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Christmas Party 5th December 04
Great Venue at High Pit, Cramlington, and all Battle Hill & Fordley Judoka and family had a great day. Many thanks to Sensei Jason n Debbie for organising the event and of course Santa for attending.
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Bushido Grading 4th December 04
Senior Promotions - Malcolm Young 2nd Dan, Steve Carey 3rd Kyu, Brian Batey 3rd Kyu.
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NACP Open - 20th November 04
A local event held at wallsend sports centre, Katie Young Gold o30kg, Natasha Smith Silver o30kg, Scott Collins Bronze u40kg.
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Cobra National Invitation – 14th November 04
A good event over 150 competitors from 16 clubs, all players had an exceptional performance against some very strong opposition.
Joe Cotcher u27kg-Gold, Katie Young u40kg, Chris Young u34kg-Gold, Jason Knox u34kg, Jac Cotcher u23kg-Silver.
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Great Northern Open – 2nd October 04
The
Wallsend event was well attended by over 250 competitors, and we still
managed to take eight trophies.
Connor Wynn u24kg, "Big" BillyAtkins u28kg, Shantell Blundell u32kg-Bronze, Grant Oliphant o32kg, Jac Cotcher u24kg-Bronze, Joe Cotcher u28kg-Bronze, Natasha Smith u28kg-Bronze, Katie Young o32kg-Silver, Darren Blundell u35kg, Daniel Wynn u50kg-Bronze, Justin Blundell u35kg, Chris Young u35kg-Silver, Callum Thompson-Gold.
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White Tiger Open – 12th September 04
Another
good collection of eight trophies.
Jac Cotcher-Bronze, Callum Thompson-Gold, Jack Colwell-Silver, Connor Wynn, Natasha Smith-Bronze, Daniel Wynn-Bronze, Katie Young-Silver, Chris Young-Gold, Joe Cotcher-Silver.
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Bushido Grading – 17th July 04
Congratulations to all students who attained higher grades
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Summer Fair – 2nd July 04
A successful tombola stall raised £97 towards the new mat fund.
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Flamingo Land Day Out 27th June 04
37 students/parents travelled by coach to Flamingo Land and a great day was had by all, the weather was good to us for the first six hours, then the sky’s opened for half an hour. Although, this didn’t dampen our spirits, not even Jac, Joe and "Big" Billygetting stuck on the water ride, getting their moneys worth me thinks :-)
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Fordley Open, Seaton Burn Jun 04
Pictured from left; Daniel Wynn, Connor Wynn, Pippa Schofield, Jac Cotcher, Jordon Cotcher, Joe Cotcher, Scott Corden, "Big" BillyAtkins, Darren Blundell, Shantelle Blundell, Natasha Smith, Katie young, Justin Blundell, Callum Thompson
Battle Hill Judo club took a squad of sixteen junior students to a local competition at Seaton Burn. The event, organised by Fordley Judo Kwai, was for novice students only, which was ideally suited to Battle Hill, currently in their tenth month.
With a strong field of approx 100 competitors, ranging from Six to Fifteen years of age, the students gave an exceptional performance returning with an incredible 15 trophies; 6 Gold, 6 Silver and 3 Bronze awards.
Boys Under 10 Years, under 25kg category had three of the students within the same group. Connor Wynn successfully won enough contests to secure the bronze. Jac Cotcher won three contests with a combination of O-Soto-Gari (major outer reaping throw) and groundwork combinations. His Brother, Joe was to meet him in the final, after winning his previous three contests with numerous excellent Te-Garuma (hand wheel) throws. The final was a close contest with Jac scoring 5 points, before Joe overpowered him gaining 7 points to secure the Gold. "Big" BillyAtkins was runner up in the Boys under 10 Years, under 30kg weight category.
Boys under 10 years under 35kg, was won very convincingly by Callum Thompson age 8 years. Not content with one Gold, Callum also entered the Over 10 years category of the same weight, joining two other students from Battle Hill, Darren and Justin Blundell. Justin gained a runner up trophy, while his brother took the Silver with one of the days best techniques, a spectacular Ippon-Seio-Nage (one handed shoulder throw). Callum, meanwhile, once again won all his contests against Judoka up to four years his senior, with an exceptional achievement of a maximum score, winning another Gold.
Shantelle Blundelle, lost her first contest in the girls under 10 years, under 30kg category, but returned strongly winning her following two contests with Kesa and Mune Gatame (Scarf and chest holds) to secure bronze.
Girls under 10 years, under 35kg saw Katie Young winning most of her fights with various techniques including a very efficient Seio-Otoshi (shoulder drop). Katie was narrowly defeated in the final by a Koka score (3 points) to take the Silver Award. Katie aged 8 years, also wished to compete in the over 10 years category, and was delighted to follow in Callum’s footsteps winning the Gold award.
Natasha Smith, aged 7, took the Gold in the girls under 10 years, under 45kg, and looking for some additional experience joined seven other girls in the over 10 years group. Pippa Schofield and Kimberley Johnston were also competing in the same category. All girls fought extremely well, gaining runner up awards, in what was a very competitive and skilful group.
Boys under 40kg and 45kg, saw Jordon Cotcher and Jacob Brown, giving very strong contests, each gaining Silver in their respective categories. Daniel Wynn, after watching his younger brother gain a bronze earlier, stepped up the pace and joined Jordon & Jacob with a Silver in the under 50kg category.
Scott Corden was unfortunate to be unable to compete in the Boys under 55kg, due to lack of entrants in that weight category. He was however undeterred and agreed to move to a higher weight category. He won both his contests against much bigger opposition, utilizing his favourite technique Harai Goshi (sweeping loin), to gain the Gold in the Boys over 55kg weight category.
Two of the clubs senior students, Dave Colwell and Kev Corden also officiated at the event.
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Bushido Judo Course, Cramlington May04
Barry executing Tai-Otoshi on Mala
Chris performing an O-Uchi-Gari block on Barry
Mala attacking Barry with O-Uchi Gaki.
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Bushido Grading, Wallsend Apr04
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Hokojun Open, Cramlington Mar04
Hokujun Judo Club, situated in Cramlington, was host to a number of local Judo clubs for a competition at the weekend. The event was held at the Cramlington Sports club and due to unforeseen events was continued at Concordia Leisure centre. As well as the usual Judo competition, there was also a Kata event for both junior and senior competitors, giving demonstrations of Nage-no kata and Ju-no-kata. The event was a resounding success with some spectacular Judo from all competitors.
Results
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Club |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
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Hokojun Judo Club |
4 |
5 |
3 |
12 |
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Battle Hill Judo Club |
3 |
6 |
3 |
12 |
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Seishin Judo Kwai |
3 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
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Bushido Judo Kwai |
3 |
0 |
4 |
7 |
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Fordley Judo Kwai |
1 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
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Gosforth Judo Club |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
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There was also an award for the best technique of the day, which was short listed to Tim Dugdale, Chris Reay, Adam Shaw, Darren Schofield and Thomas Dugdale. After a very difficult decision it was awarded to Chris Reay for a spectacular Tai Otoshi, throwing his opponent in the over 50kg gold medal final, for Ippon (perfect score).
Event officials; Jack Hearn (8th Dan), Junielle Smith (4th Dan), John Hall (3rd Dan), Malcolm Young (1st Dan), assisted by Dave Colwell, Ken Schofield, Russel Dawson, Kev Corden.
A special thank you to club coaches for their assistance; Chris Dawson (Bushido), Sharon May (Bushido), Jason Anderson (Fordley), Dave Steadman (Seishin), Steph Schofield (First Aider).
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Eagle Open, Nottingham Feb04
Pictures from left Jordon Cotcher, Callum Thompson, Jac Cotcher, Ross Cordon, Natasha Smith, Jacob Brown, Katie Young, Scott Cordon, "Big" BillyAtkins, Daniel Wynn, Jack Colwell, Chris Young, Callum Wynn, Jason Knox, Joe Cotcher.
Fifteen competitors travelled to Nottingham to participate in the Battle Hill Judo Club’s first ever event since the club formed in September 2003. The event in Nottingham was hosted by the Eagle Judo club, with various clubs from the UK in attendance.
The club was hoping for a few medals, whilst also giving the new students some experience of Judo Competition, however what was to follow was a magnificent medal tally of 13 medals from 15.
Competitors under eight years; Jac Cotcher Bronze u21kg, Connor Wynn Bronze u21kg, Joe Cotcher Gold u23kg, "Big" BillyAtkins Silver u25kg, Natasha Smith Silver o30kg, Katie Young Gold o30kg.
Competitors over 8 years; Jack Colwell Silver u31kg, Jason Knox u27kg, Ross Cordon u33kg, Chris Young Bronze u33kg, Callum Thompson Silver u33kg, Jordon Cotcher Bronze u36kg, Jacob Brown Bronze u40kg, Daniel Wynn Bronze u50kg, Scott Cordon Silver u55kg.
All students and parents had a fabulous day and look forward to the clubs next outing.