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8th March 2020 – 3 National Champions and 10 Medals for Cedars Players.

A great day for the Club at the AJA National Championships held in Birmingham on Sunday 8th March 2020. The club took a squad of 12 players to this years event and came back with an impressive 10 medals.

The results were as follows: Gold Medals and National Champions: Scott Elliot, Daisy Hodgkinson and Nim Nicholson. Silver Medals: Marc Evans, William Brooks, Poppy London, Nam Nicholson and Xanda Collis. Bronze Medals: Harrison Collis and Aria Haswell. Also a big well done to Noah Garner and Lola Sayers who put up some great fights just missing out on the medal places in two very tough events. The medalist all now have a chance to go forward to represent the AJA National Team in Holland on the 9th and 10th May 2020.
Sunday 1st March 2020 – East Midlands Area Junior and Senior Grading Results
Well done to those form the club that took part in the Area Grading. All players from the club passed their grades with flying colours in a day full of some very competitive fighting.



Sunday 9th February 2020 – Area Closed Championship Results
Well done to all players from the Club that took part in East Midlands Area Closed Championship, held at Earl Shilton. It was a great turnout and the standard of judo and sportsmanship was excellent. You all made the Coaching Team very proud.


December 2019 – Glyn and Antony presented with Coaching Awards
Congratulations to Glyn Hodgkinson and Antony Sayers on gaining their Judo Instructors awards. Well deserved awards for 2 very popular members of the club.

Sunday 1st December 2019 – Cedars Impressive Medal Haul at Open Championship
Well done to all those players who took part in the recent Open Championship. Great fighting and great spirit shown by all.

Friday 22nd November – Club Grading Results
Congratulations on all those that graded at the club.


Sunday 17th November 2019 – Junior Grading Results
Grading Results 17th November 2019 held in Earl Shilton.


18th November 2019 – Club Coach wins Unsung Hero of Sport Award.

Tony Jones was presented with the Hinckley and Bosworth Sports and Health Alliance Unsung hero award at this year’s ceremony, held at Hinckley Rugby Club.
“Many thanks to those that nominated me and supported the nomination by voting. It was a great surprise and it was very much appreciated”. I was a lot more thrilled than the photo probably suggest, I’m just not very photogenic.” Tony
17th November 2019 – Success for Daisy at Midland Area British Schools Championship.
Congratulations to Daisy Hodgkinson on adding another medal to her already impressive collection this year. This time it was a silver in the Midland Area British Schools Championship held in Coventry. This now qualifies her to take part in the National British Schools event to be held in March 2020.

Sunday 3rd November 2019 – Success for Cedars Trio at Senior Grading
Success for Cedars Trio at the National Senior Grading held in Birmingham.
Julian Collis who demonstrated a high level of technical knowledge passed his syllabus and Kata’s 2 grades higher than he needed was awarded with his technical Blue Belt.
Glyn Hodgkinson who demonstrated a high level of technical knowledge with his syllabus and Katas coupled with some excellent line up wins on the day saw him gaining his brown belt.
Finally Antony Sayers who had to fight a brutal line up of 8 players, winning in style and gaining his black belt 2nd Dan

Sunday 27th October 2019 – 7 Players, 7 Medals at the AJA Open National Championships
Congratulations to the 7 players from the club that competed in the AJA National Open Championships held in Birmingham.
Gold Medals went to; William Brooks, Alfie Sayers, Daisy Hodgkinson and Rebecca Szmega; Silvers to Nam Nicholson and Nim Nicholson; Bronze to Lola Sayers. WELL DONE ALL.

Sunday 13th October 2019 – More wins for club at Bushi Championship
Congratulations to all those fro the club who competed at the Bushi Open Championship, held in Birmingham.
All players fought extreamely well and did themselves and the club proud.
Gold Medals: William Brooks, Daisy Hodgkinson
Silver Medals: Nim Nicholson, Nam Nicholson, Alfie Sayers
Bronze Medals: Xander Collis, Lola Sayers, Harrison Collis, Glyn Hodgkinson
A very well done to Cameron Collis, Somer Benn, Keen Benn and Shannon Benn who all fought very well just missing out on medals.
Best Boys hairdo of the day goes to Cameron Collis (Styled by Daisy Hodgkinson)

Sunday 22nd September 2019 – Great success for club at Area Open Championship
A great day of judo at the recent Area Open Championshipship saw the club win an impressive haul of 21 medals.


Sunday 15th September 2019 – Dan Powell Masterclass

The East Midland Area of the AJA were very proud to host the 1st Master Class with Dan Powell held at the Cedars Judo Club venue in Earl Shilton.
The day was a great success with a wide variety of grades and ages attending.
Dan was one of the British Judo stars competing in the 2012 London Paralympics and now is busy training with the aim to bring the UK medal success in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympics
Watch Dan on the Ninja Warrior Course
Saturday 7th September 2019 – Success for Daisy at the Heart of England Championship.
Congratulations to Daisy Hodgkinson on her medal success at the Heart of England Championship held at the British Judo Centre of Excellence in Walsall, West Midlands. Birmingham.

This is one of the toughest events in the UK calendar and Daisy pulled out all the stops at this one culminating in her winning a very hard fought for 3rd Place. Club coach, Tony Jones said that “it was the best he had seen Daisy fight with her totally dominating in her first two fights”.
Sunday 7th July 2019 – Success at Area Championships
Congratulations to all those that took part in the Area Open Championship on the 7th July. The event was one of the best for a number of years with a good size entry and a very high standard of player attending. The club did exceptionally well taking an impressive haul of 17 medals.


5th July 2019 – Club Grading Results


Sunday 23rd June 2019 – Club Success at Area Grading.


Saturday 18th May 2019 – EMA Mini Competition – Results
Congratulations to the following Club Members a great performance at the Area Mini Competition held in Digby, Lincolnshire.
Gold – Nim Nicholson.
Silver – Kean Benn.
Bronzes – Nam Nicholson and Summer Benn.

May 2019 – Daisy competes for AJA National Squad at the 24th International Houvast Judo Tournament, Holland.
Congratulations to Daisy Hodgkinson on a competing as part of AJA National Squad at this year International Tournament held in Meirlo, Holland on 11th and 12th May 2019.
The event was over the highest caliber with everyone in the squad having to work and perform at the top of their ability. Over 1000 of the top competitors in Europe took part in the event.
Daisy fought extremely well in this her first first major international but unfortunately didn’t progress into the medal rounds. She showed great grit and determination and did herself and the club proud. She gained a great deal of experience which will only help in her continued progression.
Daisy getting ready for her first fight of the event.
Some of the AJA National Squad
6 Mats – 1000 Competitors over 2 days of competition.
Daisy’s First Fight
Daisy with a proud dad (Glyn) and Sensi (Tony) enjoying the sunshine after the event.
Sunday 28th April and Sunday 5th May 2019 – National Squad Training in Preparation for GB Squad Trip to the 24th Houvast Tournament in Holland.
A good turn-out by our Players for both National Squad Training Sessions in preparation for the GB team competing in the 24th Houvast Judo Tournament in Meirlo, Holland on the 11th and 12th May.


Sunday 7th April 2019 – Daisy take silver at Buyen Open Championship
Congratulations to Daisy Hodgkinson on taking Silver at the Buyen Open Championship held in Birmingham on the 7th April 2019. Another one for the growing collection.

Sunday 23rd March 2019 – Results – Area Mash Up Team Event
Congratulations to all those from the club who took part in the Area Mash Up Team Event. Great fighting and excellent sportsmanship shown by all from the club.

15th March 2019 – Club Grading Results


March 2019 – Andy and Katy gain awards

Andy as qualified as a County Referee and joins the Area Refereeing team.
Katy has qualified as a Judo Instructor and joins the growing team of Coaches at the club.
Sunday 10th March 2019 – Great Result for Club at National Champions

An exceptional day at the AJA National Championships held in Birmingham saw the club gaining 3 National Champions and a handful of well-deserved and hard fought for medals.
Results:
Gold Medals for Nam Nicholson in the Boys U22kg Event, Daisy Hodgkinson in the Girls U45kg event and Harry Jones in the Men’s U81kg Mens Dan Grade event
Silver Medals for Elise Bower in the Girls U28kg Event and for Nim Nicholson in the Girls 32kg event.
Bronze Medals went to Harrison Collis in the Boys U32kg event and Luke Dexter in the Men’s Kyu Grade U81kg event.
Xander Collis also took part for the club competing very well in the boys U22kg just missing out on the bronze medal.
Sunday 3rd March 2019 – Results of the EMA Grading
Congratulations from all those at the Club who took part in the grading held at Earl Shilton, Leicestershire. All the players from our club passed with flying colours advancing the maximum grades permissible.



A great many thanks to those players who made the special effort to turn up and take part in the line outs for us.
Sunday 10th February 2019 – EMA Closed Championship Results
Congratulations to all those that fought at the Area Closed Championship. The championship was very well attended and attracted a high standard of players from judo clubs all over the East Midlands Area.
Every player from the club fought exceptionally well and you made all of the coaches very proud.


11th January 2019 – Coaching Promotions
Congratulations to the following on their Coaching Award promotions:
Marlies Flintham – Senior Judo Instructor
Marc Evans – Judo Instructor
Julian Collis – Judo Instructor
Friday 14th December – Christmas Fun Night
23rd November 2018 – Club Championships
Well done to all of the Junior members of the club that took part in the Club Championships.
Some great fighting, spirit and sportsmanship was displayed by all. What a great bunch of players, you have made your coaches very proud. Keep up the hard work.
Sunday 18th November 2018 – Junior and Senior Gradings
Well done to all those that took part in the recent gradings.
Sunday 28th October 2018 – Golden girls success at National Championships
Congratulation to the 2 representatives from the club that competed in the AJA National Open Championships held in Birmingham.
Daisy Hodgkinson was competing in the Girls under 40kg category and Elise Bower competed in the Girls under 28kg event.
Both girls fought exceptionally well taking first place and the tile of National Open Champions in their events.
Sunday 7th October 2018 – Success at Bushi Judo Championship
Congratulations to both Daisy and Glyn Hodgkinson on medal wins at the Bushi Open Championship held in Birmingham on the 7th October 2018.
Daisy took gold in the girls under 40kg open grade event. Not to be outdone by his daughter, Glyn took the Bronze medal in an extremely competitive under 85kg men’s kyu grade event
Sunday 16th September 2018 – Cedars Judo Club hosts Masterclass with Dan Powell
The Cedars judo club were very proud to host the 1st Master Class with Dan Powell.
The day was a great success with a wide variety of grades and ages attending.
Dan was one of the British Judo stars competing in the 2012 London Paralympics and more recently known for his appearance on Ninja Warrior UK.
His aim now is to keep to his busy training schedule and bring the UK medal success in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympics
Watch Dan on the Ninja Warrior Course