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14th and 15th of June saw players from around country converge on York for our Senior & Veterans events. From Scotland, Cornwall and even Portugal & Gibraltar !
A competition (results) on Saturday followed by a competitive dan grading (results) on the Sunday, a whole lot of points won by players towards their respective grades. Alongside the points winners were the lower grades competing, for many of whom it was their first competition.
At the weekend we had a number of players from our teams get together for a training session at Pudsey club led by Caroline Brayson.
We got the team t-shirts sized up.
Players did some drills, randori and games. Some discussion of rules.
Great to see players putting in the work ahead of the national teams.
It's coming together!
This event has been heralded as CELEBRATION of GRASS ROOTS JUDO. it was only the second time the event has been held at Sedburgh Liesure Centre which is a newly built facility close to site of the old Richard Dunn sports centre.
The Event attracted hundreds of entries from over 40 clubs from all over the North of England allowing valuable competition experience for novices and intermediate judoka alike, and playing an important role in developing grass roots Judo throughout the North of England.
Read more: The West Yorkshire Judo Championships and Development Event