Heart of England 2012

This is the first competition in the new age bands.  The 1996 players moved out to Junior and the 1998 moved up from Pre-Cadet.  There are some good players moving up and they give me a different challenge. I will still fight at -50 until after the October Nationals but want to have a go at -55 for the Welsh Open next weekend.

Jack Ferry (Edinburgh ) First Fight
It was a good start to the competition and I controlled the fight winning with a hold down

Oliver Harris (Osaka)
Oliver is a good fighter and I was pleased to catch him early on with my drop sode

Jack Murphy (Pro Judo)
Jack is always a tough fight but I was on good form and threw him for ippon with kata guruma

Joshua O'Connor (Gendros)
Josh is easily the top fighter moving up to cadet and he had some good wins on the other mat to reach the final. Still I controlled it well throwing him for Wazari and Ippon within 45 seconds.

Next weekend I will fight at the same age band but at -55kg

Link to the Results on Judo Technologies: Heart of England Results