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IJA NATIONAL SQUAD TRAINING
Saturday 25th September 2010
Cadet, Junior & Senior Squad session
11.00am (Sharp) - 4.00pm
Sunday 26th September 2010
Development Squad Session
10.00am - 1pm
VENUE: MACROOM JUDO CLUB, TOWN HALL, MACROOM, CO CORK
All IJA/NIJF/EJU/IJF members are welcome
All Judoka aspiring to represent Ireland at international level must attend. All Coaches welcome. IJA Coaches who participate
(on the mat) in the Squad session will receive credit towards their IJA/Coaching Ireland Award/revalidation.
Mat Fee €5/£5 (maximum €10/£10 per family)
Following on from the entry form posted Thursday 19th August 2010 for the Irish Open 2010, the age bands for cadets & juniors have been changed. An explanatory note will follow as regards ranking points applicable for next year.
Entry Form is available here Amended Irish Open Entry Form 2010
The IJA office apologies for any confustion caused.
***************REMINDER - SPECIAL NEEDS JUDO SEMINAR***********
The main benefits of the programme:
To promote the sport of Judo as fully inclusive and progressive sport in Ireland.
The sheer satisfaction of coaching children with Special Needs.
Increase memberships for club and NGB.
PLAY FOR LONGER THIS WINTER WITH MARS REFUEL
The MARS Refuel Drink Fund is opening again to offer sports fanatics the chance to get their hands on some funding. The fund, which opens for applications on August 23, has £10,000 to donate to clubs and individuals in need of a sporting boost. Michelle Frost, from MARS Chocolate Drinks and Treats: “The fund has already helped more than 10,000 people to play for longer and with so many popular sports, such as hockey, football and netball about to kick off for the season, we feel this is a great time to reopen the fund.”
Applications for the £500 awards can be made online at www.marsrefuel.com. The fund offers support with anything from equipment costs, to improving training grounds and club houses. The fund is also open to individuals raising money for charity through sporting activities, such as bike rides, mountain climbing and parachute jumps. The fund will be accepting applications until October 31 2010. The fund is open to residents of, and clubs and organisations based in the UK and Republic of Ireland only. Applicants must be 12 years or over and only one application will be accepted per person, club or organisation.
MARS Refuel is a great source of protein, carbohydrate, calcium and vitamin B. It’s the milk goodness in MARS Refuel that provides the optimum 4:1 ratio of carbohydrate to protein that helps people to go 50% longer*. Stay updated by visiting the site as well as www.facebook.com/marsrefueldrinkfund
There is a Masters Squad Training session on Saturday 14th August in Andy Ryans gym at 2.30pm, please note that Andy has moved to new premises in the Balldoyle Industrial Estate.
There will also be a "few drinks" in the Marine Hotel Sutton at 8pm that evening and a meal in the Chinese accross the road to celebrate
Harry McGuigan's forthcoming wedding in Cuba on 27th August , everyone is welcome.
The Irish Judo Association welcomes a new club to Limerick. Mr James Bourke & Mr William Power will open for judo classes this month at Claughan Club, Childers Road, Limerick.
contact James or William on 087 1520269 or 086 3804661, see here for more details
The Executive Committee of the IJA wish James & William all the best with their new Judo Club.
IJA NATIONAL SQUAD TRAINING
Saturday 21st August 2010
Cadet, Junior & Senior Squad session
10.30am (Sharp) - 3.00pm
Please note new venue: XTREME FITNESS, Unit 3d Airside Business Park, Swords, Co. Dublin
To view map go to www.xtremefitnessireland.ie/page3.html
All IJA/NIJF/EJU/IJF members are welcome
All Judoka aspiring to represent Ireland at international level must attend.
All Coaches welcome.
Mat Fee €5/£5 (maximum €10/£10 per family)
Following on from the introduction of the new Irish Judo Association insurance policy offered through O'Driscoll O'Neill, the insurance provider Sportscover has announced its annual sponsorship fund details. Affiliated clubs in the Irish Judo Asssociation can apply for sponsorship for their club or individual paid members of their club.
Applications for the 2010 Sportscover Sponsorship Fund (SSF) are now being accepted. The fund will award $15,000 USD worth of grants to Sporting Clubs or Associations throughout 2010. Details for this year’s fund may be found on the Sportscover Website.
Please click here for further details.
The IJF 2012 Olympic Qualification Programme began on May 1st and will run until April 30th 2012. Olympic qualification will be determined
by results in IJF World Cups, Grand Prix, Grand Slams, Continental and World Championships.
Olympic qualification is extremely difficult with only the Worlds top 14 Women and top 21 Men in each category guaranteed their selection
for the London Games. Since May there have been 9 qualification events in 3 continents (Europe, Africa, South America). Through SportNI and
Irish Sports Council funding, Ireland’s Lisa Kearney participated in 5 of these events securing valuable qualifications points in Cairo (7th), Venezuela (5th) and San Salvador (Silver). Lisa’s impressive run of form has forced her way into the current Olympic Qualification placings, sitting in 11th
on the ranking list.The first two qualification events ended in first round defeats (both to eventual Gold medalists) and the National Coaching
staff decided to miss the next series of qualifiers in order to concentrate on regaining the form needed to be successful at the Worlds premier
events. Lisa competed at a lower level of competition through late May/early June at the higher weight category of -52kg and soon found her
winning ways. Gold medal victories in the English Open and the Venray International (Netherlands) improved much-needed confidence and focus.
The final in Venray also provided Lisa the opportunity to avenge the 2009 GB World Cup final defeat to Britain’s Kimberly Rennicks.
The following 3 events produced progressively improving performances culminating in Lisa’s (and Ireland’s) second World Cup final appearance.
That result moved Lisa up to 8th in the Olympic Qualifying ranking list, however two subsequent events in Russia and Mongolia where she did
not compete has seen her ranking slip to 11th. There is, of course, a very long way to go in terms of Olympic Qualification but Lisa hopes
to build on this encouraging start at the next World Cup in Miami on August 27th. Kearney will be joined by Macroom’s Lloyd Manning in the U.S
who has qualified to compete at his first World Cup after impressive performances in the British Open (9th) and prestigious Belgian Open (7th).
Lloyd also trains full time in Edinburgh and his progress this year has been magnificent. He was most impressive in the Korean training camp
in March and his coaches agree that a big performance is imminent. Lloyd and Lisa will also compete in the U.S Open after the World Cup
(August 30th) where they will aim to bridge a 16 year gap since Ireland’s last medal winning performance.
The IJA’s third High Performance Squad member, Ian Byrne, has made a welcome return to full-time training. Ian has secured a placement at the prestigious Camberly Judo centre alongside the likes of Craig Fallon and Karina Bryant. Ian has already competed successfully at -66kg at British regional events and resumed his international career with a strong performance at the Hamburg Continental Cup this week at his usual -60kg category. Hamburg hosts the toughest European Cup of the EJU calendar each August, with most international teams using the event as a final preparation for the World Championships. Ian Byrne, Lloyd Manning and Lisa Kearney all represented Ireland (self funded) at the event and are currently participating in the training camp. All three of the IJA High Performance Squad members are aged between just 19 and 21 years. Both men are still in their teens whilst Lisa turned 21 just last month. We would like to wish each of them the greatest success on their development toward world class international Judoka.
report by Ciaran Ward
Do you want your dojo listed on the international judo federation's website, if so follow the link below and add in your information
http://s283892516.online.de/dojos/
picture left to right
Back row:Thomas Stainsby,Stephen McLaughlin,Micheal McCay,Gareth Townley,Thomas McGarry,Joshua Green,Patrick Doherty & Callum Nash
Front row:Niall Gallagher & Sarah-Jane Porter
Samurai Uladh Judo Club travelled to Crystal Palace in London to the Kent International Open on the 26th & 27th June 2010. This international event attracts over 1000 competitors each year from England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Holland, Belgium and other European countries. Samurai Uladh had 12 competitors who showed great fighting spirit and came away with the following medal haul:
Category A U25kg Girls Bronze Sarah Jane Porter
Category A U38kg Boys Gold Thomas Stainsby
Category A U45kg Boys Bronze Gareth Townley
Category B U34kg boys Bronze Callum Nash
Category B U46kg Boys Silver Stephen McLaughlin
Category B U50kg boys 5th place Michael McCay
The other competitors Patrick Doherty, Joshua Green, Kathleen McNaught, Oisin McLaughlin, Niall Gallagher and Thomas McGarry all gave good accounts of themselves.
report by Seamus Gallagher & Paul Green
Samurai Uladh Judo Club
Here is the 2010 calendar for review, events may be subject to change. Amended June 2010.
Attached Launch - Coaching Congress June 2010 for all clubs
Please ensure Booking In Forms & course fee are submitted before Thursday 17th June 2010
regards
Deirdre
Successful candidates at the Dan Grading held on 12th June 2010
Pictured left to right
Harry McGuigan, senior examiner, James Burke 1st Dan, Maurice Cooper 2nd Dan technical,
Sarah Hawkes 2nd Dan, Sebastian Pawlak 1st Dan, Donal Tannam 4th Dan
Peter Keane 1st Dan, Richard Murphy 2nd Dan
**CHANGE OF DATE**
The Munster Judo Council are hosting a Pub Quiz in Penn's Bar, Macroom, Co Cork on the 23rd July at 8pm to raise funds for Lloyd's
full time judo programme, flier to follow shortly.
National Training Centre, Leisurepoint Sports & Fitness Centre, Cardiffsbridge Road, Finglas
SUNDAY 27TH JUNE 2010
Development Squad & Cadets & Juniors 12.00 midday to 15.30pm SHARP
NO SENIOR SQUAD SESSION
All IJA/NIJF/EJU/IJF members are welcome
Mat Fee €5/£5 (maximum €10/£10 per family)
All IJA members aspiring to compete at International level must attend.
Fudoshin Judo Club is hosting a Fundraiser Pub Quiz on the 26th June, see 
Fudoshin Fundraiser - Pub Quiz,
as always, your support is appreciated.
Valery Vaniukevich
Three brave men along with their coach headed for Budapest Thursday 27th May to compete at the IJF Grand Masters in Hungary.
Dermot Killeen (M5 +100kg) Brian Killeen (M5 -90kg) and Mark Forde (M2 -81kg) made the journey to Budapest with coach Larry Weldon. Competition level was immense, both Dermot & Mark lost their first fight, but Brian made it right through to 3rd place play off for Bronze where he lost out to a judoka from Mongolia.
Dermot reported back this morning that the competition level was outstanding but extremely tough, you can follow each of the judoka's performance:
Dermot (Age 5 +100kg) Brian (Age 5 -90kg) Mark (Age 2 -81kg)
http://217.79.182.227/www.judo-world.net/ijf/world/wc_veterans2010/tta_menue.php?modus=1024&sprache=english
From the archives of the Judo fraternity, the draw for the 1978 All Ireland Championships
which was hosted in Tralee and includes legends of Irish Judo. This will bring back memories
for a lot of people.
Competition sheet courtesy of Willie Lyons.
