BJA Southern Area - Surrey County
Judo Archived News for 2001
Southern Area Open Mini-Mons & Senior Closed Championships At Crystal PalaceOur Surrey junior and senior judoka won 8 Gold, 6 Silver and 14 Bronze medals at these two Southern Area Championships at Crystal Palace on 25th November 2001.Southern Area Mini-Mons saw medals for; White/Red Belt Boys Robert Fleming (Westcroft JC) u34kg Bronze, Adam Pearman (Sovereign JC) u50kg Bronze. Yellow Belt Boys Sam Hughes (Camberley JC) u27kg Bronze, Joseph Booth (Pyrford JC) u38kg Bronze, Matthew Kim (Guildford JC) u42kg Silver, Liam McIntosh & Christopher Wolister (Pyrford JC) u50kg Bronze, Lee Carter (SenShu Ryu) o55kg Silver, Philip Crisp (Westcroft JC) o55kg Bronze. Orange Belt Boys Liam Franklin (Camberley JC) u30kg Gold, Nathan McAdam-Freud (Tokei JC) u42kg Gold, Charlie Lucas (Croydon JC) u46 Bronze, Sam Dransfield (Tokei JC) u55kg Silver. Girls Samantha Kowalczy (Croydon JC) u32kg Bronze, Dayzee Booth (Pyrford JC) u40kg Bronze, Sonya Clarke (Pyrford JC) u48 Bronze, Keleigh Vernon (Tokei JC) o63kg Gold. Southern Area Senior Championships saw medals for; Dan Grades Men Paul Franklin (Camberley JC) u60kg Bronze, Paul Levett (Camberley JC) u66kg Silver, Roch Borg (Croydon JC) u66kg Bronze. Kyu Grades Men Craig Finch (Pyrford JC) u60kg Gold, Mark Sadler (Pyrford JC) u66kg Silver, Neil Spencer (Croydon JC) u81kg Gold, Paul Scobie (Sovereign JC) u100kg Gold, Chris Moon (Sovereign JC) o100kg Silver. Ladies Jodie Parsons (Camberley JC) u63kg Gold, Melisa Mead (Croydon JC) u70kg Silver, Rhonda Sturley (Yoshin Ryu) o78kg Gold.
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Coaching Report - December 2001See latest coaching report from the Surrey Coach Stephen Ellis. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Andrew Ede - Swedish Open on the 17th November 2001
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Junior Nationals at Crystal PalaceThe Southern Area squads won plenty of medals at Crystal Palace on Saturday and Sunday 10/11th November 2001.The girls results are the following (Surrey girls in bold);
The boys results are the following (Surrey boys in bold);
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New Sports Funding Officer for SurreyPatrick Brosnan has just been appointed as Sports Funding Officer for Surrey County.This is a new post and part of the role is to provide support and advice to Surrey based organisations seeking funding for sport. Patrick has asked that all clubs are notified of his details and to get in touch if there are any funding issues that wish to be discussed that he may be able to help with. Patrick Brosnan - Sports Funding Officer, Surrey County Council, PO Box 5, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, KT1 2EA Tel: 020 8541 7662 email: patrick.brosnan@surreycc.gov.uk mobile: 07968 832167 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Millennium League Final Round - 28th October 2001 - Westcroft Leisure CentreThe Final round of the Millennium League was held at Westcroft on Sunday 28th October 2001. Pyrford JC team romped home winning 1st place and Top Club Trophy, with Westcroft JC 2nd.See individual results with photos of all medal winners. Well done Pyrford... again !!  Check out the Pyrford website for the team results.
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The October BJA Surrey newsletter is out now !Copies of the newsletter can be obtained at Surrey judo events, from this website's Newsletters page or from Chris Crook. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dan Grading on 28th October 2001 - WestcroftPlease note that the Dan Grading has been cancelled due to a lack of numbers entering.The Grading for 6th mon to 2nd kyu will still take place as planned. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Area Junior Trials - 7th October 2001 In Worthing on Sunday, Surrey had at least 24 players qualify for the Junior Nationals to be held in November at Crystal Palace. The Surrey players representing the Southern Area and trying to gain places on the National Cadet Squad are; Emma Robbings, Dayzee Booth, Ashley Finch, Daniel Goddard, Kieran Rice, and George Ellis from Pyrford JC Liam Franklin, Graham Christie, Matthew Monaghan, Rachel & Stephanie Inkpen, Sarah Commerford, Jodi Parsons, Dawn Wilkins, and Daniel Smith from Camberley JC Christopher Thorne from Guildford JC Charlie Lucas, Samantha Kowallzyk, Katrina McDonald, and Roch Borg from Croydon JC Sam Bransfield from Tokei JC Kerry Ford from Westcroft Rhonda Sturley from Yoshin Ryu Katie Dean from Senshu Ryu Good luck to all of you at the Nationals.
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PAA National Judo Championships - 15th September The Police National Judo Championships were held at the Guildford Spectrum on Saturday 15th September. This competition saw some of the best judoka in the country in action. There were over one hundred competitors entered for these championships representing over twenty different British Police Forces. See here the Individual and Team results. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Surrey Blue Belt & Under - September 16thPlease note that the Surrey Blue Belt & Under competition on September 16th has been cancelled. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charles Palmer OBE, 10th Dan & BJA President - died 17th August 2001See the Independent Newspaper and BJA website for full obituaries. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Area Referees Workshop 3rd November 2001SOUTHERN AREAWILL BE HOSTING THE SECOND REFEREES WORKSHOP 3RD NOVEMBER 2001 CROYDON JUDO CLUB TAVISTOCK ROAD CROYDON SURREY 10:00 START 16:30 FINISH Following on from last year's Workshop success, the Southern Area will be hosting the next Workshop on 3rd November 2001. This is open to all coaches, referees (National C and below), players and any interested people, this is your chance to ask questions! Oh by the way, there is NO FEE, but bring your own food and drink supplies. INTERESTED? Email your details to: Claire Greenwood cgreen9572@aol.com (01322 359019) Name . Ref Grade Address | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Surrey Coaching Course 14th and 21st October 2001Stephen Ellis the Surrey County Coach has set up a course for Coaches in October. See the Registration Form for details. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World ChampionshipsCheck out the Independent Newspaper website for news on the World Championships at Munich this week. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mini-Mons Millennium League Results from WestcoftCheck out the Pyrford website for the latest results from the Mini-Mons League held at Westcroft Leisure Centre on 22nd July.Here is the current League Table . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coaching Report 14th July 2001On the 1st July the First Aid part of the coaching course I held in April was success fully completed by 9 of the Judoka,s taking part in the course who didn’t have the necessary Certificate , It was an all day course covering all kinds of accidents/ injuries that could accrue on the Judo mat.On the 8th July I attended the Southern Area Technical day held at the Dartford Judo Club organised by Alan Roberts, It was good to see a lot of (old ) friendly face’s from the area , and well supported by the Area and National officials i.e.: Gordon Mortimer. Graham Turner , Barry James, John Bushnell, Seth Birch, and Lesley-Anne Alexander who very kindly took a Question and Answer session at the end of the day, There was some first class practical sessions taken by Neil Adams on Grip control and by Udo Quallmaltz on Techniques. Barry James and Roy Court gave a very interesting talk on Special Needs Judo and the part coaches and officials play , and Graham Turner discussed the proposed changes in refereeing rules. I would like to thank Alan Roberts and with the help of John Bushnell for organising what was a very good day and hopefully will become an annual event. On the 22nd July I’m of to the World Championships in Munich with a small group of Guildford Judo Club members , we are stopping off on the way in Freiburg Guildford’s partner town to see a few friends and take a practise session , they seem to be very keen on the way we do are training and run our sessions to the extent they are after a full time judo coach from England , when I get back I well circulate the details of the position. Congratulations Ellen Ellen Cobb 7th Dan and Senior Coach at Guildford has been given the honour by the Deutcher Judo Bund to attend the World Championships as their V.I.P. guest. Stephen Ellis - Surrey County Coach. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BJA Southern Area OpenClick below to see the results from the BJA Southern Area Open held on Saturday June 9th at Crystal Palace.Dan Grade - Kyu Grade - Veterans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BJA Surrey Junior OpenClick below to see the results from the BJA Surrey Junior Open held on Sunday June 10th at Crystal Palce.Boys Novice to 6th Mon - Girls Novice to 6th Mon Boys 7th to 12th Mon - Girls 7th to 12th Mon Boys 13th to 18th Mon - Girls 13th to 18th Mon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Surrey Youth GamesThe BAA Gatwick Surrey Youth Games Judo competition was held at the Guildford Spectrum on Saturday 9th June 2001.The four winning teams are ; Guildford Boys (-11), Woking Girls (-11), Tandridge Boys (-16) & Tandridge Girls (-16). The presidents cup for most ippon throws was won by Helen Stafford (Guildford) in the girls and Lewis Beever (Guildford) in the boys.  A full report of the Games with photos will appear shortly ! Here are the individual medal winners and the full Borough Results. Seen in the photo below are the winning team captains being presented with their trophies by Alan Rickard (BJA Surrey County President) and Richard Stokes (BAA Gatwick).  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
British Junior OpenOn Saturday 26th May Daniel Smith had a good day at the under 20's British Open held at Willesden.Having 5 contests he defeated 3 Brits and a Dutchman before finally losing to another Dutch competitor in the final giving him the Silver medal. Graham Hoptroff | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Surrey Coaching First Aid Course & a little History!From Stephen Ellis (26/05/2001)As promised in my last newsletter, I have organised a First Aid Course for the Judokas that took part in the coaching course held on the 22nd/29th April. The course is to be held at the Guildford Judo club on the 17 June starting at 10am until 4pm, and is already fully booked. I will be organising another course after the summer holidays for all coaches who have yet to obtain a first aid certificate. The course fee will be set between £10 and £20 depending on the numbers taking part, which is a lot cheaper then attending an individual course, which can cost £60 to £70. I’ll also see about organising a Theory Examiners Course again to be held at the Guildford Judo Club after the school holidays. Any one interested in taking part, please contact me by email at surreyjudocoach@aol.com or Tel/Fax:01329665142. For those of you old enough to remember back to the late 60s and early 70s and the beginnings of competitive judo for woman within the B.J.A. [I was very young] and today’s equivalent of National, European and World champions i.e.: Ellen Cobb, Chris Child, Chris Wildman, Heather Ford, Lauren Pearman, est., and the Woman’s National Trials being held at Crystal Palace Behind closed doors and drawn curtains in rooms G3 and G5 so that the general public would not be able to see Ladies, sorry Woman, fight. Also male officials where kept to the minimum, although most at the time didn’t really want to be seen officiating at women’s events or be involved, with the exception of Gordon Mortimer and Alan Rickard, always great supporters from the beginning. Any way what am I getting to , last week we [ Guildford Judo club ] had a visit from Pinewood Seniors or Bracknell as it use to be known, and Lynn Hiller / Tilley turned up with them, Lynn was British Open Champion and World Middleweight Champion in 1975. Lynn has only just started back after a break of over 20 years and 3 children the oldest being 25 and a 1st Dan, but her Techniques where still there including her Morote seio-nage which was so devastating. I remember back in the mid 70s being the team captain for Guildford in It’s a Knockout competition held at the Aldershot Football ground, Lynn was co-opted on to the Guildford team as the second Judo representative, Although I think I remember Ellen saying you will enter but always a great sport she did so willingly, and we were the only two members of the Guildford team that didn’t lose an event all day. Lynn is hoping to compete this year at the World Veterans in Nevada U.S.A. with other members of Pinewood Judo club; I wish her and the other members of Pinewood good luck even though it’s the Northern Home Counties. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
European Championships in Paris 18-20th May 2001GB TeamMen - J Buchanan u60, D Somerville u66, E Bonti u73, L Preston u81, S Vidler u90 Women - F Robertson u48, G Singleton u52, J Brien u57, K Roberts u63, A Costello u70, M Rodgers u78, S Callendar +78, K Bryant (open) On Friday Michelle Rodgers added another bronze medal to the one she won at the Championships in 1996. Catrina Rodrigues of Portugal was beaten with a fine shoulder throw, and in the bronze medal fight she beat Anastasia Makrosova of the Ukraine with a strong pick-up counter. Amanda Costello and Simone Callender were both unluckly not to win bronze. On Sunday Katrina Bryant managed a bronze medal in the Open. Georgina Singleton came close to a medal in the bronze medal fight, but lost out to Laetitia Tignola of France. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Area Inter CountiesThe results from the competition at Lordswood Leisure Centre in Kent on May 13th were;
Photos/story to follow soon. Here are some of the team members;
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Surrey County Trials Results Click here for results and photos of the junior and senior medal winners. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Surrey Coaching ReportAfter the success of the coaching workshop and seminar held at the Guildford Judo Club on the 25th February, I organised a coaching course for preliminary coaches, Club, and Senior.Club Coaches.The course took place on the 22nd/29th April with 21 judoka’s taking part the three level’s of coaching awards where ran simultaneous, even though much of the course was not required for the preliminary coaching award those taking part all felt it was of benefit, and to know what would be required of them to progress to the next step. With the changes in the coaching requirements for the First aid section the first aid Questionnaire is no longer required to be completed, but all coaches must have a valid first aid certificate, therefore all those taking part in the course who didn’t have one will be coming to a full days first aid course which will be held at the Guildford Judo Club in the near future. I would like to thank Derek and Sarah Hopkins for once again helping with the Kata section, which they also did on the coaching seminar demonstrating Nage-No-Kata and Katame-No-Kata, Also many thanks to Derek Piers Hampshire County Coach who came along to help me with the marking on the 29th April. Well done and congratulations to although who took part in the course it was a lot of hard work in two long and tiring days. I would like to take this opportunity to remind all coaches the importance of making sure your coaching award is up to date and that you have attended the relevant number of re-validation events, this is for your own safety and protection as a coach, if your coaching award has expired and you are still coaching you are not covered by the B.J.A. insurance. As there seems to be no complete list of coaches within the Surrey area I will be sending all the B.J.A. registered clubs in Surrey a form to complete asking them to list the names of the coaches registered at there club so I can keep you all informed of any course’s being organised and any changes to the coaching syllabus. I now have an E-mail address so if any one wishes to contact me by E-mail I, am on surreyjudocoach@aol.com or Tel/Fax:01329665142 Stephen Ellis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wilrijk International in BelgiumOn Saturday 28th April Isaac Noto represented Great Britain Cadets in the Wilrijk International in Belgium.After losing his first contest he came back strongly to beat French, British and Belgian competitors to take Bronze in the +71kg group. Congratulations and we hope this will be the first of many International medals. Graham Hoptroff | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nintai Judo Club Annual TournamentOn 21st/22nd April a 10 strong Surrey boys team travelled to Raamsdonk (Holland) for an exchange trip with Nintai Judo Club at their annual tournament.We travelled on Saturday morning by minibus and Eurotunnel, arriving at the Nintai Dojo about 4pm. We were introduced to our host families and spent some time with them before a very light randori session on Saturday evening. The tournament on Sunday was extremely tough and expectations were not too high after the 1 Bronze last year from the boys. This year however results were better with Daniel Commerford leading the way with a Gold at 66kg, Roch Borg followed with Silver at 60kg and Ashley Finch and Richard Cox took Bronzes in their groups. All the others came close with 4ths going to Nicholas Vantomme, Kieran Rice, Craig Finch and Isaac Noto. Also competing were Sam Hess and Richard McDonald. After a meal and farewells with the host families we started the journey home and arrived back late evening with everyone tired but happy. The team from Nintai will be visiting the Surrey Open next year if everything goes to plan. I would also like to thank the Nintai coach, Joris for his hard work in organising our stay. Graham Hoptroff | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BJA British Open Judo Championships 2001See results from the Championships held in Birmingham, and also the results from the Visually Impaired Championships. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Results from the British Schools National Championships and the London Junior OpenOn Saturday April 1st Craig Finch won Bronze at under 60kg in the British Schools National Championships in Birmingham.On Saturday April 7th Sam Hess won Bronze at under 30kg in the London Junior Open held at Willesden. Well done to both of you ! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Your County Needs You ! The county is always looking for more judo officials. Please send your details into us if you are interested in becoming a judo coach, table official or referee. BJA Club Coach Awards On Sunday 1st April Jim Hyde and Ray Blythe both took a BJA Club Coach course and passed with flying colours. Congratulations to Ray on gaining his coaching award and to Jim for adding the BJA award to his previously earned NVQ coaching award | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Results from the Southern Area OpenAndy Grand (yes the secretary) fought at the Southern Area Veterans on 18th March and managed a bronze medal and also 10 points towards his the third dan!In the Juniors Craig Finch won double Bronze at u60kg taking 3rd place in both the under 16 event and also the under 20 event. Bronzes also went to Ashley Finch at u38kg and Isaac Noto at +71kg At the Ipswich Senior Open on the same day, Daniel Smith won Gold at his usual u73kg. Congratulations also goes to Richard Stothard Surrey Police JC who passed his refereeing exam at the Southern Area Junior/Youth & Vet's Open at Crystal Palace. Richard is now an Area Referee!!! Well done to you all! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Letter from Rt Hon William Hague MPI recently received a letter back from William Hague MP (Leader of the Opposition) replying to some judo questions I had put to him. If anyone else has received letters from famous Judoka that might be of interest to our judo community, that we can publish in our newsletter or web site, then please send them in to me! Chris Crook
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Alan Rickard awarded 6th Dan Croydon Judo Club coach and International Judo Federation referee, Alan Rickard, has been awarded his 6th Dan by the British Judo Association in recognition of his officiating as a referee at the Paralympics 2000 in Sidney last October. Alan was presented with his red and white belt for his 6th Dan by BJA Director and Chairman on the Southern Area, Mr Barry James, at the coaching seminar held on 25th February in Guildford. Alan Rickard, who is President of the BJA Surrey County, has also been responsible for ensuring that Croydon Judo Club, which was established in 1951, has thrived to become one of the oldest judo clubs in the country. The Club celebrates its Golden Jubilee Anniversary this year for which a programme of special events, which will include an invitation competition and a dinner/dance function to be held on Saturday 10th November 2001 at the Hilton International, Croydon. Tickets for the dinner/dance will be available shortly – anyone interested should contact the Club. The Club is also preparing a full history and wishes to re-establish contact with any former members of the Club, particularly those who were members from the Club’s inception to the mid 1970’s, to provide accurate information or anecdotes about those years or to provide contact addresses and telephone numbers of former members. Anyone able to assist should contact Sheila Hearsey on 020 8861 6256 or by e-mail to Sheila@croydonjudo.com. Postal replies should be addressed to the Club at 10 Tavistock Road, Croydon, Surrey CR0 2AN
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Mini Mon Millennium League ReultsFifteen clubs took part in the recent Millennium League competition held at the Westcroft Leisure Centre on Sunday January 28th.See the Pyrford Web Site for the full results.
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INTERNATIONAL SELECTIONIsaac Noto has been selected to represent Great Britain Cadets in Rotterdam on 20/21 January and also in Groesbeck on 27/28 January.After Rotterdam he will be entitled to wear his Great Britain Cadet flags. Good Luck Isaac !
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Surrey Judo Team in Wales - U16 Welsh Open (Cardiff) - RESULTS !On Friday 12th January we took a team of Surrey Boys to Cardiff for the under 16 Welsh open. After weighing in at the sports centre we spent the evening at Cardiff Youth Hostel.The competition on Saturday was very tough and the boys managed 2 medals. Craig Finch from Pyrford won Silver in the under 55kg group and Daniel Commerford from Camberley took Bronze in his first attempt at 66kg. James Holmes from Pyrford just missed out on a Bronze in his first tournament at 60kg and went away with a very creditable 5th place. The Welsh Open is always a tough event and any placing has to be battled for. As far as I know the only Surrey girls medal was a Silver from Jodi Parsons of Camberley. Others taking part were Sam Hess .. Ashley Finch .. Ryan O'Sullivan .. Kieran Rice .. Karl Coppack .. Isaac Noto Graham Hoptroff
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Surrey Judo Team in Wales - U16 Welsh Open (Cardiff)Hi,this is the surrey judo team e-mailing you from wales! We are all going to win and bring back the gold's! See you soon, All the Team. 12/01/01
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Millenium LeagueDear JudokaFurther to my recent letter I have been asked to clarify a couple of points that have been picked up.
Regards Graham Beagley.
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The posts of Treasurer and Publicity Officer for the CountyAfter several years serving the County both Denise and Tony Wheeler havetendered their resignation from the Surrey Committee. Therefore, nominations are invited for the posts of Treasurer and Publicity Officer for the County. Please submit any nominations, proposed and seconded, to the secretary, Andy Grand by 7th February 2001 for election at the AGM. The Committee thank Den and Tony for all their hard work over the past 5 years and wish them every success with their clubs and future endeavours. Andy Grand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Surrey BJA AGMThe Surrey BJA Annual General Meeting was held on Wednesday 21st February 2001 (19:00hrs) at Croydon Judo Club.Details to follow soon.
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