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Grange Judo Club

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Some of our members have been busy over the last few months, taking part in various competitions. The latest competition was at Worthing, where three of our squad to part. They all did extremely well with Ryan Burt and Connor Gossedge both taking Gold and Adam Burt taking the Bronze. Well done to all of you. In the other competitions we also done very well, taking a number of Golds, Silvers and Bronze medals. Keep up the good work.

One of our members, Chloe Chamberlain, took part in the British Schools Judo Championships in Sheffield on 26th March. There were over 450 competitors taking part in this event from all over the UK. Chloe did extreamly well and took the Bronze medal in her weight group. Chloe, who goes to Swakleys Girls School, was the only competitor from Hillingdon.

Unfortunatley only three members of the club took part in the annual Hillingdon Christmas Competition this year. It was hosted by the Chalfont & Evreham Judokwai who won it last year. Dispite the weather it was a fairly good turnout, and our small team did very well. Results as follows: Chloe Chamberlain - Gold, Ryan Burt - Gold and Thomas Chaves - O'Reilly - Bronze. Well done to all of you, you did us proud again. The overall team winner this year was................. Grange Judo Club, so well done again. Commiserations must go to Jack O'Reilly who had to pull out at the last minute as he cut his eye open at school. Who said Judo is a dangerous sport!!!

Thanks also to the parents who bravely ventured out, dispite the snow, to get them there, and also to Eric and Kevin for helping out.

Three members of Grange Judo Club took part in a competition on the 20th June at Worthing. They all did extremely well with Thomas Chavez-O'Reilly taking Gold in his weight group, Ryan Burt taking Silver in his group and Jamie Perez taking Bronze in his group. Well done to all of you.

Grange Judo Club gave a display at the Hayes Park Schools Summer Fete on Satuday 19th June. The students, mostly from the school, showed that they have learnt. This included throwing techniques as well as a bit of randori (free fighting). At the end there was also a short demonstration of Iaido, which is the Japanese art of drawing and cutting with a sword. This was done by the two instructors, Mike & Graham. Some of the photo's are below.

Grange Judo Club took part in a Christmas Interclub Team Challenge recently which was hosted by Harefield Judo Club and organised by Neil Roddy of Willow-Heart Judo Club. The teams involved were Harefield JC, Grange JC, Willow-Heart JC and Chalfont JC. In total 66 players took part and credit must me given to the organisers as everything ran fairly smoothly. Although we had the smallest team we ended up just being beaten by Chalfont JC with Willow-Heart in third and Harefield in forth. Our final medal haul was 4 Golds, 3 Silvers and 3 Bronzes. Well done to everyone who took part.

Abedulla in the centre who took Silver Bradley far right took Bronze Brandon far right took Bronze

Chloe in centre took Silver Eve on the left took Gold Jack on the left took Gold

Reece on the right took Gold Jacob on the left took Gold Tom on the right took Silver Tom again with Jamie who took Bronze

Five members of Kyu Shin Ryu/Grange Judo Club took part in a Judo competition on Sunday 21st June 2009 in Worthing. Everyone did extremely well with some very impressive fighting skills and determination. Jack O'Reilly, Jamie Perez and Shay McAuliffe all took the gold medal in their weight groups and Cloe Chamberlain and Laine McAuliffe both took the silver medals in their groups.

Laine McAuliffe (Silver) Shay McAuliffe (Gold) Cloe Chamberlain (Silver) Jack O'Reilly (Gold) Jamie Perez (Gold)