Skegness & Winthorpe

On Sunday members of Skegness and Seathorne Judo clubs entered a team competition, held at Gainsborough leisure centre. The teams were made up on the day with each competitor fighting people of a similar grade and standard. There was some excellent judo on display and all the local competitors winning medals, Bronze was won by, Borys Chojnacki, Bradley Meese, Ethan Steele, Patrick Fox and Natalie Birkett. The Gold medal winners were: Nicole and Jake Meese and Dean Harmston.

Judoka of the Month - Patrick Fox

Judoka of the Month - Nicole Meese

Judoka of the Month - Bradley Meese

 On Sunday members of Skegness and Seathorne Judo club attended a weight competition at held at Market  Warsop, we had a total of 10 competitors and all returned with a medal an outstanding club performance. Girls red belt division was contested by Nicole Meese who managed to win the Bronze medal, Rio Manson was our only other female entrant beating all the competition to take the Gold, boys lightweight category had 2 local entrants: Bradley Meese who won Gold and Patrick Fox who gained a Bronze in his first weight competition, middle weight boys was fought by Jake Meese who, like his brother, also won Gold, boys heavyweight division had three local entrants: Ethan Steele – Gold, Alfie Adams – Silver and Swayle Giillet – Bronze a clean sweep. The senior competition was entered by Mark Mason and Dean Harmston, Mark winning all his bouts to take Gold and Dean returning with Bronze.

  Members of Skegness and Seathorne Judo clubs took part in the recent age category competition at Gainsborough Leisure Centre. There were a total of eight local entrants and they returned with 1 Gold and 2 Silver medals. Girls U8’s was contested by Nicole Meese who, in her first solo competition, performed brilliantly to come 2nd and take the silver. Boys U8’s was Thomas Shaw’s group he fought admirably, also in his first solo competition winning 1 of his fights. The largest entry group was the boys U10’s with a total of 16 entrants, of which 4 were local: Bradley Meese, Jake Meese, Swayle Gillett and Alfie Adams,  of these our star performer was Alfie who only lost out in the final to take the silver. Boys U14’s was entered by Lewis Grace, who despite being the smallest and one of the younger entrants, performed  admirably. The final competitor was Katie Marsden who fought in the girls U14’s and won all of her fights to take the gold, a stunning performance.

Judoka of the Month - Rio Manson

Skegness Judo club are pleased to confirm that Sensei Malcolm Sawyer has been promoted to 7th dan Judo by the Bushido Za-Zen International Martial Arts Society, this was awarded at the recent Easter convention held at Skegness Grammar School and is in recognition of Malcolm’s continued dedication and commitment to Judo.

Judoka of the Month - Alfie Adams

On Saturday four members of Skegness and Winthorpe Judo clubs attended a team competition in Kirkby –in –Ashfield, the teams being made up of attendees on the day. For three juniors this was their first experience of competitive judo and they performed extremely well. Bradley Meese won one of his three contests and came away with a Bronze medal, similarly his sister Nicole Meese won Bronze and also one one of her three contests. Bragging rights in this family, this time, however were reserved for older brother Jake, who won all three of his contests, including beating his brother, to take the gold medal. Our senior competitor, Dean Harmston, produced an outstanding performance on the day winning two of his three contests, all against experienced dan grades (Black Belts) including a spectacular win using Harai – Goshi to score ippon. Dean also came away with the Gold medal.

Judoka of the Month - Jake Meese

Judoka of the Month - Lewis Grace

On Sunday three members of Skegness and Seathorne Judo clubs entered the Bushido Za-zen International Judo Competition, held at High Wycombe Judo centre. With only three entrants they managed to gain a total of five medals: 2 gold and 3 bronze. Mark Mason achieved 2 gold medals, the first in the U100kg class winning all of his contests by ippon, the second was won in a much stiffer competition: the dan grade open, where he also beat all the competition. Dean Harmston achieved 2 bronze medals, his first was also in the U100kg class where his losses were only to dan grade opposition, and his second was in the kyu grade open. Ashley Windle was our final competitor he managed to achieve a bronze medal in the +100kg class against some very large opposition only losing out to Dean for a medal in the kyu grade open.

On Sunday members of Skegness and Seathorne Judo clubs attended the area grading at Gainsborough Leisure centre. There were some outstanding displays of both Kata and Randori from all entrants with all the local Judoka gaining promotion by at least one grade, full results are: Juveniles: Thomas Shaw – red 2 white, Juniors: Carter Manson- white 2 yellow, Will Midgeley – orange, Ben Delieu – orange, Rhiannon Manson – green 2 blue, Jordan Dance – blue, Lewis Grace – blue 2 brown, Ethan Steele – brown, Katie Marsden – brown 1 black, Warren Grace – brown 2 black; Seniors: Chris Manson – orange, Dean Harmston, who was unaware that he was being graded, after 3 years achieved his blue belt. Adrian Bignell was awarded his Dan grade after evaluation by Sensei Malcolm Sawyer.

Judoka of the Month Carter Manson

 

On Sunday members of Skegness and Seathorne Judo clubs attended a team competition at Gainsborough Leisure Centre, the teams were selected on the day and were made up of 8 members each, ranging in age from 5 years to Seniors, each team member fighting a suitable opponent from each of the other teams. Our local judoka performed admirably with 2 contestants being unbeaten in all 5 of their bouts Will Midgeley and Ethan Steele whose team won the gold medal, also in the gold medal team was Ben Delieu who, in his first ever competition, won 4 of his 5 contests, only losing to Katie Marsden, a very experienced competitor, who also won 4 of her 5 fights and was in the team winning the silver medal. Dean Harmston’s team took the bronze medal despite Dean winning 4 of his 5 fights, finally John Midgeley won 1 of his 5 fights.

Judoka of the Month Will Midgeley.

  On Sunday Skegness and Seathorne Judo clubs attended the area grading at Gainsborough Leisure centre, some members grading for the first time. Full results and new grades are: Juveniles (under 8 years) Jaydon Parker – Red 1 White, Juniors (8 – 16 years) Luke Gerrard – Orange 2 Green, Rio Manson – Green, Jordan Dance – Green 3 Blue, Lewis Grace – Blue 1 Brown, Katie Marsden – Brown, Warren Grace – Brown 1 Black, Luke Speed – Brown 2 Black, Seniors (over 16): Christopher Manson – Yellow, Kieran Gething – Orange and Ashley Windle – Blue.

  On Sunday 10th May members of the Seathorne and Skegness Judo clubs attended a junior age competition at Gainsborough Leisure Centre and came away with 1 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze medals, full results were: U10 boys was contested by Will Midgeley who performed admirably winning one contest despite being only 8 and by far the smallest competitor, U12 boys saw two entries, Lewis Grace and Ethan Steele, Lewis taking Silver only losing to Ethan who took the Gold winning all 5 of his contests, U14 girls was contested by Katie Marsden who won 2 of her 3 contests to take Silver, U14 boys entry, Warren Grace took Silver in this category losing only in the final only to then go and enter the U16 boys competition with Jordan Dance, Warren this time taking Bronze and Jordan missing out on the medals despite only losing 1 of his 3 contests.

Judoka of the Month Warren Grace

Seathorne Judo Club are pleased to report that for the forthcoming year Fresh Fitness of Richmond Drive have agreed to continue to sponsor the Junior Judoka of the month award in the form of a training top, which can be worn under a Judo Gi whilst training, and is awarded, by the club instructors, to the Judoka who has performed especially well or has put in the most effort, and also to sponsor training tops for Senior members of the club. These were presented to club Sensei, Mark Mason, by Fresh Fitness assistant manager, Miles Green and his associate Callum Barlow at Tuesdays training session at the Seathorne School.On Sunday members of the Seathorne and Skegness Judo clubs attended a junior age competition at Gainsborough Leisure Centre and came away with 1 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze medals, full results were: U10 boys was contested by Will Midgeley who performed admirably winning one contest despite being only 8 and by far the smallest competitor, U12 boys saw two entries, Lewis Grace and Ethan Steele, Lewis taking Silver only losing to Ethan who took the Gold winning all 5 of his contests, U14 girls was contested by Katie Marsden who won 2 of her 3 contests to take Silver, U14 boys entry, Warren Grace took Silver in this category losing only in the final only to then go and enter the U16 boys competition with Jordan Dance, Warren this time taking Bronze and Jordan missing out on the medals despite only losing 1 of his 3 contests.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Judoka of the Month - Denny Edwards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 At the Bushido national Judo competition, held at High Wycombe Judo centre, our local clubs were represented by three competitors: Mark Mason, Dean Harmson and Sean Ellis. Mark Mason managed to win two medals: gold in his weight catergory and silver in the dan grade open catergory in which he won 4 of his 5 contests. Dean Harmston, in only his second national competition managed to win the bronze medal in his weight catergory defeating dan grades in the process, Sean Ellis had the hardest group to contest as he was the only kyu grade entrant in a large field, he performed admirably winning one of his three contests.

 

 

Skegness and Winthorpe Judo clubs attended the Bushido Zazen area grading on Sunday 10th November, which was held at Skegness Grammar School. All attendees showed the level of skill and commitment that had been worked on with some great techniques demonstrated in most contests. Full results with new gradings are:
Juveniles: Carter Manson - red 2 white, Juniors: Rhiannon Manson and Kieran Cunningham - white 2 yellow, Benjamin Owen and Abby Angrave - yellow, Jordan Dance - yellow 2 orange, Brook Salter - yellow 3 orange, Ethan steele and Lewis Grace - orange 1 green, Casey woods - orange 3 green, Cameron Sloane - green, Katie Marsden - green 1 blue, Warren Grace - green 2 blue, Samantha Lowis - green 3 blue, Luke Speed - blue 3 Brown, Sean Faggetter unfortunately did not grade but remains at brown 1 black, this was not helped by his arriving late after getting the venue mixed up. Senior gradings: David Houghton - orange and Shaun Ellis - brown

 Judoka of the Month: Brook Salter

 

 

   Judoka of the Month: Jordan Dance .

 

 

 On Sunday members of Skegness and Winthorpe Judo clubs attended a team competition held at Gainsborough Leisure Centre and performed extremely well. Gold medallists on the day were: Samantha Lowis, Kizzy Marsden and Sean Faggetter, Silver was awarded to Katie Marsden, 3rd place Bronze medalswere: Cameron Sloane, Brook Salter and Melissa Garrad, 4th place Bronze medals were won by Luke Garrad and Dean Harmston. Although only finishing in the third placed team Cameron Sloane had an outstanding individual perfomance winning every one of his contests.