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This was a fantastic turnout for this event with clubs from Wales and England attending. A big thank you must go to course instructors Duncan Kinnear and Alun Jones who are excellent tutors of the Goshin Jutsu kata.

Our next one will be at the end of January 2011 and will be on the Kime no Kata.

The Imperial Judo club would like to say a huge thank you to Mark Caswell of Caswell Interiors for his kind donation to the club.

Mark is our main sponsor and his continued support of the club is greatly appreciated by all involved with Imperial Judo.

Senior European Cup, Istanbul

cWell done to Fiona Jones on winning a hard fought bronze medal at the senior european cup held this year in Istanbul, Turkey.

Fiona just keeps getting better and better and bigger things are surely destined for her in the near future. Well done Fiona.

Gendros Mini Mon Championships 2010
	Well done to Jay Ashby, Georgia Thomas, Joe Davis, Iwan Armstrong and Isaac Thomas on winning four gold medals and one bronze at the recent mini mon competition at Gendros Judo club.

Welsh national championships May2010

Congratulations to Fiona Jones upon winning double gold medals. She won her weight category and also won the open weight category. This is an outstanding achievement and Fiona must be congratulated on all the hard work that she has put in to her Judo career.

Also Harry Viggers also fought very well and came away with a hard fought bronze medal

Well done Fiona and Harry from all at Imperial Judo.

Fiona Jones Competition results Nov 2009--April 2010

Gold - London Inter-Universities Championships

Gold-North West Senior Open Championships

Gold- Northern Home Counties Championships

Gold- BUCS Judo Championships

Bronze -English Senior Open Championships

Gold- N.Ireland Senior Open Championships

Fiona's continued success amongst the elite of British judo is just reward for the hard work that she has put into her judo over the last 2 years.

Her medal haul is quite remarkable and the above list is just her latest results over the last few months. Higher honours are definitely on the horizon for Fiona.

Well Done Fiona. The club is proud of you.

Welsh Senior Open And Welsh Masters Open 2009

The Imperial Judo Club would like to congratulate Fiona Jones, Kevin Clarke and Dan Jones on their recent success at the Welsh Senior Open and Welsh Masters Open ,which were held at the W.I.S. in Cardiff.

Fiona won two gold medals, one in her weight category and another in the category above her. Kevin also had dual success. He won gold in his category and then went onto to win a bronze medal in the open weight division. Dan Jones had to give a bit of weight away in the division that he was entered in and came away with a bronze medal.

Well done to all.

Welsh Mini Mon Championships 2009

Congratulations to Jack Caswell upon winning a silver medal at the recent Welsh mini mon championships at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff.

Jack Had six fights in total and won 5 to reach the final.

Well done Jack from all at Imperial Judo.

Scottish Senior and Junior Open Championships 2009
	Congratulations to Fiona Jones upon winning the Scottish junior and Scottish senior open. This is an outstanding achievement and Fiona must be congratulated on all the hard work that she has put in to her Judo career. Well done Fiona from all at Imperial Judo.

Heart of England Championships 2009

Congratulations to Fiona Jones upon winning a gold medal in her respective weight at the Heart of England judo championships.

These championships are a high calibre competition attended by the some of the best judoka from Britain and abroad. Any medal won at this competition is a great achievement. To win gold is fantastic.

Well done Fiona.

British Senior Open, Leon Cadet Open and Northern Ireland Open

After a very respectable showing in the British senior open and an excellent performance against some of the best judoka in the world in Leon, Fiona competed in the Northern Ireland senior and junior open.

She took gold in the junior section (u20's) beating all her main rivals in the British squad along the way. This puts her in pole position for European selection.

She then went on to win a silver medal in the senior women's event, beating older and more experienced judoka to the medal positions.

Imperial judo congratulates Fiona and we hope that she get's selected for the junior Europeans on the back of these recent successes.

Welsh Closed Championships 2009

Congratulations to Fiona Jones and Kevin Clarke on winning a gold medals in their respective weight categories at the recent Welsh Closed Championships. Kevin also won a bronze in the open weight category.

Congratulations must also go to Harry Viggers on winning a silver medal in his junior boys category and also to Rob Randell who fought well on the day despite suffering from an ankle injury. Well done all.

Sens International Championships,France
	Congratulations to Fiona Jones on winning a silver medal at the Sens international championships in France. This was an excellent result for Fiona who has been training very hard with us over the last 12 months

Womens Super World Cup 2008

Congratulations to our newest member, Fiona Jones ,on her selection for the senior women's Great Britain squad for the recent Super World Cup championships. This is a huge achievement and will no doubt lead to more international honours for Fiona.

Fiona started her judo career as a junior with Imperial and then left to train at various other clubs. She has now returned as a senior member and her judo has improved immeasurably over the last few months. This is evident with her recent string of results which have mostly ended with her winning gold in all her recent competitions.

British Masters 2008
	Congratulations to Dan Jones on taking a bronze medal in his age and weight category at the recent British Masters championships. Dan is one of our newest black belts which he achieved at the young age of 59 and this is the first time that he has entered the British Masters. Well done mate.

North Wales Closed Championships
	Congratulations to Harry Viggers on winning a gold medal in the boys -34kg at the recent North Wales championships. He won most of most of his fights with ippon and won by waza-ari in the final. He showed good judo and deserves a big well done from all at Imperial judo.

British Schools Championships

Congratulations to Lauren Craven on winning a silver medal at the recent British Schools Championships. Lauren had to move up a weight on the day and ended up fighting girls who were taller and heavier ,making her medal win even better.

Well done Lauren from all at Imperial judo.

Welsh Closed Judo Championships 2008

Imperial Judo club junior members had an excellent day at the recent Welsh closed championships and they all represented the club admirably on and off the mat.

Harry Viggers won a gold medal in the boys u34kgs after fighting extremely well all day. Gareth Thomas won a bronze medal in the boys u38kgs and a special mention must go to Max Humphreys who moved up a weight on the day and won a bronze medal in the boys u34kgs.

All coaches and members of the Imperial Judo club are extremely proud of the way that these young members fought and behaved on the day of the competition.

In the senior section Rob Randel won a silver medal in the men's u81kgs division. It was Robs first time entering the Welsh closed as a senior and he beat some good players to win his medal. His judo just keeps getting better and better.

Well done all.

Commonwealth Congratulations

Head coach Phil Craven and former British and International Judoka Dafydd Thomas, competed in the Masters Division of the Commonwealth tournament on June 16th 2006

Phil took a Bronze medal in the u90kgs Masters

Dafydd took a Silver in the u81kgs Masters

Imperial Judo Club Sponsors

The Imperial Judo club would like to thanks all for it's sponsors for their contributions to the club both financially and physically.

Caswell Interiors - Tel: 01792 895256 or Mob:07812 431960

	Pontardulais Mini mon 2009
	Congratulations to Isaac Thomas and Campbell Richards on winning silver medals in their very first competition. Well done boys, you both have a bright future in judo.