 Torbay Judo Club entered a team of three judo players in this year’s Senior National Championships at Hereford. Naomi Vincent and Stewart Cole are both regulars at this event. Robert Edge has entered before at junior level, but this was his first contest as a senior.
Robert won gold in the Male Espoirs under 71kg category, a brilliant result for his first senior competition. Naomi earned herself a silver medal in the Female Kyu Grade under 63kg group. This was quite an achievement as the poor turn-out of senior females led to all categories fighting on the same mat, and Naomi had to fight against girls considerably bigger than herself. Stewart faced serious opposition in the large group of Male Kyu Grade under 73kg. He performed well in all of his fights, but didn’t achieve a medal position this time.
All three contestants fought well, demonstrating good judo skills, and were a credit to their Club.
Deb Vincent November 2007
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