This year Venray was going to be the hardest comp I had done yet. I was in the under 15's (u34kg) and many of the best fighters around were competing this year. It was a tough step up to the under 15's.
Vano Niniashvili (Georgia) First Fight
First fight up was against a very small fast Georgian fighter. Vano was on the Georgian national team. I had never seen him fight aywhere before so did not know what to expect. He was very very fast and I was unhappy at losing to a dodgy yuko. Vano won all the rest of his fights to reach the final with big ippons so my fight wasn't that bad really.
Denis Berberat (Switzerland) Second fight
My second fight was an easy Ippon win against a Swiss fighter.
Jonathon Benyachou (Germany) Third fight
My third fight was against a strong German fighter. I fought really well winning with a wazari and then an Ippon.
Leopold Reinicke (Germany) Fourth fight
My fourth fight was against another very strong German fighter. Leopold had earlier thrown Owen Corzilius for Ippon so it was going to be my hardest fight yet. I fought really well and had found my best judo to beat him with an Ippon.
Mikhail Parfeev (Russia) Fifth fight
I was against a really fast Russian next but was fighting really well by now. I beat him easily with another big Ippon.
Owen Corzilius (Netherlands) Sixth fight
I had reached my mat final of the repecharge against Owen. I had never fought him before but he is one of the best Dutch fighters in this age group. I had to wait over two hours before we fought and could not find the judo from before. I lost by a yuko.
I was really pleased with the way I fought this year and finished seventh. Link to results:
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