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Shodan Cup Competition - 2007

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Sunday 30th of September saw the first Shodan Cup Competition held between Calne, Chippenham, Corsham, Blacklands and the Shodan school of Grittleton House. The atmosphere was electric with some highly entertaining contests and a superb standard of Judo throughout. The effort and determination of all competitors demonstrated the pride they had in representing their clubs and their desire to be the first winners of the trophy.

The winning team was Blacklands Judo Club with 69 points. Congratulations to Blacklands from everyone at Shodan Judo and we shall look forward to seeing you all again next year.

Special recognition to Katie Ahmed and Cheyenne Sutherland who met in the Woman’s Open final. Both were outstanding and the match went in to first score wins that lasted several minutes, a very long time in Judo. Katie narrowly beat fellow Calne player Cheyenne by just a Koka (3 pts). Well done to both Katie and Cheyenne who I hope are as proud of themselves as I am.

Under 26kg – Adam Snoddy, Chippenham

Under 30kg – Finley Horsley, Grittleton House School

Under 38kg – Oliver Wickson, Blacklands

Under 48 kg – Tom Chandler, Chippenham

60kg+ - Toby Levy Blacklands & Calne

Woman’s Open – Katie Ahmed, Calne

Men's Under 86 kg, Lewis Sanderson, Corsham

Men's 86kg+ - Adam Tuckley, Chippenham

The Shodan Judo team's congratulations go out to all competitors and supporters for making this a truly excellent day of Judo.

The Judo was competitive and good to watch while being played in excellent spirit with superb sportsmanship from both competitors and spectators.

The Spirit of Judo award: Eloise Chisholm - Grittleton and Kirk Marshal - Calne

 Best Throw - Boy: Matthew Dorman - Chippenham and Daniel Pankhurst - Calne

Best Throw - Girl: Hannah Carrituer - Trowbridge

   

Congratulations to Trowbridge and all the Medal and award winners from the Shodan Team

- Paul, Dan, Adam, and Darren for their excellent refereeing of the matches.
- Andy Dorman for providing quality certificates and photography 
- Jo, Ange, Kat, Kat and Mels for being so efficient at signing in and weighing people and in operating the desks & scoreboards.

- Jo Chandler for giving up part of her 50th birthday too help set up the dojo.
- All parents and spectators for creating such a superb atmosphere - it really was excellent!!

Sunday October 11^th saw the third annual Shodan Cup Competition held at St Dunstan School in Calne. Competing for the trophy in weight categories were Calne, Chippenham and Trowbridge Judo Clubs. The previous competitions had been held in a great atmosphere and good spirit between the competitors and this year was no different.

The holders Trowbridge, who last year performed to a very high standard winning the majority of medals and the trophy by some margin. However this years winners was Chippenham who won the competition for the first time and will attempt to be  the first club to retain the trophy next year. The standard of Judo was again high and very entertaining with 10 seniors competing and providing an opportunity for the juniors to see competitive senior Judo with techniques such as arm-locks and strangles that juniors will go on to learn for themselves in the future.

The Shodan Cup is designed to be a competition for experienced Judokas as well as novices who may be competing for the first time. All competitors should be proud of themselves, as should all those connected to their respective clubs. Well done once more and we shall look forward to seeing all of you again next year.

         Best Throw by a Male Competitor ~ Oliver Wickson and Sean Riley

Best Throw By a Female Competitor ~ Gemma Bongiovanni and Paige Ranger

Special Recognition Award ~ Rob Hale and Abigail Buffham

Well done to all entrants to this years Competition. The standard of Judo, effort and determination of all Shodan competitors made me very proud indeed. It was a great day for our club with the competition getting bigger and better each year. Trowbridge won back the Shodan Cup with Calne second, Chippenham third and Marlborough, our newest and smallest club bagged 20 points from just six competitors. This was just two points off fourth place and a fantastic points to competitor ratio.

Once again, a big thank-you to all of you who help to organise and run this competition. Your continued support is warmly welcomed and very much appreciated.

Best Throw by a Female Competitor was definitely a superb Ippon by Paige Ranger.

Special recognition to Ashlie Chapman who despite being 15 years of age competed in the seniors and managed a Bronze medal. Ashlie also took part in the Junior weight category where is also managed to bag a Bronze Medal. Not only did Ashlie compete and Medal in two categories but he also helped to organise and run the competition.

Most impressive was Ashlie's contest against a Black belt from Blacklands which despite being the lower grade went all the way to a golden score and lasted a total of eight minutes which is an extremely long time in Judo. Ashlie won the match with a Ko Uchi Gake against his black belt opponent. Well Done and thank-you for all your hard work.

Jack Angel – Simply Awesome!!

Shodan Competitions are only as good as Shodan Club members or YOU make it so a big thank-you for your continued support and hopefully next year we will see even more Shodan competitors and medallists.

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