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Black Dog Judo Club in
Bungay, Suffolk, hosted a masterclass with Olympian and world
medallist Joyce Heron on Saturday 7 January.
The Eastern Area Club
attracted 67 juniors for the morning session and a further 25
seniors and advanced juniors in an afternoon session.
The club was extremely
proud to have Joyce along and therefore opened the session up
to friends and colleagues who have supported it during its first
three years. The session was also added to the Eastern Area Squad
calendar, and many from the developing squad attended.
Joyce covered a number
of areas in both sessions including techniques that had worked
for her as an international player including Ippon Seoi Nage transition
and combinations. All attending and watching thoroughly enjoyed
her delivery of those techniques and especially her attention
to detail, and it was also great to hear her stories of competing
and travelling in Japan.
The club who successfully
retained the Eastern Area Trophy in December has gone from strength
to strength since it was started just three years ago. Players
regularly compete at national events and are recording excellent
results. Last year Leo Lavender won a national silver medal bringing
the total of national medallists at the club to 5 and with great
medals at other national events including Kent, HoE, NW and Midlands
the future looks good for the club. A number of players have attended
the Redbridge Excell and Jack continues to train with the England
Squad.
Mark Purllant, Black Dog
Head Coach, said: "The club is very competitive but we have
a philosophy of trying to do good technical judo and always looking
for the ippon irrespective of winning or loosing (that can come
when it is really important)."
Joyce Heron, British
Judo's Education and Training Manager, said: "I saw a lot
of young talent and potential at the session and I was very happy
to take part and sspport the area and the fine work they are doing."
We have come a long way
in a short period of time and part of that is down to sessions
like this one, where young players are exposed and inspired by
either previous international players or great coaches.”
The club has now hosted
sessions led by Craig Fallon, Bernadette Bazcko and current Olympic
hopeful Colin Oates, and nearly 400 players have attended these
sessions.
The club is also very supportive
of the Eastern Area Squad, which was reintroduced last year with
David Oates and Mark Purllant as squad coaches. This has seen
a resurgence of interest and other clubs are now demonstrating
interest and support for the initiative, benefiting all involved.
Black Dog Judo Club train
at Bungay Middle School, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 2JU. Boys
& Girls 9 - 16 yrs train on a Tuesday & Thursday at 19:00
- 20:00. Men
& Women train Thursday at 20:00 - 21:00 while Boys
& Girls Under 9 yrs train on Tuesday & Thursday at18:00
- 19:00.
For more information
on Black Dog Judo Club please visit http://www.blackdogjudo.co.uk
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