This Saturday saw Oxford host the annual Varsity match against Cambridge in the main hall at Iffley Sport Centre. Oxford University was coming in especially strong after securing 3 golds, 4 silvers, and 1 bronze in both the dan grades and the kyu grades at BUCS last weekend, and with the men’s team winning an impressive silver… Continue reading Varsity glory as Oxford takes home 3 of 4 trophies
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Oxford shines at BUCS with 25 participants and 12 medals
Friday night – Arrival On the night of February 19th a staggering 25 judoka from Oxford Judo headed off to Sheffield to compete in the British University and College Sports (BUCS) championship. Together they represented four universities (Oxford University, Oxford Brookes, LSE, and Exeter), and had entered in almost all categories, both men’s and women’s dan and… Continue reading Oxford shines at BUCS with 25 participants and 12 medals
Christmas shenanigans
With the holidays luring right around the corner it was once again time to celebrate the end of the year in best judo-social style. Greg and Sarah, together with Zak and Jim the wonder dog, opened their doors to the judo gang, and good mood (amongst other things) was a-flowing. A few people followed the… Continue reading Christmas shenanigans
Kyu grades smashing it at the Northern Home Counties
At everyone’s favourite venue to spend Monday night randori six Oxford judoka took the short drive to High Wycombe to participate in the Northern Home Counties kyu grade cup. With a smashing effort orange belt Claudia Havranek took gold after winning all her three fights, two of which were against the heavier weight group. Brown… Continue reading Kyu grades smashing it at the Northern Home Counties
Oxford places 4th out of 46 teams at London Unis
The annual London Area Universities and Colleges Open is renowned for that big o’ trophy they give to the most winning university at the end of the competition, so Oxford headed down to East London keen on getting our hands on that one. With a record number of entries (13 from Oxford Uni and 3 from Brookes)… Continue reading Oxford places 4th out of 46 teams at London Unis
7 nationalities at Southend International
Summer is over, and with it the long vacation which only means one thing – another university year filled with judo has begun. And we kicked it off in style with 11 judokas leaving Oxford bright and early to fight at the Southend-on-Sea International and returning to the shire later that evening with 9 medals in total.… Continue reading 7 nationalities at Southend International