Just when i was thinking about sleeping in, i had to get down to West Acton to attend Mikes Judo Club fun day festival with the club’s youngest stars. The training event was an introduction to competitive judo with all the children receiving an award for taking part. All the kids enjoyed the day and relished being a part of such an event. The future is definately very bright.
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Massive well done to my Moberly stars that fought in our first Green Belt and Below championships. It turned out to be a pretty tough event and all our medal winners had to really dig deep to get a place on the podium.
Golds were won by Myeisha, Maddie and Kyan with some great displays. Silvers were won by Diva, Nathaniel, Corey and Dmori. Bronzes for Micayah, Deborah, Isabella, Parnell, Kristians and Jaden. Sacha just missed out on the medals
Special mention to Cian, Mark, and Eva who stepped up into this higher level and picked up some great experience.
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Big well done to Anna and Myeisha who both won gold in the Northern Ireland Open at the weekend. It was a first appearance for Anna in her new weight of u63k and her first Junior event too. For Myeisha it was also her first gold medal in the u44k Pre-Cadets, after silvers at the English Open and British schools Championships. It was a tough day for the Cadets as Dinari lost his bronze medal final after a disqualification in his quarter final. For Oliver after an earlier loss he had to unfortunately face Dinari in the repercharge.
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Well done to the Moberly Stars competing in events in Ireland and Ealing today.
Oliver had a great day in Dublin at the Irish Open winning gold in the u42k with 4 hard fought wins. While in Ealing the under 8s showed some equally great judo at the EJC Easter fun event. Some of the judo on display was quite exceptional and as an added bonus presenting the medals was GB Olympian Nekoda Davis who herself had her first experience in an event like this some years ago.
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Well done to the 3 Moberly Stars that fought at events in London and Thurrock yesterday. Little Emma took part in the Happidojo under 8 festival and showed her enthusiasm for judo with a great display of her throwing and transition skills. Over in East London, at the London Development Event, Deborah won a silver in the red belts section with her lovely hip throws. In the Yellow belt section, Cian won a well deserved bronze in the u38k after having 6 contests including 2 re-fights.
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Well done to the Moberly Stars representing their various schools at the British Schools Championships at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield.
Gold medal was won by Dinari in the year 10/11 u55k category who made relatively short work of his 4 contests to become British Schools Champion. For Myeisha in the year 8/9 u44k, and Anna in the year 12/13 u57, both were returning to defend titles they won last year. Unfortunately both ended with silver after progressing to their finals with some great judo. For Maddie in the year 8/9 u63k and Kristians in the year 6/7 u46k it was pure determination after early defeats to battle through to win well deserved bronze medals. Dmori also ended with a bronze medal in the year 8/9 u81k following an early defeat which saw him have to withdraw injured.
There was also good experience after some hard fought contests gained for Oliver, Alex, Daniel and Parnell.
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Big well done to Tyrese on winning a bronze in the English Junior Open at u73k on Saturday. He also fought in the seniors and was placed 5th along with Reuel (u66k).
On Sunday, some of the Moberly under 8s took part in the Windsor U8 fun event at Windsor Judo Club. Another excellent training event introducing the youngsters to competitive judo, where all who took part were awarded medals.
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Well done to the Moberly Stars at the English Pre-Cadet and Cadet Open at Walsall today. Huge groups and a really high standard of judo on display. It was also an extremely long day..
Great results for Dinari and Anna in the Cadet section. After a first round loss Dinari won six contests to claim a superb bronze in the u55k. Anna also won bronze in the u57k after some fantastic contests. In the Pre-cadets, Dmori won gold in the +66k with a huge counter, while Myeisha won a well deserved silver in the u44k and Maddie won bronze in the u63k.
Ali was on the end of some dubious refereeing decisions, costing him a medal. While Oliver, Kyle, Kamal, ‘General’ Lee, Daniel and Corey were all left disappointed but no less motivated to come back stronger next time.
With our biggest squad taking to the mat it was quite a job to keep on top of results and performances. Huge thanks to my Moberly coaches that had to look after our squad on this day, (Reuel, Micheal, Daniel, Dinari, Kyle, Kamal) you made me proud. With over half the squad competing in their first official event it was a very busy day.
Gold
Deborah, Summayah, Avyaan, Parnell and Kyan
Silver
Karam, I’sah, Mohammad, Mark, Maksim, Kristians, Dean,Kelvin and Zacharia
Bronze
Huria, Aisha, Micayah, Eva, Isabella, Misha, Theo, Khaleel, Kameel, Adam, Oliver, Joshua, Aidan, Cian and Mikhail.
Special thanks to Elizabeth for keeping us on our toes throughout the day
Well done to the Moberly Stars competing in events at High Wycombe and Ealing last weekend.
On Saturday 4 took part in the Micklefield Judo Club Red and Yellow belt Rumble. Parnell continued is great form with a fantastic gold medal in his group. While Kristians won a great silver in his group. Both Mark and Deborah fought with great spirit to earn bronzes in their groups.
On Sunday a few of the youngest members converged on Ealing Judo Club for their fun fight day. Great performances and huge fighting spirit was shown by all that took part in an event to introduce competition values and etiquette. All who took part were awarded trophies in a truly fun and friendly environment. 