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Felixstowe judo coach to referee sport’s elite

Dave Martin, founder and coach at Felixstowe Judo Club, continues his dual-career in the sport in November after being selected to take charge of contests between Europe’s finest emerging players.

Martin, an accomplished referee, takes charge at the under 23 European Championships next month before jetting off to Korea in December to officiate at the prestigious World Cup which will feature some of the world’s elite senior players.

The Suffolk judo stalwart holds a Continental A Licence which sees him called upon to referee at the sport’s biggest events including the 2010 European Championships which took place in April.

While pursuing a first-class refereeing career Martin runs his own club in addition to being an Enjoy Judo coach for the British Judo Association. The role sees him deliver the Olympic sport to schools in the community including Deben High School and Causton Junior School.

Martin said: “I am looking forward to refereeing at both these events which will be of the highest level and these are events I need to perform well at to maintain my classification.

“This will be the second time that I have refereed in Korea, in 2006 I refereed at the World University Judo Championships.”

Felixstowe Judo Club is based at Garrison Lane, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 7RF. The club train on a Monday and Wednesday with training times and further details available at http://www.felixstowejudoclub.co.uk


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