News
News
The NIJF have issued the entry form for the NI Open weekend 21st & 22nd April
IJA licence holders - remember to bring your licence with you!
Please see details of the third taster sessions of 2012 for Judo Assist........
Following the All Ireland's 2012 at the weekend, results are now available
Following the recent communications to all clubs the Coaching Development Committee have put together a FAQ document
Please continue to offer feedback on the coaching communication
Please see details of the second taster sessions of 2012 for Judo Assist........
The Irish Judo Association has received notification from Waterford Judo Club that this year's Waterford Open will not be held. The Calendar of Events has been amended to reflect same.
regards
Deirdre
IJA Office
Please see details of the first taster sessions of 2012 for Judo Assist........
Next Masters Squad Session Saturday 21st January 2012
Paul Cummins School of Judo
Greenhills Community Sports & Leisure Centre, St Joseph's Road, Dublin 12
Session 1pm to 3pm
All Masters, Seniors & Juniors welcome
The IJA office is looking to find out information about a former IJA member Mr Francis Cummins.
Mr Cummins was originally from Limavady in Donegal, but moved to Bray, Co Wicklow as an adult, he graded to his 1st Dan in 1995 &
at the time he was 49 years old. The IJA office has received some clippings & photo's & we would like to get in touch with Francis or his family
Please call Deirdre in the IJA office 01 6251104
Richard Vaniukevich from Fudoshin Judo Club took a silver medal in one of the strongest junior tournaments in Europe, the Antwerp Open 2012 in Belgium, which took place on 9 January. He fought in an older group U-15 in a category -34kg. Winning two fights by Ippon and losing third by yuko, Richard came first in the pool to fight a judoka from the Netherlands in the semi-final. A confident win by Ippon in the first minute brought him in the final where he met another judoka from the Netherlands who previously won all his matches by Ippon. There was no score in normal time where both judokas had concentrated on kumi-kata and gave each other very few opportunities to attack. Golden score time had to decide the winner which was used more effectively by the Dutch judoka who scored yuko with a kouch-gari with just three seconds left to the end of the match. After missing out on a medal in the last two competitions in France & Holland, winning a silver medal has been a great reward for Richard's hard work during the prevoius year.
The other IJA competitor at that event was Bearach Gleeson from Daigokan Judo Club. Bearach fought in category -50kg. Following his silver medal in Holland, this competition proved a little tougher for Bearach. He won one of his fights in the pool by Ippon against a strong Belgium judoka but lost the other two to more experienced Dutch competitors but showed a great spirit and huge potential for improvement.
GALWAY
ORANMORE JUDO CLUB
ORANMORE COMMUNITY CENTRE
SUNDAY 29TH JANUARY
(Day after All Ireland Championships)
Development Squad & 2012 Cadets Registration 10-10.30 Session 10.30 -12.30 2012 Juniors & Seniors Registration 12-12.30 Session 12.30 - 3.30pm
All IJA/NIJF/EJU/IJF members are welcome
All Judoka aspiring to represent Ireland at international level must attend.
All Coaches are welcome to participate in sessions, if on the mat and in full JudoGi.
Mat Fee €5 (maximum €10 per family)
Irish Judo's first invite to the IJF World Masters
Lisa Kearney will compete for Ireland in the IJF's 2012 Elite event. The IJF World Masters is exclusively for the Top 16 Judoka in the World in each category. The invitation event is in its third year and this year will be held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, in the same venue where Lisa picked up a Bronze medal at the 2011 World Cup. Lisa was a reserve for the event and only received her invitation on Sunday night, less than 2 weeks before the prestigious tournament.
Bearach Gleeson from Daigokan Judo Club took Silver at the 4th International Top Judo Tournament, Haarlemmermeer, Amsterdam on the 11th December.
Over 650 judoka took part from over 14 countries.....well done Bearach
check out his photos in the Gallery
some great photos courtesy of Boards.ie
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=76013909#post76013909
big thanks to Joe Moore former Trinity Judo Member now living in Japan
for his photos now in our Gallery
Hard to describe how important this is just before Christmas
http://www.dublinpeople.com/article.php?id=662&l=100
well done to Ray, John & Barry
The above completion to be held this Sunday 11th December has been cancelled due to lack of entries.
All entry fees received to date will be returned to player ASAP.
NB Only those players who had sent in an entry for the competition by the closing date will be entitled to enter and represent their school & Leinster in the All Ireland Schools competition to be held in January 2012. A list of these players will be sent to the IJA.
Please also note that these players will have to pay the €20 entry fee to IJA to enter the All Ireland School Championships in Jan 2012 due to the fact the Leinster Schools Championships has been cancelled. Originally once you had qualified 1st or 2nd in Leinster Schools there would have been no charge for the All Ireland Schools Championships.
The Leinster Judo Council
Lisa Kearney & coach Ciaran Ward have just headed off on an 8,500 kilometre trip to Tokyo, Japan 9th to 11th December for the Grand Slam before heading on to Qingdao, China 17th to 18th December for the Grand Prix in search of more Olympic Qualifying points for London 2012.
We wish Lisa & Ciaran the very best of luck, check out how the competitions are going at http://www.ijf.org/
Following the recent North West Open 2011, the Grading Committee would like to congratulate the following judoka on attaining his 1st Dan:
Eoin Fleming- Yamakwai Judo Club
This Sunday at 8, for one night only, winners of the 1983 UCD Battle of the Bands, The Stunner Rays are playing a gig in the Gypsy Rose to raise support for Special Needs and Mixed ability Judo in Ireland.
It's €5 on the door, it's for a good cause and the band aren't too shabby either, so please come down and show your support.
Catch a glimpse of Donal Tannam with his band mates courtesy of YouTube here
Next Masters Squad Session Saturday 10th December 2011
Paul Cummins School of Judo
Greenhills Community Sports & Leisure Centre, St Joseph's Road, Dublin 12
Session 1pm to 3pm
All Masters & Seniors welcome
