James Austin to visit the club

We are pleased to annouce that James Austin will be visiting the club on December 9th. James is from Lichfield and competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the -100 kg event. In 2013 he won the World Cup in Minsk, the European Cup in Bratislava and came second in the British Championships (trials) in Sheffield. This year he also took bronze in the Pan American Open in Uruguay.

Further details about James can be found on the BJA website

British Masters Results

British-Masters-2014Congratulations to all who took part in the British Masters this weekend. Club coaches Richard Johnson and Matthew Harte  both won medals  – Rich winning a bronze  and Matthew a silver medal.

Darrell Mawle won a  bronze in the kyu grades and Ross Fellows also got bronze in the 1st kyu’s. Paul Jarvis won one fight in a tough group. Everyone fought really well and Ross got 20 points!