It was a great weekend for the Moberly Stars at the British Masters and Minors Championship in Meadowbank, Scotland.
Oliver overcame a surprise first round defeat to win the u34k category. In a large group, he battled through 6 hard contests to become British Champion.
Also in the u34k, Ali started strongly with great victories but was also defeated in the quarter finals. He showed great spirit to win his remaining contests to secure bronze.
Liam was extremely unlucky in his semi final contest when a dubious refereeing decision cost him a place in the final. He also secured the bronze in the u30k.

Medals were presented by Stephanie Inglis, a competitor who competed against Moberly’s stars in the last decade, who had battled back from a life threatening injury in Vietnam.
Sensei Winnie competing a day earlier, secured won yet another Masters title, while Liston Denys won a bronze. It was truly an exceptional weekend for the stars at both ends of the competitive spectrum..

Both Max and Daniel were selected to represent the London Area boys team at the GB National Team Championships in Walsall on Saturday.

The annual event brings together the various Judo areas /regions into 4 sections, boys, girls, men and women. The boys team consists of 10 players from u38k through to the 081k.  The boys team is selected by Sensei Basil and the London area ensure a full squad with two selected players for each category where possible.

Daniel fought in the u38k section while Max fought the u42k section.

The first match was against the Northern Home Counties. Max contributed to the 9-1 winning margin with an excellent ippon win. The next match was against the North and although Daniel lost his contest the team progressed 8-2. The final contest in the pool pitted London against last years winners, Scotland. In a close battle, London ran out 6-4 winners with Max in winning form in his contest. The Semi-final was against the West and in yet another close battle, London secured victory 6-4. Daniel lost a close battle with his opponent, but the London boys team were in the final against the South.

The final was an intense battle. Max won his contest with an excellent hold down, but at the end of the match London were defeated by the South by 4 wins to 6.

Nevertheless the silver medal marked excellent progress for the boys team, and was great experience for both Daniel and Max.

Max and Daniel pictured with old member Aaron Turner, who won Bronze with the men’s team.  The London teams also won the Gold in the ladies and silver in the girls teams. Onwards and upwards.

Six Moberly Stars took part in the South Coast Red and Yellow belt rumble at Worthing today. The spirited squad gained further experience returning with one gold, two silvers and three bronzes.

In the red belt section, Gold medal winner Maddie was showed her excellent progress with her improving fighting ability. While both Gabriel and D’mori produced excellent winning throws as both claimed well deserved bronzes.

In the yellow belt section both Ali and Kyle were in excellent form, showing true spirit and determination winning 3 contests each. Unfortunately, both were defeated in tough encounters but won excellent silvers. Finally Dawood started with a breath-taking uchi-mata in his first contest, but was also unfortunate as he also ended the day with a bronze.

onwards and upwards!!

10 Moberly stars took part in the official launch of the British Judo Association’s, ‘Throw Yourself into judo’ campaign   yesterday at the Budokwai.

The campaign to attract 50,000 new people into the sport was introduced by the BJA Chairman, Kerrith Brown and Executive officer Andrew Scoular, along with staff members of the BJA and representatives from Sport England, the Sport and Recreational Alliance and BUCS in attendance. Also in attendance was the Mayor of Kensington and Chelsea, Robert Freeman and the London Area Chairman Peter Blewitt

The Moberly stars took part in a demonstration class led by Nicola Nunn and Nick Shepherd, and then took on a few of the current top junior and senior international competitors to showcase the sport.