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On the second day of
competition at the 2010 British Championships the pre-cadet girls,
junior men and junior women took to the mat.
The day saw some close
finals and encouraging performances from Britain’s young judoka.
Just to mention a few,
in the pre-cadet girls competition, proud parents of Chelsie Giles
from the Midlands sat in the spectator area cheering her on in
the -40kg final. Giles fought hard and won the gold medal adding
to her brother’s medal at the British Championships for 10 &
11 year olds two weeks before.
In the -57kg category,
Lubjana Piovesana, also from the Midlands, won the gold medal.
Earlier this year, Piovesana didn’t look out of place at a training
camp in Italy alongside many 16-year-olds from across Europe preparing
for the Junior Europeans, despite being a pre-cadet.
In the junior men’s
competition, there was a close final between Adam Conroy of London
and Lucas Rowe of the Midlands in the -60kg competition. Conroy
won the gold medal in the -55kg weight category at the event last
year, and Rowe won the 2010-60kg final. Conroy recently took a
gold medal at the 2010 Sainsbury’s UK School Games and struck
again, winning the gold medal.
Taking the -81kg title
was James Gallagher, a budding star at Wolverhampton Judo Club.
Gallagher overcame Scotland’s Conall McGregor, who won a silver
medal at the 2010 Bremen International.
In the junior women’s
competition, -48kg judoka Freya Dechastelain retained her title
as national Champion. The Wolverhampton Judo Club fighter recently
won a bronze medal at the 2010 Junior Europeans and again showed
a strong performance on home soil.
In the -52kg final,
two Northern Home County fighters came head to head. Chloe Jackson
overcame Sarah Pang once again, this time by flags, and repeated
her British Championship gold medal. Pang comes from a line of
British Championship medallists, and joins her three other siblings
to see success at the event.
As the event drew to
a close, the 52 medallists of the 2010 British Championships were
congratulated on their performances and the spectators were proud
to see some of Britain’s top young talent competing in Sheffield.
©
Mike Varey
British
Championships - Full Results
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