Three fighters from Camberley Judo Club have been selected to represent GBR at the forthcoming World Judo Championships in Rotterdam, Holland. Sophie Johnstone under 52kgs, Sam Lowe under 78kgs and Karina Bryant +78kgs will all be part of the 14 strong GBR squad that attend the championships beginning on August 26th. Sophie Johnstone is the
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Jess and Scott Shine in the West
On Sunday 12th July 2009, 2 of Camberley Judo Club’s younger members competed in Swindon at the West of England Championships. Scott Dunbar and Jessica Black both competed and both returned with medal success, from a competition that featured some of Britain’s brightest young judo players including some of those recently returned from the European
Pennyhill Park hosts the first ever judo ashes!
THE JUDO ASHES CHARITY GALA DINNER AT PENNYHILL PARK HOTEL In aid of the “Surrey Going For Gold” sports charity On FRIDAY 21st AUGUST as the Ashes Cricket Series draws to a close, the five-star PENNYHILL PARK HOTEL, Bagshot in Surrey together with the Camberley Judo Club will be hosting a charity Gala Dinner with
Sophie Wins Sports Personality of the Year
Congratulations to Sophie Johnstone who has been named Surrey Heath female sports personality of the year. The under 52kg fighter is the reigning British Champion in her division and also won silver at last years GB World Cup. Well done also to Jess Carl who won the junior award. Jess trains in the advanced junior
Medal Haul for Camberley at Kent International
Both junior and senior members from Camberley Judo Club won medals at this weekend’s Kent International held at Crystal Palace National Sport Centre. The tournament saw participants from the UK Holland and France. In total the club won 2 gold 3 silver and 4 bronze medals. 13 year old Stuart Brown got the club off
Back to Back Medals in Italy and Slovenia for Camberley Judo Club
Sam Lowe’s gold in the Slovenian Open this weekend capped a very successful mini tour of Europe for Camberley Judo Club. Sam defeated opponents from Germany, Spain and Holland to take the title at under 78kg and the only GBR medal of the tournament. The previous weekends tournament in Italy-the prestigious “TreTorri” event saw
Success for Camberley Judo Club in Belfast
Fresh from success two weeks ago in the British Open Camberley Judo Club members were on great form again at the Northern Ireland Open. Gareth Fairclough claimed his first gold in a senior ranking event winning his three contests in the under 60kg division by the maximum score. Danny Williams’ good form continued with five
Double British Open Gold for Camberley
Camberley Judo Club returned from the weekends British Open triumphant. The club secured two gold medals, silver and one 5th place finish from its squad. On the first day of action heavyweight Karina Bryant got the club off to a flying start winning the gold medal and all of her contests by the
Camberley’s Sam Wins English Open
Camberley Judo Club’s Samantha Lowe won gold at this weekend’s English Open. Sam won all of her four contests to take the gold medal. In the pool stages she defeated main rival and national champion Lindsey Purves in over time having dominated the match. Sam overcame Team Bath fighter Sian Wilson in the final through
Sam and Sophie Selected for Japanese Tour
Two Camberley Judo Club fighters, Sam Lowe and Sophie Johnstone, have been selected for a three week training tour of Japan with the British Judo team. The training trip will run from 30 April to 6 May with the first week seeing the British team train with the National team of Japan. The remaining two