March was another busy month for judo.
It started for me on Monday 2nd March at 8am when I had my weekly catch-up with our Vice Chair Sandy Hodge, to discuss the current issues and key topics. These sessions are always highly productive and valuable.
Then, on the 3rd, Judith and I flew down to London for a prearranged meeting with the British Judo Council. It is crucial that we maintain good working relationships with such organisations to the benefit of all. Again, I felt that the meeting was highly beneficial and will be followed up on in due course. I’d like to thank the British Council Team – Bob, Bernard and Annette for hosting and attending.
Next, we had the annual Hibari Kan event on 14th March at Ravenscraig. Again, it was good to catch up with the membership and to talk about current issues, and, as always, the event went very well.
On 17th March, we had our JudoScotland board Meeting – a stacked agenda which ended up in the session overrunning by 30 minutes – apologies to attendees!
And finally, I would like to thank Sensei Yoshihiko Iura, 8th Dan, for an excellent Kata Weekend on 28th and 29th March at Cluarankwai Judo Club in Kilmarnock. It’s great to have such incredible and influential figures in world judo sharing their skills and experience here in Scotland!
Marc Preston, 7th Dan