The scheduled All England National Grading was held at Mersea Island Judo Club, West Mersea, Collchester, Essex on Sunday 11th October 2009.
First I would like to thank Kate Bredin and her team for hosting the event and as usual provided us a brilliant day and ensured everyone was well fed and watered.
On behalf of the All England Judo Federation, a big thank you also goes to the table officials, referees, Uki’s and of course Vicky from Mersea for putting on the refreshments.
The grading was split into 2-categories (1) Juniors from 10:30am to 1pm and Seniors/Dan grades from 1:30pm to 4pm.
Each category was then split into 3-sections:-
(1) Syllabus
(2) Contest
(3) Where applicable Kata
I am pleased to advise the grading went according to plan although the numbers and clubs attending was lower than usual but those that did attend has a good day as well as achieving the desired grade with some achieving more than they had assumed.
GRADING RESULTS
BLACKWATER JUDO CLUB
Julian Gore : Lower Brown
Joe Hazell-Young : Blue
Leanne Taylor : High Brown
Joshua Harrington : Green + 1 Black
Dominic Gore : Green + 1 Blue
Roxanne Mashadi : Green + 1 Brown
George Morgan : Green + 2 Brown
DOCKLAND DRAGONS
Ricky Turner : 2nd Dan
Katie Strong : High Brown
Dean Anderson : Green
MERSEA ISLAND JUDO CLUB
Dave Bredin : 3rd Dan
Glen Wilson : Green
Steve Daines : Green
Aaron Graham : Green
Edward Lee : Green + 3 Black (Junior Black belt)
Amelia Young : Green + 1 Brown
Megan Spence : Green + 1 Blue
Oliver Young : Green
STANWAY JUDO CLUB
Gregory Vincent : Green + 2 Blue