The South Island Championships were held over the weekend of the 14-15th September down in Christchurch. We had one club member competing. Isabella Bartlett competed in the Senior Girls U40 Kg division and took out the Gold Medal! Well done Isabella!! […]
The North Island Championships this year were held in Gisborne. We had a team of 13 competitors make the trek down to compete. The team and results are as follows. Matthew Wong Silver Junior Men, -55 Alyosha Yashin Bronze Junior Men, -60 Jacky Fong Gold Masters Women, -48 Gold Masters Women, Open Laura Thwaite […]
The Western Judo Academy Fun Day was held on Sunday 11th August. We sent the following team. Callan George Senior Girls -55 Silver Fiona Do Lam Senior Girls -50 Bronze Laura Thwaites Senior Girls +55 Hayley Gatward Senior Girls +55 Gold Hamzah Abid Junior Boys -24 Bronze Josh Steen Junior Boy s -32 Bronze […]
The 2013 Auckland International Open was run over the weekend of 3rd – 4th August. The tournament had competitors from Australia, Samoa, New Caledonia, Palau, Vanuatu, Fiji, Germany, Great Britain, Canada and from all over New Zealand. Howick sent a team of 16 competitors and had the following results. Congratulations to Julius […]
Please click on Image below for information for the Howick Fun Day. To be held on 22nd September 2013
Over the Queen’s Birthday weekend, the WBOP Area Open Championships were held in Tauranga. We sent 20 members, the largest ever squad to this event! The Howick and St Heliers squad was made up of the following. Jacky Fong Uncontested Gold MW -57Kg / Uncontested Gold MW Open Matthew Wong Gold JM -55Kg Steven Kerr […]
From the NZ Judo website Friday, 15 March 2013 09:34 After interviewing a small number of highly qualified applicants, the JNZ Board of Directors are please to confirm the appointment of Brent Cooper (HOW AK) to the position of National Technical Director. Brent (7th Dan) has previously held numerous roles within JNZ, including National Coach […]
We had the opportunity to demonstrate our judo at the Bunnings Community Fun Day, Mt Wellington. Sensei Lawrie, Matthew and Alyosha performed a great demonstration of throws, holds and everything else judo has to offer!! And joined with Michael, allowed the public to come on to the matt and give it a go. Michael and Laura also handed out flyers […]
The below PDF covers the new IJF rule changes and their implementation at NZ tournaments. We recommend reading by all members wishing to compete in competitions especially at a National level. For a pictorial view click below