The NIJF have issued the entry form for the NI Open weekend 21st & 22nd April

NI Open Entry Form 2012

IJA licence holders - remember to bring your licence with you!

Please see details of the third taster sessions of 2012 for Judo Assist........

Judo Assist - Dublin

Following the All Ireland's 2012 at the weekend, results are now available

All Irelands 2012 - Results

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

Coach Development Committee FAQ

Please see details of the second taster sessions of 2012 for Judo Assist........

Judo Assist - Cavan

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........

Judo Assist - Tipperary

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.