News http://www.samuraiuladhjudo.org Site News daily 1 2010-10-12T09:36:30Z SESSION CHANGES - Bank Holiday http://www.samuraiuladhjudo.org/session-changes-bank-holiday There will be NO judo on Bank Holiday Monday 7th May in the Model Primary School but all other sessions this week will continue as usual.

]]> No publisher Colleen Barr 2012-05-06T12:36:18Z News Item Good Luck Gareth! http://www.samuraiuladhjudo.org/good-luck-gareth The members and coaches of Samurai Uladh want to wish Gareth Townley the best of luck as he competes in the UK School Games over the Bank Holiday.

Not only is this Gareth's second selection to represent in the judo at this event but this time it will be even more special as their accommodations and competition will be in the 2012 Olympic venues.

]]> No publisher Colleen Barr 2012-05-06T12:35:00Z News Item Congratulations to Tony McLaughlin http://www.samuraiuladhjudo.org/congratulations-to-samurai-uladhs-latest-2nd-dan Well done to Tony McLaughlin who achieved his 2nd Dan Black Belt in the recent grading.  Tony also competed in Veteran Competitions and the Club are sure he will soon be on his way to his 3rd Dan.

]]> No publisher Colleen Barr 2012-05-06T12:30:00Z News Item NI Open Results http://www.samuraiuladhjudo.org/ni-open-results Well done to all the players who competed in the Northern Ireland Open at the weekend.  Everyone performed well and the Club came back with an impressive medal haul from a high level competition.  The results are as follows:

GOLD:

Pearse Jordan - MInor Boys U28kgs

Sarah Jane Porter - Minor Girls U30kgs

Eva Conaghan - Minor Girls U33kgs

Joshua Green - Pre-Cadet Boys U42kgs

Oisin McLaughlin - Pre-Cadet Boys U66kgs

Paul Green - Veteran Men U100kgs

 

SILVER:

Jodie Jordan - Pre-Cadet Girls U44kgs

Victoria Colhoun - Pre-Cadet Girls U52kgs

Callum Nash - Pre-Cadet Boys U42kgs

 

BRONZE:

Tony McLaughlin - Veteran Men U73kgs

 

]]> No publisher Colleen Barr 2012-04-25T20:25:00Z News Item CANCELLED - Judo Session 19th April http://www.samuraiuladhjudo.org/cancelled-judo-session-19th-april Thursday night's judo session in Burnfoot is cancelled this week but all other session will take place as normal.

]]> No publisher Colleen Barr 2012-04-17T19:59:00Z News Item Success in Scotland http://www.samuraiuladhjudo.org/success-in-scotland-at Well done to everyone who competed at the Intersportif Competition over the Easter Holidays. The results are:
GOLD:
Callum Nash U38kgs
SILVER:
Micheal McCay U60kgs
BRONZE:
Tiarnan McGilloway U50kgs
Victoria Colhoun U52kgs
Kathleen McNaught U63kgs
Oisin McLaughlin O66kgs
Samantha Weir U70kgs
FIFTH PLACE:
Joshua Green U41kgs
All of the players, along with Callum Green, also took part in the Training Camp afterwards.
]]> No publisher Colleen Barr 2012-04-16T21:20:39Z News Item *IMPORTANT NOTICE* - JUDO LICENCES http://www.samuraiuladhjudo.org/important-notice-judo-licences Could all players and parents ensure that judo licences are up to date for this year.

Your Judo Licence is very important as it acts as your insurance and is essential so that you are able to train, compete and grade.

For players with existing licences these can be renewed on line at the following address:

http://www.irishjudoassociation.ie/membership

If you wish to renew by post, or are applying for a licence for the first time you can follow this address to get a download of the membership form for printing.

http://www.irishjudoassociation.ie/downloads/membership-forms

]]> No publisher Colleen Barr 2012-04-12T11:47:05Z News Item Galway Open Results http://www.samuraiuladhjudo.org/galway-open-results-1 Samurai Uladh Judo Club players showed another display of their strength and skill at the Galway Open and returned home with an impressive medal tally of 12 Gold, 6 Silver and 15 Bronze.

The medal haul was spread across all sections of the judo competition from the youngest Minors, up to Cadets and then right through Juniors, Seniors and Veterans.

The youngest club members started the day off well with 3 Golds in 3 consecutive weights for the girls. Aobhe McLaughlin (U27kgs), Sarah Jane Porter (U30kgs) and Eva Conaghan (U33kgs)  This was followed up with a Bronze for Erika Lysenko (U33kgs) and a Silver for Sinead Harnett (U44kgs).

Following up these good performances the Minor Boys claimed a Silver via Joshua Rutherford (U28kgs) and 3 Bronze medals courtesy of Pearse Jordan (U28kgs), Conal McLaughlin (U34kgs) and Callum Green (U37kgs).

From then on in the medals just kept coming for the Club made up of members from Derry, Burnfoot and Moville.

Many Moville students made their debut in this competition with 3 players taking part in the Mixed Ability Judo Assist Category and achieving medals, Gold for both Alan Brown and Chantelle NcAuley and a Silver for Callum Harrison.

The Cadet Girls added to the medal count with 3 Gold, Jodie Jordan (U40kgs), Roisin O’Brien (U48kgs) and Samanthan Weir (O63kgs) and 4 Bronze medals Mariead Dobbins and Chantelle McAuley (U36kgs), Chloe Moir and Bronagh Moore (U63kgs)

Again the Cadet Boys continued to rack up wins with Silvers for Joshua Green (U41kgs), Tiarnan McGilloway (U50kgs) and Jordan Green (U73kgs) and 3 Bronze from Conal Doogan (U45kgs), Gareth Townley and Luke Farren (U55kgs).

The Junior Women section provided Samurai Uladh with 2 Golds from Kathleen McNaught (U63kgs) and Samantha Weir (U70kgs) and Kathleen also went on to compete in the Senior competition and again come away with the Gold Medal.

Not to be outdone by the Club’s younger members, Coach Paul Green entered not only the Veteran category but also the Senior Men U90kgs.  While coming away with a Bronze medal in the Senior category, Paul added to the medal collection with a clean sweep and Gold medal in the Veterans.

Also participating in the Veteran section were Manus O’Donnell (U73kgs), Phil Townley (U73kgs) and Clive Roylance (U90kgs).  All three came home with Bronze medals and a special congratulations to Philip Townley who was taking part in his first ever judo competition.

Needless to say, as always, Club Coaches Paul, Seamy, Manus and Donna were proud of the performance given from each and every club member on the day.

]]> No publisher Colleen Barr 2012-04-12T11:35:37Z News Item Galway Open Travel Arrangements http://www.samuraiuladhjudo.org/galway-open-travel-arrangements-1 The bus will be leaving Templemore Sports Complex at 2pm on Friday 30th March.

Please check with Paul, Seamy or Colleen for the balance owed on the expense and this can be paid to Paul on Friday at the bus or before if you are travelling by car.

]]> No publisher Colleen Barr 2012-03-25T09:40:47Z News Item St. Patrick's Day Arrangements http://www.samuraiuladhjudo.org/st.-patricks-day-arrangements There will no judo on Saturday 17th & Monday 19th March because of the holidays.

Judo sessions will be back to normal from Thursday 22nd March.

]]> No publisher Colleen Barr 2012-03-14T21:23:26Z News Item Galway Open Arrangements http://www.samuraiuladhjudo.org/galway-open-arrangements The Club is currently organising the travel arrangements for this years Galway Open.

There will be a bus leaving for the competition on Friday 30th March and returning on the Saturday evening after the competition.  Exact times are yet to be finalised.

If you want to be included in the group travel please contact Colleen or one of the coaches at the club or email cbarr007@googlemail.com.

A deposit will be required by Saturday 3rd March to enable us to get exact numbers and the best possible rate for the club.

Deposits are as follows:

€60 - Per player includes bus, accommodation and entry fee

€50 - Per player includes accommodation and entry fee

€40 - Per parent includes bus and accommodation

€30 - Per parent includes accommodation only

 

 

]]> No publisher Colleen Barr 2012-02-27T22:25:52Z News Item Samurai Success At Liverpool http://www.samuraiuladhjudo.org/samurai-success-at-liverpool  

Seven Samurai Uladh players competed at the recent North West Age Bands in St Helens, Liverpool. They returned home with 2 silver and 2 bronze medals after two days of strong, competitive judo.
On the first day of competition Victoria Colhoun, Oisin McLaughlin, Callum Nash and Joshua Green represented the club. Victoria set the standard for the day by winning a bronze in the highly competitive u-48kg category. She won her first three fights in a row by ippon before losing narrowly by a yuko in the semi-final. Next up was Osin McLaughlin who fought "out of his skin" to claim a silver medal in the +66kg category. Oisin was giving away in excess of 20kgs to some of his opponents yet still produced some excellent, strong, technical judo to win his silver medal. The talented Callum Nash kept the medals rolling with a bronze in an extremely difficult u-38kg category, full of very talented players from britain's top clubs. The only fight he lost in the category was the semi final, against the british number one, on a very dubious shido decision 19 seconds from the end of the contest when both players were level on a shido each. Callum picked himself up from this disappointment to produce a spectacular ippon winning score in his bronze medal fight. Joshua Green was Samurai Uladh's final competitor of the day in the powerfully strong u-42kg category. Although not on the medal podium this time Joshua showed all the potential he possesses on the day, competing against older, stronger opponents. His father Paul was very proud of his spirit and his technical ability on the day.
Samurai Uladh had three players competing on the second day of competition, Kathleen McNaught, Micheal McCay and Stevie McLaughlin. Kathleen fought in the u-63kg category finding herself up against much more experienced Dan grades. Although not among the medals, on another day she might have won all her fights such is the margin at this level. In fact she almost took her 2nd Dan opponent to golden score but got caught with a ko uchi gari for yuko nine seconds form the end of the contest! Micheal fought in the u-60kg category and was unlucky on the day not to leave with a medal, only losing out for bronze on count back. He actually threw the eventual silver medallist in his category for ippon with an outstanding left sided seoi nage. Samurai Uladh's final competitor of the day Stevie McLaughlin produced some excellent judo to win silver in the u-55kg category. The foundation for his success on the day was down to his strong ne-waza. He won two very important contests with an arm lock and a pin respectively. His final opponent had to retire with a dislocated shoulder, picking up the unfortunate injury after an o-uchi-gari attack by Stevie that had earned him a yuko and put him ahead in the contest.
So all in, it was a very successful weekend for Samurai Uladh and for Irish judo. Coaches Seamus Gallagher, Paul Green, Tony McLaughlin and Donna Nash were extremely pleased with the performances of all their players over the weekend. Well done to all concerned.

 

More photographs are available in the Gallery.

]]> No publisher Colleen Barr 2012-02-27T21:49:13Z News Item Training - Monday 9th January 2012 http://www.samuraiuladhjudo.org/training-monday-9th-january-2012 There will be a training session on Monday 9th January at Model Primary School from 6:30pm to 8:30pm.

This session is open to all players.

]]> No publisher Colleen Barr 2012-01-08T13:19:30Z News Item Back To Training http://www.samuraiuladhjudo.org/back-to-training Training will return on Tuesday 3rd January at Templemore Sports Complex in the Aerobics Hall..

Primary School Age - 6:30pm to 7:45pm

All Other Ages - 7:45pm to 9:30pm

Saturday sessions will recommence from 7th January at the usual times.

Happy New Year.

]]> No publisher Colleen Barr 2012-01-02T11:51:38Z News Item Christmas Holidays http://www.samuraiuladhjudo.org/christmas-holidays Samurai Uladh Judo Club is now on it's Christmas Break and will resume on Saturday 7th January 2012.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from everyone at Samurai Uladh and we look forward to seeing you all again in 2012.

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