England Selection for CZE European Cup

I was pleased to be selected for the Czech European Cadet Cup in April.  Hopefully I will be fit to compete

Cadet Cup Selections

Knee Injury

In the eleven years I have been doing Judo this injury will keep me off the mat longer than any other.  I have torn my cartilage in the very last second of my fight with Kieran.  I am safe in the ECC and EYOF ranking list at number two so its job done and at least I can afford to miss the North West age bands. I will have to miss this as well as the ONST and ETD camps in Kendal.  I also doubt I will be fit for the European Cadet Cup in Ukraine in five weeks time as I am in a lot of pain and on crutches and in a knee brace?

Keep up with my knee recovery: Knee Rehab

Midlands Under 21

This weekend was the Midlands area Ranking Event.  It is the third of the four ranking events for the ECC and EYOF selection.  Only players finishing in the top 2 after these events have a chance of being selected. I was in second place behind Pete Miles after losing to him in both the British Cadet and Junior Championship finals. Another good result today would see me safe in the number two position

Tom Ingram (South Brent)

I won my first fight with some good transition beating Tom with an Arm-Lock.

Danny Irving (Ford)

Danny has been a top fighter for years but has had a lot of time off through injury.  It was still a hard fight but like my first fight I won with an Armlock

Kieran Davin (Moberly)

I have lots of good fights with Kieran for many years.  This fight went right to the last second when I threw for a yuko. I landed funny on my knee and straight away I knew it was a bad injury. There was only one second left so I was able to stand up for it and got through to the final.

I was unable to even stand up properly so could not fight in the final against Pete (again) but another Silver medal means good points on the ranking list