News Archive

Sunday 1st February 2009 - Midland Area U 20 age band C & D

Due to illness and injury Natasha was the only player representing the club in the C & D band comeptition.

Natasha's weight group, under 63s, was called to the mats at 10:30 . About 10:45 she was up for her first fight, which she won by an Ippon throw. In her second fight she was up against the girl who won silver at the British Championships. After about a minute and a half Natasha won by a strangle. Her third fight was the final against the girl who won the British Championships. Nervously, through the fight, we watched as it continued. Finally, Natasha threw her opponent for Ippon. After all her hard work Natasha won gold. This was extra incredible as the two girls she beat were not only number 1 and 2 ranked in their weight group they are also members of the England Talented Squad. To add on to her success she earned10 points towards her Dan grade by winning her second fight against a Dan grade. Natasha is grateful to her mum for coaching and supporting her. Rebecca went along to support her big sister having pulled out the competition due to illness and injury.

Saturday 31st January 2009 - Midland Area U 20 age band A & B

A squad of 7, Sam, Kieran, Reece, Dominic, Myles, Mollie & Tom J, travelled up the M5 to waht we knew would be a long day for supporters and players as the B band players weighed in at 8.45am and the A band at 11am!

The day didn't start well when after no more than 10 seconds in to his first fight Sam injured his foot! He tried to carry on, but in the end the pain got the better of him, he spent the next 2 hours in Walsall A & E. Reece was in the same weight group as Sam, fought well but was unable to get a win. Dominc was on next in a large strong group, he managed two good wins. Kieran was up next in U55! Again he fought well, close second fight but a win was not to be, What seemed like forever Mollie fought, we knew her first fight was going to be a hard one, 12th mon, she did well, not even giving up when she was being held down! Her second fight she was a yuko up; school boy error when she got up from a hold down, when she "miss heard" the ref! Myles and Tom again had a huge group, with some very expereinced players. Myles again fought well, but no win. Tom managed a win, which meant things got harder!

In spite of not having any medals, the players did work hard. It was always going to be a hard one! Well done to Scott, yate Star who won 3 fights in B Band U50's.

Sam would like to thank his Physio, Steve Griffin, who was up at mountain in Wales at the time, but with a photo of Sam's injured foot, he sent instructions to Alison to minimise and the damage to his foot and help the healing!

Sunday 25th January 2009 - Bristol Classic

A squad of 14 went to the competition, Amy, Adriana, Rachel, Tom J, Myles, Dominic, Tom L, Reece, Ben, Sam, Kieran, David, Rebecca & Lucy.

Tough competition, as always.

Silver medals won by Reece and Ben

Bronze medals won by Rachel, Sam, David, Rebecca& Kieran

Well done to all the players and thank you to the clubs officials, Alison, Lisa, Dan, Rebecca and Mollie.

Match report to follow.

Sunday 18th January - 1st Kyu & Dan grading

Rebecca and Natasha went for their first Kyu and Dan grading. They had three fights each, one of them being against each other. Natasha got 30 points and Rebecca got 20 points towards their Dan grade.

Thursday 8th January - From 18th to 1st - First success of 2009!

Congratulations to Rebecca & Natasha Maslen, who successful passed their 1st Kyu grading; converting from Junor to Senior grades. We wish them Good Luck for next week end at the grading.

Happy New Year!

Hope you've all had a nice break and are raring to go. Judo starts at Ashton on Thursday 8th and at Patchway on Saturday 10th.

Membership renewals are due by 31st January and new mat fees take effect from 1st February 2009 - see below.

There are a few competitions coming up, so don't forget to let Lisa know ASAP if you child wishes to enter.

2009 Brean booking forms are available to download if you click on Brean 2009 link on the side bar.

End of another successful year for New Star Bristol!

With the judo sessions over for the year we can look back and say 2008 was certainly a good year for New Star, can we better that in 2009?

With the competitive squad growing, there is room for more champions. There is lots of theory for both the competitive and non competitive players to learn. As for our officials, we have Senior & Junior referees as well as Senior and junior table officials, we are going from strength to strength. One thing is for sure the ethos of us being a “family” club will continue. We already have mums, dads and siblings who get involved, so if you'd like to get involved then don't be shy. "MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK!"

Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy, successful 2009!

2009 Membership   fees are due by 31st January- there is no rise for annual membership, but there is an increase in mat fees; first for 3 years.

Patchway £2.20 per child for members, £3 for non members,

Ashton will be £2.50 per child for members, £3.50 for non members. Adults £3 and £4 respectively.

These prices will take effect 1st February. Which ever club you are a member of, you pay members fees at the other.

Sunday 14th December - Long Ashton Under 8 & Nov- 4th mon Under 12's

It was another early start for the New Star players, most of who were at the Awards presentation the night before.

The Under 8's were up first and had an enjoyable training session on the mats. With only three girls in this group, Vrum England had to be put up several weight categories. She won one of her two fights and came second in the group. Stephanie Button did very well, finishing third.

Not to be outdone, the boys also had a successful competition. Finley Norton won all three of his fights and came first in his group. “Mumbles” Guest won two of his three fights and finished joint first in his group. Tommy Dougall won both his fights and came first in his group. Ben Davison won one of his two fights and came second in his group. Oliver James drew one of his two fights and finished joint-second in his group. Liam Conway and Ryleigh Jefferies did well and finished third in their groups and Oscar Norton did well in his first competition, coming third in his group.

The Over 8s were on next; Lucy McGuiness did well in her first competition, winning one of her three fights and gaining a bronze medal. Cameron Nelson showed why he was awarded the “Spirit of Judo” the previous evening by winning all three of his fights and gaining a gold medal. Harrison Mizen won one of his two fights and gained a silver medal. Amy Oram should now be called either “For Goodness Sake, Hold Them Down!” or “The Koka Kid” because in one of her fights she performed five Kokas, two Yukos and a Waza-ari. She lost her other fight but gained a silver medal.

New Star was again well-represented on the official side with Dominic Nelson and Natasha Maslen refereeing, Lisa Oram as table-official and both Rebecca and Natasha Maslen helping with the Under 8s training and supervising the Over 8s.

Saturday 13th December 2008 - NEW STAR ANNUAL AWARDS EVENING

Well done to all New Star players for their performances over the past year. The awards were presented at the Ashton club on Saturday 13 December and the evening was well-attended despite the final of “X Factor”!!

Photos available here

Squad T-shirts were awarded to Josie Sparks, Adriana Giles, Cameron Nelson, Connor Wiltshire and David Giles

Congratulations to everyone! Let's hope 2009 is equally as successful.

Sunday 30th November - Salisbury low grade Red, yellow & orange belt competition

After an early start, we were all seteld in to our seats at Riverside leisure centre in Salisbury. With a team of 8 players, 4 boys and 4 girls, fighting in 6 categories!

As usual they were short of referees and time keepers; New Star were at he ready again! On the back of her latest referee exam, Natasha was already there to referee. Alison had her kit in the car "just in case", and Lisa was ever ready with her stop watch along with Mollie ran a table!

It was a slow start, with many weight groups and categories being amalgamamted, which could have been daunting but our players dealt with it admirably.

Well worth the trip as the medals show, Golds for Cameron B, Ben and Mollie, Silver for Alan and Bronzes for Myles, Amy, (in spite of a three second IPPON win over the gold medalist!) Rachel and Adriana.

Well done to all of you for your fighting and team support! Once again thank you to the supporters - with out you they wouldn't be there!

Thursday 27th November  - Sam Finn - South Glos 2008 "Young Sportsman of the year/"

Sam has been awarded South Gloucestershire "Young Sportsman of the year" for his judo feat together with his football achievements. BBC Bristol's Geoff Twentyman described him as "an outstanding sportsman and ambassador for sport". A spokesman for the council said "there were more entries then ever before for the awards. Sam deserved the award for his judo achievements alone".

Sunday 23rd November  - Western Area Team feast

It was a long day, but well worth it with Bristol taking three golds and two silvers & a bronze!

Congratulations to all the Bristol Squad players, with our contribution being Sam F, David, Dominic, Reece, Myles, Alan, Tom, Cameron N, Cameron B, Connor W, & Max

Mollie, Adrianna, Rachael, Amy, Chloe, Josie & Jade.

The competition couldn't have happened with out the New Star First aid team; Steve, Pete, Roni and Alison (with Simon from Bristol Judo Hartcliffe). Or the New Star officials, Natasha, who passed her referee exam during the day, Judy who took her Recorders exam! As well as Lisa, Roni, Alison, Mollie and Kieran.

Thank you to Ben G and Rebecca for being a team attaches, looking after the teams.

A special mention to Jack S and Kieran P for all the running around they did! To all the New Star volunteers who helped and haven't already been mentioned, Dave, Neil, John, Luke, Julie, Emma, Laura, Richard, Colin, Jules and Sue. To Giles for his fantastic photography - see below. To all the supporters making it a great TEAM event. Once again the team work enforcing our ethos of being a family club! If you were there, click below to see if you can see yourself!

Click to see photos from the day.

Saturday 8th November 2008  - Yate Interclub

The over 8’s Nov to 4th Mon had a very successful outing again to Yate.

The girls were up first; Jade led the way, winning 2 out of her 4 fights and gained a silver medal. Next up was Josie in her first over ‘8’ competition; she also did very well, winning 2 out of her 3 fights and also won a silver medal. Last up was Amy; she won 2 out of her 3 fights (losing to a girl of 11) making it 3 silver medals in all for New Star.

A big “thank you” to Jack Smith for helping the girls during their warm-up and for coaching them during their fights.

So with the girls all doing so well it was then over to the boys. Cameron Borg, Cameron Nelson and Kieran May were up next. Cameron Borg won all 4 fights and took gold, Cameron Nelson won 1 out of 4 and got 4th place bronze and Kieran May fought very well and got 4th place bronze as well. It was then George’s turn; he tried very hard, even coming back from an injured knee in his second fight to take a bronze medal. Last up were Aidan May and Robert; both boys fought well, Aidan won 2 out of 3 and took silver and Robert took bronze. All the boys did very well; all the other clubs had experienced coaches helping them whereas our boys only had Lisa with her limited judo knowledge.

The club was also well represented on the official side with Alison, Mollie, Kieron Peacock and Dominic refereeing and Dan, Mollie, Kieron Peacock, Dominic and Lisa all time-keeping.

Very well done to all those who took part; your club is very proud of your achievements, keep up the good work.

Friday 24th October  - Mr Postman ...........

Letters from the BJA dropped on to the mats of three of our players! Sam Finn, Natasha & Rebecca Maslen all received letters informing them they had been selected to be members of the England squad 2008-2009. Well done to all three players & Good Luck!

Saturday 11th October  - British Championships 2008........Sam is our Champion!

On Friday afternoon there was a mass exodus up country to Sheffield. Seven Stars, were off to make their mark at the British Championships. After a long journey with hold up on nearly every motorway, we all made it to our hotels. The girls had to weigh in a 8.30am, so it was still an early start to Rebecca, Natasha & Lucy. More relaxed start for the boys weighing in at 11am.

Tough for the girls, all of them being in the same weight group u63kg. As you all know form the head line at the top Rebecca & Natasha Maslen won bronze medals! (See match report).

Next we had the boys, Dominc Nelson, u34kg, Reece Peacock, U42kg, Sam Finn, U46kg & Kieran Peacock, u50kg. This was Dominic, Reece and Kierans first British Campionships. Being December birthdays, the Peaocock boys were the youngest competitors there ! All three first timers fought extremely well we are very proud of them.

A nerve racking day was had by all thanks to our own Sam Finn; there was something about him that morning, he was ready to be a winner.

When he won his first fight, we all said, "Oh good he's won a fight" Then as the fights went on, it was "Oh my he could make it to the final!" Then when he won the semi final, it was "he could be the British Champion!"

There was then a 2 hour weight until Sam's final. Sam would like to thank all the people who stayed to support him. All the medallists, including Natasha and Rebecca paraded on to the competition area, behind the Union flag and the flags from the four home countries. You've guessed it Sam was in the last group to fight their finals! Like a film, he was the last fight to finish! To make sure the referee and judges knew he could do judo, he scored a Koka, a Wazari, 2 yukos, and then held his opponent down for the IPPON!   With a bronze in 2005, a silver in 2006, the Gold was what Sam needed to complete his set!

Congratulations to all the players, who did themseleves proud, a mention to Jay & Scott from Yate Star, & Reines, from Weston, who train at Ashton.

Sunday 5th October  - Ippons from Walsall to Hartcliffe.......

While our Orange belts were in Birmingham at the A Band National Championships our Red belts and under 8's were in Hartcliffe!

As ever Tom & Myles had huge groups; and of course they were fighting on adjacent mats at the same time! Tom won two fights, Myles won one and Mollie won one. They all fought very well and we are proud of them. Lele from Weston , who trains at Ashton won bronze, well done to her.

Over in Hartcliffe Finley, Ryan "Mumbles", Josie, Ryleigh & Tommy won all their fights! Watch our for them in the future! With Nathan H & Lucy "Vrum", only losing one each. Well done to Jack, Stephanie, Daniel, Nathan W & Liam.

Over 8's Amy won the Gold, not bad for her first over 8! Cameron N won silver Niall & Sam D got bronze.

Well done to our officials, Lisa, Mrs Wind & Dominic! Without them there wouldn't be any competitions!

Sunday 28th September - Devizes Age band Open - Rebecca is our golden girl.......

The Devizes open (or Pinewood interclub - 220 entrants 50 from Pinewood!) Saw New Star players shine, with Rebecca winning Gold in the u16 u63kg category. Then there were a handful of bronzes from Natasha, Sam, Kieran & Mollie! Reece was close to a bronze, losing in the fight for the bronze in his group. Pat & Jack were up against hard competition, fighting most of the players who will be in the mens world cup next year! Well done to all our players, the were all stars and did us proud!

Not only were our players out today, so were our officials, Alison was refereeing, Dan, Judy & Mollie time keeping!

Saturday 20th September - Bronze for Alison!

Accompanied by John, Julie, Lisa, Mrs Wind & Mr Finn, Alison was presented her Bronze BJA volunteer's award by Densign White, Chairman of the BJA and Simon Kirkland, on behave of Running sports, at the BJA awards dinners held at NIA in Birmingham.

Sunday 7th September - Natasha wins Bronze!

Huge congratulations to Natasha for her bronze medal in u 63kg C bands. A big pat on the back for the rest of our competitors, Rebecca, Sam, Dominic, Reins, Kieran & Reece who fought extremely well and should be proud of their fights. Pease note if John says "nothing silly" when you've got 20 seconds or less to go then it means nothing silly!!!

STOP PRESS - 2009 Brean dates 10th Anniversay 1999-2009

Get your diaries and calendars out the dates for the 10th Anniversary of Brean judo camp are Friday 8th 'til Sunday 10th May. For more details or to book a place See Julie Moore or email John .

Or Check out the Brean 2009 page for a booking form!

Friday 29th - Sunday 31st August - UK School games - Filton WISE campus

Players from England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland arrived at Filton WISE campus to compete in the judo at the UK school games - New Star were there to do their bit to support the event. We provided our mats to be used for the warm up area; thank you to everyone who helped with the mats!

Dan Peacock, Jack Dymond Rebecca & Natasha Maslen were part of the team of table officials. Alison Finn was responsible for the generic volunteers for the whole site. And our own John Bath was asked to present medals as Chairman of Bristol County judo!

There were a good number of New Star members in the spectators area - it was great to see Mumbles best mate Kate Howey too!

England won the overall team trophy - look out one day it could be one of our players in the team not just helping to run the event.

A representative from the Youth Sport trust commentated on how good the volunteers had been and would like us to encourage them to sign up to volunteer at the Olympics!

For more information on the games, to see video footage - you might see a familiar face click on to

http://www.ukschoolgames.com

Saturday 2nd August - What a surprise!

A very shocked Julie was seen at her "birthday party" on Saturday 2nd. Julie thought a lot of fuss was being made of her birthday - she soon found out why when she arrived to see not only birthday balloons and banners but "Congratulations on your Engagement" banners too! She was speechless, then John produced the ring! Don't go rushing out for new hats though, wedding date not for 12 years!

July 2008 - He's done it again!

After a break of 6 years John is again a Western area coach. Last time it was the girls and now he is the Western Area boys coach.

John will be running Area sessions for orange belts and below and separate sessions for Orange belts and above.

Watch this space for details of the first training sessions!

Tuesday 22 July 2008 - Don't Argue part II, and Time Please!

Well done to Natasha who recently completed her level three referee exam and to Dominic, Mollie and Kieran who passed their level 1 exams. Alison passed to be an Area referee. Mike Guatieri, National A referee was at Patchway on Tuesday to present the badges.

Mike said it brought back memories of when he did his first referee course 20 years ago at Patchway, organised by John. Being a National A referee Mike is often the Senior referee at competitions, and is the highlest level referee in the County. He referees from Local to Area and National competitions, and will be refereeing at the UK School Games in August.

At the time keepers course on 19th July, there was 100% pass rate - from New Star; Judy, Rebecca & Natasha Maslen, Lisa Oram, Julie Windows, Roni Giles, Dan Peacock, Jack Dymond and Alison Finn. All they have to do now to get their accrediation is be time keepers at 4 competitions. Dan, Rebecca, Jack and Alison got one under their belts at the last grading on 20th July.

Dan, Jack, Rebecca & Natasha will be volunteering at the UK school games so they will be well on their way. This together with our newly qualified referees means we are well on our way to Silver club mark!

Saturday 17 July 2008 - She's done it again!

Not content with her recent South Gloucestershire award, Alison has gone and scooped another - this time its a BJA Bronze award for volunteers!

The British Judo Association Voluteer Recognition Programme is a meaningful way to provide recognition for outstanding performance and contributions by a club volunteer who has played an instrumental role in supporting British judo's development.

The presentation ceremony is on the 20th September at the same time as the prestigious Judo World Cup event at the National Indoor Arena, Birmingham.

Way to go Alison - it is very well deserved!

28th-29th June 2008 - Kent International at K2

Big congratulations to Rebecca and Natasha who won silver and bronze at Kent at the weekend in the u63 group.

Commiserations to Tom and Sam who narrowly missed out on medals despite excellent performances, and well done to Reece (Star of the Day!), Lucy, Mollie and Myles (tough groups!) and Dominic and Kieran (Oi Ref!). Great performances in the face of tough odds - We are proud of you all!

Click here for the full story!

Table officials course now scheduled for Saturday 19th July

As the table officials course in Bath in May was cancelled, we have managed to arrange another one, this one is being held at New Star Ashton.

If anyone would like to attend the course, then please complete the form below and either give it to Lisa, so we can send them together, or if you prefer email it direct to Karen French at the BJA (email address on the sheet). If you do email it straight to Karen, could you let Lisa or Alison know.

It is not a huge commitment after you have done the course, only three competitions a year, as Ashton have two and Patchway have one. So you'll never have to leave the safety of the club! It would also be useful for parents of competitive players, to help understand how competitions work!!

Course Poster  Agenda  Booking Form

Sunday 15th June - Western Area Open - Gloucester leisure centre

From a team of 9 we took 1 Gold, 2 Silvers and 4 Bronzes!

As usual in this open event, the standard was high, in the U16 category there were World Class start badges everywhere you turned!

This didn't deter our players, Myles was unlucky and lost his first two fights, which meant he was out, Dominic in the Under 16's had it even harder as he was given a score by a line judge that wasn't seen by the referee and went on to lose in golden score.

With hard groups Tom won the bronze medal in his, Sam won the bronze in his, being drawn againt the gold medallist in the pool, who was the only player he lost to! David took the bronze he had a close fight with a world class start player.

For the girls, a full house - all of them winning medals, Natasha won the Gold, beating a black belt, who'd fought in the Senior comeptition earlier, & Rebecca the silver, still nursing her bad ankle, in their group. Lucy won bronze and little Mols not letting the girls down with a silver, fighting up a weight group again (where are all the u40kg girls?)

Saturday 31st May - Bedminster Judokwai Mini Mon
Sunday 1st June - Bedminster Judokwai Open

The Mini Mon on Saturday was an Orange belt & below competition with great results for the Under 12s - Cameron Borg, Kieran Peacock and Mollie Finn each winning gold; Myles Nelson, Ben Guest and Aidan May took Silver and Alan England and Reece Peacock Bronze.

In the under 16s competition, Dominic Nelson took Gold and Jack Smith took Silver.

Click to see photos from Saturday's Mini Mon

In the Open on Sunday, Lucy won Gold in the U57s; Natasha, Sam, Kieran and Mollie won Silver; Rebecca, Alan, Dominic and Reece got Bronze.

Reece actually beat the Gold Medallist, but final positions depended on points, so he narrowly missed out. Myles also just lost out in the fight for bronze - Unlucky Guys!

Well done to all who took part!

Sunday 18th May - New Star Ashton Competition

In the Under 8's training session, everyone put in a great effort and did themselves proud. Well done to Amy, Steph, Ryan Nathan H, Nathan W, Jack, Tommy and Harvey. Congratulations to Lucy and Finley who won all their fights!

Well done to all those who took part in the Interclub. Congratulations to Ben, Dominic, Cameron N and Tom who each came away with Gold; to Myles and Kieran who narrowly missed out on Gold to take the Silver, and to Reece and Luke who took bronze

Click to see photos from the day.

Saturday 17th May - Don't argue with the referees...

Alison, Sam, Mollie, James, Kieran and Dominic went to Salisbury to attend their first Referee course. Natahsa went to as a veteran, she was going to do her level 3! It was a long day, as there seemed to be a few "older people" there that weren't sure of the new rules!

We are pleased to say that our guys all passed their theory exam and will be taking their practical at the Area grading on 20th July. Some of you may have seen Alison at her first time out on the 18th at Ashton!

Lisa, Julie W & Roni will be attending their time keepers course on 31st, Good luck to them.

9th - 11th May - Brean Judo Camp

Well, Brean is over for another year and what a scorcher! The sunshine certainly made up for the deluge suffered by last year's campers.

World Champion and Olympic Silver Medallist Kate Howey was back for the fourth year running and gave some great insight into her favourite throws, turnovers and choke techniques. Kano or Dan grade, there was something for everyone to have a go at, and to take away and perfect. Turnout on the Sunday afternoon session was excellent, despite the hours spent in the pool on Saturday afternoon, the late karaoke nights, and the BBQ on Saturday evening!

Of course none of it would have been possible without all those people who helped to organise the event and with moving and setting out mats - thanks to you all!

Will Brean 2009 surpass 2008? Its a tough act to follow, but we're on a roll... See you there!

Click here to see some photos from the weekend!

Tuesday 20th April - Gold for Natasha at Samurai U18's

On the 20th April Natasha travelled to Kidderminster to fight in an under 18 competition. She had five fights altogether and achieved a gold medal. She won 4 fights by Ippon and 1 by a yuko. Well done once again!

Sunday 23rd March - Bedminster & Sea Mills competition.

Natasha, Rebecca and Lucy entered an intermediate competition (14 to 17yrs). They all fought very well. Only 6 girls were entered so they put all the girls together. Lucy fought her best (being the lightest player in a combined weight group) had to fight a 1st kyu and Natasha, unfortunately she was eliminated at the pools stage.

Natasha and Rebecca both had 4 fights each. After both winning their semi-finals they met each other in the final. It was Rebecca who took the gold and Natasha the silver. Well done to all three girls.

Sunday 16th March - Samurai Junior Green & Under Championships, Kidderminster

Gold & Silver in two weight groups!

After a VERY long day the boys came home with 4 medals in two weight groups! Dominic and Tom had to fight each other in the u34kg final, close fight, Dominc won gold. Again in the U46kg Sam and Kieran had to fight each other in the pools and then again in the final, so it was Gold for Sam and Silver for Kieran in the u46kg weight group. Myles fought well, lost out in the fight for bronze. Reece won 2 lost 2 sadly didn't receive a medal!

Well done to all the supporters who had a very long day in Kidderminster - bet everyone is glad Mollie didn't fight 'cos the girls had to fight even earlier!

Saturday 15th March - Bristol Aztec Rotary Club Swimathon - Bradley Stoke

Just to let you all know how the teams got on!

The Junior team, Mollie, Holly W, Holly P, Adrianna, Amy, Ben, George & Finley swam 91 lengths in 55 minutes.

The age 13 and older team, Luke, Sam, Jack S, David, Lisa, Jules S. Nick W & Phelpsie swam 148 lengths in 55 minutes.

A BIG THANK YOU to all our swimmers and to all the people who sponsored them! If you haven't got round to sponsoring them, it's not too late - please see Lisa O the next time you are at judo, we have a couple of weeks to get the money in - 50% of the money raised goes to the St. Peter's hospice and 50% goes to the club.

Thursday 13th March - Patchway boys win medals at Footie too!

Our very own Jack, James & Sam, known at Stoke Lane u13's as Captain Jack, Perry & Finny, played in the Gloucestershire Football Association (GFA) cup final against Yate United.

The boys arrived in their white shirts, club ties and club jackets, quickly changed in to their team tracksuits for the warm up. Stoke Lane were very much the underdogs, being in the equivalent of the Championship of the Avon Youth league, as opposed to the Yate Utd premiership side.

It was a wet foggy night, but from the beginning Stoke Lane led the play! By half time they were winining 1-0, no one could believe it, least of all the Yate fans!

The second half was the longest 35 minutes ever! But when the final whiste blew, Stoke Lane Under 13 boys were the winners of the GFA Cup! Well done boys!

They will now go on to play against other County finalists in the Regional Finals. Watch this space for more footie news.

This goes to prove that you can be good at more than one sport, and that doing different sports helps you excel! Thank you to the other judo club players who were there to support, Josh, Mollie, Josie & Alison!

Tuesday 11th March - New School Club link with Coniston Road Primary.

Coniston Road Primary invited us to do a demonstration on Tuesday 11th March. Luckily as we already have some players from the club at the school we already had a ready made display team, Ben, Mumbles, Chloe, Natalie, Kieran & Kara, all took part, and were brilliant!

They all did their throws and hold downs prefectly and made the coaches proud!

Sunday 2nd March - North West Age Banded

Natasha, Rebecca and Lucy took the long road north to St Helens. This was a high standard competition with all the world class players entered. All three lost their first round fights but they all bounced back to win their second fights.

Unfortunately, they all lost their third fights and didn’t manage to medal at this competition. All three fought really well and did not let themselves down.

Sunday 24th February - Kidderminster

On the 24th February, Natasha and Rebecca Maslen fought at Kidderminster in a youth competition (14 to 17yrs). With two pools of 3 players, both girls won their pools and then went onto win their semi-finals fights before meeting each other in the final.

On this occasion it was Rebecca who took gold and Natasha silver once again.

Wednesday 6th February - Alison wins a South Gloucestershire Community Award!

It was announced today that our very own Alison Finn has won an award in recognition of her outstanding contribution as a volunteer, especially with regards to sports and young people.

The awards show South Gloucestershire's appreciation at the extraordinary work and dediction undertaken by volunteers within the community. And we'd just like to say that it is very well deserved and add our own thanks, so Well Done Alison!

The awards ceremony will be held on the 7th March.

Take a look at Alison's Award!

Sunday 3rd February - Pyramid Judo Club BJC Competition

New Star win Pyramid Competiiton Team Trophy by 6 clear points!

11 players entered and they won 13 medals - 6 golds, 6 silvers & 1 bronze! All the players gave 100% (and may be a little bit more!)

A great TEAM effort! Well done, once again THANK YOU to all the supporters!

Click here full report!

Sunday 27th January - Bristol Classic Open

As ever a tough competition, one that turned out better for the girls than the boys! All the players fought well, some only lost by yukos, most won fights, however we did manage three medals, Gold for Natasha, Silver for Rebecca and Bronze for Mollie! Well done to all the others who fought, Dominic, who fought up a weight group and lost out for the bronze, Alan, Tom, Myles, Lucy & Sam.

Well done to our honorary member Jayson Curtis, Yate Star, who won Gold!

Thank you to all the supporters, especially Finley, Oliver & George!

Click here for pictures!

Saturday 22nd December - Annual Awards and Christmas Party

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Sunday 9th December - Long Ashton

Brilliant day for New Star on Sunday at the Longashton Inter club. All our under 8's did us proud, especially Finley who won all his fights! Well done to all the under 8's who took part, Finley, Daniel, Liam, Jack, Ryan "mumbles," Amy, Willow and Stephanie; for many of them it was only their first time!

The over 8's were up after lunch. Cameron B setting the standard in the u24kg catergory by winning all his fights and achieving GOLD! Cameron N had tougher group and sadly missed out on a medal. Gold for Tom and Bronze for William in the u30kg's. In the Under 34kgs, Alan England took silver, after loosing to the player he'd beaten in the groups, George did extremely well winning the bronze medal. Unfortunately Ben couldn't fight as there was no one there in his group, they'd probably heard about him from the teams!

Sunday 25th November - Western Area Teams

Two teams from Bristol entered the annual South West Region Teams event. For the second year running it was hosted by Bristol County Judo, and held at City Academy School. Teams entered from Devon, Dorset, Gloucester & Somerset.

The Bristol 8 to 12 year old team won GOLD, despite only having six players in a seven man team!

Also, despite a new rule change which meant they were three players short of an eleven player team, the 12 to 16 year old team came a comfortable third, bringing home bronze medals. Everyone look out when our younger players join them!

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Sunday 28th October - Western Area Grading

Well done to all took part! Click here for full report

Saturday 27th October - Halloween Party

Good fun was had by all! The Winners of the Fancy Dress Competition were:

• Best Boy - Finley Norton
• Best Girl - Amy Oram
• Best Dad (Grandad) - Derek Johnson
• Best Mum - Emma Peacock

All were rewarded with a Terry's Chocolate orange. Well done to all those who dressed up!

Saturday 13th/Sunday 14th October - Junior National Championships

Strong opposition combined with a little bad luck meant New Star did not finish in the medals this year, however, lessons have been learned and the squad is already looking forward to next year!

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Saturday 22nd September - Gradings

Congratulations to all of you who have successfully graded this month, for names and grades see the Minis and Juniors pages.

Sunday 16th September - Samurai Kidderminster Green and Under Competition

Congratulations to all who fought, Bronze medals to Dominic Nelson, Cameron Nelson, Jack Dymond and our only girl in the competition Mollie Finn (full match report here)

Saturday 8th September - Court Farm Trip

All had at great time at Court Farm - Sixty of us turned out to enjoy the fantastic weather - the kids made the most of it as New Star Bristol took over the adventure playground. During the animal feeding, the sound of country and western music was briefly drowned out by the screams of Holly and Amy, as what were almost certainly the biggest 'lambs' in the world galloped towards them at full tilt. Thankfully the girls survived their encounter with killer sheep.

The Maize Maze was probably the biggest hit, judging by how difficult it was to extract the kids at the end of the day. Thanks to Julie Windows for reorganising at the last minute (and still managing to negotiate a discount!)

Sunday 21st July - Halesowen

Some great performances in the Midlands...

• Rebecca Maslen - Gold
• Natasha Maslen - Bronze
• Dominic Nelson - Bronze

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Sunday 28th July - Mid Year Presentation

At the Mid year Presentations on 28th July the following players received Certificates for excellent attendance & commitment at judo training: Josh Bardens, Harry Bardens, Oliver Bardens, Cameron Borg, Scott Bridgeman, Adam Dawkins, Sam Dorrigton, Alan England, Sam Finn, Chloe Gibbs, Adam George, Caitlyn Griffiths, Ben Guest, Ryan Guest, Eva Hanney, Tom Jenkins, Aidan May, Kieran May, Rebecca Maslen, Natasha Maslen, Domonic Nelson, Myles Nelson, Finley Norton, Amy Oram, Kieran Peacock, Reece Peacock, George Phelps, Chloe Scammel, Josie Sparks, Alex Williamson, Holly Windows, Jack Windows & Aidan Woodman.

New members were added to the New Star Bristol squad, and they were awarded their Squad t-shirts, see the competition page for more details.

Sunday 25th July - Bronze ClubMark Award for Patchway

New Star Patchway has been successful in achieving the Bronze level of the BJA Club Recognition Scheme and the Sport England Clubmark.

This BJA Club Recognition award acknowledges the high standard achieved by the club in the promotion and delivery of judo. The Sport England Clubmark is a prestigious kitemark designed to recognise a well-managed club, giving players, parents, schools, local authorities and other agencies confidence in the way in which the club is run and carries out its activities.

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Sunday 8th July - UKU YAMA Competition Winterbourne

What a fantastic day for New Star - 10 Golds, 5 Silvers & 7 Bronzes!

Well done to all of you, you made your club proud!

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1st July 2007 - Taunton Grading

The following players went to Taunton to be graded on Sunday. All players won at least one fight and were promoted as follows:

• Rebecca Maslen from   12th Mon          to   18th Mon         
• Natasha Maslen from   12th Mon          to   18th Mon         
• Lucy Monks from   12th Mon          to   14th Mon        
• Pat Dymond from      8th Kyu      to      6th Kyu      (Senior)
• Jack Dymond from   7th Mon        to  10th Mon       

Theory grades:

• George Phelps from   Novice         to   1st Mon        
• William Shaw from   1st Mon         to   2nd Mon        

23rd - 24th June 2007 - Kent International

All the players fought well, congratulations to Rebecca & Natasha Maslen who both fought under 63’s and both won bronze medals.

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17th June 2007 - Western Area Open

• Luke Tavener U73kg - Silver
• Alan England U30kg A band - Bronze

11th - 13th May - West of England Judo Training Camp 2007

6th May 2007 - Western Area Closed Results

• Gold went to Rebecca Maslen & Lucy Monks.
• Silver to Natasha Maslen and Tom Jenkins.
• Bronze to Mollie Finn, Miles Nelson & Jack Dymond.
• Fifth place went to Alan England, who had a very tough group.

The New Star points were added to the rest of the players from Bristol clubs, Yate Star, Shiro Kwaido, Sea Mills & Bradley Stoke, and for the 3rd year running Bristol County Judo is the BEST IN THE WEST!

Double Trouble! Lommel, Belgium - 8th April 2007

Well done to both Rebecca & Natasha Maslem who represented the England squad in Lommel, Belgium on the 8th April. Rebecca was unlucky to lose her second fight (Bad Refereeing? Have video evidence!) whilst Natasha fought her way to a BRONZE medal. Well done to both in what was a tough comp. It doesn't stop there however as both won silver in the Schools!!!!

Pyramid competition Results - 3rd March 2007

Congratulations to all those who entered. We were third in the team trophy, only missing out to first by two gold medals!

• Gold - Cameron Borg, Lewis Glanvile, Miles Lewis & Josh Barden
• Silver - Ellis Glanville, William Shaw, Jonathan Iles & John Derrick
• Bronze - Chloe Gibbs, Kieran May, Jack Hamblin, Sam Dorrington, Oliver Barden & Aidan May

Bristol Classic - Sunday 20th January

• Gold - Rebecca Maslen
• Silver - Natasha Maslen
• Bronze - Lucy Monks

New Star Ashton - Sunday 4th February

Under 8 Kieran May Chloe Gibbs Aidan Norris Annabel Norris Cameron Borg Josie Sparks Jonathan Iles Amy Oram Ryan Guest Holly Windows Conor Skuse Sam Dorrington Adam Dawkins Ellis Glanville Jack Hamlin Oliver James Jack Windows

Over 8's George Lindley Gold, Myles Nelson Gold, James Wright Silver, Kieran Peacock Silver, Dominic Nelson Silver, William Shaw Silver, Mollie Finn Bronze, Zoë Baker Bronze, Ben Guest Bronze, Tom Jenkins Bronze, Miles Lewis Bronze, John Derrick Bronze, Reece Peacock Bronze.

Well done to Edward Bevan, Aidan May, Alan England & Lewis Glanville, who fought well but had 9 in their weight group!

Walsall National - Saturday 3rd February

Walsall National A & B band Sam Finn U46 Gold

New Star Patchway Mini judo Girl player of the year Josie Sparks - Mini judo Boy player of the year Ryan Guest Mini judo outstanding attendance & commitment to training Chloe Gibbs Junior Judo outstanding attendance & commitment to training John Derrick Junior Most Promising player of the year Alan England Junior Most Improved player of the year Kieran Peacock Spirit of Judo James Wright - Player of the year Sam Finn

New Star Ashton Mini judo Girl player of the year Jade Poolman - Mini judo Boy player of the year Tom Jenkins Outstanding attendance & commitment to training Dominic Nelson - Most Promising player of the year Tom Jenkins Most Improved player of the year Natasha Maslen - Sprit of Judo Lucy Monks & Dominic Nelson Player of the year Rebecca Maslen New Star Squad Squad T-shirts had been given out through out the year to Rebecca Maslen, Natasha Maslen, Lucy Monks, Sam Finn & Mollie Finn. Additions to the squad added at the awards were, Dominic Nelson. Miles Nelson, Tom Jenkins & Jess Iles, bringing the squad up to 9. T-shirts are awarded to players when they have competed at two or more competitions outside of Bristol. Many of you are nearly there. Well done to all the award winners and good luck to every player for next year!

More medals! Even our Seniors! Plymouth open Rebecca Gold, Sam Gold, Natasha Silver, Lucy Silver, Judy silver, Nick Iles bronze!

A squad of 8 went to Plymouth, 3 seniors Judy Maslen, Nick Iles and Pat Diamond and 5 Juniors Rebecca & Natasha Maslen, Lucy Monks, Sam Finn & Jack Diamond. After a long wait Rebecca, Natasha and Sam were all called to mat 1 at the same time! As their fights got underway Judy was called to mat 2! For spectators it was like being at Wimbledon! Sam won all his fights and picked up the Gold! At the end of Rebecca & Natasha’s group it was all even with everyone having only lost one each, so they had to go again! This time Rebecca won all hers, giving her Gold and Natasha only lost to her sister, giving her Silver. Lucy ended a string of bad luck wining all but one of her fights, giving her silver. Judy won silver, whilst she was fighting on the other mat Rebecca, Natasha & Sam all one a fight each, so we take our hats of to Judy for having such a long fight! Next up would you believe Pat was called to Amt 2 whilst Jack was called to mat 1, it was Wimbledon all over again! It was the first open for both of them, both fought really well but couldn’t but neither orange belts could get past the higher grades. Last but not least was Nick, 3 quick fights but each lasted long enough for him to be awarded bronze! John said it is great to go away with a squad, hopes more of the up and coming yellow belts will soon be coming away to Open competitions

Western Area - Sunday 26th November

The Western Area saw the New Star players competing again, this time for Bristol in the annual Western Area teams. With all to play for as Bristol held all trophies after a spectacular win in 2005. Other county's competing were Devon, Gloucester, & Somerset. Wiltshire & Cornwall unable to raise any teams (or after last year were they too scared to enter?!) Our Novice to 6th mon retained their title as NO ONE put up a team to go against them!?! So that was one down are three to go for Bristol. Next up were the Novice to 6th Mon boys, wining all the matches with a landslide. Two out of two! We knew it was going to be hard for the Novice to 18th mon teams as we were two players short in the boys team and three players in the girls. Both finals went to the wire, the girls only losing to Somerset A on a By (they had an team of 10!). The boys final was equally as nerve racking, when our last player went up to fight it was 5-4 to Devon. After an amazing performance from Sam (Yate Star) he won by an Ippon. A draw we all thought, but no, Devon had another player in the heavy weight category, he bowed on and Bristol boys, as the girls had lost by a by! So the moral of this is we need more players at Bristol Squad training! The next one will be a date to be set in January.. Watch this space!

Red Belt Stars

Our red belts were in action at the Yate Star competition, for many of them it was their first competition, all players fought extremely well. Alan England winning bronze and after being spotted by the Bristol County Coach, was picked for the Western Area Team event at City Academy!

8 trophies in Wales for stars of New Star Judo club

A squad of 10 from New Star Bristol judo club competed in Maesteg at the week end bringing home 8 trophies! The youngsters aged from 8 to 13 travelled to Wales to compete in the annual Maesteg Open competition. Sam Finn,11, won Gold, Tom Jenkins, 8, won silver, with Rebecca & Natasha Maslen, 13, Lucy Monks, 13, Jack Smith,12, Dominic Nelson, 11, Myles Nelson, 9, all won bronze trophies! Jess Iles & Mollie Finn were the other members of the squad. Head Coach John Bath 3rd Dan said “it was great to go away with a squad and come back with so many trophies! Rebecca & Natasha have just been selected for the GB squad, if the younger ones continue they will be with them in a few years!” With Rebecca Maslen winning gold at the Nationals and Sam Finn winning silver, they took John to a total of 25 National medallists, a fitting tribute to John’s 25th Anniversary of running Patchway.

Rebecca and Natasha win through to the GB Squad!!!!!

Rebecca and her sister Natasha are now in the National GB squad. Players are picked for the squad on ranking points on two competitions, the Nationals and the Heart of England. Rebecca and Natasha both won 400 points at the Heart of England for winning bronze, and Rebecca won 1000 points at the Nationals and Natasha won 200 for coming 5th. Sam won silver at the Nationals and Heart of England, which are worth 600 points each, however he is too young for the squad as the minimum age is 12! Sam is still only 11! With 1200 points Sam has the most of anyone in his age and weight group! Well done to all three of them; something for all the younger and lower grades to aim for!

More Medals for Newstars Patchway and Ashton

For those of you who haven’t heard New Star Bristol have two National medallists. The first in New Star Ashtons history, but Patchway is now up to 25! This is very fitting as it is Patchway’s 25th Anniversary this year. Well done to Rebecca Maslen who won Gold and Sam Finn who won silver at the GB National Finals.

Sept ‘06

Well done Sam, Natasha and Rebecca!!!!! Sam did extremely well in the Heart of England Open Junior championship. He bravely fought his way to a silver medal in the Junior U46kg weight Category Natasha and Rebecca Maslen both did equally as well both getting bronze medals in the u57kg National B band at the Heart of England.

21st April - Salisbury Open Competition

Well doen to Sam F who won Gold, Mollie F who won Bronze, Natasha M won Silver & Rebecca M who won Bronze, let's hope all our players going to the Western Area Closed do as well as them.

In 1981 at the age of 21 John started a fledgling judo club at the youth centre in Patchway and this year the club will celebrate its 25 anniversary.He has coached over 20 British International players and he has lost count of the amount of county and Western area champions. Although no longer competing he is currently a 3rd Dan black belt and is a county and area coach John can be seen at Patchway, Ashton and many schools and clubs spreading the word of this wonderful sport. He has inspired many players old and young to become coaches and is a credit to British judo - well done John you thoroughly deserve it

He's done it again!!!!!

Having special needs himself, Chris is a fantastic role model to the children he helps He volunteers at the South Gloucestershire Union of Disability Sport Multi-sport club as well as Bowsland Green and Patchway Judo Clubs He completed his Community Sports Leader Award this year and volunteered at this years Sport West Panathlon as additional hours to achieve the award Well done Chris you're an example to us all

Sam Finn - 3rd best in Britain.

Sam was 3rd National A band Under 42kg boys Finals - Way to go Sam!!!! This picture shows Sam who won a Bronze Medal at the British Open. They are with Craig Fallon U60kg World Championship Gold medallist! Gold medallist Matthew Kavanagh Ford Judo Club, the silver Medallist is Ashley Matthias from Shirokwaido (Bristol).

Gradings:

We have had a lot of players grade over the last 6 weeks, well done to all of you, especially to those who went up a belt. Jess Iles & Jack Smith now have their yellow belts. To earn belts after yellow you have to fight at a grading, Nick Iles, Nick Hill & Sam Finn went to Swindon and were awarded their orange belts.

Sunday 11th December 2005

Long Ashton Judo competition Under 8's & Red & Yellow belts All players can enter this one, for the rugby and football players, Kathy is coming to weigh you in on the Saturday at judo, so you can arrive after your matches! Closing date is Monday 5th so see Tracey or email Alison as we have to post them 3rd December!

IBU competition - 25th September 2005

We were invited to send players to an IBU competition in exchange for lending them our mats, our players made themselves known! Nick Hill won gold, Jess Iles Silver, Jonathan Iles Bronze. What's this Patchway Seniors? Our most experienced competitive player, Luke Tavener and our newest Senior player, Nick Iles, both won all their fights to win a Gold medal each! Well done to all of you.

Patchway Judo Club Competition - Sat 17th September

Patchway Judo club held an Under 8s training session and an Over 8s competition. Clubs competing were New Star (Ashton & Patchway), Shirokwaido, Yate Star, Long Ashton and Sea Mills. Everyone did extremely well and in the over 8s category the following won medals Gold - Sam, Jack, Josh & Jess Silver - Louis Bronze - Charlie & Jamie A huge thanks goes out to Mrs. Finn for organising the competition without whom it wouldn't have happened. Competition Controller Kath Bevan assisted by John Bevan. Senior Referee Mike Guateri Referees Derek Johnson, Bob Strahan, Natasha Maslen, Rebecca Maslen, Ross, Laura and table official Mark Maslen. At judo last night one of the Dad's commented on what a great fighter Charlie was! "The coaches were extremely proud of all the children who took part, particularly the ones who were competiting in the over 8's for the first time". It must be noted that the Parents forum did a stupendous job. The team attended the club on Friday from 21-22:30 setting up the club for the next day and continuously grafted throughout the day. We can't thank them enough - this club wouldn't and couldn't run without them - your club needs you, all help apreciated!!!!! Role of Honour - Tracey, Nick, Lisa, Julie&Julie, Mrs Scammell, Maria, Jane, Phil, Sue, Andrew and John. Thanks also go to Max Cromers Grandma for all the yummy cakes that she baked for the day.

Cattle Country

Once again the gang went to cattle country and had a terrific time. Thanks go to Jane for organising the day and Tracey & Nick, Jane, Alison, Julie and John for doing the BBQ and organising the day for us all to enjoy. Cattle Country saw the return of the Bucking Bronco competition, the record of 28 seconds had been held by Alison for two years, but it was smashed this year by new comer Kieran Peacock, with an amazing 51 seconds! He piped Charlie Fettis, who achieved an terrific 48 seconds. Who will it be next year?

Soccer School

Not just a Judo Club - here some of the gang show off their booty after attending the South Gloucestershire Soccer School at St.Michael's Stoke Gifford.

Bristol Closed

Well done to Jack S, Jess & Sam F for fighting in the closed they all won Silver medals. You might all remember that in the Western Area closed Bristol County won, so getting a silver in the Bristol closed is something to be proud of. Jess also won Bronze in Salisbury. Next Competition is our own on September 17th.

Western Area Closed

Well done to Jess for fighting in her 1st closed competition. Jess & Sam both fought well; they were lowest grades & youngest players in their groups. Bristol County Judo went on to win the competition, Bristol is the Best in the West. Their picture was in the Evening Post!

New Star Ashton Competition - Sunday 15th May

2 Golds & 2 Bronzes for the Over 8’s - 2 Golds, & 5 Bronzes for the Under 8’s

Jess & Jack both won their 1st Gold Medals this weekend, both keeping a clean sheet! Or in judo terms won all their fights! Jonathan and Natalie (her first competition) won Bronze medals. Mollie won all her fights in the under 8’s and won gold. Jamie Fitch won gold, Kieran, Elliot, Jonathan Iles, George & William won Bronze.

Well done to all the players!

Thornbury Competition - Sun 16th January

Well done Sam Finn who won a Gold medal and Jessica Iles who won Silver. All the guys who took part in the U8 training session thoroughly enjoyed themselves and showed that they were all winners on the day by showing signs of definate improvement. Many thanks go to Thornbury Judo Club for organising the day and inviting us to take part.

Ambassador of Judo Shield

Sat 18th December - Each year the club endeavours to Identify someone who within the club has been an Ambassador to Judo and this year was no different. This year the award was presented by Luke Taverner to Sam Finn, not just for his Judo ability but also the way he conducts himself on and off the mat and they way he encourages and helps young and less experienced players. Sam has now started to enter "Open*" competitions, and although he hasn't yet won an open medal, he did beat a 13 year old blue belt at the Devon open! (*in an open you fight people in your weight group, but they can be any grade) Sam is currently a 6th mon (yellow belt with 3 tags) he trains at both News Star Patchway & New Star Ashton. Sam started Judo when he was 4 yrs 8 months. He was the youngest player every to complete Kano award 9, which he did shortly after his 7th birthday. He won his 1st Gold medal at his first interclub 3 days after his 8th birthday Devon mini mon Silver Western area closed Silver Devizes mini mon Silver Salisbury mini mon Bronze New Star Ashton Silver

Christmas Party - Sat 18th December

The club held a fantastic Christmas Party full of fun Judo related games followed by a visit from Santa who's multilingual skills came to the fore when speaking to an audience from South Gloucestershire. There were some members who Santa brought a present for but they weren't at the party - see Alison. Thanks go out to the following for making a smashing day Adie Carr, Maria Carr, Tracey Hewer, Jane Harvey, Sue Holt, Steve Holt, Tracey Iles, Nick Iles, Luke Tavener, Alison Finn, Anne D and Phil Fettis

Long Ashton Competition

Well done to everyone who took part in the competition who fought really well, in fact all five that attended won medals. Well done to Mollie Finn Gold, Jonathan Iles Silver, Jessica Iles Silver and Jonathan Salt Silver

Working with people with Disabilities

Alison, John and Luke all attended a South Gloucestershire training course for working with people with disabilities. The club's thanks go out to all three for giving up their valuable time to attend this training course.

South Gloucestershire Sports Awards

Chris Summerhayes has been a Judo Player for as long as I've been involved in Judo and I've watched him grow not only in stature but also as an Indvidual. This has culminated in him being voted Young Disability Sports Volunteer at South Gloucestershire's annual sports awards gala held at the BAWA club. Geoff Twentyman was rumoured to be in awe at Chris whilst awarding Chris and a bevvy of young Gymnasts watched Dewey eyed. Chris has moved seamlessly into supporting others in the sport he loves through the Step into Sport program which is a government run scheme for 15-19 year olds. Chris is a role model for both children and adults alike and is a credit to the Kodachi Kwai where he is a player and at New Star Patchway where he ably assists - well done Chris take a richly deserved bow and a big hand . Don't forget though Chris it's not all about the winning - I wuz robbed!!! Player Profile Started May 200 Favorite saying "What's wrong with him" Seeded 2nd in europe in SEN Judo Category 1 player Grade Brown Belt Young Disability Sports Volounteer award Disability Sport Person of the year - Bristol Year of Sports Favourite Food - Yorkie Bars All round good egg!!

Sue Hannam Memorial Competition

This was a fantastic success on the day with Players from as far as Whitchurch, Thornbury, Yate, Long Ashton, New Star Ashton, Pyramid Judo Club and Team Bath. This was the first competition run by the club since the sad passing of club stalwart Sue who would have been proud to have seen the Judo of her under 7s.

Many Thanks go to Mike Guateri and his refereeing team, Kath Bevan and Carol Taylor and a major thank you to brave souls of the Parents Forum who once again turned in a stunning performance to make it happen, there's too many to mention but you know who you are. Personally I want a refund on me throws poster as I can't read that small!!!!

New Star Patchway are proud to be able to donate £100 from the competition to the Bristol Oncology unit.

New Star (Ashton) Competition

This competition was well attended by the club and all the players did extremely well. For many of them it was their first one. Gold medals Cameron Borg, Phillipa Gale & Jonathan Salt Silver Medals, Jamie Gale, Taylor Carr, Mollie Finn. Charlie Nunn & Sam Finn Bronze Medals Samuel Smith-Ferrier, Daniel Whittington, Michael Nunn, & Nick Hill

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