June 28, 2008
Lena and Yan Vinogradov attended 2 Judo tournaments in May and June, 2008:
The AmCan judo championships in Buffalo, NY., and The New England Championships in Boston. Mass.
CanAMs (May 23-24, 2008) http://www.amcanjudo.org.
Lena took a silver medal in the Women’s Masters -U70K
Lena wins silver at AmCan (click on picture for larger view)
New England Judo Championships (June 8, 2008) Lena took a Gold medal in the Senior Women’s division -U70K.
Lena is attending a lot of tournaments this season and is really racking up the medal count.
Congratulations Lena and Yan!
June 19, 2008
Judoka unite in your support for Nick Tritton who shall be representing Canada in Judo at the Beijing Olympics this summer.
There are several fundraisers to help Nick as he prepares for the Olympics with various training expenses and also to give him a rousing send off on the road to Beijing. Nick is a former member of the Takahashi Dojo before leaving to train in Montreal at the National Training Centre and study at Concordia. University.
June 5 and 6
BBQ sponsored by and held at the LOEB grocery store on Wilson Streetin Perth.
Brent Brownlee; the owner, has been really great - he’s supplying all of the food & drinks and an employee to help set up and run the BBQ - all at no cost to us! Cheers to him for such great support.
July 20 (Nick’s birthday)
Golf tournament held at the Timber Run Golf course in Lanark. If you are not a golfer you can always come to the BBQ on July 20, after the golf tournament. Stop by and say hello, chat with Nick and wish him well on his Olympic quest.
If you only wish to attend the BBQ drop by the Timber Run Golf Course between 3:30- 4:30PM. At the BBQ and the Golf Tournament you can make a donation, buy a t-shirt, a poster, a 50/50 draw ticket, sign the "good luck" banner, and wish Nick well as he prepares to leave for Beijing.
The more people we have out at the two events the better. Tickets will be on sale at Perth Athletic Center, as well as directly from Mark Tritton, Nick’s father.
You can email Mark Tritton with your ticket request(s) tritton@earthlink.net.
So come on out to Perth on June 5 and 6, and to the Timber Run Golf Course on July 20.
Book these dates in your calendar.
June 5 and 6
BBQ in Perth
July 20
Timber Run Golf Course
Please share this information for all to see. Feel free to forward it to anyone that you think might be interested in supporting Nick in his Olympic debut.
June 12, 2008
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June 9, 2008
Time to rev up for another juice night on Thursday, June 19, after practice. As usual, ALL club members and friends are welcome.
June 5, 2008
Results for the Takahashi dojo judoka who attended the 2008 Canadian National Judo Championships held in Quebec City May 23-25.
Tony Walby (+100K) took gold which makes Tony the undisputed Canadian heavy weight judo champion in 2008. Atta fire champ!
Britt Quinlan and Ann Larouche took silver in the Ju no Kata. Congratulations ladies, it was a very good performance.
Evan O’Leary (-73) placed 7th. Evan had a very physically strong opponent in the first match who favoured the drop kata-guruma. Evan displayed a masterful feat of acrobatics in twisting out of the first kata-guruma attack, only to get caught with a leg pick a few moments later giving up a yuko to his opponent. The match went the distance with the decision going to the Québec fighter.
Evan fared much better in his next match with Evan winning with two nice kouchi makakomi for 2 yukos, ending the match with yet another kouchi makakomi for ippon.
Evan’s third match ended early with his opponent Berdard-Nadeau from Québec diving in for a drop soeinage with a rolling twist in the opposite direction, like some kind of weird kata guruma, for the ippon.
Congratulations Evan. The kouchi makakomi is awesome.
Laua Stellato (-48) had 2 matches: Nicole Tsukihima from Alberta and Catherine Roberge-Theriault from Québec.
In the first fight Alberta came up on top with a drop seoinage for ippon fairly early in the match.
The second match saw Laura fighting very aggressively taking the Québec fighter to the mat early in the bout with a leg pick. It was a good move even though it didn’t score. Laura continued to work on the ground but couldn’t get anything going and the referee stood them up. Laura continued to press the attack on Roberge-Theriault but was tripped up with a kouchi and hit the mat giving up a yuko to her opponent. Roberge continued into ground work wrenching Laura on to her back for a pin which Laura escaped and the two fighters were stood back up. Laura went in for a drop seoinage which was stopped by Roberge. Roberge took the advantage and again rolled Laura over onto her back and into a pin, which gave the match to Québec.
Congratulations to Laura Stellato who fought with a big heart and tremendous spirit against 2 tournament savy black belts. She gave it everything that she had and should be very proud of herself for getting out there and fighting in the Canadian National Judo Championships where most of the contestants were seasoned black belt fighters.
Dave Stevenson and Glenn Cheriton entered the Goshin Jutsu no Kata but came up a little short. Like the shiai, there was some very experienced competitors in the Kata. Dave and Glen look forward to next year to improve their standing.
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