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Founded in 1980 by Richard Dove.

Judo Club Osaka is a member club of the British Judo Association (club number 150).

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Thank you to the Cleaning Crew

The club would like to thank Carl, John, Lip, Kenny, Dawn, Manny and David for giving up their Saturday afternoon to clean all the mats.

20 June 2009

Success in Portsmouth, Belfast and High Wycombe

On Sunday 17 March the club took 13 players to Portsmouth for the Hampshire Yellow Belt and Under Closed Event. We achieved a fantastic 11 medals comprising 3 Golds, 6 Silver and 2 Bronze! For some of the youngest players it was their very first competitive Judo event. Everyone fought hard and even though they did not all achieve medals they made Osaka immensely proud.

Medals were achieved in the following weight groups as below:

U27kg Bradley Atkins GOLD > In the final fighting

U27kg Daniel Holt SILVER > against each other

U34kg Jack Webb SILVER

U34kg Connell Anderson BRONZE

U46kg Luke Roberts SILVER

U46kg Jack Cox BRONZE

U55kg Michael West GOLD

U28kg Sarah Burdock SILVER

U32kg Holly Redman GOLD

U40kg Martha Galilee SILVER

U48kg Sadie Anderson SILVER

To add to this successful weekend, on Saturday (16th May) in the Northern Ireland Open at Queens University, Belfast, another player from Osaka won a fantastic Silver Medal in the Women's U70kg category. Well done to Samantha Smith who fought brilliantly.

Meanwhile at High Wycombe in the Masters Tournament Fiona Prudence won 2 bronzes in the Women's Open and U78kg categories. It was a busy weekend indeed!

17 May 2009

Congratulations to Alex Jones on gaining his Black Belt

Alex becomes the 15th Dan grade within the club's 2009 membership, following his success at today's grading at High Wycombe.

4 April 2009

Obi Fun Day and Grading on Sunday 21st June 2009

The club will be holding its next Obi Fun Day at Connaught Leisure Centre on Sunday 21st June 2009. The Obi Fun Day will start at 12 noon, after the grading. Players must be members of Judo Club Osaka or Judo Club Osaka Hawley, be over 5 and under 16 years on the day and present a valid BJA licence. The entry fee will be Ł9 for competitors.

Pick up an entry form at either club or download here, the closing date is Friday 19th June and entries will be limited to the first 50 received.

29 March 2009

19 Medals at Hampshire Trials - Osaka's best year since 2005

Osaka took 8 Gold, 4 Silver and 7 Bronze medals at today's Hampshire Trials at the Mountabatten Leisure Centre in Portsmouth, the club's best year since 2005.

In the juniors Golds went to Morgan Redman U34kg, Austin Jones U38kg, James Hendin U42kg, Aaron McGuire U46kg, Holly Redman U32kg and Natasha Stevens U44kg; Silvers to William Schnabel U42kg, Mason Redman U66kg and Heather Gardner U57kg; Bronzes to Stuart Gardner U38kg, Luke Roberts U42kg, Lip Webb U46kg, Sam Gray U50kg, Martha Galilee U36kg and Corinna Vickers U36kg. Kaylea Jacobs U48kg put up a good effort at only 9 years old, making her one of the youngest in the group, coming away without a medal this time.

In the seniors Golds went to Louise Hindmarsh U57kg and Samantha Smith U70kg; Silver to Leo Burdock U60kg; Bronze to John Webb U66kg. Josh Roberts U66kg was unlucky to finish 5th after a 3-way deadlock resulted in fights having to be re-fought. Chris Fletcher U81kg and Anthony Newman U81kg gave good showings but came away without medals on this occasion.

The club should now have a strong presence in the Hampshire Team for the Inter-Counties Championship in May.

Following publication of the full results we now know that Osaka topped the medal table with more than twice the total number of medals of the second placed club.

8 March 2009

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