Kin Ryu Judo Club

Great day in Cardiff today with some of our ladies team. Lots of new skills to bring home, thanks to everyone who came along!

Our ladies are out in force today at the train with a champion day in Cardiff. With guest French judoka Cathy Fleury. Fantastic opportunity team!

Well done to our small but mighty team this weekend at London. Great performances all round and as always more learning.

Final results:
Cadets
🏅Amy Watkin u52
🥉Alex Mckee u55
5th Alex Gasparetto u55

Juniors
🥉 Max Karalus u66
5th Ethan Watkin u60

Seniors
🏅Lucy Robinson u52 and 20 points for 3rd dan
⭐️Max Karalus u66

Well done to Martin, Ivan and Peter on their refereeing and thanks to Clare and Megan for coaching.

Well done team!

Good luck to the dragons heading to the London Open this weekend

Cadets
Alex Gasparetto
Alex Mckee
Amy Watkin

Juniors
Alex Gasparetto
Max Karalus
Ethan Watkin

Seniors
Max Karalus
Ethan Watkin
Lycy Robinson

Officials / Coaches
Martin Rivers
Peter Seymour
Lisa Rivers
Ivan Gasparetto
Clare Bowie
Megan Bowie

Let's go team!

Kin Ryu Judo Club will celebrate its 50th anniversary this year.
We will be having a summer bbq and would love to celebrate with our members both former and current.

The date will be Sunday 13th September, more details to follow. To cater for numbers this will be a ticketed event, if you are interested in joining us then current members please check your Spond and all others please message the club for more details which will be available in due course.

Looking forward to making this a truely Golden event

Well done to the dragons who fought for team Sussex yesterday, a superb performance from all our athletes and great team atmosphere from all the supporters.

Congratulations to the Sussex HW team who retained their title for the 4th yr in a row and well done to our LW team and Kyu grade team on their bronze medals and the Dan grade team on their silver medal.

Congratulations also to Lisa and Martin who were awarded SA long service awards.

Congratulations to all the Kin Ryu players and officials on their selection to represent Sussex at the Intercounties tomorrow.

Lightweight team
Dante Ramcharan
Charlotte Graham
Kiera Dengate

Heavyweight team
Amy Watkin
James Peckham
Adam Urbanczyk
Ella Leung
Oran McGowan
Mikael Hussain

Senior Kyu Grade
Darius Urbanczyk
William Andrews

Senior Dan Grade
Max Karalus
Lily Ramcharan

Officials
Nicky Sexton
Paul Sexton
Martin Rivers
Lisa Rivers
Peter Seymour
Steve Dunn
Zara Howe

Go team Sussex!

Well done to Max on his fab bronze medal at the Don Werner Championships on Sat, 10 more dan grade points too!

Day 2 of the English Open and it was the turn of our Masters and Adaptive team.

Well done to Ivan, Ethan and Max on another great day.

Final results:
🏅Ivan Gasparetto M5 u73
🏅Ethan Watkin u60kg
🥈Max Karalus u66kg and 20 points more for his dan grade.

Thanks as always to Clare Bowie for her support for our athletes.

Well done team!

Well done to our small but mighty team at the English Open today.

Great effort by everyone in a tough competition.

Final results

🏅Ella Leung u57kg
🥈Joseph Wheatley u60kg
5th Kiera Dengate u44kg
⭐️James Peckham u50kg

Good luck to our adaptive and masters athletes fighting tomorrow

Max Karalus
Etham Watkin
Ivan Gasparetto

Well done team!

The dragons are off to Thetford today for the English Open.

Good luck to our pre cadets
🥋Kiera Dengate
🥋Ella Leung
🥋James Peckham
🥋Joseph Wheatley

Let's go team 💪