MATCH REPORTS Jan - Jun 2017

15th January - Eastern Area British Schools Qualifier, Thetford

GOLD Rhys Connor
GOLD Connor Gossedge
SILVER Francesca Birri
SILVER Adam Burt

22nd January - Kent Kyu Open, Dartford

GOLD Blake Inniss
GOLD Salah Rabia
GOLD Abdel Naouri
BRONZE Cedric Aubert

28th January - Bulgarian National Championships

Ivaylo Simeonov travelled back to his native Bulgaria to compete in their Cadet Championships. He won his first two contests but lost the 3rd and 4th to put him out of the running for a medal. 

4th February - English Cadet Open, Thetford

Tohgo and Ivaylo each won a bronze medal, while Connor, Adam and sofija missed out. 

5th February - Northern Home Counties Mini-Mon, High Wycombe

GOLD Maddy Birri
GOLD Peter Davies

Aniss and Mehdi put in some good performances to place 5th in their respective categories. 

12th February - Comberton Invitation Mini-Mon

SILVER Maya Aubert-Gomez
SILVER Ellis Davies
BRONZE James Reiss

Above: Ellis and James with their medals. 

19th February - Worthing Senior Split Grade, Sussex

GOLD Ivaylo Simeonov
GOLD Yacine Sifi
SILVER Cedric Aubert
SILVER Pierre Powell
SILVER Ryan Burt
BRONZE Sammie Grant

25th February - Moberly Minu-Mon, Stonebridge, London

We had such a great day at Moberly's first ever open tournament, with 15 of our little ones battling for medals and an inspiring visit from Nekoda to support the tiny Mighties. 

Above: Sophie and Nekoda

GOLD Schuyler Audley-Williams
SILVER Sophie Wilkinson
SILVER Nina Beliakova
SILVER Maya Aubert-Gomez
SILVER Jaap Kaur
SILVER Callum Burt
SILVER Jack Hourican
BRONZE Clara Fischelis
BRONZE Sammy Zaitshek
BRONZE Ellis Davies
BRONZE Aniss Rabia
BRONZE Mehdi Rabia
BRONZE Joe Morris
BRONZE Ramtin Zolfaghari-nia
BRONZE James Reiss

Below: Jack, Sammy, Callum and Ellis with their medals

An extra well done message must be offered to all our first timers, who were perfect club ambassadors and did their very best to learn all they could from their first competitive outing with EJC: Sophie, Clara, Sammy, Joe, Jack, Ramtin and Schuyler.

26th February - North-West Age Bands, Blackburn

SILVER Dlair Singh
BRONZE Jaap Kaur
BRONZE Luke Davies
5th place Peter Davies

11th March - London Development Event, UEL, Docklands

GOLD Daisy Connor
GOLD Cedric Aubert
GOLD Silviu Nastasa
GOLD Salah Rabia
GOLD Karl-Kareem Melaini
SILVER Maya Aubert-Gomez
SILVER Sophie Wilkinson
SILVER Aniss Rabia
BRONZE Ellis Davies
BRONZE Mehdi Rabia

Jacob Softleigh-Moore fought well, at his first event with EJC, but just missed out on the medals. 

12th March - EJC & 360Judo Schools Invitation, Ealing, London

GOLD Ellis Davies
GOLD Robyn Davies
SILVER Nina Beliakova
SILVER Sara Krunic
BRONZE Ramtin Zolfaghari-nia

25th March - Bishops Stortford Teams, Hertfordshire

Daisy and Soohie fought valiantly as a two-person team, in the under 12'section. No medals but gutsy performances. Our A-band and Pre-Cadet girls team of Maddy, Poppy and Sofia had some excellent wins between them and a great spirit, to bring home bronzes. The boys team in the same category, Samuel, Luke & Dlair, gave it their best shot but couldn't win consistently enough to earn medals. 

Little Peter Davies had come along hoping to jump into a team short of players and just that happened, with him joining Camberley for the day. He fought very well, albeit very light for the opposition, but the team didn't medal. Luke then also jumped into a Camberley team, but for him it was the Pre-Cadet and Cadet heavyweight team, with him still being an A-Band competitor. He fought bravely, not showing an ounce of fear and impressed all. No medal but a lot of valuable experience. 

31st March - Tiblisi Grand Prix, Georgia

This was nekoda's first outing after last Summer's Olympic Games in Brazil and she fought up at -63kg. She beat the Mongolian athlete in her first contest and then lost to the very physical Italian, Gwend. A win in the repecharge then put Nekoda into the bronze medal match against Leski of Slovenia, which she lost, unfortunately, offering a 5th place finish. What an excellent result! The bad news was an injury to the thumb occurred, requiring surgery and another break, but this small set-back won't stop Nekoda from moving forward. 

8th April - British Schools Championships, Sheffield

Rhys Connor and Connor Gossedge each won bronze, while Adam Burt placed 5th. Francesca Birri was unplaced. Well done all. 

15th April - Sportif International, Edinburgh, Scotland

Our Lone Ranger, Tohgo Kimura, put in an excellent performance to win 4 tough contests, including wins against Australian and Swedish opposition. Tohgo lost two contests too and this left him in the toughest final placing, 5th. 

22nd & 23rd April - Northern Ireland Open, Derry

BRONZE Sammie Grant
5th place Connor Gossedge
7th place Ryan Burt (Junior)
7th place Ryan Burt (Senior)

30th April & 1st May - St Petersburg Olympic Hopes Tournament, Russia

On day 1 Luke Davies won his first contest with a big ippon throw but lost his 2nd to a scrappy, physical fighter. This boy then lost, stopping Luke from being pulled into the Pre-Cadet -38kg 

On day 2 Erik had a couple of wars at -81kg, with no result but a shed load of new and valuable experience. Connor placed 7th with some pleasing wins. Ryan won silver at -60kg in the under 21 age band. 

Above: the team enjoying a little tourism in not-so-sunny St Petersburg. 

6th May - London & NHC Development Event, UEL, London

GOLD Sofia Krunic
SILVER Daisy Connor
BRONZE Jaap Kaur
BRONZE Sophie Wilkinson

7th May - Koersel International, Belgium

GOLD Luke Davies
GOLD Dlair Singh
GOLD Jaap Kaur
SILVER Maddy Birri
SILVER Peter Palotas
BRONZE Sophie Wilkinson
BRONZE Peter Davies
BRONZE Ellis Davies

20th & 21st May - London Open, Docklands, London

This was an excellent weekend of great judo and wonderful team spirit. Well done to all who fought and thanks to our travelling fan club. Sofia, Francesca, Adam, Ivaylo and Mantas all gave of their bet but without plcings. 

A Band
BRONZE Maddy Birri
BRONZE Luke Davies
5th place Peter Davies

Pre-Cadet
BRONZE Schuyler Audley-Williams

Cadet
BRONZE Tohgo Kimura
5th place Rhys Connor

Senior
GOLD Vladimir Oleinic
SILVER Ion Fiodor
BRONZE Sammie Grant
BRONZE Natasha Glassford
5th place Verena Pfeffer

Masters
GOLD Sammie Grant
GOLD Silviu Nastasa
GOLD Vladimir Oleinic
SILVER Giovanny Antalika

27th May - High Wycombe Masters, Buckinghamshire

GOLD Giovanny Antalika
GOLD Sammie Grant

11th June - East Anglian Fours, Thetford

GOLD Jaap Kaur
GOLD Aniss Rabia
GOLD Mehdi Rabia
GOLD Maya Aubert-Gomez
GOLD Adam Burt
GOLD Dlair Singh
GOLD Connor Gossedge
GOLD Erik Gee
SILVER Daisy Connor
SILVER Francesca Birri
SILVER Valentine Bachelez
SILVER Cedric Aubert
BRONZE Ellis Davies
BRONZE Callum Burt

17th June - London Youth Games, Crystal Palace

GOLD Maddy Birri
GOLD Adam Burt
GOLD Erik Gee
SILVER Poppy Love
SILVER Peter Davies
BRONZE Sofia Krunic
BRONZE Francesca Birri
BRONZE Luke Davies
BRONZE Ryan Burt

24th & 25th June - Kent International, Medway Park, Kent

Saturday - Under 16
GOLD Jaap Kaur
GOLD Tohgo Kimura 
SILVER Soohie Wilkinson
BRONZE Sofia Krunic
BRONZE Maddy Birri
5th place Mounir Baaziz
5th place Francesca Birri

Sunday - Under 21, Senior & Masters
GOLD Connor Gossedge
GOLD Jess Gordon-Brown
GOLD Ryan Burt
GOLD Giovanny Antalika (Senior)
GOLD Giovanny Antalika (Masters)
SILVER Erik Gee
SILVER Sammie Grant (Senior)
SILVER Silviu Nastasa
BRONZE Sammie Grant (Masters)