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New training session sees 138 ExCell players visit the BJPI

The British Judo Performance Institute in Dartford hosted 138 members of the ExCell setup on Wednesday 21 July for a special training session.

The high-profile session featured some of England’s finest young players as they were oined by 15 coaches who actively work in the England ExCell’s in the South East

A top-class coaching trio of Darren Warner, Development Coach at the BJPI, Paralympic Performance Coach Jean-Paul Bell and Luke Preston of Camberley Judo Club led the session which included players from the Midlands, North West and South East.

England Excel Coordinator, Matt Divall, organised the session which saw some of Britain’s elite players join the action on the mat.

"VI World Champion Ben Quilter took the warm-up and Ashley McKenzie was among some of the quality players in attendance.

"We had an absolutely brilliant turnout and it was a great opportunity for some of our younger players.

"Due to the distances some of the parties travelled we will look at running these sessions out of term time in the future. With such a high number taking part we’ll have to see the availability of the BJPI and have to work with High Performance to arrange more sessions.”


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