Junior European Cup, Romania

I was selected as part of the GB team selected for next months European Championships.

This was my fourth event at -73kg and all of them have been European Cups so its been a really hard start in the weight group.

Sabin Marin (Romania) First Round

Nice first fight winning with an ippon.

Denizhan Caliskan (Turkey) Second Round

Second fight against a tough Turkish fighter winning with another Ippon.

Arttu Maatta (Finland) Third Round

Arttu had beat me two weeks earlier in Berlin. This was a much better fight. I was losing by a yuko until the very last seconds before throwing for my third Ippon of the day.

Elemer Szocs (Romania) Semi-Final

Elemer was seeded number one and is ranked number nine in the 73's. I was far to cautious in the first half of the fight picking up three penalties. I controlled the fight for the last two minutes but lost 3-2 on penalties.

Aku Laakkonen (Finland) Bronze Fight

It was a tough bronze fight which I won by a Yuko winning my fourth Junior European Cup medal of the year.

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Junior European Championship Selection

After a good six months It was great to be selected for the Junior European Championship in Austria next month. Got a few weeks of hard training and the European Cup in Romania before the event.

Junior European Cup, Berlin

Berlin is one of the hardest events on the Junior circuit but is a great event and a solid camp.

Frantisek Smehlik (Czech Republic) First Round
Started well winning with a Yuko and an Ippon

Heoncheol Kang (South Korea) Second Round
The Korean had won this event last year and it was a tough fight and lost by Ippon.

Apolon Zurabiani (Georgia) Repecharge
Good win with an armlock

Arttu Maata (Finland) Repecharge
Couldn't control the grips and lost by Wazari

Finished 9th but thought I could have gone a bit further.