March 2010 - British Schools National Championships & Easter Classmaster

On Saturday 20th March, Sheffield's English Institute of Sport hosted the 2010 British Schools Judo National Individual Championships, a development event for secondary school children aged 12 - 17-years-old.

The day saw James Draper, representing Imberhorne School, become the British Schools Judo National Champion for his age and weight. In his last opportunity, he went one better than last year and seized the gold medal with three hard fought contests. His sister Elizabeth repeated her performance from last year with a bronze medal in the year 10 & 11 under 52kg group. A third Keisen Imberhorne representative, Sophie Cummings, in her first year at the competition, gained a creditable 5th place in the year 10 & 11 under 57kg group.

The medalists will be invited to attend the England regional training sessions organised by British Judo's England Performance Team.

Not to be outdone, 12 of Keisen's junior Judo players went to the Easter Classmaster Event in Tunbridge Wells on Sunday 21st march. With a tally of 4 golds, 2 silvers and 6 third place bronze medals, they demonstrated the depth of talent the club is now developing.

Jules Dieleman got a golds in his first ever competition as did Ryan Campbell. Jules' sister, Isabelle, made it a golden double for the family whilst Yun Shin won his second consecutive gold medal. Louie Slocombe and Myles Coomber gained silver medals, with Myles giving an outstanding performance in his first competition, winning 3 out of 4 of his contests.

Overall, the Keisen players won over 75% of their contests.

See results for full details.

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