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On Sunday 13^th July 2008 Cobra Judo Club ran their annual Championships at Castle Vale Leisure Centre, Birmingham. Thirty-three fighters from the 2A's Judokwai entered the event and came home with a tally of twenty-four medals, which included eight gold, six silver, and ten bronzes. They also won gold in the seven player team event.

Gold medallist

Phoebe Woodbridge (girls under 20kg), Ella Woodbridge (girls under 22kg), Lewis Chatham (boys under 32kg), Daniel Powell (boys under 36kg), Keelie Jelfs (girls under 45kg), Chelsea Brown (girls under 50kg), Nicola Haywood (Ladies Open), and Adam Ashford (men’s Dan grade Open).

Silver medallist

Lauren Dewsbury (girls under 20kg), Daniel Poller (boys under 20kg), Louis Gummery (boys under 25kg), Harry Tredaway (boys under 28kg), Lucy Stubbs (girls under 36kg), Maria Weir (girls under 40kg) and Tom Page (men’s Lightweight Kyu grade).

Bronze medallist

Solomon Allen (boys under 20kg), Johnathan Dawkins (boys under 20kg), James Cox (boys under 22kg), Millie Dawkins (girls under 40kg), Lucy Gray (girls under 45kg), John Oldfield (boys under 50kg), Mathew Campbell (boys over 60kg), Helen Page (ladies Open) and Ryan Dawkins (men’s Lightweight Kyu grade).

Team Gold medallist

Samuel Morris, Harry Tredaway, Lewis Chatham, Daniel Powell, Maria Weir, Keelie Jelfs, Chelsea Brown.

The 2A’s Judokwai started the day with the Woodbridge sisters winning gold in the first two categories, and the day was completed with Nicola Haywood and Adam Ashford, both Instructors at the 2A’s, taking gold in the final two events.

Anyone wanting more information about the 2A's judo club can come to John Willmott School, any Monday or Thursday night from 6:30 to 8:15 where you can see a wide range of talent from pure beginners through to senior black belts. All new members will be made very welcome.

On Sunday 2nd September, 2007 The British Judo Association held the Heart of England Championships at The NIA in Birmingham, with over 750 players taking part in the event. The 2A’s Judokwai entered three players in to the vast field and came out victorious.

Jordan Ivory-Birtles took bronze in a very fiercely contested category of boys under 50kgs whilst Chelsea Brown stormed through the girls under 48kgs to take the gold medal, beating all her opponents by Ippon scores. Adam Ashford fought in the largest category of the day in the men’s under 73kgs and made it through to the last eight but was knocked out by the eventual gold medallist in a closely fought contest which was decided by a minor score.

Anyone wanting more information about the 2A's judo club can come to John Willmott School, any Monday night from 6:30 to 7:30 (beginners), 7:00 to 8:15 (intermediate and advanced) or Thursday night 6:30-7:30(intermediate) or 7:00-8:15(advanced) where you can see a wide range of talent from pure beginners through to senior black belts. All new members will be made very welcome.

On Sunday 16^th September 2007, Bushi Judo Club held their annual championships at Castle Vale Leisure Centre, Birmingham. Thirty-two fighters from the 2A's Judokwai entered the event and came home with a tally of twenty-eight medals, which included six gold, eight silver, and fourteen bronzes.

Gold medallist

            Ella Woodbridge                 (Girls under 20kgs)

Louis Gummery                     (Boys under 22kgs)

Manon Boucheny                   (Girls under 28kgs)

Lewis Chatham                      (Boys under 32kgs)

Chelsea Brown                      (Girls under 50kgs)

Tom Page                             (Men under 73kgs)

Silver medallist

            Emily Ohran                          (Girls under 20kgs)

            Luis Granthan                        (Boys under 20kgs)

            Riley Dixon                           (Boys under 22kgs)

            Lily Kowalik                           (Girls under 25kgs)

            Grace Chatham                       (Girls under 28kgs)

            Helena Davis                          (Girls under 36kgs)

            Helen Page                             (Girls over 55kgs)

            Mat Campbell                          (Boys over 55kgs)

Bronze medallist

            Daniel Poler                            (Boys under 20kgs)

            James Cox                              (Boys under 20kgs)

            Holly John                             (Girls under 22kgs)

            Benji Allen                             (Boys under 22kgs)

            Sam Morris                            (Boys under 22kgs)

            Sam Perry                              (Boys under 25kgs)

            Lewis Hopkins                        (Boys under 25kgs)

            Elvira Cook                             (Girls under 32kgs)

            Alex Jackson                         (Girls under 32kgs)

            Maria Weir                             (Girls under 36kgs)

            Molly Campbell                       (Girls under 40kgs)

            Lucy Gray                              (Girls under 45kgs)

            Elliott Chatham                       (Boys under 45kgs)

            Jon Oldfield                          (Boys under 50kgs)

The 2A’s entered a big squad into this championship, and reaped the rewards. They won the first gold of the day with Ella Woodbridge in the girls under 20kgs and finished a tremendous day with Tom Page beating much heavier opposition to win the last event of the day, in the men’s under 73kgs, showing that the squad is strong from the lightest right through to the heaviest players.

Anyone wanting more information about the 2A's judo club can come to John Willmott School, any Monday night from 6:30 to 7:30 (beginners), 6:30 to 8:15 (intermediate and advanced) or Thursday night 6:30-7:30(intermediate) or 6:30-8:15(advanced) where you can see a wide range of talent from pure beginners through to senior black belts. All new members will be made very welcome.

On Sunday 25^th February, 2007 the Amateur Judo Association started the 2007 judo calendar by holding the Midland Area Closed championships at Castle Vale Leisure Centre, Birmingham. Thirty-eight fighters from the 2A's Judokwai entered the event and came home with a tally of twenty-nine medals, which included eight gold, eight silver, and twelve bronzes. The competition was split into two levels of ability, a low-grade section and an open grade section.

Gold medallists

Low Grade: - Manon Bouchney and Helena Davis

Open Grade: - Lewis Chatham, George Payne, Lulu Piovesana, Chelsea Brown, Chloe Powell and Mathew Campbell.

Silver medallists

Low Grade: - Katie Bradley, Josephine Philpot and Jack Woodbridge.

Open Grade: - Grace Chatham, Maria Weir, Patrick Maughan, Elliot Chatham and Sean Jones

Bronze medallists

Low Grade: - Samantha Rogers, Samuel Morris, Nicola Philpot, Georgina Rogers, Jerry Oldfield, Jack Beckford, Molly Campbell and Holly Monahan.

Open Grade: - Charlie Clarke, Kate Pickersgill, Madison Millward and Sean Jones

On Sunday 17^th September  2006The 2A’s Judokwai took a squad of twenty-four players to The Bushi Judo Club Championships held at Castle Vale leisure Centre, Birmingham, and came away with nineteen medals which included five gold, five silver, and nine bronzes.

Gold medal winners were: -

Louis Gumery (Boys under 20kgs), Daniel Powell (Boys under 28kgs), George Payne (boys under 32kgs), Chelsea Brown (girls under 40kgs), and Bethany Glasby (Girls over 55kgs).

Silver Medal winners were: -

Adam Budz (boys under 20kgs), Lewis Chatham (Boys under 28kgs), Lulu Piovesana (Girls under 32kgs), Helen Page (girls under 55kgs), and Tom Page (boys over 55kgs).

Bronze Medal winners were: -

On Sunday 26^th February the Amateur Judo Association started the 2006 judo calendar by holding the Midland Area Closed championships at Castle Vale Leisure Centre, Birmingham. Fifty-two fighters from the 2A's Judokwai entered the event and came home with a tally of Forty medals, which included sixteen gold, eight silver, and sixteen bronzes. The competition was split into two levels of ability, a low-grade section and an open grade section. The 2A’s judokwai took a clean sweep of gold, silver and bronze in three of the low-grade boys categories.

This was the largest entry the club has ever sent to a championship and in some categories there up to eight players all from the 2A’s Judokwai.

The senior instructor Mr. Allan Ashford (Fifth Dan black belt) said, "This was a great start to the 2006 campaign for the 2A’s players. There were some superb techniques both from the lower graded players and the higher grades, which was an eye-opener for what is to come in the forth-coming months”.

Two weeks earlier over the weekend of 11^th & 12^th February the 2A’s judokwai joined forces with other local club, Erdington Judo Club, and entered The London International Championship held at the Excel Centre in Docklands. This International event was supported by an entry in excess of sixteen hundred competitors. The joint team came away with fifteen medals which was enough to win the trophy for third place team overall. The partnership also took first place in the Masters section.

Anyone wanting more information about the 2A's judo club can come to John Willmott School, any Monday night from 6:30 to 7:30 (beginners), 7:00 to 8:15 (intermediate and advanced) or Thursday night 6:30-7:30(intermediate) or 7:00-8:15(advanced) where you can see a wide range of talent from pure beginners through to senior black belts. All new members will be made very welcome.

Midland Area Open Age Championships

On Sunday 4th December 2005 the Amateur Judo Association held their Midland Area Open Age Championships at Castle Vale Leisure Centre, Birmingham. Twelve fighters from the 2A's Judokwai entered the event and came home with a tally of eleven medals, which included five gold, three silver, and three bronzes.

The medal winners were: -

Patrick Maughan  (Boys 7yrs old)   SILVER

Jacob Beeke (Boys 7yrs old) BRONZE                         

Lulu Piovesana (Girls 8 yrs old) GOLD                             

Daniel Powell  (Boys 8 yrs old)  GOLD                            

Kate Pickersgill (Girls 9 yrs old) SILVER

Chloe Powell (Girls 11 yrs old)  GOLD                                

Bethany Glasby (Girls 13 yrs old) GOLD                            

Helen Page  Girls 13 yrs old) BRONZE                               

Gregory Clarke (Boys 14 yrs old)   BRONZE                        

Tom Page (Boys 15 yrs old) SILVER                

Ercan Sayman (Youth 16-18 yrs old) BRONZE                          

Luis Piovesana also took part and just missed out getting a medal.

The senior instructor Mr. Allan Ashford (Fifth Dan black belt) said, "It was a great achievement to take so many medals as this competition generally favours players big for their age, and many of our smaller players still managed to come away with a medal making the medal tally even more significant.

The previous weekend the 2A’s sent a squad of seventeen players to the East Midland Area Open Championships held at William Bradford College, in Leicester. After a slightly shaky start the players began to produce the medals and a final tally of five gold, five silver and five bronze medals were won.

  The medal winners were: -

Stephen Bowden (Boys under 22kgs) BRONZE

Lewis Chatham (Boys under 25kgs) SILVER

Charley Clarke  (Boys under 25kgs)  BRONZE

Daniel Powell (Boys under 28kgs)  GOLD

Elliot Chatham (Boys under 40kgs) BRONZE

Tom Page (Boys under 50kgs)  SILVER

Lulu Piovesana   (Girls under 32kgs)   SILVER

Lucy Bradley   (Girls under 36kgs)  GOLD

Cat Thompson   (Girls under 40kgs)   SILVER

Natalie Green (Girls under 45kgs)  GOLD

Allison Hughes  (Girls under 45kgs)  SILVER

Chloe Powell  (Girls under 45kgs) BRONZE

Natalie Green  (Girls under 50kgs)  GOLD

Allison Hughes  (Girls under 50kgs)  BRONZE                 

MIDLAND AREA LOW GRADE AND TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS

  On Sunday 16^th October 2005 the Amateur Judo Association held the Midland Area Open Low Grade & Team Championships at Castle Vale Leisure Centre, Birmingham. Eighteen individuals fighters plus two teams of five and a team of three from the 2A's Judokwai, entered the event and came home with a tally of Sixteen individualist medals and Three team medals, which included five gold, five silver, and six bronzes in the individual competition and two gold and a silver in the team events

The medal winners were: - 

Gold Medals

Patrick Maughan (Boys under 22kgs), Charley Clarke (Boys under 25kgs), Daniel Salway (Boys under 32kgs), Molly M^cCabe (Girls under 40kgs), Erkan Sayman (Men’s lightweight Kyu Grade)

Silver Medals

Harry Robinson (Boys under 25kgs), Olivier Glynn (Girls under 28kgs), Hugo Bouchney (Boys under 32kgs), Nicholas Boddington (Boys under 36kgs), Jake Glasby (Boys under 50kgs).

Bronze Medals

Stephen Bowden (Boys under 22kgs), Luis Piovesana (Boys under 25kgs), Jodie Wood (Girls under 28kgs), Casey Ericson (Boys under 28kgs), Jack Perrins (Boys under 32kgs), Hannah Salway (Girls under 55kgs).

Team Event

Lightweight Team (GOLD)            

Patrick Maughan, Lewis Chatham, Daniel Powell and Kate Pickersgill

Middleweight Team (GOLD) 

Lucy Bradley, Sam Hunter,  Natalie Green. Jake Glasby and Tom Page

Heavyweight Girls Team (SILVER)  

Bethany Glasby and Kate Richards

Nicholas Sissons and Jordan Curly also took part but just missed out on the medals.

MIDLAND AREA OPEN COMPETITION

On Sunday 2nd October 2005, the 2A’s Judokwai took a squad of twenty-seven players to The Amateur Judo Association Midland Area Open Championships held at Castle Vale leisure Centre, Birmingham, and came away with seventeen medals which included nine gold, two silver, and six bronzes.

Gold

Megan Philips (Girls under 22kgs), Daniel Powell (Boys under 25kgs), Lucy Bradley (Girls under 36kgs), Chloe Powell (Girls under 40kgs), Natalie Green (Girls under 45kgs), Tom Page (Boys under 50kgs), Bethany Glasby (Girls under 60kgs) and Nicola Haywood (16-17yrs Open and Dan Grade Open).

Silver Medal winners were: -

Lulu Piovesana (Girls under 32kgs) and Chantelle Draper (Girls under 36kgs)

Bronze Medal winners were: -

Lewis Chatham (Boys under 25kgs), Kate Pickersgill (Girls under 32kgs), Ashley Hughes (Boys under 28kgs), Alison Hughes (Girls under 40kgs), Thomas Slack (Boys under 40kgs), Helen Page (Girls under 55kgs)

The Senior Instructor Mr. Allan Ashford (Fifth Dan black belt) said, the strong entry from the 2A’s bought about the deserved success and the fine haul of medals of which most were Gold. Congratulations to everyone.

Anyone wanting more information about the 2A's judo club can come to John Willmott School, any Monday or Thursday evening from 6:30 until 8:30 pm, where you can see a wide range of talent from pure beginners through to senior black belts. All new members will be made very welcome.

THE BUSHI J.C. COMPETITION

On Sunday 18^th September The 2A’s Judokwai took a squad of eighteen players to The Bushi Judo Club Championships held at Castle Vale leisure Centre, Birmingham, and came away with eleven medals which included two gold, four silver, and five bronzes.

Gold Medal winners were: -

Daniel Powell (Boys under 25kgs) and Natalie Green (Girls under 45kgs)

Silver Medal winners were: -

Grace Chatham (Girls under 20kgs), Patrick Maughan (Boys under 22kgs), Lewis Chatham (Boys under 25kgs), Lulu Piovesana (Girls under 32kgs),

Bronze Medal winners were: -

The Senior Instructor Mr. Allan Ashford (Fifth Dan black belt) said, it was a good start to the second half of the season with more than half the 2A’s players taking a medal in which was a very keenly contested competition. Congratulations to everyone.

On the previous day, one of the 2A’s instructors, Steve Ashford, took part in the British Masters Competition held at Norwich and came away with a Gold medal in the under 73kgs category.

Anyone wanting more information about the 2A's judo club can come to John Willmott School, any Monday or Thursday evening from 6:30 until 8:30 pm, where you can see a wide range of talent from pure beginners through to senior black belts. All new members will be made very welcome.

Grading at Burntwood Sunday 26 June 2005

Patrick Maughan - 2 yellow bars; Jacob Cross - yellow belt; Charlie Clarke - yellow belt; Jacob Glasby - yellow belt; Jack Scading - yellow belt, 1 orange bar; Olivier Glynn - yellow belt; Lulu Piovesana - orange belt, 2 green bars; Ellen Coulson - yellow belt; Connal Trueman - yellow belt; Hannah Salway - yellow belt; Catherine Thompson - orange belt; Alex Walker - yellow belt, 2 orange bars; Katie Richards - orange belt and Helen Page - green belt and 2 blue bars.

Well done to all those who participated and those who came to support the Club.

 RESULTS FROM THE COBRA COMPETITION

On Sunday 19^th July The 2A’s Judokwai took a squad of players to The Cobra Judo Club Championship held at Castle Vale leisure Centre, Birmingham, and came away with seventeen medals of which more than half were gold. The clubs medal tally on the day included nine gold, two silver, and six bronzes.

Gold medal winners were: - Grace Chatham (Girls under 22kgs), Harry Robinson (Boys under 22kgs), Daniel Powell (Boys under 25kgs), Lulu Piovesana (Girls under 28kgs), George Payne (Boys under 30kgs), Chloe Powell (Girls under 40kgs)

Natalie Green (Girls under 45kgs), Helen Page (Girls under 50kgs), Bethany Glasby (Girls under 60kgs)

Silver Medal winners were: - Patrick Maughan (Boys under 22kgs), George Harris (Boys under 45kgs)

Bronze Medal winners were: -Jodie Wood (Girls under 25kgs), Lewis Chatham (Boys under 25kgs), Lucy Bradley (Girls under 32kgs), Cathrine Thompson (Girls under 40kgs), Elliot Chatham    (Boys under 40kgs), Tom Page (Boys under 50kgs)

The Senior Instructor Mr. Allan Ashford (Fifth Dan black belt) said, it was a busy day with the 2A’s having a player in almost every category, and it was great to see such a wide range of techniques being used by all the players. Congratulations to everyone.

Gold medal winners, Patrick Maughan (boys under 22 kgs), Harry Robinson (boys under 22 kgs), Daniel Powell (boys under 25 kgs), Lulu Piovesana (girls under 28 kgs), Lucy Bradley (girls under 32 kgs), Nicola Haywood (young ladies 16/17 open weight) and Adam Ashford (men's Dan Grade under 73 kgs).  Silver medalists include Lewis Chatham Chloe Powell, Helen Page and Kelly Lansbury whilst Grace Chatham, Daniel Salway and George Harris picked up bronze medals.

Gold Medalists, Daniel Powell (boys under 25 kgs), Lucy Bradley (girls under 32 kgs), Bethany Glasby (girls under 55 kgs) while Grace Chatham, Harry Robinson, Lewis Chatham, Lulu Piovesana, Chantelle Draper, Tom Page and Kelly Lansbury collected Silver Medals.  Bronze Medalists were Parrick Maughan, Liam Bradley, Elliott Chatham, Chloe Powell and Nicola Haywood.

London Millennium Competition, Saturday and Sunday 19/20 February 2005

Gold medalists were Steven Ashford and Leah Cox.  a silver medal to Lucy Bradley and bronze medals to Lulu Piovesana, Daniel Powell and Tom Page.