Tuesday 12 October 2010

British Judo Championships




This was my second year at Pre-Cadet and I was in good form and really ready for it this year. I had trained really hard and been to Poland on a camp. I had also had a week down at Gendros Judo Club training with them and doing lots of hill work on the beach. There were 21 in my weight group and lots of good fighters were in it. I really wanted the Gold medal after losing in the final the last two years.

Ewan Paul (Scotland) First Fight
Ewan had recently won the Scotish Championships and I had never fought him before. It took a bit to work his style out but I threw him for wazari near the end of the fight and held him down.

Connor Eaton (Northern Area) Second Fight
I fought Connor at the Heart of England and he is tall and hard to grip up. The fight went three minutes and I won with a yuko.

Freddy Hendy (Western) Third Fight
I had not fought Freddy before but I knew he was good as he won the 'A' band British in 2009. I threw him for Yuko then for Ippon with my uchi-mata.

Adam Herwig (Southern) Semi-Final
Adam is a good strong fighter who caused me some problems at the Heart of England. I was fighting well now and threw Adam for ippon with Uchi-Mata

Hasan Karakus (Northern Area) Final
I was now in my third British Championship final in a row and was in the mood to win the Gold. Adil is a very good fighter who has beaten me in the past. He has a great Uchi-Mata and had destroyed everybody in the other half of the draw. I controlled him well and avoided a massive uchi-mata attack from him. I then put in my Uchi-Mata to throw him for Ippon.

I had won and was British Champion for 2010. It was a good Birthday present to give my dad

Results

North West Closed Championships.

My area is not the strongest area so I ended up fighting in three groups to make the numbers up. I had seven fights and won them all with Ippon.

British Championship trials

This was a nice waste of my day. We went all the way up to Kendal for me to have one fight and then come all the way back again. Whoever made that choice.....thanks

David Rankin (Wirral)
I won

Monday 11 October 2010

Heart of England, Birmingham


I went to the Heart of England in good form after the training camp in Poland. I was still a little weak and had not enough time to recover from all the fitness work we had to do. Although I didn't fight well all day I managed to win all my fights and the Gold Medal.

Francis Millward (Scotland) First Fight
I threw Francis with Ippon late in the fight

Connor Eaton (Newburn) Second Fight
In another struggle I only managed to win by wazari.

Adam Herwig (Sovereign) Semi-Final
Adam was a tough fighter who I had never faced before. I was up by a yuko but was lucky not to have a score against me near the end of the fight.

Cameron Ismail (Gendros) Final
This was a scrappy final that I won on penalties.

I was not happy with my judo and need to give myself more rest before the Nationals