Moberly Stars at the Midland Area Age-Banded

Tough weekend for the Moberly Stars but some good results at the Midland Area Age Banded Championships at Walsall this weekend.

In the Minors section Liam won an excellent Gold in the u34k with Oliver battling as ever to claim the bronze.Corey had to settle for silver after some lovely throws in the u42k.

The Pre-Cadets had a tough day, however, Kamal put aside his Nationals disappointment to win the u38k, beating the current champ. Kyle just missed the bronze and Dinari, Daniel and Alex all had to withdraw from competition with minor injuries. Luan and Oliver were also unfortunate to miss out.

In the Cadets Arseniy stepped up to the u81k and won an impressive Gold, Reuel was in great form in the u66k but also had to settle for silver. Max, David and Mohud missed out.

In the Juniors u73k, Tyrese was unlucky not to win gold after a slip in the final and Micheal claimed bronze. Reuel carried on his form to claim bronze in the u66k while Bence was a little unlucky to miss out.
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Moberly Stars at the Pre-Cadet, Cadet, Junior and Senior Nationals 2016

There were absolutely magnificent performances from the Moberly Stars at the GB Cadet and Pre-cadet championships in Sheffield. Such a high level and difficult event with some breathtaking judo on display.
Arseniy became Cadet National Champion with a masterful and commanding display in the u73k.
Dinari fought with fantastic composure and fully deserved his silver in the u42k Pre-cadet section. Bronzes were also won in the Pre-cadet 34k and u38k by Omar and Kyle. Both showed true fighting spirit to overcome 1st round defeats to battle through the repercharge.

5th places for Kamal , Anna and Max just missing medals
7th place for Mohud, Reuel, and Luan
There also invaluable experience gained for Amel, Oliver, Daniel and Alex.

Michael and Tyrese were also in action at the Junior Nationals and David fought in the Senior Nationals. For Michael and Tyrese it was a excellent learning curve picking up valuable experience. David missed out on qualification to the 2nd pool by a small penalty score.

Moberly Stars at the Minor and Masters Nationals 2016

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..

Moberly Stars at the NHC Split Grade

Eight Moberly Stars made the short trip to High Wycombe to compete in the NHC Split Grade Open (Don Werner Memorial). The event was particularly hard for the younger members of the team as this was an event with no technical restrictions.

In the Yellow and Orange belt section, Gold medal winner Dinari was in excellent form. With his mobile attacking style he won his 4 contests to claim top spot in the u34k.

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Mariam had to battle extremely hard for her silver medal in the u57k. While Kamal was able to produce one of the throws of the day to claim his bronze in the u30k.

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Max was also in sublime form and produced another professional performance to claim gold in his new u46k category. 2015-07-19 15.48.30

 

 

The remaining members of the team, Kyle, Oliver A, Oliver L and Daniel achieved more invaluable experience.

Moberly Stars at the National Team Championships

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.

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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.

Moberly Stars at the London Youth Games

It was an extremely busy occasion for the Moberly Stars last weekend as 17 stars took part in the London Youth Games at Crystal Palace. Representing 8 boroughs this event shows how London wide the Moberly stars really are!

David was in great form for Westminster winnng the gold in the u46k, while older brother Michael claimed a bronze in the u50k. Tyrell just missed out in the u38k category.

Representing Brent, Omar, Kamal and Kyle again took a clean sweep of the u30k category wining gold, silver and bronze. While Hamza in his very first event in a year won a great silver in the u50k. Both Tyrese and Bence took well deserved bronzes in the u73k and u60k respectively.

Oliver was also making a long awaited return to competition and although he did not win a medal, the Hammersmith and Fulham representative enjoyed his first event following the recovery from a break in 2013.

Kensington and Chelsea’s brother and sister Mariam and Dawood showed fantastic throwing skills. Mariam took a well deserved silver in the u57k while Dawood just missed the u42k medals.

Nelson battled hard for Ealing but also just missed the medals in the u42k, losing in the bronze medal final.

Max and Michael  representing Harrow returned with a gold and a bronze in the u42k and u60k respectively.

Amel won an excellent silver for Croydon in the u48k, while Luan also claimed a silver in the u38k for Tower Hamlets.

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Moberly Stars at the South Coast Red and Yellow Belt Rumble

 

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.

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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.

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onwards and upwards!!

 

Moberly Stars at the NHC Pre-Cadet and Cadet Ranking Event

A mixed day for the Moberly Stars at the NHC pre-cadet and cadet ranking event at Harlow today, 3 golds and 1 silver was a very good return for the squad.

Both Anna and Mariam showed the result of hard training with eye catching performances against more experienced competitors.  Anna’s vastly superior newaza skills and Mariam’s excellent counter attacking judo proved enough to win  Golds in the u44k and u57k respectively.

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Max was professional as always to claim the u42k Gold  while Lucy was frustrated by a disqualification in the final of the u63k despite dominating the contest with her improving fighting abilities.

It was a frustrating day for brothers, David and Michael Osher, and Michael Mensah all of whom had to move up to heavier categories and missed out on the medals. Mohud also picked up further experience from another high level event.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Moberly Stars at the ‘Throw Yourself into Judo’ launch

10 Moberly stars took part in the official launch of the British Judo Association’s, ‘Throw Yourself into judo’ campaign   yester2015-05-27 11.45.57day 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.

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Moberly Stars at the London Open 2015

 

It was a busy weekend for the Moberly stars at the London Open with a total of 18 taking part in the event at the University of East London. Hosted by the London Area, it was an extremely very well run and highly popular event with an excellent standard of judo. Split into 6 sections, the first group up were the minors (under 12s).

Kamal was in typically scintillating form in the u30k category. His lighting fast reflexes saw him win three tough contests and he ended the day with an amazing bronze medal.

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In the Pre-Cadet section (under 14s), Anna and Amel displayed their much improved fighting spirit to earn a silver and bronze in the u44k and u48k respectively.

The Cadets (under 17s) saw a Gold medal for Lucy who made extremely short work of the u63k category. Max had to settle for a silver in the u42k succumbing to a neat arm lock in the final, while Michael came back from a first round defeat to win the next four contests in fine style to claim the bronze in the u6ok.

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Lucy then returned the following day to take on the Juniors (under 20s) and after 4 gruelling contests, in which Lucy had to withdraw from the final contest due to an injury, Lucy claimed an excellent bronze medal.

The final category was the Masters (over 30s). Sensei Winnie rolled back the years and demonstrated that he is still able to produce high speed and skilful techniques as he also made very short work of the u60k category. Richard was the last Moberly medallists, winning the u90k category with his trademark shoulder throws.

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The event proved to be an extremely high level the non-medalling Moberly stars all gained invaluable experience at this level.