European Medals for Bradley Stoke Judo Club
July 24th, 2013
Bradley Stoke Judo Club were competing at the highest level over the last couple of months. Pete Douglas B.S.J.C Coach and Pete Miles student were both competing for Great Britain in the European Championships in their relevant age groups both have competed at this level previously with no medals but this time everything fell into place.
Pete Douglas fought on the 15th of June in Paris for the European Veterans Championships at the age of 50 and after a very tough draw fought his way through to winning a superb Silver Medal beating ex world and European Champions on the way! Pete has previously won 5 British Veteran Championships but rated this Silver as his best result. Pete will now be aiming to compete at the Worlds in Abu Dhabi in November.
Pete Miles 17 a student of Bradley Stoke Judo Club then followed in his coach’s success when he competed in the European u18s Championships in Estonia for GB and managed to win an amazing Bronze medal taking on the best players from all over Europe. Pete M has also won 5 British Medals at 3 different age groups and weight classes. Last week he won a Silver Medal at the European Youth Olympics Festival in Holland defeating the current European Silver medallist. Pete has now qualified to fight for GB in the up and coming World Championships in Miami!
The training at Bradley Stoke Judo Club has proved to be of World Class level with lots more top flight GB and England Players training at the club. It is seen as the number 1 club in the west and one of the top 5 in the country. To train at B.S.J.C you need to be over the age of 4 yrs of age and that’s it! There are classes for all levels and needs through out the week, striving to give participants the best of everything, including fun!