BJA Southern Area - Surrey County
Judo Archived News for 2000
The Police National ChampionshipsOn Saturday 2nd December 2000 at the Police National Championships at High Wycombe, Surrey Police Judo Club won three medals.Gary Liddle (-73kg) silver, Andy Grand (-81kg) veterans bronze, and Ray Blythe (-90kg) kyu grades bronze.
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British Trials - Under 20'sOn Saturday 2nd December at the Junior British Trials in WolverhamptonMichael Seuke won Gold in the under 100kg section Daniel Smith won Silver at under 73kg both players putting in good performances to get rid of their disappointment of previous years at the Nationals Hopefully Junior British flags will follow. At under 55kg James Holmes won through to the 2nd round pool and Craig Finch fought hard but did not get past the first round Daniel Goddard unfortunately did not make his weight and was unable to compete James and Craig both put in good performances, especially as they will have another 4 or 5 years in this event Valuable experience gained British Senior TrialsOn Sunday 3rd December at the Senior British Trials in Wolverhampton Rachel Wilding took 1st place in the womens under 70kg category.She won all 7 fights by Ippon and completed a great day by throwing Amanda Costello for Ippon with Uchimata in her last contest. Rachel also earnt 20 points towards her competitive 4th Dan during the day. Graham Hoptroff
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Junior Nationals at Crystal Palace on Sat/Sun 4-5th November 2000Daniel Holmes won the Bronze medal in the under 34kg class (10+11yrs).Issac Noto won the Bronze medal in the over 55kg class (12+13yrs). Emma Robbings won the Bronze medal in the under 32kg class (10+11yrs). 5th places were earned by Steve Ellis (u38), Daniel Smith (u73), and Michael Seuke (+90). Other Southern Area Team members included Kieran Rice, James Holmes, Daniel Goddard and George Ellis. Well done to everyone representing the Southern Area, in what is the toughest competition on the junior calendar - GH.
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Gold at the Canadian Open on the 28th OctoberRachel Wilding won the Gold medal in the under 70kg class. Amazingly her first round match was again with Jana Grenzdorfer, the German that had beaten her in the US Open. This time Rachel turned the tables to win and go on to take the Gold and the Canadian Open title beating Pamela Wilson of Canada in the final (G Hoptroff). See the Pragma Sports web site full full details.
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Millennium League Final Results - September 24th 2000The Final round of the Millennium League was held at Westcroft on Sunday 24th September 2000. It was a very close competition with Pyrford JC managing to make up a 54 point difference with the 1st placed club Westcroft JC, to go onto win the Top Club Trophy.Well done Pyrford !  Check out the Pyrford website for the latest results.
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Trevor LeggettIt is with great sadness that I have to report the death of Trevor Leggett (27.8.1914 - 2.8.2000) - patron of the Kano Society.See the Kano Society web site for full details.
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BAA Gatwick Surrey Youth Games Results Contestants, officials, team coaches all working hard to make the Surrey Youth Games a success for all. Check out the Pyrford website for the results. The next Surrey Youth Games will be held in June 2001.
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BJA Surrey Web SiteThis web site will be maintained regularly.Any amendments to Club details should be passed to Andy Grand. Other information for the web site or newsletters to Chris Crook and Tony Wheeler.
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National Kata CourseLast year's Kata Course run by Mike Leigh was reported to be a big success. See events page for the next course on 7th April 2001.Below is a photo of the group who attended. 
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