East Midlands Senior Grading
Today should have seen several of our adults attend the East Midlands grading, however due to injuries and postponed flights only Mike entered the grading supported by Lee.
Mike fought hard and won three out of his 4 fights - earning him the grade of GREEN belt!
Congratulations Mike from everyone at Meiji.
Midland Area Junior Grading
Sunday 28th February was a successful day for our judo members who took their gradings; below are the results:
| Judo Player | Belt Awarded |
| Jordan | White + 1 yellow bar |
| Joshua | White + 2 yellow bars |
| Bethany | White + 2 yellow bars |
| Corey | Yellow |
| Jasmine | Yellow + 2 orange bars |
| Callum | Green + 1 blue bar |
| Joe | Blue + 2 brown bars |
A BIG Thankyou!
Everyone at Meiji School of Excellence would like to say a big thank-you to Heath Hayes and Wimblebury Parish Council for their support.
Ray Smythe says “Congratulations on your continued success and I am pleased to join the group. Heath Hayes and Wimblebury Parish Council is pleased to support Meiji Judokwai and the Councillors are very proud of your achievements and for providing this superb club.”
Midlands Area Closed - 1st competition of the year!
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Today we saw the first competition of 2010 - and if today is a sign of things to come, then this looks fantastic for everyone at Meiji.
Well done to everyone that took part, especially the low grades.
Results are:
| Judo Player | Medal |
| Charlie | Gold |
| Jasmine | Gold |
| Corey | Gold |
| Luke | Gold |
| Shane | Silver |
| Joe | Silver |
| Jordan | Bronze |
| Callum | Bronze |
| Lee | Gold (+100kg) & Gold (Open) |
| Alex | Bronze |
Pics to be added soon!
Black and White Belt Award
Congratulations to Ben and Jordan - today’s successful judokais claiming this award.
White & Black belt award
Today saw the first winners of the black and white belt (the old purple belt award). The Black and White belt award is awarded to those children that have worked hard all the way through the lesson and caught Sensei’s attention.
Well done to Ben and Issie - keep it up!
Midland Area Age/ Team Event
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Yesterday saw the last of the Midlands AJA competitions for this year - Midland Area Age/ Team Event.
We were fortunate enough to enter several judokwai into a range of age catergories and a single team into the team event. Well done to everybody that entered, again the competition was hard but we did manage to pull off some fantastic throws and ground work.
Results as follows:
| Judo Player | Result |
| Jasmine | Gold |
| Shane | Gold |
| Callum | Bronze |
Well done to Jasmine, Shane, Corey and Callum for winning the Bronze in the Team Event!
Quick Update!
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A new video has been uploaded from last weekends competition - see below for more details!
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Midlands Area Open Castle Vale
Sunday 25th October saw the Midlands Area Open held at Castle Vale. Meiji entered 8 competitors who all fought their best. As usual, we came home with several trophies. Well done to Corey, Jordan, Jasmine and Reece Harrington, who all fought really hard, but just missed out on winning trophies. Here are the results below of the trophy winners:
| Judo Player | Result |
| Shane | Gold |
| Callum | Silver |
| Luke | Bronze |
| Joe | Bronze |
East Midlands Open
Today 4 of our judo players travelled to Earl Shilton, Leicester to compete in the East Midlands Open competition. Once again we saw some impressive throws and ground work from all who participated.
Congratulations to all of those that entered as you were succesful and walked away with the follwoing medals:
| Judo Player | Medal |
| Shane | Gold |
| Luke | Silver |
| Callum | Silver |
| Jasmine | Bronze |