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ARMY JUDO SKILLS / COACHING WEEK 14/12/04
ROYAL MARINE TO REPRESENT GB 14/12/04Royal Marine Chris Sherrington has been selected in the British Judo Associations ‘Elite Squad’ for 2005 after his sterling performance in the British Grand Finals. These were held at Walsall on the 28 November 2004, Chris competed against the best heavyweights in the country and finished winning a bronze (3rd place). Congratulations and wish all the success in 2005.
TRAINING WEEKEND 17/11/04The RNJA is to hold a squad training weekend on the 22/23rd Jan 05 at HMS SULTAN in the ‘Old Boxing Gym’, all players are welcome. Guest coaches are John MacDonald (ex NI National Team Coach) and Lance Wicks (ex NZ National Performance Coach). If you are attending please send a confirmation E-Mail to royalnavyjudo@yahoo.co.uk. The standard of coaching will be high and everyone will learn something new, the weekend will also be used a team selection for the forthcoming Inter Service championships in March. CHRIS SHERRINGTON 03/11/04 Royal Marine Chris Sherrington of CTCRM took a 3rd place at the Scottish Open on the 31st Oct 2004. This is a great achievement as the Scottish Ranking Event is renowned as one of the toughest competitions on the calendar. During this year Chris has also been achieved national ranking points in the Welsh Open and the Heart of England competitions, finishing the year nationally ranked 8th in the heavyweight category. Congratulations and hope you have great success in 2005. PAUL CHADWICK 26/10/04 It is the sad news that former Royal Marine Paul Chadwick was recently killed in Iraq whilst conducting
security / escorting duties. Many in the RNJA / BJA will know Paul who was a keen and very skilled
Judoka. During his years in the Royal Marines he was an active member of RN Judo competing successfully
in Ranking Events across the country and also represented the Combined Services Judo at International
tournaments in USA and Canada. He still trained closely with RN/RM players, notably at New Forest Park
JC, Hampshire. Paul will be missed but not forgotten.
ROYAL NAVY CHAMPIONSHIPS 2004 26/10/04 The Royal Navy Judo Championships was held at HMS Nelson on the 03 Oct 04. The largest entry for many years and some very close fights made for a spectacular days Judo. Highlight of the day were the bouts between MNE New and AEM Clement, which saw both players tested to their limits. Their first fight saw MNE New gain a decisive victory in the Under 81 Kg final, however they were to meet again in the ‘RN v RM’ team competition where AEM Clement gained his revenge in a thrilling fight. The Team competition ‘RN v RM’ is always a closely fought event and the Marines brought a strong team with the intension of retaining the Team Trophy. The Royal Navy had other ideas and produced a tremendous effort to take the team Competition 5-0.
CHRIS ACHIEVES DAN GRADE 14/10/04Chris Bowen of RAF COSFORD achieved the grade of 1st DAN on 09 Oct 04. He was instrumental in the start up of the RN clubs in the Portsmouth area along with Pete Powell and it took Chris only 7 years training to gain the grade and this included time at a front line draft. On behalf of all at the RNJA well done on the promotion.
ROYAL NAVY JUDO PLAYERS TAKE INTERNATIONAL HONOURS 11/10/04
The team, consisting of Senior Coach PO Pete Powell, Coach CPO Ian Clark, LWEA’s Clive McGing and David Kelley, AEM James Clement, CPL John Manual, MNEs Chris Sherrington and Richard Hill and DSA Vicky Parsons. The Tour party left Gatwick to fly to Toronto with the other forces on the 24th May, then set up camp in Niagara Falls area for pre-tournament training prior to the first competition in Buffalo. A rest day was organised during this intensive training where the team visited various sights including Niagara Falls. The standard of competition at the AMCAN was impressive including many players from a host of countries whom will be attending this years Olympics in Athens. Performance of the day was undoubtedly by AEM James Clement of HMS SULTAN who fought valiantly, one fight lasting an impressive 10 minutes! His progress to the gold medal was halted by two Olympians representing Uzbekistan but James completed the tournament winning a bronze medal. After a successful American tournament, a days recovery was needed before the team moved base camp to a new location in Canada. Here several Judo Clubs in the region attended ‘Fight Nights’ with the British Players, good experience was gained by all prior to the Tournament in Burlington Canada. With the success gained from the first tournament the teams fought exceptionally in this one. The tour climax was a trip into Toronto, visiting the CN Tower with the Glass floor a 1471 feet up! The results of the RN Judo players representing a combined British Forces Team at the AMCAN (30/05) and Canadian Open (05/06) Tournaments are as follows:
The following players fought as part of a British Forces Team against a Canadian National Select Team:
1. Clark, 2. Powell 3. McGing.
Result - British Forces 4-4 Canadian National Team Competition Drawn. 
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