Category: Competitions

The highlights from this year’s London Universities

The sun hadn’t even started to wake up when 16 sleepy fighters boarded the minibus at Jackdaw Lane and left for University of East London. On the roster was the annual London Universities, which is considered the second biggest university competition after BUCS. Sanna started off the competition with the very first fight of the… Continue reading The highlights from this year’s London Universities

11 nationalities, 14 medals, and Player of the Day at Southend International

A new university year has started, so it was again time to drive down to Southend-on-Sea to participate in the well organised Southend International. This time we brought a whole minibus full of fighters, driven by the one and only Queen of Reversing, Carol, plus another car full of Brookes peeps. With a few people… Continue reading 11 nationalities, 14 medals, and Player of the Day at Southend International

Beware of the masters

This year’s British Masters was held in Edinburgh at the impressive Meadowbank national stadium, and representing Oxford Judo were deadly sweeper Emma Burnett in the F1 category (over 30) and the lightweight open, and Tomoe-Nage excellence Jim Birnie in the M7 category (over 60). Proving that even when entering in a masters competition, age is still just a… Continue reading Beware of the masters

Oxford teams dominate the Bev Price Championship

The Bev Price Memorial Teams Championship was held in Walsall on Saturday, and Oxford Judo had entered a men’s team and a women’s team. The men’s team, which was aptly named “The bearded scientists”, consisted of Henry Winney, Matt Edmans, and Gregor Cremosnik. Six team were entered, so they fought in a round robin, and… Continue reading Oxford teams dominate the Bev Price Championship