MICKLEFIELD JUDO CLUB
This weekend a small team of players headed to London UEL for the London Area Low Grade Development Event coached by Jay. For a couple of our players, it was their first time at a big competition so hats off to them, their determination and their courage.
It turned out to be an extremely long day in particular for our Coach, Jay who was there from the very first weigh in at 8.15am till the very last player who took to the mat after 6.30pm.
The results were excellent which showed great commitment from training to competition, and all medallists were handed their medals by the current number 1!!!
Results were:
Max B – Bronze
Levi – Bronze
Kareem – Bronze
Muawiya – Silver
Fearne – Silver.
Thank you to Jay for his coaching as well as to Sheena and Nigel.
This weekend MJC headed to Largs in Scotland for the Scottish Open alongside our friends Rush Judo. A long journey up, but with spirits high, our players faced a tough competition.
Rico took the lead and came away with a well-earned Bronze alongside his last ten points toward his Dan Grade. Rico has trained hard and competed harder to reach this milestone and we are all extremely proud of him!
Chayse was the only other MJC member to compete on the Saturday in the Cadet category and came away with an excellent Bronze also.
Day two saw Emily, Charlotte H, Chayse, Bobby, Jay and K-c take to the mat. The competition was tough and for Charlotte, Emily, Bobby and K-c, it was lessons learnt and good mat time. Jay fought in the Seniors category and came away with Bronze and Chayse competed in the Junior category and came with Bronze also.
Well done to everyone who fought, to all the Coaches, drivers and supporters.
On the weekend we had the British Championships (The Nationals).
We have a new National Champion in the club, Chayse Franklin! National Bronze medallist, Bobby Pusey. Phoebe Sawkins, 5th Place, Chayse Franklin (Juniors), 7th Place.
Well done to everyone else who competed this weekend.
Well done also to Bobby who got his 2nd Dan at the weekend.
Results from today include:
Itsy – GOLD, Phoebe – GOLD, Harry – GOLD, Charlotte – GOLD, Chayse – GOLD, Isabella – SILVER, Arthur B – 5th PLACE, Ash – 5th PLACE
Amazing team spirit.
Well done to Rico who scored himself a Gold today in the Dutch VI Open.
Congratulations to Chayse, who was the only one from MJC competing in Wales at the weekend. Chayse portrayed some great judo, earning himself a lovely Gold.
Congratulations to Rico who travelled to Germany to compete with the VI squad securing himself a fine Silver. Rico demonstrates in all of his fighting all the hard work he has been putting in. Well done!
Busy but excellent weekend at the NHC Open in Brentwood. Had a team of players for the Minors, Pre Cadets and Cadets on the Saturday and then a smaller team of players for the Juniors and Seniors on the Sunday.
Saturdays results:
Itsy (Minors) – GOLD, Timur (Minors) – GOLD, Isabella (Pre Cadets) – BRONZE, Phoebe (Cadets) – BRONZE, Chayse (Cadets) – GOLD. Experience gained for Mo, Hamza and Kareem.
Sundays results:
Bobby (Juniors) – GOLD, Chayse (Juniors) – BRONZE, Bobby (Seniors) – SILVER, Chayse (Seniors) – SILVER, Jay (Seniors) – GOLD. Experience gained for Ash, who had the biggest group and hard fights.
Brilliant judo from all the team. Thank you to the supporters over the two days and to the Coaches Ian Lane, Paul Franklin and Paul Pusey. Also, well done to Sabrina and K-c Franklin both volunteering for NHC this weekend. Great to be supporting our home county while representing Micklefield.
Results in Kidderminster included:
Ruben – GOLD, Stuart – GOLD, Joe – SILVER, Nic – GOLD, Justine – BRONZE. Fantastic results all around and great team spirit. Thank you to all the coaches.
Congratulations to all of our players today who took part in the Rush Rumble. It takes guts and perserverance to step foot on the mat and for many it was their first time. Well done to all and thank you to all of the Coaches and Supporters.
Chayse won 1st and lost his 2nd putting him in the repercharge. Was winning that one and then unfortunately lost in the last few seconds putting him out.
Zeb had what seemed like lots of fights and waiting around in between and took 7th place.
Kristian (Rush) pulled out due to injury with his ribs.
K-c earned herself a 5th place.
Coached by our very own Bobby today, he led Ruben to the top of the podium with a Gold and Freddie with Silver. Well done all!
After a lot of waiting around today, it is a Gold for Rohel and a Bronze for Ross! Well done guys.
Results from Day 1:
Isabella – 5th Place, Phoebe – 5th Place – Both girls fought amazing. Chayse fought really well today but unfortunately didn’t place but will go again tomorrow. Stan – GOLD.
Great team spirit and support for all players, really proud of the effort and attitude for all the players either win or lose today. Thanks also to the parents for your support and the cups of tea!
Results from Day 2:
Chayse (-60kg) – 7th place, Stan (-60kg) – pulled out due to injury, Zeb (-66kg) – into cross over and met Bob, Bobby (-66kg) – 5th place. All boys fought like warriors today, well done team.
Huge congratulations to Rico at EPYP in Istanbul fighting in U62kg, J2, winning himself a Bronze.
Congratulations to all those that fought at the weekend at the NHC Don Werner Competition including:
Joe – GOLD, Isabella – SILVER, Ruben – BRONZE, Justine – BRONZE, Ash – 5th Place, Russel – 5th Place, Rico – 7th Place, Jack – an excellent performance. Thank you to Paul F, Ian R, Jay and Joel for coaching and to K-c, Chayse and Sabrina for volunteering for BJA Northern Home Counties Judo.
This weekend we had the Micklefield Massive Team attend the Craig Fallon Cup in Walsall. There was great team spirit amongst Alfie, Bobby, Jonah and Jay as well as the MJC team of supporters. They all fought extremely hard but unfortunately, following 2 wins and beating silver medallists, they went out on points. They should all be very proud of themselves.
Fighting in the individual category at the same event was Chayse, who has 3 fights and 3 wins taking home a Gold.
We had Chayse, Stan and Jay competing in Venray. A very tough competition and very hot weekend. All fought exceptionally well. Jay took home a Gold, Stan a Bronze (after endless fights) and Chayse, although no medal this time, good mat time and experience.
We had the Bishop Stortford Danny King Team Event which brought together Aniah, Brooke, Isabella and Itsy to form a team. They gave it their all and fought really hard showing great team spirit and encouragement. No medal for them as a team but they totally deserved the medal for team spirit. Aniah also helped out the Pinewood team earning herself more mat time, more experience and a nice Bronze medal to go with it!
In the same comp, we also had a team of boys comprising of Chayse, Stan and Kristian (from Rush). The boys were definitely the lightest amongst all the teams but fought like warriers and earned themselves a lot of mat burns, blood on kits and bronze medals. Well done all!
Justine and Steve headed to High Wycombe to compete, with Steve not feeling 100% on the day but still refusing to back down. He still gave it the percentage that he could that day and brought home a silver. Excellent result.
Justine gave it her all and very respectively came away with a Bronze.
This weekend we had a strong group attend the London Open in the University of Eat London. On Saturday, the team comprised of Itsy and Timur in the Minor category, Phoebe and Isabella in the Pre Cadet category and Chayse and Emily in the Cadet category. Unfortunately Ash had to pull out due to injury.
We never shy away from changes and challenges at competitions and sometimes we arrive aware that numbers have dropped, weights have merged or maybe there’s even only one person to fight. This weekend, one of our players was given an opportunity to compete in her own category (Pre cadets) as well as the next category up (Cadets), with complete consultation from the player herself, the Parent and the Coach. Although there was still an element of confusion somewhere along the line from the competition officials…that player rose to the challenge and gave it her all! Well done and congratulations to Phoebe!!
Sundays team included Chayse, Jay and K-c. Chayse has doubled up from Cadets on Saturdays to the Juniors on Sunday and Jay done Juniors and Seniors on Sunday.
At the weekend, we had a trio of boys competing in the NHC Red and Yellow Belt competition. A successful day in Brentwood which included Timur getting Gold, Muawiya Silver and Hamza Bronze. It was great to see each of the boys supporting one another both on and off the mat. Thank you to the supports, Coach Paul F and Sabrina who was also volunteering for BJA Northern Home Counties Judo.
Visit Micklefield Socials for all the updates on this trip.
The weekend saw a team of 5 heading to Bishop Stortford to compete. A big well done and thank you to all the Mums that gave up their Mother’s Day to go along and support. Results included, Brooke Bronze, Isabella Silver, Jess Bronze, Itsy Gold, Daniel Bronze. These are excellent results, and thank you to Coach Jay for his leadership today along with Laurie Rush!
A big team of 21 headed to Rush today for the Rush Rumble with all medalling! Well done all!
At the weekend, a small team travelled to Sheffield for the British Schools Championships. This was a tough comp, a busy comp and two very long but enjoyable days. Results were, Chayse 7th place, Charlotte H Gold, Ashley 9th place, Isabella and Emily no placing this weekend but excellent fighting earning great experience.
At the weekend, some of our team travelled to Brentwood to compete in the NHC Orange Belt and Below Championships. The Junior session results were, Muawiya Bronze, Timur Silver, Phoebe Silver, Itsy Gold, Fearne from Stokenchurch Silver, Hamza and Kareem both earned participation medals. The Senior session results were, Justine Gold, Stuart Bronze and Joe Silver. Thank you to all supporters and Coaches including Paul F, Jay, Ian L and Joel. Well done also to Sabrina who was NHC volunteer for the day on the door as well as K-c who was officiating all day. Great MJC representation.
Saturday included Stan, Chayse, Zeb and Charlotte H competing in the English Open in Walsall. This was a very long day and a very tough competition. Result included; Stan BRONZE in Cadets and 7th in Juniors, Zeb 5th in Cadet and 7th in Juniors, Chayse 9th in Cadets and good experience and tough fights in Juniors and Charlotte H also finished 7th in Cadets.
On Sunday, K-c headed to Walsall for the English Open. Unfortunately numbers were low in her group due to Seniors pulling out. With a couple of very tough fights and losses, K-c was given a BRONZE.
Thank you to our Coaches Paul P, Ian L and Paul F for coaching at the English open as well as laurie Rush and all the supporters in person and online.
In other areas closer to home, some of our adults headed to High Wycombe for the Chalfont Championships. It is great to see this group out at competitions and flying the flag high. For some of these guys, they’ve either made a return to judo following many years of not doing it, started only within a couple of years, or even come back after having a few weeks/months off due to other life committments, so the results below speak volumes about their enthusiasm and committment:
Rohel – GOLD, Ross – SILVER, Russel – SILVER, – Stuart – BRONZE
Thank you to Coach Ian R for being there with these guys and to all the supporters.
But why stop there? This time we head to Germany as Rico took GOLD at the VI German Open in Heidelberg in the Juniors categroy and even gave Seniors a go!
An absolutely freezing venue did not ruin the MJC team spirit. Results were:
Isabella – BRONZE, Itsy – GOLD, Phoebe – GOLD, Timur – GOLD, Arthur – GOLD
Stepping onto the mat at a judo competition is never easy – it takes guts to face the challenge head on. Unlucky today for Ollie, but it’s all part of the journey. Every tournament is an opportunity to learn, grow and push harder for the next opportunity!
Results available on MJC Facebook
On Saturday, Justine and Stuart headed to the Kent Senior Split Grade Open alongside Coach Ian Rose. A massive well done to Justine who was fighting 2 weight categories up, comping away with one win and two loses. Justine took away Gold in her category.
Stuart had 7 in his group and achieved 4 wins giving him Gold. Fantastic result.
The last two weeks have been busy. Our Cadet, Junior and Senior competition players have been training flat out for their two big weekends. The British Championships is not just the last competitions to sign off the year, but for some the pinnacle of their year!
Last weekend we had Zeb, Chayse, Emily and Stan competing in the Cadet category. A tough day to say the least and although no medals for Chayse, Zeb and Emily, there was superb fighting from all. Stan came away with a silver medal following a tough and very close final. This weekend we had Jay, Emily, Zeb, Stan and Chayse on Saturday and then K-c on Sunday. After difficult fights, it was unfortunate to see Emily, Zeb and Chayse come away without medals. Their fighting was on form, as was their committment and mental attitude towards the competition, but it just wasn’t meant to be for them on the day.
Both Stan and Jay came away with a Bronze medal, so well done to both of them.
At the weekend, we had Rico competing in Venray with a para potential squad scoring himself a Gold. Well done Reeks!
We also had an 8 solid crew head to Brentwood for the NHC schools qualifier. The results included 2 x GOLDS, 3 x SILVERS, 1 x BRONZE and 2 x UNPLACED.
Well done everyone today! Results include; Leila – GOLD, Alana – BRONZE, Hudheyfa – BRONZE, Brooke – GOLD, Jedi – SILVER, Daniel – BRONZE, Jack – GOLD, Austen – GOLD, Itsy – GOLD, Elaina – BRONZE, Kareem – SILVER, Mohammed – SILVER, Arthur – BRONZE and Noah – BRONZE.
Absolutely fantastic results from all competitors. Well done to the coaches and also to Isabella for her volunteering today!
Today we had Zeb, Stan and Chayse compete in Cardiff. With big groups and a tough tournament in hand, the results were:
Stan – Silver
Zebedee – Bronze
Chayse – 9th Place
Excellent results, well done to the three boys, the Coaches and the supporters!
Our very own Isabella headed off to Belgium with Rush Judo early on Friday morning to compete in the 50ste ontmoeting Lendelede. Her first time fighting abroad and under the watchful eye of our sister club coach Laurie, Isabella took away a lovely Bronze medal.
We had two club members fighting closer to home on Saturday with Ollie and Rob competing in the Rod Lane Senior Kyu Grade. Unfortunately no medals this time, but good mat time and a chance to put into action what they have been learning.
At the weekend, MJC were in Brentwood for the Minor British Championships with Itsy and Arthur. This was undoubtedly a very tough competition and the level of fighting was very good. Both Itsy and Arthur took what they have been learning and their session times on the mat, and delivered some excellent judo. Itsy came away with a silver medal and Arthur with a very respectable 5th place. First time at British Championships (Nationals) and what a great result!
Chayse, Stan and Zeb competed on day one in an extremely hot venue. Results included gold for Stan, Silver for Chayse and 7th place for Zebedee. Day two was the turn of Jay in two categories, Stan, Chayse, K-c and Zeb. Everyone fought extremely well and the results were, Jay Gold in Juniors and Silver in Seniors, Gold for Stan in Juniors, Bronze for Chayse in Juniors, Bronze for K-c in Seniors and no placing but good mat time for Zeb on this one.
Well done today to Stan Pusey (Gold), Zeb Pearson (5th), Jay Parkin (Juniors Bronze), Jay Parkin (Seniors 5th), K-c Franklin (Seniors 5th). Thank you also to all of our coaches,
The NHC Open was an excellent weekend of quality fighting and fantastic team spirit, supporting and cheering. Thank you to all of the Coaches and to the Parents and youngsters who stayed till the end too.
Results were:
Itsy (Minors) – Gold, Arthur (Minors) – Bronze, Phoebe (Pre-Cadets) – Silver, Isabella (Pre-Cadets) – Bronze, Ash (Cadets) – 5th place, Chayse (Cadets) – Bronze, Chayse (Juniors) – Silver and K-c (Seniors) – Silver.
Thank you to Loudwater Combined School for having MJC represented at the school summer fete. Attended by Ange, Ken and Sajid, they had a great time and welcomed lots of interested people at the stall while sharing leaflets, answering questions and showing photos.
Rico competed in Swansea (with Coach Mum) in the EJU Get Together Adapted Judo Tour taking away a lovely Silver medal. Well done Reeks!
Today we had a Gold and Silver for Stan, a Gold for Zeb, Gold and Silver for Jay, Bronze and Silver for K-c and experience and mat time earned for Rico, Bobby and Ash. A fantastic 40 points for Zeb towards his Dan grade, leaving him with just 30 to go!
This weekend we have had Justine, Ash, Ollie, Jonah and Samuel competing at the Chalfont comp. It was a very impressive day resulting in a Gold for Jonah and Samuel, Silver for Justine and a Bronze for both Ollie and Ash! Thank you to Ian Rose for coaching.
Today Jay went to Birmingham to compete in the Junior European Cup. Although there was no placing this time for Jay, it was a great experience!
This weekend, we have had Stanley fighting in the International Judo Tournament Venray. With a bye in his first round, Stanley then went on to win two and unfortunately lose two. Fighting in the u55kgs, Stan came away with a very respectable 9th place. Thank you to Laurie Rush for being by his side.
On the 26th May 2024, Kev Thomas-Wilkinson completed The Ride London100 Mile Bike Ride. Kev’s daughter, Isabella has been part of Micklefield Judo Club for nearly two years and his Son Shaun in his younger years also. Kev and the family wanted to give something back to MJC, a club that as a family they are passionate about, and that they did!
Kev raised over £600. Well done Kev!
Jay was competing today at the Junior European Cup in Lithuania. Unfortunately it was not the result Jay was hoping for but he now has lots more experience to gain while he trains at the camp there for the next couple of days.
Well done also to our very own Ash Parkin, who stepped into the Pinewood Judo Club team competing today at the Bill Nobbs team competition. No medal unfortunately, but great experience for Ash and good sportsmanship too.
Great results in the Rush Rumble invitation only event today with 5 golds (Jack, Logan, Hugo, Aron and Mia), 5 silvers (Alana, Itsy, Rory, Arthur and Brooke) and 9 Bronzes (Aniah, Aaliyah, Amayah, Max, Daniel, Uthmaan, Maysoor, Austin and Hamza).
Well done to all!
The International Masters in Breman, Germany took place over the weekend and saw Jay Parkin fighting on Sunday 24th March. Held in the Congress Centre in Breman, Jay weighed in on Saturday 23rd March, and on Sunday found out he would have 19 in his group. Jay had 3 fights and although did not medal this time, proved he is worthy to be there and MJC are proud of his journey so far.
Stan, seeded joint 8th was selected for the European Cup in Croatia. Fighting in the U50kgs and a tough group, Stan faced an Italian and a Brazilian, but it wasn’t his weekend, this time!
A brilliant weekend at the British Schools Championships in Sheffield with a clean sweep of medals. Rico took a well deserved Gold medal and 10 points towards his Dan Grade whilst Zeb and Chayse had awesome wins and narrow defeats coming away with a Silver and Bonze medals respectively.
Well done also to the girls from Rush who produced some fantastic performances with Sophie and Jess taking Gold and Daisy taking Silver and enough points for her 1st Dan.
A brilliant weekend all round.
Well done to all the players, coaches and helpers at today’s NHC Development event. Ash bagged a brilliant silver medal in his group while Dayo and Joe faced off in their group taking Bronze and 5th place respectively. Some great wins and invaluable experience all round
