Winchester judo club entered a young and inexperienced squad into the Hampshire Championships held in Eastleigh. All the players performed well, and the club came away with four medals. Seb Matthews won a bronze in the u34kg group, Finn Lacey and Matthew Powell matched their teammate by also claiming bronze in the u38 and u66kg groups. Callum Smith won Gold in the men’s u73kg to win his first senior title after claiming gold last year in the juniors. William Reid, Caleb Nicholas and Gabriel Curwen all fought well and gained valuable experience.

Glen Judd, Winchester Judo Instructor, won a silver medal at the recent High Wycombe Masters in the under 81kg category. Well done Glen!

Winchester judo coach Glen Judd won a bronze medal at the British Open Masters competition held in Cardiff. Competing in the Men’s u81kg, the Chandlers Ford based fighter had some hard fought fights before eventually winning his bronze medal in a highly competitive group. The following weekend Calum Smith won a gold medal at the Hampshire Open Championships held at Fleming Park in Eastleigh. Calum fought in the boy’s u60kg category. This was a well deserved gold after all his hard work with his training leading up to the competition.

Three of Winchester judo clubs junior players were selected to represent Hampshire at the Inter – counties team championship held at Redhill in Surrey. Callum Smith fought well all day, to help the Hampshire boy’s team win a well deserved Gold. Frances Jones and Jessica Cragg both had some tough fights to help the Girls team to a hard fought bronze. The previous weekend Frances won gold at the Hampshire yellow belt and under championships and senior Ben Read came away with silver in the Men’s under 100kg

Winchester Judo and Martial arts club had another successful day at the Hampshire Open Judo Championships, winning two gold, a silver and three bronze medals. Gold went to Ben Reid in the Men’s U100kg and to Harry Peters- Gill in the junior U66kg. Jessica Cragg won a silver in the junior U48kg and also took bronze in the senior section. Frances Jones, Callum Smith and James Locke won Bronze medals in the junior U48, U60 and U73kg sections. The Judo club celebrated its 60th Birthday with a get together at the Jolly Farmer Public house. The event was attended by over 20 Black Belts, 6 British squad players, two world Masters Champions and a former British Women’s team Manager. The Photo show Frances, Jess, James and Callum. Ben and Harry were unavailable for the photo.

Calum Smith won gold fighting in the U55kg weight class. Harry Peters-Gill also won gold in the U60kg category, while James Locke won the U73kg group. Coach Glen Judd was really pleased with the boys performance, as two of the boys had moved up to a new weight class and Harry was fighting his first ever completion.