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British Judo has named
a 14-strong-team for the 2006 Junior World Championships.
The Championships will
take place in Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, from the
12 th – 15 th October.
Many of the team were also
named in the team for the Junior European Championships, which
takes place in September. Additions come from 18-year-old Sinead
Rothwell in the –48kg weight category, 16-year-old Gemma Howell
in the –57kg weight category, and 17-year-old Lauren Baverstock
in the –63kg weight category.
The World Championships
will feature the best junior talent (under 20 years) from around
the world.
Commenting British Judo
Performance Director Colin McIver said, “For many of the selected
players this will be their first time competing on the world stage,
but I am confident that they will perform to the best of their
ability.
“We have a talented, but
young team, many who will still be able to represent Great Britain
again at this event in two years time. The fact we have such talent
breaking through at this level is an exciting prospect as we head
towards the next Olympic cycle.”
In the past Britain’s Junior
World Champions have gone onto enjoy senior success. Double Junior
World Championship gold medallist Karina Bryant won four senior
World Championship medals and is a four times European Champion.
Kate Howey MBE won the
Junior World title in 1989, and went on to win two Olympic medals
(bronze in Barcelona 1992 and silver in Sydney 2000) and the senior
World title in 2001. She is now coaching Britain’s next generation,
and will be lead coach for the delegation travelling to the Dominican
Republic.
Full Team
Weight
Category |
Name
|
Home
Town |
Club
|
Date
of Birth |
Men |
|
|
|
|
-60KG
|
NATHON BURNS |
Blackburn
|
Wolverhampton
University |
9/3/89
|
-66KG
|
MARCUS
BASCOMBE |
Poole
|
University
of Bath |
24/7/87
|
-73KG
|
JEROME
ROBINSON-REID |
Wembley
|
Willesden
JC |
12/8/88
|
-81KG
|
DAVID
GROOM |
Bacup
|
Bacup
JC |
3/8/88
|
-90KG
|
STUART
AUSTIN |
Lichfield
|
Hardy
Spicer 83 (Birmingham) |
29/6/88
|
-100KG
|
LUKE
HUGHES |
Wolverhampton
|
Wolverhampton
JC |
29/6/88
|
+100KG
|
THEO
SPALDING-MCINTOSH |
Forest
Gate |
Willesden
JC |
21/7/89
|
Women |
|
|
|
|
-48KG
|
SINEAD
ROTHWELL |
London
|
Moberly
JC |
30/11/1988
|
-52KG
|
KIMBERLEY
RENICKS |
Coatbridge
(Scotland) |
Scottish
Institute of Sport |
11/2/88
|
-57KG
|
GEMMA
HOWELL |
Telford
|
Wolverhampton
|
13/6/1990
|
-63KG
|
LAUREN
BAVERSTOCK |
St
Albans |
JSC
JC |
9/5/89
|
-70KG
|
GEMMA
GIBBONS |
Charlton
|
Metro
JC |
6/1/87
|
-78KG
|
SALLY
CONWAY |
Bristol
|
Edinburgh
Club |
1/2/87
|
+78KG
|
ABBIE
CUNNINGHAM |
Warrington
|
SKK
JC |
18/2/87
|
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