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The Performance Directorate
has underlined the importance of domestic ranking events this
year as the London 2012 Games ushers into sight.
Britain’s four home
country opens will have the highest ranking points available after
the British Open with the English Senior Open - which is open
to those with a senior licence and a minimum blue belt - providing
the first instalment on Sunday 27 March at ICE Sheffield.
April sees the Northern
Ireland Open in Belfast while the Scottish Open will run over
Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 October at a venue to be confirmed.
The Welsh Open will take place a week later on Saturday 29 and
Sunday 30 October at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff.
The British Open will take
place at K2 Crawley on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 May.
Gold at one of the four
home country events will score a judoka 200 points, silver equates
to 120 while bronze is worth 80 points. A fifth-place finish scores
40 points and a seventh-place finish sees a judoka receive 32
points. Winning one fight is worth 8 points.
To maintain a universal
platform each competition has an open entry and implements a seeding
system based on the current British rankings.
The
British senior rankings list was reintroduced in 2010 and this
year all nine of the keenly contested BJA English Area events
are recognised as ranking events with points ranging from 100
for gold to 16 for a seventh-place finish with 4 points for winning
a contesr.
A player’s top three results
will contribute to their placing on the British ranking list.
After the Welsh Open the
top eight from the 2011 British Ranking List will be invited to
the 2012 British Trials, with wildcards assigned where appropriate,
by the Performance Directorate.
Performance Director Margaret
Hicks said: “We see the home country ranking tournaments - as
well as the Area Ranking event - as very important in terms of
building a competitive domestic pathway and in turn improving
the numbers, depth and quality of players coming through the system.
“The home countries have
a great opportunity to showcase and promote their event and there
is a real focus now for players to compete for ranking points
and get on the pathway to next year’s British Trials and a place
on next year’s GB National Squad.
“This strategy is part
of an overall plan to establish a strong underpinning standard
of domestic judo across the home countries, to increase quality
competition and provide a legacy coming through from the 2012
London Olympics to support the development of elite players in
the future.”
To book entry for the 2011
English Senior Open please use the BJA
online entry system .
For more information on
domestic ranking events please visit the competition page.
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