Thirteen players to North Devon
Sunday 3rd February 2002
Well, we all had an early start on Sunday to go to our first
competition, except Alex & Daniel who have done this all
before. Weigh in started at 9am, with some tight calls but they
all made the correct categories.
The primary grades were first off with both Ben (U25kg) &
Shaun (U30kg) doing well in their groups. Shaun coming away with
the Bronze Shield.
Our junior grades then started with Matthew (U30kg) winning a
Silver shield. The U35kg categories were well represented with
three of our players Daniel, Robert & Jordan. They all
fought well with Daniel getting through to the knockout round
but still came away without any success. |
Alex came up against some stiff
competition in the U40kg group, but walked away with the Gold
shield. Next came Joe (U50 kg), he was up against boys that were
much taller & older than he was. He put up a good fight.
Byron (U60 kg) had the same problem as Joe, but he had the
added hurdle that one of his fights was against an ex national
squad team member. Well done for standing up for so long. Then
it was the turn of our heavy weight section, Sam (U65 kg) &
Michael (O65 kg); their two categories were combined. Again like
Byron & Joe our two were up against older & taller
players, but Sam did manage to win one of his fights against a
boy of 92 kg by strangling him. Because of this win he walked
away with a Bronze Shield. |
Finally the girls, Naomi (U50 kg)
& Vicky (U55 kg) were both up against much more experienced
players. They both held their own, with Naomi walking away with
a Bronze Shield.
Well done to all that attended & hope you are looking
forward to the next one, now that you know what to do.
Results summary
| Shaun |
(Primary) U30 kg - Bronze |
| Sam |
(Junior) U65kg - Bronze |
| Matthew |
(Junior) U30kg - Silver |
| Naomi |
(Junior) U50kg - Bronze |
| Alex |
(Junior) U40kg - Gold |
By Andy Luker, Feb 2002 |
