Moving into the Dan grades is a special moment that all judoka will treasure. Whether a lifetime goal or a happy co-incidence of hard work and dedication to the sport of judo, Dan grade promotions deserve to be recognised.

At the end of each month, we will publish the names of all judoka promoted to 1st Dan and above. If you achieve a grade promotion (either Mon, Kyu or Dan) in the next month please send in your grading photos and we will publish them alongside the new gradings next month!

Send in your photos to communications@britishjudo.org.uk or share them with us on our Facebook page or on twitter.

Name	Club	Area	Date of Promotion	Type of Promotion
To 1st Dan
Ilja Samorodov	Shinbudo	London	30th September 2019	E
William Burt	Tayside-Dundee	JudoScotland	24th November 2019	P
Atanas Hristozov	Croydon Judo Club	London	24th November 2019	E
Mark Goldie	Pro Judo Parklands	JudoScotland	26th September 1999	P
Maria Anne Moss	Bromley Judo Academy	London	20th October 2019	P
Leah Pattison	Crawcrook Judo Club	Northern	4th December 2019	P
Mohammad Nawaf Alip	Ernest Bevin Pheonix Judo Club	London	20th March 2018	P
Ian Morgan	Sportif – Cupar	JudoScotland	2nd November 2019	P
Henry Ripley	United Judo (Bexley Heath)	Southern	22nd December 2019	E
Michael Finn	Backup Judo Club	Northwest	24th November 2019	P
Mark Owen	Patchway Judo Club	Western	2nd December 2019	P
Lucy Brandon	United Judo (Bexley Heath)	Southern	2nd March 2019	T
Peter Balog	Patchway Judo Club	Western	10th December 2019	IJF
Ben Van Denten	Butokan Judo Club	Northern	24th November 2019	E
Anthony Welch	Butokan Judo Club	Northern	24th November 2019	E
Shaun McLaughlin	Shori Judo Club	NIJF	20th November 2019	E
Ella Jo Hampson	Huddersfield Judo Club	Y & H	1st December 2019	P
Ewan Hull	Kettering Premier Judo Club	Midlands	24th November 2019	E
Dimitar Paskalev	Budokan Ceredigion Judo Club	WJA	7th December 2019	P
Robert James Starbuck	Samurai Judo Club	Midlands	24th November 2019	P
Morgan Daley	Chepstow Judo Club	WJA	9th December 2019	E
Chris Gibbins	Iruka Judokwai	NHC	12th December 2019	E
Summer Shaw	Judo Club Osaka	Southern	14th December 2019	P
Cedric Aubert	Ealing Judo Club	London	8th December 2019	P
Tolly Plested	Zodiac Judokwai (Hastings)	Southern	8th December 2019	E
Owen Gallagher	Hazama	NIJF	26th November 2019	T
Omar Bougoffa	Moberley Judo Club	London	12th January 2020	P
Elia Benveniste	QMUL Judo Club	London	28th October 2018	E
Niamh Southgate	Kumo Judo Club	Eastern	27th November 2019	P
Oliver Swanepoel	Renkeido Judo Kwai	Eastern	20th October 2019	T
Benjamin Grist	Judo Club Osaka	Southern	27th January 2019	P
Niamh O’Keeffe	Wirral Judo Club	Northwest	16th December 2019	P
Zachary Stimpson	Thomas Deacon Judo Club	Eastern	18th December 2019	P
Lewis Fryer	Rush Judo	NHC	7th December 2019	P
To 2nd Dan
Michael Foster	Lambton Judokwai	Northern	9th December 2019	T
Noel Blake	Vale Judo	Midlands	17th November 2019	T
Stephen Evans	Mold Judo Club	WJA	24th November 2019	P
Mark Bermingham	Stafford Judo Club	Midlands	17th November 2019	T
Craig Milne	Kodokwai Judo Club	Northern	24th November 2019	E
James Reseigh	Vale Judo Club	Midlands	14th December 2019	P
Mark Summerfield	Croydon Judo Club	Southern	8th December 2019	T
Tola Bishi	Tokei Judo Club	London	3rd November 2019	P
To 3rd Dan
Gareth Sealey	Budokan Ceredigion Judo Club	WJA	24th November 2019	P
Misha Kljutic	Osterley Judo Club	London	16th December 2019	T
Peter Yeo	Tokei Judo Club	B.U.J.A	12th December 2019	P
Chloe Nunn	Bishops Stortford Judokwai	NHC	12th December 2019	P
Michael John Fryer	Rush Judo	NHC	14th December 2019	P
To 4th Dan
Danny Peter King	Bishops Stortford Judokwai	NHC	27th November 2019	P

Legend

E Examination (line up)

P Accumulation of 100 points

T Technical

TC Technical conversion

EC Competitive conversion

IJF IJF conversion

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