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Essex’s Clacton Judo Club
received the coveted Gold Clubmark award at the GB World Cup in
Birmingham on Saturday 2 October.
The thriving club have
embraced the clubmark scheme which was created by Sport England
in 2002 in partnership with National Governing Bodies.
Clubs work through the
scheme from bronze award up to gold after demonstrating that they
are committed to providing a safe, effective and friendly environment
for players.
The gold award requires
an excellent delivery of the sport in addition developing a volunteer
section and qualifying young officials.
Clacton has established
numerous School 2 Dojo links, the British Judo Association’s programme
which provides a club outlet for those who practice the Olympic
sport in school.
The club, which has worked
with their local School Sports Partnership, boasts 12 coaches,
37 players who are under 16 and 20 adult members.
“It will take a lot of
effort to keep at the top but that’s something we’re prepared
for,” a club statement read.
“It’s great to be the first
non-commercial club to achieve this. The whole club is very pleased
to have the Gold award, it’s taken a lot to collate and note all
the elements we already doing, we’re all looking forward to reaping
the benefits of this now and the challenge of keeping the award
for the future.”
© Mike Varey
Andrew Wilesmith, Eastern
Regional Development Officer, said: “Receiving the Gold Clubmark
acknowledges the hard work and dedication of the coaches and committee
at Clacton Judo Club.
"They are all volunteers
that put in many hours of hard work in order to not only keep
the club running but to ensure it develops. Gold is the highest
level you can get and they are now the first Judo club in Essex
to receive it.”
Clacton Judo Club train
at St. Andrews Hall, St. Andrews Road, Clacton-On-Sea, Essex,
CO15 3AP. Juniors train on a Wednesday at 18:30 – 19:45 and on
Saturday at 10:30 – 11:45. Seniors train on a Wednesday at 19:45
– 21:00 and on a Saturday at 11:45 – 13:00.
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