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CALLING ALL PORTSMOUTH BASED SHIPS AND ESTABLISHMENT JUDO MEMBERS!!!

Update

It's been a long absence, but the website is now being updated again.

News will be posted here, butwhile the site gets back up and running, these are the key points:

RN/RM Judo team to visit Jersey/ Guernsey

The RN/RM Judo team will be looking to have a weekend of Judo in Jersey/Guernsey at the end of March. Can all those interested please get names to Ian Clark as soon as possible. We need a minimum of eight and a maximum of twleve to make the trip viable.

AMCAN Dates announced

The AMCAN tournment dates will be the last week of May to the first week of June. We need twelve players and currently have three confirmed. Please get names to IAn Clark as soon as possible if interested.

HMS CollingWood JC to re-open on the 20th January

HMS Collingwood JC will start again on 20th Jan 1900-2030 in the SARC Dojo. It is requested that all in the Pompey base port area attend and make a good showing for the new sensei Lance Wicks.
Any further question please contact either Lance, Kev Stocker or Dave Barnham.

New RNJA Chairman and his letter to the association

RNJA Chairman’s Introduction

Having returned to Judo, after what seems like an age, I must say that it is an enormous honour to be voted in as the RNJA Chairman at the AGM held at HMS Temeraire in October of this year. Some of you will know that I have now taken the reins from Lt Col Bruce RM who headed up the RNJA for the last nine years. I sincerely hope to be able to serve the Association membership to the same degree as the Col has done, this near past decade, and wish him luck in his future endeavours.

I returned to Judo, just by chance, after returning last year to the UK from a NATO appointment and stumbled across an old Judo player colleague who introduced me to two stalwarts of the RNJA. CPO John Thacker (RNJA Secretary) and CPO Ian ‘Nobby’ Clark (Team Manager). These two Chiefs have been instrumental in raising the RN/RM Judo profile under the leadership of the then Chairman. However, the challenges of deployments for both Royal Marines, 3 CDO BDE were deployed to Afghanistan, and the busy Navy Operational programme meant that many players were either deployed, or on duty, when key events in the RNJA calendar neared. That said both Chiefs have done a marvelous job in identifying players for the various events. CPO Nobby Clark is now collating and updating judo players’ details and amassing a portfolio of individual player skills and contact information. Nobby has the lead on this specific task and I would ask all Judo players to keep Nobby abreast of changes in personal details including mobile telephone numbers and recent gradings, including civilian competition experience too. He may be contacted via face book or mobile 07968 188354.

Many of you will also have seen the recent results from the Inter-Service Championships held at DCAE Cosford 12th Nov. This built on earlier successes as the RN vs. the Channel Islands and the RN Judo Championships earlier in the year. Thus the RN is on a roll supported by a dedicated and committed core of Judo players spread amongst the Service. The Inter-Service Championships were truly a superb result and the RN team came away with a clutch of medals and the outright winners of the Inter-Service Kyu Grade trophy. An excellent result that dispossessed the Army of this trophy. The Dan Grade team event was closely fought with only one point separating Bronze (RN), Silver and Gold team medal final places.

The year 2010 again offers an exciting year for RN Judo. I am eagerly looking forward to representing your interests and even competing myself. My focus, for the coming year, is to build on what we have already achieved and to actively encourage RN/RM Judo with particular emphasis on recruiting more female members. CPO Thacker informed me that there are female players in the Service and so I am interested in recruiting them to the team. Any Judo player who knows of another, who may not know of this new drive to recruit more male and female players, is encouraged to spread the word.

All Judo players, no matter what level of experience, are warmly welcome to join, either for the first time, or re-join like I have done, after a period of enforced absence through operational commitment or injury. Additionally, there are courses, that could be taken as adventurous training, advertised in Army Pamphlet 16A/16C at the Army School of Physical Training in Aldershot and Germany – contact your local PTI for more details or go on line www.armynet.mod.uk or, for those with a coaching interest, www.ukcoachingcertificate.org.
Finally, as a result of the recent Inter-Service Championships RAdm Montgomery, Naval Secretary and COS (Personnel) warmly congratulated all players with his personal BZ in recognition of the individual and team efforts.

I look forward to meeting you at forthcoming events and hearing how you believe RN Judo could be taken forward.

Yours, in Judo,

John Baxter
Lt Cdr
RNJA Chairman

RN/RM team at the inter-services.

RN CLUB DETAILS 26/11/08

All RM/RN players whom wish to represent the Royal Navy in any competitions (military and civilian) are reminded that your BJA licence must be registered with one of the following clubs

8103 HMS SULTAN JC

8104 HMS COLLINGWOOD JC

8105 HMS HERON JC

8106 COMMANDOKWAI

NK HMS TEMERAIRE - Wednesday 1900-2100

and the area representing is ROYAL NAVY JUDO ASSOCIATION. For every player who completes the above, the RNJA receives £5 rebate each year which gets put towards Kit/Equipment for the members.

NEW RULES/ FORMAT FOR GRADINGS/ PROMOTIONS!!!!

1ST APRIL 2008 - CHANGE IN POLICY MORE TO FOLLOW