Yokoso (Welcome!)

Patchway Judo club prides itself on being a family club.

The club provides the opportunity for young people and adults to make new friends and keep active in a fun and safe environment. Best of all, family & friends of judo players are welcome to take part in all of the club activities & events.

The club was only the second in the whole of the South West to achieve Silver Clubmark award.

One of the secrets of our sucess is that the coaches have come through the club as players over the years. Our club aim is to help young people & adults to learn judo, build self confidence, self esteem & improve co-ordination and ultimately be the "best they can be".

Patchway Judo club is committed to helping children reach their full potential, whether they are competitive or recreational players, whatever their ability; ultimately, to become happy confident young people!

Professor Jigoro Kano, the founder of Judo said, "Judo is a teaching for life itself and with it we learn to overcome the pitfalls and obstacles of everyday living" and his words still ring true. A man of great vision, Kano summed up Judo by saying "it is the way to most efficiently use one's mental and physical strength. By training, one should discipline and cultivate the body and spirit through the practice of techniques of offence and defence, thereby to master the essence of Judo. And, by these means, it is the ultimate goal of Judo to build oneself up to perfection and thereby benefit the world."

Club News

21st April - busy day for Patchway players!

Whilst Mark, Reece, Shaun & Chloe were taking their Referee theory exams in Yate, Alex was at Bath uni on his Instructors course, Sam was in Belfast fighting in the NI open! The rest of the players were at training1

Great news, all the referees passed their exams, good luck with their practicals now!

Alex passed his Instructors course, well done and welcome to the coaching team!

Sam won three fights in Belfast losing to Ashley in the bronze medal fight, earning him his first ranking points since he was injured last year.

14th & 15th April - Kidderminster

Well done to all the players who fought at Kidderminster this weekend.

Gold for Ozzy, Silver for Rachel and our only Senior Mark Owen. Bronzes for Chloe & Charlie B. Well done to Chris F who won two fights but unfortunately didn't medal.

Thanks to Luke for coaching.

7th April - Easter Egg Hunt

Thank you to everyone who came to judo and took part in the Easter Egg hunt. Thanks to Rich B for organising the Easter Egg for the raffle, which raised £50. Congratulations to Mollie for winning the 1KG Egg!

1st April - Under 8 & Inter club Bristol Judo

Well done to Ellie Pleass, who was our only U8. She finished every fight with a huge smile!

Well done to our Over 8 competitors, Gold for Charlotte and Harvey, silver for George and bronzes for Alex, Bethany & Sophie.

1st April - Line ups x 2!

Well done to Alex and Sam who both completed their line ups to complete the practical part of their Dan grades!

To be eilgible for a line up you have to win your first two fights by Ippon. You then get the chance to fight three players, who you have to beat with no break. We are all really proud that they both did it!

Well done, fantastic inspiration for the younger players! Videos of their fighs are on the Facebook page.

31st March - Interschools Competition

Well done to all the players who competed in the Interschools competition. We had clb entries from our school club link club St. Michael's in Stoke Gifford, coached by Alison assisted by Emma, Kieran, Reece, Mollie & Chris F and Stoke Lodge school, coached John Wheeldon.

We are very proud that for the second time St Michael's one again won the shield! Need all players out next time as John is looking for revenge! Caleb, Harrison, Ryan GG, Abby, Alex B, Jordan, George K, Lewis M, Edward and Jake.

29th March - Award winning Chair!

Congratulations to Andy on receiving his Volunteer award at the Commnity Chair awards at the BAWA. Andy is not only our chairman he is also a Scout leader and Community school Governor.

Andy encouraged the club to do our Clubmark award and supported the additional session for our Youth & Senior players.

23rd March - Sport relief Randori

Well done to Alex, Kieran, Reece, Charlie P & Mollie for taking in part in the Sport relief randori, hosted by Bedminster Judo club.

11th March - Tora Comp Portishead

Well done to everyone who took part, from Red belts to 2nd Dan! Great results for the juniors who took part. Our Seniors did very well, Luke won the Gold in the over 73Kg and Tony won silver in the u73kg!

10th March - British Schools Championships - Sheffield

Well done to all the players who took part, great results.

Gold Medals and British Schools Champions, Rachel & Josie! As well as bronze medals for Chloe and Alex! Well done to Reece and Chris who were the yongest in the years 10/11 category.

3rd March - Kidderminster

A group of 12 players from red belts to green travelled up the M5 to compete in the oversubscribed competition. Boys were on in the morning, Chris went up with them. Alison arrived later with the girls fighting in the afternoon.

Coaches Chris & Alison were really proud of the players, great judo and even more importantly fantastic attitudes.

Gold medals for Harvey, Chris F. Rachel & Charlotte. Silver medal for George (narrowly missing out on Gold)

Bronze medals for Oscar, Harrison, Fin, Daniel Bethany, Charlie and Josie.

A nice warm up for Chris, Rachel & Josie who are all fighting in the British Schools next week!

Thank you to all the players and parents for their lovely comments. Our players are all doing well and we are pleased everyone is so happy to be part of it.

1st March - Callicroft school visit Patchway with the Breakthrough project

17 children from Callicroft school came to the club to take part in a come and try it session with Wayne, Breakthrough Projects Senior Mentor. The session was run  by Luke and Alison assisted by Mollie and Charlotte.

All the children enjoyed the session and we look forward to seeing them at the club sessions in the future.

28th February 2012 - Cubs come and try!

14 Cubs came along to our Tuesday session as part of their termly activities. Packed mat and thnak you to Mark Taplin for getting on to help Luke with the clubs whilst Alison took the normal session. We look forward to seeing the cubs at training.

25th February 2012 Annual Swimathon

Well done to everyone  who took part in the annual Swimathon. The over 12 team swam a record breaking 208 lengths between them! With the U12 team swimming an amazing 120 lengths! Thank you to everyone who sponsored them and Andy for organising! Over 12 team, Huw, Lorna, Sam, Reece, Dan w & Ben. U12 team Charlotte, Nathan, Mumbles, Harrison, Safira, Charlie and our only u8 Maia.

19th February - NW competition

Well done to Lorna for fighting up a weight group (U52) and won a bronze medal!

15th February - Award winning Chairman!

Well done to our Chairman Andy Phelps on being awarded a South Gloucestershire council Chairman's award for volunteering. He will collect his award at a Celebration event at BAWA club in March. This is the second time a member of the committee has received this award as Alison received hers in 2009!

12th February - Patchway Green belt & below competition at Abbeywood school

This was our first Green belt and below competition. 49 entries from clubs as far a field as London, Midlands and Wales.

Great number of volunteers supporting the competition, from the club and county.

Once again thank you to The Learning Grove for sponsoring the medals.

17th December - Annual Christmas Party and visit from the big man in a red suit!

Very busy morning, so many players on the mat we needed 6 team captains this year for our annual team games Christmas party!

Highlights were Kieran's team in the belt snatching game and Alex's team the fastest at Dodge ball.

Father Christmas arrived in plenty of time, with over 60 presents to give out it was a good job too. Helped by his two lovely assistants Lorna and Mollie.

Huge thank you to everyone who helped make the party another great success. To Bethany's Grandma for the delicious Patchway Judo Club cake!

Thanks once again to The Learning Grove for their contrbution to the players presents.

Look forward to seeing everyone again on Saturday 7th January 2012, usual times, for more judo in a very special Olympic and Paralympic year!

4th December - Long Ashton u8 training & Inter Club

Following a late night at the awards evening, our youngsters were off to Long Ashton for training and competition.

In his last under 8 Harvey won all his fights! Bethany won two out of three, Alfie fought well, getting out of a hold down at one point!

In the Interclub George B and Charlotte both won their first Gold medals, with Liam performing the "Ippon" of the day to secure a silver in his group. Daniel B won two fights, narrowly missing out on a silver to win a well deserved bronze. Oscar with some nifty groundwork also won bronze. As did Charlie in her first interclub. Well done to Ozzy (who fights for Yate) for his well deserved Gold, in particularly strong group.

Alison was the CR in charge, Mollie doing the majority of the recording in practice for  her CR exam, with Lorna, Helen & Chloe G all timekeeping.

A very enjoyable day, thanks to Luke for coaching.

3rd December - Christmas Disco & Presentation evening "Thank you Parents"

What an evening! Over 90 people attended the Christmas Disco and Presentation evening, a record number of awards! During his speech about the successes of 2011, Chair Andy Phelps, thanked all parents and carers for their support of the players and the club. Emphasising that with out the players there is no club!

Fantastic to have players from the after school Club at St Michael's amongst the guest.

Three awards given out for the completion to the Kano grading system, Safira, Oscar & Harvey.

Minis best Girl: Imogen Conway

Minis best Boys: Harvey Hirst

Minis Most Improved: Oscar Norton, Junior Male Player of the year: Reece Peacock

Junior Female Player of the year: Rachel Bennett, Junior Most Improved Player: Chris Field

Junior Most Promising Male: Ben Guest, Junior Most Promising Female: Josie Sparks

Junior Spirit of Judo: Connor Madden, Ambassodor of Judo: Lorna Gibbins

Senior Player of the year: Chris Mockridge, Senor Most Improved: Alex Bright

Senior Spirit of Judo: Tony Conway

26th November - Oscar & Harvey latest players to complete the Kano Grading system.

Kano grading is a series of 9 awards aimed at the Minis players, that come before the Mon grading system.

Kano grades have a great deal to each part and completing the whole syllabus is no mean feet!

Oscar and Harvey became the 7th & 8th players to do so, following in the footsteps of Sam, Finley, Ryan "Mumbles", Liam, Tommy and our only girl to date Safira!

Well done boys, the Mon grades will be a doddle after completing the Kano grades!

November - Patchway Girls are taking the country by storm!

No stopping the Patchway girls at the moment, since Lorna won her bronze medal at the Heart of England she has medaled all over the country, not only winning enough points for her blackbelt, gaining enough ranking points to maker her number 1 in U 20 GB ranking list.

Rachel is following in her first steps, at only 11 she is Double GB British Champion. Hot on her heals Josie won a bronze medal at her first British Championships. All three are fantastic role models for our younger and lower grade girls.

19th November - Gold for Sam

This weekend Sam went to Harlow in Essex, very early start leaving at 5.15am. This didn't effect his performance as he won all his fights winning Gold.

13th November - Patchway Grass roots award

Ten members were invited to an awards evening at Patchway Sports and Social club on Sunday evening after the club was nominated for the award. Alison, along with Luke, Lorna(hot on the heels of getting her points for her Dan grade) Reece and Mollie took part in a presentation. We didn't win, the evening showed us that we are part of an excellent sporting set up in Patchway.

13th November - Finley Gold in Wales!

Well done FInley who travelled to Maesteg, deep in to Wales, winning all his fights, including using some fantastic transition work, to come home with a Gold medal!

13th November - Lorna 1st

After completing her theory last week, Lorna secured more than enough points to be awarded her 1st Dan black belt! Fantastic achievement in such a short space of time. Well done Lorna, fantastic few months!

6th November - Chris is 3rd

Whilst our red belts were competiting in Yate, Chris was up the M5 winning points! We are pleased to annouce that he is now a fully fledged 3rd Dan! For those of you who don't know Chris was the clubs very first 1st Dan, many years ago.

Well done Chris!

At the same time, Lorna won more points towards her 1st Dan and completed her Theory.

6th November Yate Red belt competition

Well done to Charlotte who competed for the first time today on her birthday! Winning her first fight with an Ippon she went on to win a Silver medal. It was Oscar's first red belt competition he also won a silver with some fantastic transition work. Jaques fought very well and was unlucky to only win a bronze, Ryan G-G also won a bronze.

October - Welsh open

Large squad travelled to Wales from A band through to D band. Coming home with an excellent set of results!

Gold medals for Lorna and Reece. Silver for Kieran Bronzes for Finley, Connor W and Ryan

Well done all to all the players!

October - Judoka medal Ireland and Scotland!

This weekend saw our Judoka fighting far away.

Lorna went to Scotland to the Scottish open and won a bronze medal in Senior u48kg.

Meanwhile Kieran, Reece, Alex, Sam were competing in Double. Kieran Gold in Juniors and bronze in Youth competitions, Reece Gold in junior and 5th in Youth, Sam 5th in Youth. Alex fought well, especially with what turned out to be a sprained thumb!

October B C D B and Nationals

Well done Lorna on coming back from so many injuries to win Bronze medal in U48kg D band. Extra points for her Dan grade!

Kieran was 5th for the second year running and Reece did his best ever at the Nationals coming 7th.

October A band Nationals - Rachel does it again

 Congratulations to Rachel on becoming Double A band over 48kgs Champion! Josie won her first National medal, bronze in U48kg girls.

Well done to Ryan Conor W, who both fought well in two very tough boys groups.

3 October  - Golden boys!

Tora competition at Portishead leisure centre we had Minis, Juniors, Youths and Seniors competiting!

Congratulations to Tony, Chris F, Charlie B & Ryan on their Gold medals, to Finley, Charlie P. Safira & Imogen bronze medals and a 5th place for Bethany.

September  - Girls can do it too!

Congratulations to Safira, who was finally presented with her Kano 9 certifcate, making her the first girl in the clubs long history to complete the entire Kano grading scheme!

Well done Safira, lets hope some of the other girls will follow in your foot steps.

September  - Gradings

Congratulations to all the players who graded this weekend;

4th Mon Yellow belt Harrison

5th Mon Yellow belt Adam

6th Mon Yellow belt Finley

7th Mon Orange belts, Josie, Connor W & Mumbles

(Ready for A Band Championships)

9th Mon Orange belt Charlie B

11 September  - Heart of England

Well done to all the players who competed in the Heart of England. 5th places for Kieran and Reece in a pool of 36, both only losing by a yuko in Bronze medal finals.

Sam & Alex both lost in the fight to go in to the crossover sheet in a pool of 43! Congratulations to Lorna on her bronze medal.

3 September - Dan grading

Congratulations to Alex who won 3 fights at the Dan grading, 30 points towards his Dan grade!

7 August - Safeguarding and Listening

Almost a club outing to UWE today, where Gloria Gibbins and Mark Taplin, our Club Welfare Officers (CWO's) were joined by Lorna, Alex and Sam on the British Judo safeguarding and Child Protection course. The course is essential for all Welfare officers and coaches, the Youth players all attended as it a pre-requiste for the Club Instructor award they are all working towards.

Long day for Gloria and Mark as they then stayed on to take part in the British Judo Time to Listen training, Alison joined them as a representative of the coaching team.

Thank you to all our members for giving up their Sunday.

24 July - Bristol School of Judo Challenge

Congratulations to our satelite club, St Michael's school Stoke Gifford, players who won the Trophy today at the Bristol School of Judo Challenge today at Ashton Park school.

Gold medals for Liam Conway and Daniel Baker

Bronze medals for Caleb Wottoon, Harlon Lauder, Joe Marsh, Ben Plummer & Ryan Gibbard-Giles

5th place to Josh Springer.

All winning vital points to secure the trophy narrowly beating last times winners Hanham Abbots. Thank you to all supporters and to our club volunteers, Alex, Alison, Gloria, Mollie, Sam and Shaun.

17th July - Bristol Team Challenge & British Masters!

Well done to Alex, Sam, Kieran, Reece, Finley & Ozzy who repesented Bristol County Judo in the Team Challenge on Sunday at Ashton Park school.

Reece Finley and Ozzy all fought in the Junior Team who won Gold, they beat Nottinghamshire, Worcestershire, Devon and Hampshire teams.

Alex, Sam & Kieran all fought in the Youth Team who also won Gold with a total of 140 points, with the silver medalists having 97 points in total. Well done boys.

Thank you to our club officials Lorna, Daniel and Alison and to all the Patchway members who volunteered and supported the event.

Meanwhile up in Walsall, the new slinky, Chris Mockridge was competing in the Masters where he won a bronze medal and 10 more points towards his 3rd Dan - 6 to go!

Well done to alll our boys.

10th July - West of England Open

Well done to all our players that fought on Sunday. Always a tough competition, Alex and Lorna fought in the Seniors, Alex having the Gold medallist in his first fight again!

Finley won a fight which is a big achievement at such a tough competition.

Medal table:

Kieran & Josie Gold

Rachel & Lorna Silver

Reece & Josie Bronze

Well done to Alex, Charlie, Connor, & Finley

9 July - National Team Competition

Well done to Lorna who won bronze medal represetnting the Western area in National teams.

3rd July - Bedminster U8 training session and Youth and Senior split grade

Well done to everyone who took part in the under 8 training session. All players did really well, special mention to Charlie who surprised everyone it being her first one.

Youth and Seniors did extremely well with medals coming out of their ears!

Lorna - Youth Black belt and below GOLD

Reece - Youth Brown belt and below U66 Silver, Youth Black belt and below U66 Bronze

Kieran - Youth Brown belt and below U66 Gold, Youth Black belt and below U66 Gold

Sam - Youth Black belt and below U73 Silver, Senior Men black belt & below U73 Bronze

Alex - Youth Black belt and below U81 bronze, brown belt and below silver and Senior men brown belt and below bronze

Luke - Senior Black belt and below U81 silver

25th / 26th June - Kent International

Well done to all our under 16 players who all one fights at the Competition - one of our best group results in a while at this high standard competition. Well done to Kieran on his Bronze medal and to all the others who all came 5th! Reece (losing in the bronze medal fight) Chris F, Ben, Rachel and Connor W. All players fought really well.

Alex was our only Youth player to compete this year, in a huge group was drawn against two Foreign players despite fighting well didn't have a win this time.

11th June - Bedminster split grade competition

Well done to everyone who competed. Exact results will follow. It was a very hectic day and lots of our club members were also officials.

22 May - Club Competition & U8 training

A fantasic day, so many of our players competing for the first time. The number of entries were so large we sadly weren't able to accept some entries, this is great news that inter club entries are on the up.

The Coaching team were extremely proud of all the players; a special mention to the U8 players who did the coaches proud with their Japanese knowledge as well as their judo! Another reason the Kano grading system is so good.

Our over 8's did very well, new experience for some, a lot to gain from competing. For others it was lovely to see how their confidence has grown and how steadily working through their grades has made them the confident players they now are. Whilst it was the first for some, it was the last for Finley and Ryan, yesterday proving they are ready to move on and leave the inter clubs.

No competition is viable with out the support of all the officials, referees and volunteers. Again how great is it to see how many young officials and referees are coming through. Thank to all the Bristol officials and referees and to our own club officials, Reece, Amy who passed her level 1 yesterday, Lisa, Rich, Mollie, Lorna & Chris. Thank you our Associate members, Natasha and Rebecca Maslen for being Head referee and Tournament Director, respectively.

As for our club volunteers, don't think we've ever had so much support; particularly the amount of club members volunteering, who either were too high a grade to compete or their children weren't competing! Thank you to everyone who helped and donated raffle prizes and cakes.

Last but not least Thank you to The Learning Grove for sponsoring the medals; this sponsorship helped us raise a record amount yesterday.

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14th May - Club AGM

Thank you to everyone attended. Lovely to see parents of some of our newer members.

Goodbye and Welcome to new postholders. Ian England has sadly needed to step down as Welfare officer, due to work commitments. Ian has been a very supportive and active Welfare officer, thanks to him for the time he put in over his time in office. Gloria Gibbins has kindly agreed to be a Welfare officer, this is good news as it means we still have two as Richard Oram continues in his post. Mollie Finn steps down as Kano Secretary and Michelle Burnard will take on this role. Deb Wiltshire stepped down as Assistant Volunteer co-ordinator to take on role as Assistant Treasurer. Jules Griffin will now be "Assistant Sweetie" supporting Sadie.

All other posts are the same, the only change is that the Coaching team will now be dealing with all competitions and just a reminder Emma, as Junior co-ordinator deals with gradings.

Thank you to all postholders who are continuing, all have done a great job helping the club to grow over the last year. Here's to another growth year for Patchway. Last but not least thanks to the Coaching team!

8th May - Western Area Closed Championships - Pete Murphy

A squad of 9 Patchway players went to Kingsbridge to join the rest of Bristol County players to compete in the Area closed Championships for the Pete Murphy trophy.

All the points went towards the team and Bristol came second, with Devon winning.

Congratulations to the medalists Rachel, Gold, Josie, Amy, Reece Silver and Ryan, Connor M bronze. Well done to Finley who missed out on a bronze and to Ben and Connor W.

Greate results for Patchway and Bristol.

7th May - European Youth Olympics Trials

Congratulations to Kieran for coming second in the trials for Youth Olympics in Kendal.

23 April - Annual Easter Egg Hunt followed by Randori, Rounders & Picnic

Another successful Easter Egg hunt - huge thank you to Sadie for organising the bunnies and eggs. Great turn out of players on the mat.

After it was down to Bedminster Judokwai for a randori session followed by rounders and picnic at Ashton court. Great afternoon with 5 clubs attending. Not too sure which team won the rounders in the end. The result didn't matter it was the banter during the game. It is hoped to repeat the Rounders and picnic on Saturday 28th May after Bristol County training.

10th April 2011 - Samurai Green belt and below TEAM competition

Representing Bristol County judo 8 teams went to Kidderminster at the weekend. Patchway players were in 7 out of the 8 teams. 6 of the teams won bronze medals, with one yellow belt and below team coming a close 5th (out of 12) Connor W was in that team, he won all of his fights. There were 3 girls teams in all, the yellow belt and below team won gold, the other two teams had Patchway players in both teams, both teams won bronze medals. Amy and Josies team doing extrememly well as it was an U16 competition and all  the players in their team were U11!

Well done to all the other players, Chris, Connor M., Ben, Finley and Mollie.

26th March 2011 - British Schools

Congratulations to all the players who took part in the British Schools competition. Players from the club represented Abbeywood Community School, Marlwood School, Patchway Community School, St Mary Refcliffe 6th Form and Wheatfield primary.

Congratlation to Reece on his silver medal, Yrs 8 & 9 U66kg, Bronze medals in yr 6 & 7 Category for Ben U60 and Rachel U63. 5th places for Mollie in yrs 8 & 9 U52 and Alex yrs 12 & 13 U81. Well done to Chris U66 yrs 8 & 9, who fought the gold and bronze medalists in the knockout rounds.

13th February 2011 - Sea Mills u8 Training Session and nov-6th mon competition

Fantastic performances from everyone who took part, in the under 8s congratulations to Charis and Harvey who got gold and Curtis and Ewan who got bronze. In the over 8s it was golds for Ryan, Connor and Liam, silvers for Lucy and Finley, and 5th place for Nathan. Connor's gold medal fight was one of the best of the day in the closely fought u30kg group with the Connormator executing a beautifully timed tai-otoshi into soto makikomi ippon. Well done all!

29th & 30th January 2011 - Midlands Area

Well done to all the players who took part. Only two medals, Lorna and Natahsa.

Lots of fights won by the others, sadly no medals. Well done everyone.

16th January 2011 - Bristol County Minimon

Fantastic start to the new year. Brilliant performance from all the players!

Golds for Finley, Josie and Amy

Silver for Lewis and Chris

Bronzes (second medals of the day!) for Chris and Amy.

Attendance medals for Mumbles, Connor and Cameron.

Well done to Reece and Myles for passing their level 2 Junior officials award.

Thank you to all the Patchway officials and volunteers, special mention to Mildred for her contribution to officials refreshments!

January 2011 - New Year

Start of another new year, just a few reminders;

1) Membership renewals are due by Tuesday 1st February. Membership prices remain the same, having not increased in the last 8 years.

One member £15 Two family members £25 Three or more £30. Please complete the 2011 membership form.

Mat fees again remain the same £2.20 for U18 members £2.50 for Senior members

£3 for U18 none members and £3.50 for Senior non-members.

2) Player CV's for members aged 8 and over, please complete these and give to Emma.

3) List of Players and competitions recommended for them for the coming year is on the notice board, any questions then speak to one of the Coaching team.

2011 - First session

The first session of 2011 will be Saturday 8th January. Look forward to seeing you all in the New Year .

18th December - Christmas Disco

 Thank to everyone who came to the Disco - a good time was had by all. Youngest 5 months the oldest over 50! So great to see all the children, of all ages mixing together.

Thank you to everyone who helped organise it and to the raffle contributors and ticker buyers!

Merry Christmas everyone!

18th December - Christmas Party & Disco!

 Another successful party; 40 players on the mat plus siblings! We had out annual visit from the Big man himself, Christmas presents were duly distributed.

Huge Thank you to all players, parents and coaches for all the support the club has received in 2010.

Presentation of the annual awards, unfortunately due to other commitments, we were missing for winners, who will be presented with theirs in the New Year.

Under 8 Girls player of the year                   - Charis Oram

Under 8 Boy player of the year                     - Harvey Hirst

Under 8 Most Improved player of the year - Matthew Pearce

Under 8 Spirit of Judo                                  - Lewis Foster

Player of the Year                                         - Sam Finn

Ambassodor                                                 - Kieran Peacock

Most Improved                                              - Rachel Bennett

Most Promising                                            - Finley Norton

Spirit of Judo                                                - Dan Wiltshire

Next years party - already on the calendar - Saturday 17th December 2011!

Evening party and presentations will be earlier in December.

5th December - Bristol squad for Area Teams!

 20 players were selected to represent the County in the Area teams, from U12's to Seniors.

For the 5th year running the Under 16 boys won the Gold! With many of the original team now in the Youth mens they won Gold too, first time Bristol had entered the competition for many years. Senior Women and the U12 girls winning silver; with the lowest average grade of player! U12 boys all fought well, with the majority only being 8 & 9 this year they didn't medal - watch out everyone next year.

Senior men gave it a good go, again with a very young team, most under 17, they didn't medal. Once again we provided officials, thank you and well done to them!

Our representatives in the teams were:

Women - Lorna, Natasha

Youth Men - Alex, Sam and reserves Kieran and Reece

Junior u16 Boys, Kieran, Sam, Reece, Connor M. Alan, Dominic , Reserve Dan W.

U12 Girls, Rachel, Josie & Lucy Reserve Amy

U12 boys, Ben, Nathan W, Connor W, Finley, Ryan, Liam, Cameron

Men - Luke

4th December - Junior officials course

 Congratulations to Reece and Myles for passing their level 2 Junior officials course and to Rachel and Amy for passing their level 1 Junior officials course.

26 & 27 November - Bristol in Southend on Sea International

37 players, coaches and supporters from five Bristol clubs, made their way across the Country on a cold and frosty morning to compete for Bristol.

The Competition was chosen as there was a category for every competitive player in Bristol.

On the Saturday it was the Juniors and Seniors. Natasha winning Gold in the Seniors, Sam winning bronze in Junior competition, Kieran and Reece coming 5th, which doesn't reflect how well they fought. Dominic won silver and Myles again was unlucky with a tough pool.

On Sunday it was the turn of the U12's and Youths. Amy and Rachel both fought in the o48kg under 12's. Some tough fights, Gold for Rachel and bronze for Amy. Cameron won silver in u12's. Natasha, Alex and Sam all fought in the Youths, repeating their Saturday performances, Natasha won Gold and Sam won bronze. Alex came 5th in a very tough group.

Fantastic weekend, great team spirit between players, coaches and supporters. A very well organised evening meal by Emma! Next year it would be great if more players would attend.

7th November - Patchway players from one end of the Country to another again!

 There was an Inter club in Yate and Fitness testing continuing in Sheffield.

Only 3 girls in the whole Competition, Lucy had entered buy there weren't any others to fight.

Josie did very well winning two out of three against Chloe from Yate winning Gold.

The boys were out in force;

Silver to Finley and Dan W. Bronzes to Mumbles, Nathan, Harrison. Tommy withdrew after winning two fights so was awarded 5th.

The Competition Controller was Rebecca and Head Referee was Natasha, both did a sterling job. Mollie was on the table doing paperwork. Myles and Alison refereeing. Well done to all.

Meanwhile up in Sheffield, Kieran and Sam were being put through your paces at the Fitness testing. Pleased to report they both managed elite level in bleep test and press ups! Well done boys.

6th November - Patchway players all over the Country!

 There was training at the club, Under 8's in Hanham, Grading in High Wycombe, Fitness testing in Sheffield..

Well done to our 5 under 8's who went to Hanham, they all had 3 fights. Harvey and Curtis winning all theirs. Matthew and Charis won one each, Keegan fought very well. Again the Patchway Competition posse were out

in force, well done Mollie, Lisa and Alison!

Judy was at the grading winning 40 points towards her 2nd Dan. Natasha, Lorna and Dominic were all at England fitness training in Sheffield, results will be in the post.

*******************    CHRISTMAS NEWSFLASH   *********************************

 Don't panic, it's not coming early!

Any orders for any merchandise need to be with Lisa or Alison by Saturday 6th November to ensure Christmas delivery.

Children's Christmas party - Saturday 18th December 10am - 12.30pm siblings welcome. - put names down on the list at the club

Family Christmas disco - Saturday 18th December 7pm, Patchway labour club - thanks to Sadie for booking this once again

30th October 2010 - Gloucester Junior Open

 A large squad went to Newent for the Gloucester Junior open. All players fought well, suprising number of Engalnd players from further a field.

First Open competition for some, first under 16 for others. Some very brave players.

Gold medals for Kieran Reece and Dominic. First time Kieran and Reece won golds on the same day! Dominic's final was against a players he has wanted to beat for a while, he did it in style with a fantastic Ippon, with seconds to go.

Silver medal for Rachel, unlucky to loose a fight, which she did with only 5 seconds to go.

Bronze medals for Amy, Mumbles, Myles, Cameron and Tom.

5th place to Finley (beaten by Cameron for bronze) Nathan and Connor.

8th for Daniel and Tommy, first open & under 16 for Dan and first over 8 comp for Tommy.

Poor Ben and Charlie were injured, both fighting in under 16 for the first time.

Well done all, you wore your t-shirts with pride.

Thank you to coaches, Alison, Rebecca and Natasha and all the supporters.

24th October 2010 - Cardiff Burn - Luke and Libby

 Huge well done to Luke and Libby for completing the Cardiff burn in 4 hours and 14 minutes!

Fantastic achievemen. Thank you to everyone who sponsored them. Now for the hard bit - paying up!!

23rd October 2010 - Irish Open - Dublin - Sam & Natasha gate crash Bedminster Judokwai Tour!

Great weekend with all 8 players who went winning at least one medal each; 14 in total. Sam fought in the Cadets (U16) loosing only to the Irish three times National medallist he won a bronze medal! He went on to fight in the Juniors (U20's) he was a wazari and yuko up with a minute to go, he injured his shoulder whilst scoring the yuko, first aiders wouldn't allow him to carry on, leaving him a 5th place.

Natasha fought in three categories, Junior, Senior and Senior Open, just like in Plymouth there was no stopping her, coming away with Golds in all three categories.

Well done to the other players from Bristol clubs, Henry & Charlie Geary, Renz, Sasha, Tom Finerty and Ashleigh.

Big thank you to Judy for coaching and to Paul Taylor for allowing us to gate crash. Not forgetting all the supporters.

16th October 2010 - Plymouth Junior & Senior Open

 A large squad of players from red belt to 2nd Dan, along with supporters and Coaches trouped down the M5 to Plymouth.

Long day all players fought well, with everyone winning at least one  fight each, some many more!

Gold medals to Rachel & Ben

Silvers medals to Amy, Reece, Chris and Luke

Bronze medal to Kieran.

5th place to Connor W. Mark, Sam and Alex.

First Senior Competition for Sam and Alex, who both fought well, Sam earning his first 10 points towards his 1st dan and Alex holding his own in a very difficult group. Mark was the only fighter below 1st kyu well done to him.

Very well done to Natasha (fighting for Tora ki) winning all four of her fights to win Gold.Fighting for Seamills, Domininic Gold, Myles & Cameorn both Silver.

Well done to all the players and thanks once again to all the supporters - once again our very smart Orange and black tops were commented on.                         

Our competition officials were out in force again, Lisa, Mollie and Rich!

9th & 10th October B C and D Band British Championships Shefield

Patchway players made up a Bristol County squad of 11. Smartly dressed in Bristol County t-shirts.

Reece in C band U60 group fought really well was very unlucky not to one either of his fights with how well he was fighting, 31 in his weight group.

Sam & Kieran were both C band U66 group. Both fought extremely well, unfortunately after only loosing to the Gold and Silver medallists respectively, they had to fight each other for the bronze medal. Hard mentally for both of them, for the first time, after being given a good talking too, Kieran actually fought Sam properly in a competition. Good fight, with Sam winning by a wazari. Not bad to have the GB bronze medalist and 5th place for the same group in the same club in a tough group.

Dominic, fighting for Seamills won two fights wining him the bronze in C band U38kg. Myles in U38 B band, another tough group fought well unfortunately didn't win a fight.

On Sunday Natasha in D band U73 won one, lost second to the Gold medallist she went on to win one more and loose her 4th placing her 7th.

Well done to the other Bristol players, who fought well Renz, Tom, Henry, Ashley and David.

3rd October - 3 Competitions, 6 Golds and 8 silvers!

Three competitions in Bristol on one day!

At the Tora competition in Pill a squad of 12 orange belts and below clocked up four golds and seven silver medals! All fights, win or loose had 100% effort. Very proud, coaches, parents and spectators.

Golds to Finley, Amy, Rachel and Connor M. Silvers to Connor W. Liam, Harvey, Safira, Mumbles, Amy & Charlie. 5th for Ian and 6th for Nathan. Some big groups all "fought their socks off".

At Seamills Vrum won one and lost one winning the silver medal. Over at Koi, on our blue mats (!), Chris and Dave both won Gold medals. Good day all round. Shame we were in three different places!

19th September - A Band British Championships Crystal Palace - we have a champion

A small squad of two, dressed in their lovely new squad kit, along with matching sepctators and coach!

Amy and Rachel were both in the Over 48kg group. In a break from tradtion the girls were called early. Amy went up first, unfortuantley loosing to the silver medallist in her first fight. Went on to win the Bronze. Rachel won all her fights, then had to wait 2 hours for the final. All the meddallists paraded around the mats.  Then the finals took place, yes Rachel's was last. Her opponent was much heavier, it was a tough fight, Rachel won by Ippon, to become 2010 U12 British Champion.

Well done girls!

5 September - UK school games

Meanwhile, in the North East Natasha was competiting for England at the UK school games.

With an 8 second first Ippon win she showed everyone she meant business! Natasha won a bronze medal, we are all very proud of her achievement.

5 September - Heart of England NIA - Vital points for Luke 2nd Dan Tavener!

A squad of 5 from b band to Senior travelled to the NIA for this prestigious event.

Ben, Reece and Alex unfortunately didn't win any fights, all did well, for all of them it was first time in their age groups, with them all moiving in to B C and D bands respectivley.

Luke had two good wins securing his vital points he has needed for so long to give him his 2nd Dan - Congratulations Luke.

Sam and Kieran were both in U66 C band, both winning losing out in the bronze medal fights and both achieving 5th, giving them both ranking points!

We were caretaking other players due to the absence of their coaches, Reins from Tora was with out Judy as she was a UK school Games with Natasha, Reins fought extremely well winning a bronze U 46 C band.

Tom, Myles fought well unfortunately didn't win. Dominic withdraw after his second fight due to a strangle, he's OK.

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