British Junior Championships

After my Bronze Medal at the Cadet Nationals I really needed a good result in the Juniors. I knew I would be giving away a few years on most of the fighters but felt I was capable of a placing. I was still well under weight and it is a different feeling not having to cut weight before a big event. I think having to cut a couple of kilos focuses the mind a bit when preparing for a big event. There were seventeen in the -66kg and the competition was run pools to pools. I was in the pool of five and needed to finish in the top two to go through.

Tyler Smith (Ernest Bevin) First Fight

I felt really sharp and won with an arm-lock in the first minute.

Jack Dreher (Ryecroft) Second Fight

Still feeling good won in the first twenty seconds.

Sean Martell (Westcroft) Third Fight

This was quite a hard fight but came through winning with wazari then Ippon to guarantee getting through from the group.

Jacob Moore (SJC Alba) Fourth Fight

I had lost to Jacob at the Welsh a few weeks earlier and I was fighting really well that day. This was an important fight as the winner would finish first in the pool and get a slightly easier second pool. I kept up my attack intensity winning by a Yuko to go through in first place of the pool.

Elliot Thackray (Pudsey) Fifth Fight

I had fought Elliot before in training but when I was much lighter. Was a great result to hold Elliot down and win by Ippon.

Andy Morris (Wirral) Sixth Fight.

This would have been a big fight.  Sadly Andy got injured the fight before and had to pull out.

Aiden Moffat (Tayside) Seventh Fight

This was the last fight of the pool and both of us were through to the final pool. This result would carry over so it was an important fight. Aiden is a great fighter but I was still fighting well.  I scored with a yuko to win the fight but was really hanging on near the end as Aiden pushed forward.

Adam Khalik (Erdington) Eigth Fight

Adam is an awkward left fighter.  It was a great result to beat adam with a good Ko-Soto.

Thomas Johnson (Final Fight)

This would decide the Gold and Silver and it was great to reach this stage. Tom had beat me a few weeks earlier but it had taken seven minutes. This was a good fight but I lost by a wazari.

As one of the youngest in the group Silver was a great Result and big points for the ECC

Results

Junior Ranking List

British Cadet Championships

This was my last year as a Cadet and I was fighting at -66kg as the Nationals was the first event for 2014 ECC qualification.

Bye (First Round)

Ian Roberts (Kettering) Second Round
Not a brilliant start and my timing was well off. I threw Ian for Ippon in the second minute.

James Littler (Garioch) Third Round
Got going a bit better and won with a hold after about 45 seconds.

Leonardo De Muniz (Semi-Final)
When we fought at the Southern two weeks earlier I won quickly.  This fight was a really hard one. It was a close fight that went well into Golden Score.  Leo rarely throws for less than ippon and sadly for me I got caught with easily the biggest and best throw I have ever been thrown with. Only Leo has the power to catch anybody like this......well done Leo

Joshua Awiti-Alcaraz (Enfield) Bronze Medal Fight
Josh is a strong fighter and never easy to fight. It was really difficult to get back up for the Bronze fight and my timing was still well off. I really scraped the win with only one penalty on the scoreboard.

Although not the result I was after it was good to pick up my ninth National Medal and good points towards 2014 ECC qualification