Last weekend saw the Samurai Judo Championships taking place in Kidderminster. Representing East Yorkshire Judo Academy was Beau Chan.
At just 10 years old, Beau is a player who is growing with each competition experience.
East Yorkshire Judo Academy had three players attend the Home Nation judo tournaments with the English Open in the Cadet age band.
Mason Campbell was fighting in the -66kg category and whilst Mason put up a couple of good fights it wasn’t to be his day and was knocked out of the competition in the early stages.
East Yorkshire Judo Academy travelled to The Hague in Holland for the Adidas International Judo Tournament.
A full weekend of competition it pitted their players against some of the best in Europe.
With the new British judo season just starting Saturday saw the first of the major events, the Welsh Open.
This is the first of the 4 home nation tournaments and the seeding event for the British Championships.
Tommy Jackson of East Yorkshire Judo Academy was flying the flag for the club in an action-packed weekend of country hopping.
He was competing at the Bayer International Tournament in Leverkusen, Germany.
Walsall was the venue for this year’s Heart of England Judo Championships which saw Beverley’s Holly Bentham continue with her marvellous 2016 form.
Local judokas Holly Bentham 15 and Sean Tooby 13 were in action at the weekend in the Northern Home Counties Open held in Hornchurch, Essex.
2015 has to date proved to be a successful year for local sportswoman, Holly Bentham, aged 14.
Following her recent silver medal at the London Open ranking event, East Yorkshire Judo Academy player, Holly Bentham, made her debut in a senior competition at Goole Leisure Centre last weekend.
St Helens in the North West of England was the venue for the third out of a total of six ranking events of the 2013/14 season, last weekend. The East Yorkshire Judo Academy sent a strong selection of seven players to contest for honours.
A packed to the rafters, 2,000 strong crowd were in attendance at the English Institute of Sport, Sheffield which was the setting for the British Judo Pre Cadet and Cadet National Championship
Beverley’s Lois Brown won a gold medal at Venray International Judo competition held in Holland.
The East Riding Judo Academy reinforced its status as one of the countries leading clubs on Saturday when the British Judo Championships took place at The English Institute of Sport, in Sheffield.
Hot on the heels after being crowned as the Yorkshire Team Champions, the East Yorkshire Judo Academy sent a selection of players to compete at Kendal in the Lake District. Fighting on the actual judo mats used in the London 2012 Olympics,
On Sunday 14th October Lois took part in the British Judo Championships, competing in the junior women under 78kg section. She had slipped down the England ranking lately due to judo taking a back seat whilst studying for her A levels at Beverley Joint Sixth. However
Beverley’s Holly Bentham continued her successful 2012 so far travelling to Cardiff to compete in The Welsh Open, one of judo’s major events. In a packed arena at the Welsh Institute of Sport, Holly produced some fine judo against some of the country’s best young athletes.
A large number of Beverley youngsters which are members of the East Yorkshire Judo Academy were thrilled to get their own opportunity to encapture the Olympic spirit, when leading club member
In a little over a month’s time it will be the Olympic venue with athletes from all around the globe converging for a chance to fight to win gold, however last weekend it was a trio of the East Yorkshire Judo Academy