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Seventeen young judo players
will travel to Havana this month to take part in British Judo’s
first ever training camp in Cuba.
The camp, which has been
supported by UK Sport both financially and through their memorandum
of agreement with Cuba, is part of British Judo’s preparation
for the Junior World Championships, which take place in the Dominican
Republic from 12-15 October.
The seventeen young players
range in age from 16-19 years old and are all members of the Great
Britain junior national squad.
Whilst in Havana the young
athletes will take part in judo sessions every day with many of
the top junior and senior Cuban players. With Cuba being one of
the strongest judo nations in the world – winning six Olympic
medals in Athens – this experience will prove to be invaluable.
The young Brits will also undertake physical strength and conditioning
training on a daily basis.
It will be the first long
haul training camp for many of the young team but Head of Delegation,
Kate Howey, is well aware of the importance of training camps
such as this, having won two Olympic medals and a World title
during her career, “Cuba is one of the top judo nations in the
World – the benefit this camp will have to these players will
be immense”, she said.
“An added benefit to holding
the camp in Cuba will be the experience of acclimatising to the
Caribbean heat and humidity. This will be important to those selected
for the squad, which will travel to the Dominican Republic for
the Junior World Championships.”
In April, also as part
of UK Sport’s memorandum of agreement, Britain hosted the Cuban
team who travelled to Birmingham to compete in the inaugural GB
World Cup.
Women:
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Category:
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Selected:
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Home
Town |
Club
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-48kg
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CHARLOTTE
FARBON |
Reading
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Pinewood
JC |
-48kg
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SINEAD
ROTHWEL |
London
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Moberley
JC |
-52
kgs |
KIMBERLEY
RENICKS |
Coatbridge
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-57kg
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REBECCA
DUNNING |
Telford
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Wolverhampton
JC |
-63kg
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LAUREN
BAVERSTOCK |
St
Albans |
JSC
JC |
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63 kgs |
KATE
WALKER |
Kidderminster
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Samurai
JC |
-70kg
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SALLY
CONWAY |
Bristol/Edinburgh
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Edinburgh
JC |
-70
kgs |
GEMMA
GIBBONS |
London
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Metro
JC |
+
78 kgs |
ABBIE
CUNNINGHAM |
Warrington
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Warrington
JC |
Men:
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-55kg
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ASHLEY
MCKENZIE |
London
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Willesden
JC |
-
60kgs |
NATHON
BURNS |
Blackburn
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Wolverhampton
University |
-60kg
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RUSSEL
PARKER |
Stoke
on Trent |
Camberley
JC |
-
66kgs |
MARCUS
BASCOMBE |
Poole
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University
of Bath |
-66kg
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JEAN-RENE
BADRICK |
London
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Willesden
JC |
-73kgs
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JEROME
ROBINSON-REID |
London
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Willesden
JC |
-
81 kgs |
VINCENT
SKILLCORN |
Portsmouth
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Camberley
JC |
-
100 kgs |
LUKE
HUGHES |
Huddersfield
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Wolverhampton
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