Team Bath’s judo players will compete against many of the finest Judoka from Japanese universities in a goodwill contest at the Sports Training Village on Thursday (22nd February). 

The friendly fixture has been scheduled as part of the All Japan University Judo Federation’s European tour and will feature 26 contests in the Sports Training Village’s state-of -the-art dojo.
 
The Japanese students will spend a day in Bath, which will feature the only contest scheduled on the tour.
 
Team Bath will be fielding a strong squad for that highlights the strength and depth of the University of Bath’s high performance judo programme.
 
The line-up includes Sports Performance student Hannah Sinfield in the women’s under-63kg class, in which she recently took bronze in the junior competition at the Belgian Ladies Open - while Gemma Gibbons, fifth at the World University Championships in Korea in December, competes at under-70kg.
 
Both of the Delahay brothers will be in action. Joe, silver medallist at last month’s British Open Championships, competes at over-100kg, while his brother Sam, the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games silver medallist, goes in the under-100kg class.
 
The goodwill match kicks-off at 2.30pm and concludes at around about 4.30pm.
 
In the evening both squads will take part in a Randori.
 
The Japanese squad’s coaching team includes Yoko Tanabe, silver medallist at the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games and an old rival of TeamBath Olympian Kate Howey.
 
The full contest list is:
 
Women: 48kg Miwa Simada v Charlotte Farbon; 52kg Kyoko Manabe v Siobahn O’Neill; 57kg Kaori Murai v Janine Johnson; 63kg Minako Honda v Laura Clempner, Sayaka Ishii v Hannah Sinfield; 70kg Kumi Fujiwara v Gemma Gibbons; 78kg Shouko Ikugami v Sian Wilson tbc
 
Men: 60kg Akito Hamada  v Gregg Varey, 66kg Takayasu Otiai v Marcus Bascombe, Seima Sinogi v Richard Phillips, Kouji Ayukawa v Kyle Davies; 73kg Shutarou Debana v Tom Reed tbc, Tomohiro Sirakura v Jason Parsons, Yasuhiro Fukamizu v Craig Ewers, Youhei Simataka v Jan Gosiewski, Kensuke Nakanisi v Steven Ward; 81kg Riyota Kido v Daniel Stanley, Sinnya Hirowatari v Jonny Herron, Syunsuke Miyasita v tbc; 90kg Yusuke Sasaki v James McClements, Tojiji Odate v Danny Roberts, Takeaki Sugimoto v Luke Costello; 100kg Eiji Sasaki v Sam Delahay, Naoki Hinahara v Fergus Dullaghan; +100kg Masaaki Iwamoto v Joe Delahay, Ryouta Ninomiya v Danny Murphy
 
The University of Bath has one of the leading university sports departments in the UK. Under its Team Bath brand, its success is based on the expertise and dedication of staff, and its excellent facilities, used by the community and Olympic medal winners alike.
 
 
Members of the media who require further information can contact the Team Bath Press Office at Matchtight Ltd on (01225) 383518 or see the TeamBath website at www.teambath.com