellis & Adam fought hard but without results. Callum and Stefan fought some fantastic fights and won many but ended their day in 5th place.
Hillingdon
GOLD Sophie Wilkinson
Alex Thoule missed out this time
Richmond
Dlair had a tough draw and didn’t chalk up a result today.
Silviu fought as the one non-British player in the British TM30 team. He had some great fights and the team placed 5th in the end.
Natasha fought in the GB1 TF30 team and they won a bronze medal, following some exciting contests.
Saturday - Belt Banded Under 16
GOLD Maya Aubert-Gomez
GOLD Jaap Kaur
GOLD Mounir Baaziz
GOLD Luke Davies
SILVER Valentine Bachelez
SILVER Maddy Birri
5th place Peter Davies
Callum, Ellis, Stefan, Sophie, Alex, Sofia, Niki & Francesca didn’t make the placings.
Sunday - Youth, Senior & Masters
GOLD Connor Gossedge
GOLD Elena Bob
GOLD Silviu Nastasa
SILVER Ben Westcott
BRONZE Adam Burt
5th place Cedric Aubert
Pierre Powell was unplaced.
As London comes together in this way just once a year, this is always an amazing event full of team spirit and passion. This year was no different. Ealing JC has judoka representing London in the Pre-Cadet boys and girls teams, the Cadet boy’s team and both senior teams.
GOLD Mounir Baaziz (Pre-Cadet)
GOLD Luke Davies (Pre-Cadet)
GOLD Giovanny Antalika (Senior)
GOLD Ion Fiodor (Senior)
GOLD Vladimir Oleinic (Senior)
GOLD Silviu Nastasa (Senior)
BRONZE Maddy Birri (Pre-Cadet)
BRONZE Sofia Krunic (Pre-Cadet)
BRONZE Nekoda Davis (Senior)
BRONZE Natasha Glassford (Senior)
BRONZE Elena Bob (Senior)
Tohgo and Connor fought in the boys Cadet team but unfortunately they went out at the pool stages on points.
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