The Camberley Judo Club annual black tie gala dinner at Pennyhill Park Hotel on 4th April was once again a huge success. The event originated in 2009 to raise much needed funds for the Surrey Going For Gold charity, supporting Camberley Judo Club athletes aiming for the Olympic and Commonwealth Games. The premise of the evening
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Camberley’s Burns, McKenzie and Clempner find success on Pan American tour!
Nathon Burns, 24, won his first medal at the Continental Open level in Montevideo, Uruguay. He stormed through his first two fights against home fighter Duarte and Brazilian Santos with an impressive display of newaza skills. Third fight in Nathon’s words was a “strong battle” but he secured the win with a 5 point score.
Olympic Judo Medallist Karina Bryant shares her London 2012 story with local students
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London 2012 Olymic star Karina Bryant comes to Cowfold
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CJC Red Belts RUMBLE Micklefield and NHC!
Micklefield Red Belt Rumble – The CJC red belts were out in force again, this time at Micklefield Judo Club. Keira Clisby (u25kg) won all of her fights by maximum score to claim the gold and even threw one of her opponents with a sweeping hip throw in just 3 seconds. Pippa Boocock (u32kg) won
The English Open at Ice Sheffield
Lasha Lekishvili our, only junior member of the Elite Team in this event, looked confident in the -73 kg weight. Facing all of the top players from the British trials, he won 4 fights by big scores to get to the final which he won with a maximum score to claim the gold medal. In
South of England Open – Green Belt & Under
A good mix of experienced fighters & novices were representing Camberley in the South of England Open (Grade & Age Banded) held at the K2 in Crawley this weekend. Star of the show was Toby Roberts (U50kg / U16yrs Orange & Green belts). This was the first time for Toby in the U50kgs category and
Olympic Judo Star pays visit to Bede’s School
Bede’s Prep School was lucky enough to be visited by a Karina Bryant, a medallist from last summer’s 2012 Olympic Games in London. Click here to read more
An Interview with Head Coach Luke Preston
Camberley Judo Club- Head Coach Luke Preston “Having successfully coached Bronze Medallist Karina Bryant and other members of the 2012 Olympic GB Squad, we interview Luke Preston about his Olympic experience and his role at Camberley Judo Club” What preparations were you involved with to get the GB squad ready for London 2012 to Olympics?
British Schools Championships.
The new rules came into effect for the first time at Junior level and to their credit the three Cadet boys competing did not use this as an excuse for failing to make any impact on these championships. 4.00am starts are also something to accept and get used to when travelling to the showcase events