After reaching the finals in their respective categories in BUCS earlier this year Peter Miles, Rachel Wheatley, Will Johnson and James Fowler went to represent Oxford University and GB at the European University Games in Rijeka in Croatia. Below is a report from our Men’s Captain Peter Miles: Day 1: It was a long day of travelling from London… Continue reading 4 Oxford Uni judoka at the European University Games
Category: Competitions
Women take home 9 medals and a black belt at Samurai Women’s Open
The Samurai Women and Young Women Open has become an annual hit among the Oxford ladies, with continuous success for both kyu grade and dan grade competitors. The competition is split up in kyu grades, different dan grades, and a masters division, and then there’s an open division divided in weight grades, so everyone gets… Continue reading Women take home 9 medals and a black belt at Samurai Women’s Open
Ippons for everyone at Kent International
To wrap up a succesful university term a few Oxford judoka headed down to Medway Park in Gillingham to participate in the 2016 Kent International Open. We managed to only get a little lost and still arrive in time to sweat off the last remaining weight for the 9 am weigh in. Our recently graduated coach Liam… Continue reading Ippons for everyone at Kent International
Three universities, three fields of studies, and three medals at BJC Nationals
This Sunday four judoka from Oxford Judo participated in the BJC National Open Championship in Kettering. Undergraduate student Sam Richardson (Sport and Exercise Science at Oxford Brookes), and DPhil students Tom Roach (Engineering at Exeter/Oxford Uni), Rachel Wheatley (Plant Sciences at Oxford Uni) and Mehdi Imani (Engineering at Oxford Uni) all left Oxford bright and… Continue reading Three universities, three fields of studies, and three medals at BJC Nationals
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
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