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12 February 15:01:59	The latest judo news is in JudoZAP - go to www.ezap.me/JudoZAP or click on the JudoZAP link.   JudoZAP
12 September 05:10:28	Bobby Rich won gold in the U90 at 2009 Heart of England Judo Championships. Other Budokwai fighters took silver - Nadia Minardi at U63 and Sean Dineen in the U81.   The Budokwai
12 September 05:09:19	The full list of results from the Heart of England Judo Championships 2009 held at the NIA on Sept 6 can be found on the BJA website.   British Judo
2 September 11:43:48	The Budokwai ran a 6-week summer course which provided free Judo lessons for young people with learning difficulties, in conjunction with PlaySport (www.london.gov.uk/playsport).   The Budokwai
25 August 11:08:25	Judo features in first batch of stamps showcasing Olympic and Paralympic sports at the London 2012 Games. The judo image was drawn by Paul Slater and will go on sale on October 22. Check out the design in The Guardian.   The Guardian
17 July 11:17:25	Millwall FC's (www.millwallfc.co.uk) sports hall in Bermondsey will be the judo training venue for the 2012 Olympics. ExCel London (www.excel-london.co.uk) in the Royal Docks is the competition venue. More in the Evening Standard.   Evening Standard
29 June 11:01:31	Coach Larry Stevenson, head of junior judo at The Budokwai, took a depleted squad to the London Youth Games but nevertheless came back with a couple of medals. Christian Mitchell, Jacques Visboe, Thomas Galeon and Paul Sard all performed well.   The Budokwai
29 June 10:56:37	Simone Callender and Joyce Heron are running a Ladies Training Session at The Budokwai on Sunday July 5. Call the club for more info.   The Budokwai
18 May 10:00:47	Masterclasses by Olympic medallist Ray Stevens on May 24/25 at Tate Modern as part of Judo at UBS Openings, The Long Weekend 2009. A giant marquee by the river on the north side of Tate Modern will house a full-sized mat area. More info at Peter Foolen.  Peter Foolen
7 May 04:35:44	The Budokwai World Tour 2008: highlights of Budokwai squad members competing in judo events around Europe and America - watch it on YouTube.   ROAD TO 2012
6 May 10:39:40	2009 London British Senior Open, aka the British Judo Open - Day 1 Highlights can be seen on YouTube.   YouTube
6 May 10:39:02	2009 London British Senior Open, aka the British Judo Open - Day 1 Highlights (Part 2) can be seen on YouTube.   YouTube
6 May 10:37:51	2009 London British Senior Open - Peter Lomax is on YouTube.   Peter Lomax on YouTube
6 May 10:37:21	2009 London British Senior Open - Winston Gordon is on YouTube.   Winston Gordon on YouTube
6 May 10:29:28	The London Area, which boasts judo luminaries Peter Blewett, Ray Stevens and Tony Sweeney, has launched its website (www.londonjudo.org.uk).   London Area
5 May 04:58:38	2009 London British Senior Open - a standout performance by Winston Gordon who dominated the u90 group despite not being involved in competition judo since the Olympics due to injury which still requires surgery. Check CRSN for the full list of results.   CRSN
2 May 06:07:55	2009 European Judo Championships - there's plenty of video on the net including Sarah Clark vs Giulia Quintavalle. Enter 'European Judo Championships Tbilisi 2009' in YouTube or clink on the link.   YouTube
2 May 05:51:46	Tickets for the GB Judo World Cup event to be held at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham on 19/20 September are available to the public in May.   British Judo
2 May 05:50:46	2009 European Championships held in Tbilisi, Georgia on April 24/26 - check out the full results on the Euro 2009 Tbilisi Judo website.   Euro 2009 Tbilisi Judo
2 May 05:00:18	Sarah Clark was the was the only British medallist at the 2009 European Judo Championships in Tbilisi. She dropped down to u57 to take silver. Check out British Judo for more info.   British Judo
1 May 06:02:40	A Daily Mail article about Guy Ritchie namechecked The Budokwai, Ray Stevens and Bobby Rich. The film director has been training at the club for getting on for 20 years, first in karate (black belt) before adding judo and BJJ to his repertoire.   Daily Mail
25 April 06:39:29	Simone Callender won gold in the Swiss Open 78+ category. Check out Judo Inside for the full list of results.   Judo Inside
30 March 07:34:27	Alex Farbon of The Budokwai has been selected to represent Great Britain in the under 73kg category in the forthcoming European Chapionships.   The Budokwai
30 March 07:30:59	Budokwai fighter Alex Farbon won U73 gold in the English Open Judo Championships at Kendal JC. Check out British Judo for the full results.   British Judo
30 March 07:29:05	The English Open Judo Championships at Kendal Judo Club have become "a major international tournament with the entry of seven Russian champions from St. Petersburg."   The Westmorland Gazette
30 March 07:20:34	BUCS Judo Championships, Sheffield, March 14 - Congratulations to Budokwai members: Eugene Siew (Silver U100), Rahul Bose (Bronze U73), Sarah Taylor (Bronze U63), Sebastiano Massaro (Bronze U60), Edouard Desclaux (5th U73). Full results at British Judo.  British Judo
16 March 12:24:06	Check out the New York Open Judo Championship website for results, photos and news from the 2009 competition.   NY Open Judo Championship
16 March 12:15:06	The Budokwai squad of 6 fighters picked up 2 medals at the New York Open - silver for Graham Trinder and gold for Jonathon Purssey. Check out the Budokwai website for more info and photos.   The Budokwai
2 March 07:00:20	Budokwai fighters Jonathon Purssey (u90) and Alex Farbon (u73) were in action for Great Britain at the 2009 Tiblisi World Cup in Georgia.   The Budokwai
2 March 06:59:22	Coach Peter Blewett took the Budokwai men's squad - S Barzic, S Dineen, A Farbon, B Rich, Jonathon Purssey and Graham Trinder - to Monaco for the competition on 8 February 2009.   The Budokwai
19 December 05:16:35	Following the announcement of £10,200,000 from Sport England for the period from 2009-2013. "British Judo plans to work closely with the London boroughs to create dozens of new clubs to ensure more people have access to the sport across the city."   British Judo
19 December 05:15:52	According to the Evening Standard, "Dozens of clubs are planned across the capital after judo was one of the main winners of 46 sports awarded £480 million in total by Sport England."   Evening Standard
6 December 05:08:35	Budokwai juniors at The Harris Tournament - report by head coach Larry Stevenson.   The Budokwai
17 November 09:57:40	2008 British Championships - Alex Farbon performed superbly, winning 10 fights and throwing the defending champion for ippon with a massive te-guruma to capture the U73 division title.
17 November 09:57:17	2008 British Championships - Jonathon Purssey won the U90 division with some clever tactics and impressive ippon throws, including a lightning sumi-gaeshi against junior World bronze medallist Luke Taylor.
17 November 07:19:22	Full results for the Senior British Trials held on 1st November 2008 at EIS Sheffield can be found on the British Judo website.   British Judo
12 November 06:18:04	Budokwai squad at 2008 Finnish Open - Alex Farbon won silver, narrowly losing to Canadian Olympian Nick Tritton in the final after disposing of four strong fighters, notably a top Canadian and Frenchman, the latter with a beautiful ashi- waza for ippon
12 November 06:16:35	Budokwai squad at 2008 Finnish Open - Jonathon Purssey narrowly missed bronze, having to settle for 5th place. He lost in the semi-final to the eventual Latvian gold medallist, and then lost a controversial 5-minute fight against an awkward Estonian
12 November 06:13:03	Budokwai squad at 2008 Finnish Open - Sean Dineen lost in the quarter finals at U81. He was unlucky not to proceed through the repechage after a narrow defeat by a Swedish fighter.