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Yorkshire’s Judo Excellence Club seeking takeover

Yorkshire’s thriving Judo Excellence Club in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, is seeking takeover bids.

The long-running club, which borders the North West and Yorkshire and Humberside regions, is run by highly-regarded coach Karen Butler, who is moving to France.

Their dojo has a fully matted area (approx. 22m x 8m) with several safety mats as well as male and female changing rooms, a kitchen and toilets.

“The dojo is rented from local agent at a reasonable cost, rates and other utility bills are minimal,” said Butler.

“This club has been established for approximately 12 years and we have contributed a substantial amount during this time to get it functioning as it is today including renovating the building.

“We would therefore like to recover these costs of £1000 from any interested parties. This money would certainly be recovered within the first few months of running the club.

“The club has enjoyed great success over the past years and currently has one GB squad member, 15-year-old Liam Tarandij, who has excelled under our senior coach James McKeever.

“Anyone interested would be inheriting a club that takes pride in its self discipline approach and judo etiquette. All club members and parents are devastated that we are moving to France and are extremely anxious for somebody to take over. The judokas we have are a really wonderful bunch.”

Training is currently held on Saturday at 10:00 – 11:00 (ages 5-8) with juniors training at 11:00 – 12:30.

There are also sessions on Monday at 19:00 – 20:00 and Wednesday at 18:00 – 19:00 (age 5-8 years) with a juniors and seniors session following at 19:00 – 20:30.

The club charge £3.50 per session. There’s discount for siblings and no annual fee.

Please contact James McKeever for any enquiries or information on 07789866459


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