Moberly Star John was celebrating his first Junior European Cup Gold medal at the weekend at Deva, Romania.

Weighing in at less than 92k, John fought in the u100k category. He was in typically combative form and after an opening round bye, his first contest was against MATTSSON from SWEDEN. John dominated the contest, which was decided in the first 30 seconds when John threw the Swede for Ippon.

John’s next contest was the semi final against KONCZ from ROMANIA. A very tough contest, with neither able to score during the 4 minute contest. With both on penalties, John was able to score a waz-ari in golden score to progress to his second European Junior  cup final in a little over a month.

The final was against the world number 9 ranked junior, DJORDA from SERBIA. In a very tactical contest, John was able to secure victory by a Yuko.  This victory (and the silver in Poland) has ensured that John will now move up into the top ten ranked juniors in the world, and remarkably, he has beaten 3 of the top 5 in recent weeks. John will be competing in the Junior World Championships in UAE in October for the US.

Good luck Johnny. Onwards and upwards

Five Moberly stars made the short trip to Harlow today to take part in Harlow Judo Club’s 6th mon and below Championships at Burnt Hill Academy. Another well run event with particularly impressive trophies!

Moberly had two debutants in Myeisha Dawkins and Ciaron Edwards. Ciaron enjoyed his first tournament with two hard fought victories to claim gold.  Myeisha, competing in the lightest red belt category showed true fighting spirit and determination as she fought back to claim a well deserved bronze. Both showed great enthusiasm and are looking forward to their next events. 

In the yellow belt section, Mariam was too much for her opponents winning five in a row to win her third gold of the year. Brother Dawood was also in good form producing a perfect harai-goshi on his way to the final were he was a little unfortunate to get caught for an ippon and claim the silver. Kyle moved up to the heavier u34k category and despite a semi final loss, was still able to produce a trade mark seio-nage to secure an excellent bronze medal.

 

onwards and upwards

 

There were some great results and performances  from the Moberly stars at the Kent International event last weekend.

On Saturday, the event was split into 3 sections. In the Yellow belt section all 6 competing players were in amazing form claiming 3 golds, 2 silvers and 1 bronze.

Ali, Kyle and Oliver all displayed remarkable consistency achieving another clean sweep in the u30k. Ali winning an excellent gold, beating Kyle in the final with Oliver battling to the bronze.

Anna and Amel claimed further golds in the u44k and u48k respectively, While Mariam had to fight hard to secure the silver in the u57k.

The Orange and Green belt section proved to be a very difficult event with the strong Dutch and Belgian teams in the mix.

Kamal showed great fighting spirit to progress to the final on the u30k. Omar was extremely unlucky in his semi final contest against his Belgian opponent and had to settle for a bronze. Kamal lost out to the same Belgian in the final but was chuffed with his silver medal. Michael was in tremendous form in the u60k. His speed and skill were too much for his opponents as he claimed yet another gold medal.

 

The final medal was won by Max in the Blue and Brown belt section in the u42k. Max was very impressive with his new technical skills but had to settle for a bronze on points.

Great experience for the remainder of the team, Dinari, Daniel, Luan, Nelson, David , Michael, Ben and Ethan.

Onwards and upwards

 

 

 

13 Moberly Stars took part in the Crayford and Metro event on Saturday and returned with a great haul of 12 medals.

4 Golds, 4 Silvers and 4 Bronzes were just rewards for the hard work in the dojo!

In the red belt section, D’mori battled hard in his 3 contests to win the gold in his category. While Gabriel produced a superb o-goshi in his first contest on his way to a bronze medal. Making her debut, Gyovanna won her first contest in her group to secure a first bronze medal.

The next group up were the 8 to 11yrs yellow and orange belts. Kamal, Kyle and Liam dominated the u30k category with another combined display of attacking judo. Kamal pipped Liam to the gold by virtue of the greater points tally, while Kyle claimed the bronze.

In the u38k group, Daniel was surprised by a defeat in his first contest, but quickly returned to winning ways to secure a gold. Nelson started with an excellent victory and continued into the later rounds but just missed out on the medals. Luan made very short work of the u42k category winning in fine style.

The final group were the 12 to 15yr yellow and orange belts. Anna made it a second win at Crawford following last years victory wth a gold in the u44k. Amel won the silver in the u48k beating teammate Mariam, who had to settle for the bronze. The final medal was claimed by Mohud in the u60k winning a well deserved silver.

4 Moberly Stars made the trip to Bishops Stortford Judokwai​ today to compete in the red and yellow belt championships. A very well run event saw Liam win an amazing gold medal with his excellent seoinage techniques. Kyle won a great silver medal after a nervous start, while Alfie battled hard to claim a bronze. Gabriel Ladbury made a great debut and earned a fantastic silver medal. Well done to all. Onwards and upwards