Great Start to 2013

On Sunday 3 February Connor Tait, Ethan Ward, Brandon Allsebrook and Jack Hopewell travelled to Walsall to take part in the first major event of 2013, the Midlands Area Age Band Championships. Connor, Ethan and Brandon were called first to three seperate mats, Connor in the u30kg category, Ethan in the u38kg and Brandon ... More

Annual Presentation Evening 2012

On Saturday 15 December we held our annual presentation evening for 2012 at The Pelican, Nottingham. Thank-you to everyone that attended, I hope you will all agree it was an excellent evening with plenty of food, fun and games. Congratulations to all of our students that received an award on the night, however those of ... More

Chloe Wins Gold Volunteering Award

On Saturday 10 November club coach Paul and his daughter Chloe attended the British Judo Awards evening in which they were both nominated for volunteering awards. The annual awards are held to recognise both Elite Players and Judo Volunteers for their success and contributions to Judo throughout the year. Paul and ... More

Samurai Junior Green and Under 2012 – Results

On Sunday 4 November Ethan Ward and Jack Hopewell travelled to Kidderminster to compete in the Samurai Green and Under Championships. Ethan was up first in a pool of five, his first opponent proved to be a tough challenge taking the contest to Golden Score and then flags, Ethan secured his first win of the day after the ... More

Technical Grading Results

On Monday 29th and Wednesday 31st October at our clubs in Bilborough we held our final technical grading of 2012 at which 15 of our students attempted to increase their grades. We decided to run the grade at the club sessions instead of our usual grading day as many students had advised they were unable to attend the ... More

Tait Duo Strike Again

On Sunday 21 October Nottinghamshire hosted it’s second Red Belt Rumble event of the year. Siblings Connor and Ellie Tait were representing our club at this event. Connor was called to the mat first and as with the majority of categories at this event he was in a pool of four and would have three contests. Earlier in ... More

Ethan Ward Wins National Title

On Sunday 30 September Ethan Ward and Jack Hopewell represented our club at the 2012 British Champions for 10 and 11 year olds that were held in St. Helens. The British Championships is the most prestigious event of the year where players from all over Great Britain converge to compete to become the British Champion in ... More

Nottingham Mini-Mon and Senior Kyu 2012 – Results

On Sunday 23 September Nottinghamshire Judo hosted the Nottingham Mini-Mon and Senior Kyu Open at the Bilborough Sports Centre in Nottingham. This event was split into two sections one section for junior players aged 8-14 and graded Novice – Yellow+3 and the second section for senior players aged 14+ and graded 1st ... More

Cobra Trio See Red

On Sunday 8 July Nottinghamshire Judo hosted the Nottingham Closed Championships at the Bilborough Sports Centre in Nottingham. This year the format for the closed had changed slightly and there were two categories, one for Nov-3 Mon and one for 3 Mon – 6 Mon. We had three entries into this event and they were all ... More

Technical Grading Results

On Sunday 1 July at the Bilborough Sports Centre we held our second technical grading of 2012 at which 22 of our students attempted to increase their grades. From 10.30am - 12.30pm all of the students were examined Paul and Steve Wilkins who is also a qualified BJA coach. Well done to all of those that took part and ... More