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A 27-strong British contingent
will compete at the third Grand Masters World Championships in
Frankfurt, Germany from Thursday 16 – Sunday 19 June.
19 men and 8 women will
represent Britain. All fighters competing at the event are aged
30 and over.
Robert Smith will compete
in the -60kg field while Paul Daultrey, Roy Walker, Christopher
Andrews and Stan Cantrill will contest the -73kg category.
Lee Adams and Kevin
Lynch tackle the -81kg with Steve Cross, Derek Hopkins, Clive
Douglas, Dean Douglas and Thomas Moyse campaigning at -90kg.
Duncan Campbell is joined
in -100kg action by Ian Evans and Michael Evans.
Samson Omonua, who finished
an impressive fifth at the 2011 London British Open, battles in
the +100kg category with Jason Masters, Craig Curtis and David
Walker.
Lydia Ritchie and Dianne
White will look to make a mark in the -52kg and -57kg categories
respectively.
Joyce Malley and Dawn
Netherwood challenge the -63kg judoka while Sian Carr and Sarah
Hopkins compete at -70kg.
Kate Chamberlain and
fellow -78kg competitor Kay Andrews complete the British contingent.
Rowena Birch, Chairperson
for the Masters Commission and BJA Board Director, said: “It is
great to see so many of our Masters players competing at this
prestigious event. One of the very special aspects of the Masters
Judo event is that judoka who do not come from Performance backgrounds,
get to compete directly against some of their heroes from the
past, including World and Olympic medallists.
“Ex- international players
get to dust of their judo suits and revisit the excitement of
competitive judo, and as in any judo contest, the outcome is never
certain, so we get to celebrate new champions too. There is a
great sense of respect and comradeship amongst the competitors
who travel from all over the World and through this, judo as a
sport continues to develop through shared ideas and opportunities.”
For more information
on the event please visit the official website at http://www.wc-frankfurt-2011.de/World_Championships_Frankfurt_2011/Home.html
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