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Camberley Judo Club has made great start to the competition season in 2010. Last weekend members of the elite team competed in the senior North West Open. Nathon Burns fighting up a weight at 66kg won the silver medal with team mate Gareth Fairclough earning the bronze. Danny Williams also fighting up a weight at

Karina Bryant has just been announced as the British Olympic Association’s athlete of the year 2009 for judo. This great honour follows her world silver medal at +78kg and a great month for the Camberley fighter. At last weekend’s prestigious Tokyo Grand Slam Karina finished in 5th place falling at the quarter final stage after some good

Sam Lowe and Tomoko Kumamoto led the Camberley charge in a freezing Helsinki at the Finland Open last weekend. Sam at 78kgs won the silver medal narrowly losing out on points in the final against Lebrun of France-a former World Champion. Sam defeated opponents from Germany, Iceland and Russia en route to the final with

Camberley Judo Club fighters won medals in both the Swedish Open and Welsh Open last weekend. The prestigious Swedish Open attracted 30 countries and some of the best fighters in Europe. Nathon Burns at 60kg lost narrowly in golden score to the eventual winner from Russia but blasted his way to a bronze medal. In

The fighters from the club had another brilliant weekend’s competition-this time in Glasgow for the Scottish Open Junior and Senior. Saturday was the junior event and Camberley’s young fighters were on fire. Tom Williams (Ford) blazed his way to yet another gold at 81kg with five straight wins. He produced huge throws and strong groundwork

Both the junior and senior members of Camberley Judo Club had a great weekend’s judo results. Camberley returned from the age banded British Championships in Sheffield with two gold’s and two bronze medals and some excellent performances. The two youngest members of the team got the club off to a great start. Jess Black returning

Two members of the full time elite group at Camberley achieved medals at the San Vincente International in Spain last weekend. Tom Williams (Ford) won the bronze at 81kgs and Danny Finney won silver at U73kg. This was a great achievement as the international tournament was for senior fighters and both players are still in

Camberley Judo Club’s Sophie Johnstone (U52kg) has won a bronze medal at the GB World Cup held in Birmingham this weekend. Sophie was on great form all day. She dominated her first opponent from Finland securing three penalty points. This placed her in the quarter final against Lafont of FRA. Sophie won the match with

Two players from the full time training group at Camberley Judo Club won medals at the UK School Games last weekend. Sam Hughes won the silver medal at under 55kg and Tom Williams (Ford) took the gold medal at under 81kg. Sam Hughes began by securing strong wins against Scottish, Northern Ireland and Welsh opponents.

Camberley´s Karina Bryant stormed back onto the world judo scene yesterday winning a silver medal at the World Judo Championships Rotterdam. The over 78kg fighter won GBR´s only medal of the championships on the final day of competition. Bryant received a bye into the second round and then faced Olympic bronze medallist Lucija Polavder of Slovenia.