Saturday 18 July 2015

Junior European Cup, Poland


Following on only a week after Hungary was the Junior European Cup in Wroclaw, Poland. There were 55 fighters in the -73ks weight group and this is one of the tougher events of the year. I felt much batter having fought in Hungary the week before.

Herman Hermansen (Norway) First Round
Started slowly again but got into the contest winning with a Wazarai.

Motiejus Calka (Lithuania) Second Round
Motiejus won the Lithuania Nationals in 2015 and I expected a tough fight. I was pleased to with with two Yukos to get through to the next round.

Lucas Otmane (France) Third Round
Lucas was the number three seed and 2014 French National Champion as well as Bronze medalist in 2015. He also won the Silver Medal at the Athens European Cup this year. I didn't expect much but found some good Judo winning with a Yuko and a Wazari. This was a great win for me.

Matthias Casse (Belgium) Quarter Finals.
Matthias is a big strong fighter who moved down from -81 last year. At 73's he has won nearly everything since then. I was totally dominated losing with two yukos and an Ippon. Matthias went on to win the event.

Daniel Hosyanszki (Hungary) Fifth Fight-Repecharge
Daniel is 20 and the Hungarian National Champion. I was leading with a yuko before throwing him with a big ura-nage. This was another great win.

Colin McDonald (Great Britain) Sixth Fight
Won with Wazari.

Hamsat Isaev (Germany) Bronze Medal Fight
This was a great fight with Hamsat throwing me for Yuko. The score was downgraded from Ippon. I dug in and kept attacking right to the end throwing for Wazari right at the very end.

Winning the Bronze Medal at only my second event at -73's was a great result and I am looking forward to Berlin in a couple of weeks.












Saturday 11 July 2015

Junior European Cup, Paks, Hungary



This was my first European Cup at my new weight of -73kg. There were 56 fighters in my group. Moving up to 73's will mean bigger groups and new challenges.

Hannes Kletzenbauer (Austria) First Fight
It was a slow start and I was very cautious but felt in control and won with two shidos.

Gabor Sarhegyi (Hungary) Second Fight
It was a close fight and I was unlucky to have a good score wiped off. Got caught in the last few seconds.

It was a reasonable start to the 73's. Next week I will fight in the much harder Poland Junior Cup.

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