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Congratulations to George Kerr 10th Dan
On behalf of the Board of JudoScotland and its members I would like to extend our warmest congratulations to George Kerr on his promotion to 10th Dan at the weekend. This is fantastic news and I cannot think of a greater accolade of achievement and acknowledgement of a life dedication to Judo. From a personal point of view, and I’m sure for many others as well, George has been someone held in awe and respect for his knowledge of Judo, his contacts in Japan and across the world and indeed all the stories and anecdotes of life in Japan and since.
There are many articles in today’s newspapers and radio so I would encourage you to google George Kerr and read about the Scottish Judoka who has achieved so much and influenced so many people over the years.
Congratulations George on being awarded your Ju dan – be proud, as we are of you!
Jim Feenan
Chair, JudoScotland
Related articles: European Judo Union | BBC News
Euan wins Gold at the Tokyo Grand Slam
Eight Scottish based judoka travelled to Japan where they competed in the 2009 Tokyo Grand Slam, from Friday 11th - Sunday 13th December.
Euan Burton defeated Olympic silver medallist Jae-Bum Kim of South Korea to take gold in the -81kg category. Burton scored a final victory over Jae-Bum Kim by scoring a waza ari twice for a combined ippon.
This is an outstanding achievement in an event in which Japan earned 10 of 14 gold medals, including seven divisions that included all-Japan finals.
Sarah Clark defeated her first round Polish opponent Paulina Zawadska in the -57kg event by ippon, and then went on to beat Hui Hui Feng from China by throwing a yuko then finishing with an ippon. In the quarters, Sarah lost to finalist Kaori Matsumoto from Japan with an osae-komi-waza giving Sarah joint 5th place overall.
Also in the -57kg competing in the women’s event, Connie Ramsay lost her first round fight by ippon to Olympic Gold medallist Giulia Quintavalle from Italy.
After a bye in the first round James Millar was awarded the match against Uzbekistan Olympic Bronze medallist Rishod Sobirov in the -60kg category, only to have the ippon retracted. James then lost the golden Score after Rishod scored a yuko.
Samantha Clark also had a bye in the first round and was defeated by Erika Miranda of Brazil in the -52kg women’s event by ippon.
In the -70kg category, Sally Conway beat Finland’s Elina Paulman by ippon and then lost to Russian opponent Daria Davydova in the second round after Daria scored 3 yukos and a waza ari.
Sarah Adlington reached the second round of the +78kg category after beating Szu-Ting Fang from Taipei by ippon. Sarah exited the competition in the second round by ippon against Urszula Sadkowska from Poland.
Matt Purssey beat Kacper Larem from Poland in the -90kg category by ippon, and then in the second round, lost to Italy’s Lorenzo Bagnoli by a yuko.
Full draws and results available on www.ippon.org
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JudoScotland is very pleased to announce the appointment of Frania Gillen-Buchert as the new Events and Communications Executive.
Frania started with JudoScotland on the 17th October after spending three years with Scottish Squash as their Events and Administration co-ordinator. In addition, Frania has significant project, event and marketing experience within National Governing Bodies, which will make her another invaluable addition to JudoScotland’s staffing team.
Frania will assist with the organisation of JudoScotland events including major existing events such as the Scottish Open. Commenting on her new appointment Frania said: “I am delighted to accept this post and to be involved with JudoScotland. I am eager to co-ordinate and develop events across Scotland and create new ways to communicate with our members. It will be a great challenge and I shall hopefully see you at your next competition or on facebook!”
If you have any news or information that you would like online please contact Frania on 0131 333 2981.
Whitburn Judo Club awarded £2000 by sportscotland‘s sportsmatch.
The highly successful Whitburn Judo Club has been awarded £2000 towards a new judo mat after the club applied and received funding from sportscotland’s sportsmatch.
The club’s original mat was long overdue for replacement and earlier this year Whitburn received a generous donation from Ark Associates for £2000 towards a new mat, an additional £1000 was put into the fund by Whitburn Club. With assistance from JudoScotland, Whitburn applied to sportsmatch, a Government funded award scheme, administered by sportscotland that aims to match pound for pound the level of sponsorship received by non profit organisations.
After three months sportsmatch approved Whitburn’s application and equalled the private sponsorship from Ark Associates bumping the total up to £5000. With thanks to Ark Associates and sportscotland’s sportsmatch, the new mat has transformed the Club and Whitburn can continue to produce talent as demonstrated by their two British Junior no.1’s, Craig Stewart & Charlotte Potter.
sportsmatch is a great opportunity for Judo Clubs double any sponsorship and enhance the club. If you think your club is eligible please look at the following link for further information and contact JudoScotland:
http://www.sportscotland.org.uk/ChannelNavigation
/Topics/TopicNavigation/Funding/Sportsmatch/
Sarah takes Silver in Georgia.
Congratulations to Sarah Clark who won silver at the 2009 European Judo Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia at the end of April. Sarah progressed to the final by beating Italy's Guila Quintavalle the reigning -57kg Olympic champion on a referee's decision. Then German Viola Waechter with a Yuko in golden score. The semi-final against Ioulietta Boukouvala of Greece also went to a flag decision.
The final was a tightly fought affair between Sarah and Telma Monteiro, Portugal's World Champion at -52kgs. This fight also went to a flag decision to Monteiro.