We hope everyone has had a good break over the festive period and we know you're all desperate to get back on the mat so here are the dates!

4th Jan - all Thursday classes start
10th Jan - full-time training starts back again with the 1.30-3.30pm class and weekly randori.

Our 2018 calendars are up on the calendars page, it is going to be a busy year!

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Team trophy - 

1st place - Comberton (86 points)
2nd place - Saffron Walden (58 points)
3rd place - Walton (57 points)
4th place - Kumo (49 points)
5th place - Melbourn (42 points)

Individual medals - 

Evie - gold
Charlotte - gold
Iestyn - gold
Jessie - gold
Emy - gold
Ben - gold
Tatiana - gold
Hercules - silver
Tony - silver
Carys - silver
Tara - silver
Jamie - bronze 
Anna - bronze 
Leonard- bronze 
Toby - bronze
Emma - bronze
Sammy - 5th
Polly - 5th

In total we won 74% of our fights where it wasn’t two Comberton players fighting each other. 
Plus two other AASE players representing their clubs:
Dylan Anderson - bronze
Noah Aldous - bronze


To see photos from the day click here 
#TeamGorilla

The Eastern Area Open is a British ranking event for Pre-cadets, cadets and seniors. This weekend we had three players competing plus two who recently finished AASE with us. 

On the Saturday Rosie fought in the cadet open weight for girls and won a bronze medal. On Sunday was the senior and junior event, Ben Caldwell secured a silver medal in the under 60's for seniors, Jessie won a bronze in the under 63's for seniors and Toby won silver in the under 90's. We think this should leave them 4th, 8th and 21st in the senior British rankings respectively.

The junior was fought by Jessie, Toby and Rowan who won bronze, silver and gold respectively.

In total this weekend we won 1 gold, 3 silvers and two bronzes with a very small team.

Of course the club contributed to the refereeing and officiating as well with both Mark and Tasha referring at the event and Sally and Leigh working on the tables.

Photo's courtesy of Ian Caldwell. 

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As part of the changes to Comberton Judo Club we have now successfully changed our team kit. 

For the performance players we now have Under Armour that is black and sky blue, you can see how cool it looks in the pics below. The club will order this kit 3-4 times per year, the next mass order will be in October.

Because of the cost of Under Armour kit we decided to have a second option. We have t-shirts that cost just £10 with the gorilla log on the front and the "come to judo" logo on the back. In time we'll be expanding this range with hoodies and other items of clothing. If you have a wish list let us know!

If you would like to purchase any kit please contact one of the coaches who will give you more information. The t-shirts we already have on bulk so you can buy one whenever you like, UA kit needs to be ordered.

New stash......


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The Littleport Green belt and under was this weekend. We had three players fighting in this event. Flecity Clarke won silver, Leonard McCormick also won silver and James Challis came away with a 5th place.

Also this weekend Rowan Lockyear and Toby Beamiss fought in Poland for GBR. Unfortunately both athletes went out in the first round to their German and French opponents respectively. They'll now both participate in the training camp.

Our trip to Japan from the 4th - 19th June is featured on the British judo Association website. Please follow the link below for the full article....

www.britishjudo.org.uk/comberton-judo-club-visit-japan/

We're planning our next trip for 2019 so start saving!

Some of our athletes are going to train in Japan for two weeks at the International Budo University, we'll keep you up to date on FB and twitter.

​Because of this trip we have taken the decision to close our Wednesday Randori on the 7th and 14th of June.

This closure will be for the younger advanced class and the regional Randori sessions. Thursday classes (children's and seniors) will run as usual.

We'll be back on the 21st June!