Saturday 28 March 2015

Junior European Cup, Italy

Traveled over to Lignano, Italy for the second junior European Cup of the year. I was in good form from portugal but it was a hard event with may top fighters taking part. I was seeded two for the event.

First Round Bye.

Gabrielle Bossettini (Italy) Second Round
Won my first fight quickly with Ippon

Hidayat Heydarov (Azerbaijan) Third Round
Got caught for yuko and chased the fight as best as I could before getting arm-locked with 15 seconds to go. I will take some positives from how I fought Hidayat who is one of the best fighters around.

Lior Zvieli (Israel) Repecharge
Lior is a strong Israeli fighter who had trained with when I went over last year. Won with drop morote.

Filip Jovanovic (Serbia) Fourth Fight
Was fighting well still and won with Ippon in the first minute

Pawel Wawrzyczek (Poland) Fifth Fight
Pawel is 19 and has won many European Cup medals. It was a tough fight which I won by a yuko to get into the Bronze fight

Marco Papa (Switzerland) Bronze Fight
Marco is a good fighter who had beat me last year. He was having a great day beating top fighters. it was a close fight which I won by a penalty. We had both scored yuko.






Saturday 14 March 2015

Junior European Cup, Portugal

Traveled over to Coimbra, Portugal for the first Junior event of the year. I had a great event here last year winning the Bronze Medal. My ranking saw me seeded number one for this event but seeding makes no difference in European Cups as there are so many strong fighters out there.

First Round Bye

David Reis (Portugal) Second Round
David is the Portugese Junior Champion and their clear number one fighter. Although I beat him last year it wasn't the ideal first fight. Thankfully I started really strong throwing David for Ippon.

Jasmin Boisvert (Canada) Third Round
Jasmine was tall and awkward and it was a really hard fight. We were level with a yuko each going deep into golden score. Thanfully Jasmin got another penalty.

Roy Schipper (The Netherlands) Quarter Final
It was a really good fight with Roy and I was leading by a shido when I countered his throw and held him down. Really pleased with this win.

Daniel Powell (Great Britain) Semi-Final
Another close fight with dan which I won by a yuko.

Aiden Moffatt (Great Britain) Final
As expected it was a close fight with Aiden. Like the last fight I scraped home by a penalty.

It was a great start to the year and I hope to continue my good for into the next European Cup in Italy

Results












Saturday 7 March 2015

English Open, Sheffield

With only a week to go before the first European Cup of the year the English Open was a good last competition. I had won this event the year before and was looking for a good performance.

First Round Bye

Kieran Davin (Moberley) Second Round
Good transition saw me beat Kieran with my sangaku.

Leonardo Muniz (Tower Hamlets) Semi-Final
Another great battle with Leo going the distance. Won with a Yuko.

Danny Powell (Wolverhampton) Final
Was good to be in the final with Dan. I won with an arm-lock in the last minute.

Another Gold kept my good run going at Juniors. I was looking forward to fighting in the seniors but had to pull out after injuring my back in the fight against Leo.






Friday 6 March 2015