Category: Competitions

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

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

This weekend saw Oxford Judo ladies competing at the Samurai Women’s Open. Sarah Murray and Liew Juan Juan first competed in the Kyu grades category, coming away with Silver and Bronze. The lovely ladies (4th Kyu and 5th Kyu respectively) demonstrated great spirit of judo and went on to compete in the open grade category, in pools of 1st… Continue reading 18 July 2015 | Samurai Women’s Open

We left Oxford at an ungodly hour, to get over to the far side of London. But it was worth it – we had a large team, the largest we’ve had in a fair few years. There were eight Oxford Uni students and three Oxford Brookes students, plus three coaches, so we were full steam ahead! It’s… Continue reading 23 Nov 2014 | London Universities Competition

We had a great day at the High Wycombe Kyu Grade Tournament on 4th October, 2014 – three players from Oxford Judo, three medals! Abigail Clayton – Gold Tom Roach – Gold Ralph Houet – Silver Everyone fought really well, and Tom and Ralph had it tough, fighting each other in the first match. [AFG_gallery id=’1′]

Well done to the two teams who competed at the Bev Price team competition this past weekend! The men’s team fought some tough matches, and brought home bronze medals. The women’s team also took bronze, after some good fights. You can see some of the matches on our Facebook page.