Pre-Cadets and Cadets Take Centre Stage at British Championships 2017
December 03, 2017
It was an action packed weekend in Sheffield this week as over 500 young aspiring judoka took to the mat as hoping to be crowned British Champion.
A fast and frantic two days’ worth of judo at the English Institute of Sport took place with the Pre-Cadets and Cadets proving that British Judo has a long line of upcoming potential stars in the system.
The pick of the results included a happy return for Emma Nunn from Bishop Stortford as she was able to better the silver medal won at -32kg last year with Gold in the -36kg this year as she defeated Madeleine Birri from Ealing in a high quality final.
There was a second Gold medal in successive years for Niamh Southgate as she stepped up to -44kg to top the podium for Kumo Judo Club.
An all-SKK affair took place in the Pre-Cadet Girls -52kg Final with Ellie Morris and Ellie Gilbert locking horns with Morris coming out on top as she forced Gilbert into second place.
Artur Patemian (-50kg) made the jump up to -55kg as he claimed silver behind Charlie Young in the Cadet Boys -55kg weight category.
It was a loud affair on Mat 2 as Rush Judo’s Lewis Fryer defeated the valiant Omar Bougoffa in an intriguing Final with Fryer securing the ippon finish via newaza in the final minute of a contest in which he was several waza-ari scores down.
