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NEWSLETTER 15th OCTOBER 2011
On the 8th August
we were visited by well known MP Mike Penning.
He came along with Kishor and Pat Patel who very
kindly came to donate a "making a difference"
cheque for £500 to Bury Judo Club.
Kishor and Pat
are well known for their support in the
community and all members of Bury would like to
say a huge
thank you
for the donation.
There are some
pictures under the gallery
tab where Roy Smith (head coach) and Pam
(founder member) can be seen receiving the
cheque.
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Bury Judo
Club would like to say a big thank you to
Kishor and Pat Patel from
Nisa Local
for sponsoring us. Please
click on the logo below to find out more about them:
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Hertfordshire Judo Clubs
host local fun day.
The piece
below was written by Ben Almond:
On
Saturday 14th November 2009
almost 100 local girls and boys aged 5 to 11 took part
in a “Judo Fun Day” held at St Albans Judo Club. The
event was the brain-child of the coaches of three local
judo clubs and the clubs participating were St Albans
Judo Club (who hosted the event), Bury Judo Club from
Hemel Hempstead, Welwyn Garden City Judo Club and the
Haberdashers Aske’s School Judo Club which is affiliated
to WGC.
Bob Cleevely, the event’s host from St Albans, explained
that the coaches of the three clubs got together through
a common desire to meet the needs of judo beginners in
Hertfordshire. “The decision was therefore taken”,
explained Bob, “not to simply run a competitive
intra-club judo tournament but to set up an integrated
‘fun day’ where novices and beginners could be
introduced to the rules and etiquette of the judo
contest environment in a fun, relaxed and informal way
without a focus purely on results.”
Ben Almond, Club Secretary of the WGC Club based at
Gosling said “We had an overwhelming response and far
more entries than we expected but we managed to organise
the whole day so that we could cater for all the
children as best as possible.”
The under 8’s had their own mat where Claire Banham of
St Albans enthusiastically organised over forty 5-7 year
olds by setting up some contest games together with
children from other clubs in small mixed teams. “This
was not serious “club versus club” stuff, “explained
Claire, “but great, fully integrated fun!”
The 8-12 year olds contested for 2 hours over two mats
with coaches from the three clubs acting as referees
including Andy Bonfield, Junior Club Coach at WGC and
Roy Smith, Club Coach at Bury. In
the 8-10 and 10-12 categories, players were weighed in
and placed into small groups with children as close as
possible to their own age, weight, grade and experience. “It
was a great idea”, said Roy, “to allow contests to
continue for the full 2 minutes, even after a win by one
player, as this allowed confidence to grow and our young
beginners to gain the maximum enjoyment from the day.”
The event was sponsored by Hemel Trophies who provided
and engraved participation medals free of charge for all
the competitors.
The event was also an excellent learning experience for
some of the more advanced junior players from the three
clubs, many of whom helped out on the day as table
officials, scorers, time-keepers and even a spot of
supervised refereeing!
In the immediate hours and days after the event, the
organisers and coaches of all clubs received many
e-mails from the clubs officials, spectators and the
parents of children participating in the event. One such
parent wrote “Thank you so much for organising this
fantastic event. It
was my son’s first experience of a judo randori and he
absolutely loved it. He
now actually ‘gets the point’ of doing judo and he can’t
wait for the next competition.”
Ian Wasey, the Honorary Secretary of
SAJC commented “St Albans JC trustees were happy to host
the event and we hope and expect there will be other
similar occasions in the future.”
Another spectator wrote “Thanks for all your efforts to
make this such an enjoyable event for all – especially
the little ones. My
son kept his medal on all night and even wanted to wear
it to bed !”
Dr Rodney Day, St Albans Chairman expressed the
gratitude of everyone present when he thanked and
congratulated the principle organisers, coaches and
helpers from the three clubs involved. “I
have heard many parents this afternoon comment on how
well the event has been run and how the supportive
atmosphere amongst all the clubs has helped the less
experienced judoka enjoy this experience to the full”.
In fact, the day was such a resounding success that the
clubs are already planning to establish the event in the
annual calendar of all participating clubs and are
looking to further develop their unique approach to the
development of judo in Hertfordshire.
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NEWSLETTER 15th OCTOBER 2009
Event: B.J.C Welsh National Championships
Venue:
Hereford Leisure Centre
Members of the Bury judo club travelled to Hereford
to take part in the British judo council Welsh
National Championships, coming away with six
national medals.
First up were Jamie Klyen and Liam Trillgreen both
fighting in the U/25 Kg. They were drawn in
different pools and went all the way through to meet
in the final, Jamie winning gold and Liam taking
silver. This was Liam's first national event and
coming away with a silver looks very good for the
future.
Next up was Bethany Curran the current
U/30kg English and Welsh national champion. Beth
moved up a weight group to U/35 this year but showed
her true pedigree winning the gold with some very
good ippon judo.
Next on the mat was Paige Rowlatt who moved up to
U/45kg and was the the smallest girl in her group.
As has been typical of Paige over the years though
this did not bother her and she went on to take the
gold with skillfull ippon judo.
In the boys U/55kg Adam Winchester took a bronze
medal only losing one fight on the day.
Last up was Benjamin Whittle fighting in the 16yrs
to 18yrs category. Ben is the current English
BJC National Champion at U/60 kg but this
championship saw him move up a weight group to U/65
and he did very well eventually taking the silver
medal, only losing to a black belt DAN grade in the
final.
William James and Jack
Boughton also competed and fought very well both
winning their first 2 fights but coming up against
some very tough competition.
Primary Boy's - U/25kg - Jamie Klyen - Gold -
National Champion
Junior Girl's - U/35kg - Bethany Curran - Gold -
National Champion
Junior Girl's - U/45kg - Paige Rowlatt - Gold -
National Champion
Primary Boy's - U/25kg - Liam Trillgreen - Silver -
Runner Up
Espoir Boy's - U/65kg - Benjamin Whittle - Silver -
Runner Up
Junior
Boy's - U/55kg - Adam Winchester - Bronze - Third
Place
Other Club members who were part of the
Bury Squad.
William
James, Jack
Boughton and James Hammond-Clay
WELL DONE TO EVERYBODY.
And thanks to all the coaches, parents
and junior judoka for your support.
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NEWSLETTER 17th May 2009
Event: B.J.C Hertfordshire Closed
Championships 17th May 2009
Venue:
St Albans J.C.
28 Members of the Bury Judo Club took
part in the Herts closed championships, taking a massive
total of 20 Medals - 11 Gold, 6 Silver, and 3 Bronze
Ashleigh Seagar Under 22kg
Gold Primary Girls
Liam T. Green Under
25kg Gold Primary Boys
Oliver Jordon Over
34kg Gold Primary Boys
Jessie Haggerty Over
34kg Gold Primary Girls
Harvey Laird Under
30kg Gold Junior Boys
James Hammond -Clay Under 35kg
Gold Junior Boys
Leah Hammond-Clay Under 40kg
Gold Junior Girls
William James Under 45kg
Gold Junior Boys
Adam Winchester Under 55kg
Gold Junior Boys
Connor Herlihy Over
60kg Gold Junior Boys
Benjamin Whittle Kyu Grade Gold Senior Men's (Light Weight)
Bradley Laird Under
22kg Silver Primary Boys
Kaia Hynds Under
28kg Silver Primary Girls
Ben Arthurs Under
35kg Silver Junior Boys
Beth Curran Under
35kg Silver Junior Girl
Sian Bartlett Under
40kg Silver Junior Girl
Tim Morris Kyu Grade Silver
Senior Men's (Heavy Weight)
Jamie Klyen Under
25kg Bronze Primary Boys
Jack Bartlett Under
28kg Bronze Primary Boys
Isabella Atkins Under
31kg Bronze Primary Girls
Congratulations to
James Hammond-Clay who
won Best Junior Boy Judoka of the day.
Other Club members who were part of the
Bury Squad.
Ralph Williams, Haydn Williams, Jack Boughton, Louis Atkins, Ethan Molloy, Molly Jones,
Stephanie Lawrence, Mark Northwood.
WELL DONE TO EVERYBODY.
And thanks to all the coaches,
Table officials, referees and parents for your support.
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NEWSLETTER 4th May 2009
Event: B.J.C. Junior & Espoir
National Championships 2009.
Venue: Hereford Leisure Centre.
18 members of the bury judo took part in the B.J.C
National championships at the weekend and came away with
9 national medals, 5 National Champions and 4 Bronze medal
winners.
Jessie Haggerty - Over/ 31 kg
GOLD National Champion Primary
Bethany Curran - Under/ 35 kg
GOLD National Champion Junior
Adam Winchester - Under/55 kg
GOLD National Champion Junior
Connor Herlihy - Over 65 kg
GOLD National Champion Junior
Benjamin Whittle - Under/ 60kg
GOLD National Champion Espoir
Jamie Klyen - Under/ 25kg
Bronze Medal winner Primary
Jack Boughton - Over/ 31kg
Bronze Medal
winner Primary
Paige Rowlatt - Under/ 40kg
Bronze Medal winner Junior
Daniel Vials - Over/ 65kg
Bronze Medal winner Junior
All the above winners are now invited to train as part
of the
B.J.C. National Squad
and hopefully get the chance to compete
at International level.
Other club members who were part of the Bury Squad:
Jack Bartlett, Ethan Molloy, Oliver Jordon, Louis
Atkins, James Hammond-Clay, Harvey Laird, Alex Gill,
Leah Hammond-Clay, Kirsty Herlihy and William James.
WELL DONE TO EVERYBODY.
And thanks to all the coaches and parents for your
support.
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Bury Judo Club, Adeyfield Community Centre, Adeyfield,
Hemel Hempstead, Herts, HP2 4EW Tel:01442
250854 Mob:07961 105055 |
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