Bradley Stoke Judo’s success in Holland
November 30th, 2013
BSJC travelled to The Hague International tournament at the start of November for a gruelling two days of competition. Awarding winning coach Pete Douglas fills us in on how they all got on.
Day One:
James Smith – first competition abroad great experience won a fight with a great ippon.
Jess – classy little fighter who won a well earned silver.
Tatum – totally dominated to win gold.
Joe – much more maturity got him fifth place losing to the eventual gold medalist.
Jack – performance of the day destroying a large field to take a fantastic bronze.
Brad – BSJC training starting to pay dividends with a well earned fifth place.
Sam Bass – tough group but Sam acquitted himself well even though he didn t win a fight.
Toby – difficult day with some tough opponents and even though didn t win give all of his opponents a tough time.
Megan – difficult day and still carrying an injury but notwithstanding losing 3 managed to dig deep to win fourth and last fight.
Sam Ashton – a day of highs and lows in a large group. Got out of his pool and won a fight with a strangle for the first time.
Jaxon – another tough group that contained the eventual winner. Despite fighting well Jaxon disappointed not to win a fight today.
Elle – along with Jack the star of the day taking a well earned silver with a clinical display of judo.
Amy Oram – after a slow start pulled out the stops to get silver.
Tom Smith – baptism of fire (and strangles) in a tough under 38 group but won a fight and will certainly benefit fro experience.
Adam Whitfield – fought his heart out to take a thoroughly deserved bronze from a tough group.
Day Two:
After a fairly late night for some and early breakfast it was back to the venue by 9.00 for another full on day
Beth – pulled out another great performance abroad and fought well to earn a well deserved bronze.
Amy Oram (petite) – also won fights and was over the moon to get bronze after previous disappointment in Holland.
Kate Ashton – struggled in a very tough pool full of strong Dutch girls but should not be disappointed with her performance.
Isaac – managed a good win but also came up against some tough opponents
Myles – in the same group as Isaac managed to dig deep to win a creditable bronze.
Ben – fought really well in both juniors and seniors to get gold and bronze respectively.
Chris Edwards – fought well, won one but didn t manage to get out of pool.
Louis – fought his heart out in the juniors taking on some really tough guys and managing to win one. Unfortunately after a great start in cadets had to withdraw with a shoulder injury.
Dom – back on form with a well deserved gold in seniors
Jordan – lost a really good fight with Dom in seniors but sustained a head injury and had to withdraw.
James Hayes – one of the real stars if day two with 12 hard fights and well deserved silvers in both juniors and cadets.
Lele – a great start winning gold in juniors but then struggled and did not get out if pool in cadets. Rallied to win gold in seniors.
Steph – a really strong performance from Steph winning a bronze in a very tough cadet group
Andrew Serdega – display of judo to win gold in a really tough cadet group. Sound of cheers from the BSJC crew still probably ringing in his ears.
Hannah – had to fight some giants who she couldn t overcome.
Lissa – great to see Lissa back to winning form fighting out of her pool to win bronze.
The final medal tally from what sounds like a really tough competition was:
Gold 6 Silver 5 Bronze 8
Wow!! Pete tell us this was a fantastic trip, thoroughly enjoyed by all. He would like to give special thanks to the Club s excellent coaches Pete, Nick, Roy and Simon who, as always, managed to get maximum effort and performance out of all of the players. He would also like to thank Sally for all the hard work she put into making this trip happen.
Huge well done to Bradley Stoke Judo Club – so often in the medals! Congratulations to you all.
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