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Judo players from across
the world will descend on Kent in December as they take part in
a four-day training camp in Tonbridge.
As an annual fixture for
many of the sports leading nations, this year’s event will include
players from Japan, China, Holland, Austria and Ukraine.
The camp, which is supported
by Kent Sports Development, is open to all players with cadet,
junior and young senior forming the core of the participants.
Britain will also be represented
on the mat as teams from Scotland, London, the Midlands and the
Southern Area are all due to take part.
The reputation of the camp
is such that hosts Tonbridge Judo Club are already at full capacity
with a team from Canada now opting to reserve their place for
2011. A waiting list is available for those still looking to take
part next month.
Tonbridge will open the
camp on Saturday 18 December with two randori sessions. A further
two engagements on the mat will take place on Sunday and Monday,
the latter also seeing former European Champion Alexei Budolin
take a master class for coaches and more experienced players.
A popular ne-waza competition
will once again feature with the final training session to take
place on the Tuesday morning.
Club volunteer Joanna Yeats-Brown,
who’s the mother of British international and regular camp participant
Katie-Jemima, is helping stage the event.
“Chris Bowles, Carl Finney
and I are running the camp as a partnership, they have the vision
while I’ll administrate,” said the 2nd Dan.
“The aim was always to
bring top quality international judoka to Britain in preparation
for the junior and senior trials in January.”
The camp costs £15 a session,
£25 a day or £60 for the whole camp. Accommodation can be booked
locally at the Premier Inn in Hildenborough or at Vauxhall.
Food will be of the same
high standard with a traditional English pudding thrown in on
the Sunday and there will also be free t-shirts and pens for residential
players.
More information and photos
can be found at www.c2judoevents.co.uk
Tonbridge Judo Club train
at Swanmead Sports Ground, Kent, TN9 1PT. Training takes place
on a Monday, Wednesday Friday and Saturday with full details available
at http://www.tonbridgejudo.co.uk/
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