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JULY 1980 Number 2

Editorial

1980SENIOR EUROPEANCHAMPIONSHIPS

1980 BRITISH MEN'SOPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS

1980 NATIONAL TEAMCHAMPIONSHIPS FOR WOMEN

Cover PhotoNeil Adams wins his second SeniorEuropean Championships.Photo: Oavid Finch

Well, it seems you liked the first issue of the new-format 'Judo'magazine. Judging by your response you seem to like the generaldesign and content. There have been many requests for more articleson technique and we will try to oblige over the next few issues.

Our main features this issue are the Senior Men's Europeans and theBritish Men's Open. Both events were a major success with Britishplayers winning five of the seven available gold medals at the Openand three of the British Team winning medals in the European Champ­ionships. We also interviewed Tony Macconnell, Joint British TeamManager, at his Kendal home after the British Open.

Over the next few issues we will be running several competitions forboth juniors and seniors, including a free trip for two to the 1980Paris Multination Tournament. To enter you should collect all thecompetition certificates printed on page 28 and hold a current sub·scription. We also have a special subscription offer - the first 200subscriptions received after 1 July 1980 will receive free copies ofthe book Olympic Judo.

COLIN MciVEREditor.

Contents1980 SENIOR EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2TOP TECHNIQUE 8TONY MACCONNELL -INTERVIEW 10JUNIOR CORNER 121980 BRITISH NATIONAL TEAM CHAMPION-SHIPS FOR WOMEN 171980 BRITISH MEN'S OPEN 181980 DUTCH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS 24IRISH NEWSLETTER 26

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SENIOR EUROPEANCHAMPIONSHIPS

FOR MEN15-18 MAY 1980 VIENNA

REPORT: COLIN MciVER 5th DAN

BRITAIN'S BEST

Neil Adams European Gold MedalistUnder 78 kgs

Chris BOW'les European Silver Medalist Peter Donnolly European BronzeUnder 71 kgs Medalist Under 86 kgs

CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE 1980

Super lightwej~tMariani (Italy)

light HeavyweightYatskevitch (USSR)2

lightweightReissman lEast Germany)

HeavyweightRouge (France)

light Mjddlewei~tVlad (Rumania)

Super HeavyweightTourine (USSR)

MiddleweightAdams (GB)

O..nVan de Walle (Belgium)

Twenty-eight nations met in Vienna during the period15-18 May 1979 to compete in the Senior EuropeanChampionships for men. The teams were accommo­dated in the very modern Tourotel on the outskirts ofthe city and the competition was held in the impres­sive Hallenstadium where the 1972 World Champion­ships vvere staged. Not entirely suited for judo compe­tition, the facilities at the stadium were howevergood, and the organisation was smooth and efficientwithout being over officious.With the Olympic Games in Moscow only weeksaway there was a special atmosphere surroundingthis year's Championships. For most countries thiswould be their last major event and many would beselecting their Olympic Team based on the results.The organiser5 were in some doubt whether therewould be a high percentage of the top players com­peting because the Olympics vvere so close. Fortu­nately only a few player5 vvere missing and thestandard of the competition was extremely high.The Japanese are obviously taking the Europeanthreat to their dominance of the sport seriously.Nobiyuko Sato, former World Champion and nowJapanese Team Manager and Isao lnokuma, formerOlympic Champion, were among the Japanese dele­gation who were keeping a close watch on the pro­ceedings.

The British Team, accompanied by joint TeamManagers, arrived feeling fit and confident. OnlyPaul Radburn, who was injured, was missing fromthe team which included two relative newcomer5Mark Chittenden and Gwyn Davies. Most of theattention was naturally focused on Neil Adams lastyear's Champion in the Under 71 kgs division andthere were quite a few surprised looks at the drawwhen it was realised he would be competing in theUnder 78 kgs division.The order in which the categories would be foughtwas favourable for the British Team. Our strongestplayers would fight during the first days and a coupleof medals early in the competition would boost theconfidence of the rest of the team.Despite the seeding of last year's medalists, thedraw is always a major influencing factor on theresults. Luckily, as far as the British Team wereconcerned, the draw was favourable with the ex­ception of John Holliday who drew Fagerlund(Finland), current British Open Champion, andPogorelov (USSR) and Mark Chittenden who drewKostenberger (Austria) and Kharchiladze (USSR).Neil Adams was drawn in the same pool as Heinke(East Germany) last year's winner, but was certainto qualify.

BRITISH JUDO ASSOCIATION TEAM

JOHN HOLLIDAYSuper-LightweightUnder 60 kilosAge: 20Club: HarlowGrade: 2nd Dan

PETER DONNOllYlight-HeavyweightUnder 86 kilosAge: 28Club: SwanseaGrade: 3rd Dan

RAY NEENANlightweightUnder 65 kilosAge: 26Club: BudokwaiGrade: 4th Dan

MARK CHITTENDENHeavyweightUnder 95 kilosAge: 23Club: OlympicGrade: 3rd Dan

CHRIS BOWLESLight-MiddleweightUnder 71 kilosAge: 22Club: BudokwaiGrade: 2nd Dan

GWYN DAVIESSuper-Heavywei!tltOver 95 kilosAge: 24Club: SwanseaGrade: 3rd Dan

NEIL ADAMSMiddleweightUnder 78 kilosAge: 23Club: BudokwaiGrade: 3rd Dan

Team Managers: Dave Star­brook MBE, Tony MacconnellTeam Doctor: Dr Ken Kings­oo'YReferees: Ray Mitchell, PeterBent, Eddie Ainsworth.

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Rouge (France) scores with Tomoe-nage onhis way to winning the Heavyweight title.PhOIO: Coli" Mciver.

lorenz (East Germany) throws Antonio (Spain)with Ura-nage. Photo: Coli" McIver.

RESULTS:1 - Rouge (France)2 - lorenz (East Germany)3 - Van de Walle (Belgiuml3 - Kharchiladze (USSRI

qualify for the Olympics.The final between Rouge andlOfenz was one of the high­lights of the event. Bothplayers being very evenlymatched meant there was noscoring. Only lorenz had areal chance when he securedjuji-gatame only to have itruled outside by the Referee.Rouge, ever tactically aware,attacked constantly duringthe last minute and finishedwith an agressive flurry ofattacks which was just enoughto gain him the decision.

The heavyweight category, isone which I envisage will becausing the Japanese a lotof concern.

fying despite being decisivelythrown for ippon by Nik­odym (CZechoslovakia) in 47secs. Kharchiladze and Kost­engerger had no trouble quali­fying, both beating Britain'sMark Chittenden. Chittendenfought very hard despite hisunfortunate draw. He lookedvery capable of beating Kos­tenberger starting off well inthe contest and only losingtowards the end when hestarted to fade.In his side of the knockoutRouge, as expected, emergedthe winner beating Van deWalle and Radu (Romania)comfortably. On the otherside lorenz made heavy workof his contests struggling towin against both Nicodymand Kharchiladze. Austria'smedal hope, Kostenberger,lost to Radu which prob­ably means he will not

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HEAVYWEIGHTSIUnder 95 kilosWith Khoubulouri (USSR),twice European and currentWorld Champion, not partici­pating, Rouge (France) andlorenz (East Germany) wereperhaps most favoured totake the Heavyweight title.These two would be likely toface tough opposition fromVan de Walle (Belgium),Kostenberger (Austria) andKharchiladze (USSR). 1976Olympic Silver Medalist, whowas making his first com­petitive appearance sinceMontreal.Rouge and lorenz were drawnagainst each other in the firstpool with Rouge stealing thevictory by a narrow margin.Both players easily defeatedAntonio (Spain) to qualifyfor the knockout. Van deWalle had no trouble quali·

Parisi (France) scores ippon with seoi-otoshiduring the preliminary rounds of the Super­Heavyweight category. Photo: Colin Mciver

DAY 1:SUPER HEAVYWEIGHTS!Over 95 kilosParisi (France) and Tourine(USSR) were favourites fOf"this division with perhapssome opposition coming fromthe giant Dutchman, Adelaar.Parisi had no trouble win­ning his pool defeating Vonder Groeben (West Germany)with a classical seoi·otoshi in1 min 7 sees and Varga(Hungary) who was disquali·fied for passivity in only4 mins of the contest. Taur­ine on the other hand couldonly finish second in his pooldefeating Doblinger (Austria)but, rather surprisingly, losingto Kovacevic (Yugoslavia).Britain's Gwyn Davies, fight­ing in his first EuropeanChampionship, fought well tobeat Beccacece (Italy) on adecision before losing toPufahl (East Germany). Be­ccacece then defeated Pufahlwhich eliminated Davies onpoints. I thought this a bitunfortunate for Davies whoseperformance in the recentBritish Open was creditable.In the knockout Varga def­eated Kocman (Czechoslov­akia). Reszko (Poland) andAdlelaar (Holland) to reachthe final. On the other sideof the knockout Parisi, main­taining his early round form,defeated Saprianov (Bulgaria)and Jehle (Swiss) beforelosing toTourine by osaekomi.The final was a dull affairwith Varga being penalisedseveral times for passivitybefore finally being knockedover and held for ippon.Taurine, who won the Opencategory last year, is, in myopinion, under-rated becauseof his enormous size whichmakes him look a littleclumsy. Although not in thesame class as either Geesinkor Ruska he will be a forceto be reckoned with forsome years to come.What a pity Paul Radburncould not attend this event;judging by his recent per­formances in the Dutch andBritish Open Championships,a medal here was well withinhis capability.

1 - Taurine (USSR)2 - Varga (Hungary)3 - Parisi (France)3 - Adelaar (Holland)4

World Champion Ultseh (East Germany) scores with a tremendous Waki-otoshi.Photos David Finch

Peter Donnolly attacksVerhoeven (Holland)

Yatskevitch (USSR) throws Seisenbachar (Austria) in theLight Heavyweight final.

Neil Adams attacks Heinke (East Germany) in theMiddleweight final with juji-gatame.

DAY 2:

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS!Under 86 kilos

Current World Champion,Ultsch (East Germany) andYatskevitch (USSR) were fav­ourites for the Under B6 kilodivision. Britain's Peter Don·nolly had a favourable drawand was also expected to dowell, along with Sanchis(France). current World SilverMedalist. From the outsetit was obvious that Vats·kevitch was going to be themain contender. Scoringthree ippons in his pool hewent on to defeat Sikinic(Yugoslavia) and Ultsch for aplace in the final. His onlyshaky moment was againstSikinic when, with only 1min 6 sees left in the contesthe was penalised for havingan illegal shinguard. Notdeterred, he fought on des·perately giving a very im·pressive display of fitness andaggresive judo and finally,

with only 1 sec left in thecontest, secured kami-shiho­gatame for ippon.Both Donnolly and Sanchiseasily qualified for the knock­out. It was Donnolly whoemerged the winner whenthey met in the quarter­finals. In 3 min 24 sees, aftera neat move on the mat.Donnolly secured yokoshihogatame which he maintainedfor the required 30 sees.British hopes of a place inthe final were dashed when,against all expectations, Don­nolly lost to Seisenbacher(Austria).Predictably Yatskevitch de­feated Seisenbacher with easein under 3 mins of the finalcontest to win his secondEuropean Championships. Inhis fight for the BronzeMedal, Donnolly defeatedCechine (Spain) proving howconsistent a player he reallyis. In his last five or sixInternational events he hasfinished within the first five.

1 - Yatskevitch (USSR)2 - Seisenbacher (Austria)3 - Ultsch (East Germany)3 - Donnolly (GB)

MIDDLEWEIGHTSIUnder 7B kilosBritish hopes for a gold medalwere centred on Neil Adamsin the middleweight division.The strongest opposition waslikely to come from Heinke(East GermanY),Tchoullouyan(France) and Volossov(USSR).In his first contests Adamsgot off to a slow start, onlymanaging a very narrow de­cision on Brawata (Poland)and losing to Heinke by akoka. By his third contestagainst Erikanien (Finland)he seemed to get into thecorrect frame of mind scoringippon with juji-gatame in thelast few seconds.Tchoullouyan and Volossovboth emerged winners oftheir pools but neither showedthe form which would take

them to the final. In GroupA of the knockout Tchoul­louyan defeated Volossov ona narrow decision but sub­sequently lost to Heinke whohad defeated Petrow (Bul·garia) and Barta (Czechos­lovakia). In Group B Adamsdefeated Fratica (Romania)in 15 sees with a superbtai-otoshi, Nasti (Italy) andMissal1a (West Germany) bothon decisions.In the final Adams fought amarvellous tactical battleagainst the much physicallystronger Heinke, coming veryclose to a submission withjuji-gatame which Heinke am­azingly resisted. At the endthere was no score but thewinner was clearly Adams. Atremendous win for Adamsagainst much stronger andheavier players.

1 - Adams (GB)2 - Heinke (East Germany)3 - Tchoullouyan (France)3 - Fratica (Romania)

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Babanov (USSR) narrowly escapes an attack by Chris Bowlesin their exciting contest.

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Chris Bowles attacks with Ouchi-gari during the pre-lims.

Reissman IE Germany) displays his skills on Mahon (Ireland),

Reissman (E Germany) attacks Tavakanov (USSR) during thefinal of the lightweight category.

be on form of late, was. inmy opinion. favoyrite for thisdivision. The Soviets hadentered an unknown playerTarakanov in place of Solo­duchin, current World Cham­pion whom they are obviously'resting' for the OlympicGames. Reismann's mainthreat was likely to comefrom Delvingt (France) cur­rent World Silver Medalist.Ray Neenan 1GB) was drawnagainst Ocko (Yugoslavia)and Geleneser (Hungary) andalthough, losing both hisfights, fought hard. Neenan'sstrength lies in his fitness andexcellent newaza and bothplayers were very wary ofgoing into groundwork withhim. Obviously a disappoint·ing event for Neenan afterhis win in the recent BritishOpen.

In Group A of the knockoutReissmann defeated Nicolae(Romanial and Pawlowski(Poland). the latter with asuperb uchimata in 9 sees.Tarakanov (USSR) emergedthe winner in Group Bdefeating Rohleder (WestGermany), Geleneser (Hun­gary) and Delvingt (France).Whilst looking extremely fithe was lacking in technique,relying mainly on a very fastleg grab.In the final Reissman provedhimself a worthy championof Europe by defeating Tara·kanov decisively. If he canmaintain this form until theOlympies he must be ratedas one of the favourites forthe Gold Medal.

RESULTS:1 - Reissman (East Ger­many2 - Tarakanov (USSR)3 - Nicolae (Romania)3 - Geleneser (Hungary)

DAY 3:LIGHT MIDDLEWEIGHTS!Under 71 kilosWith both Adams and Gamba(Italy), current World SilverMedalist, missing from thiscategory it was anyone'sguess who would win. Molnar(Hungary) Tambour (Belg­ium). Babanov (USSR) andTaraj (Poland) were all inwith a chance and with theexception of Talai. who wasdefeated by the East GermanLehman, they all survivedthe first round. Chris Bowles,Britain's competitor, finishedsecond in his pool losing toTambour (Belgium) and de·feating Fetto (Italy) andVujevic (Yugoslavia).Vlad (Romania) proved to bea surprise in the knockoutGroup A defeating bothLehman (East Germany) andMolnar (Hungary) very con·vincingly to secure a placein the final. Chris Bowlesproved another surprise inGroup B. Defeating Lehman(Swiss) and, after a tre­mendously exciting contest,Babanov (USSR) for a placein the final.Bowles was first to score inthe final contest with yukofrom left ouchigari and waswelt ahead until he wascaught on the mat in aiujigatame. Despite gallantefforts to hold on he waseventually forced to submitand had to be satisfied withthe Silver Medal. Well doneChris - a great eHort.

RESULTS:1 - Vlad (Romania)2 - Bowles (GB)3 - Lehman (East Germany)3 - Babanov (USSR)

Ray Neenan defends against a strangle in his contest withOcko (Yugoslavia) Photos: David Finch6

LIGHTWEIGHTSUnder 65 kilosReissman (East Germany).although he does not seem to

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Congratulations to the British Team and TeamManagers. Three medals from this level of compe­tition is an excellent result_ The preparation trainingseems to be paying off and the prospects look brightindeed for Moscow!

Van de Walle fought thecontest tactically perfect andwell deservedly was awardedthe decision at the end. Ithought this a little un·fortunate for Parisi whofought so well during thepreliminary rounds. His tech­nical ability is without doubtof the highest standard ­what a pity the rules do notlet him play his style ofjudo. It was however a verygood win for Van de Wallewho had been runner up onso many occasions.

RESULTS:1 - Van de Walle (Belgium)2 - Parisi (France)3 - Novikov (USSR)3 - Kocman (Czech.)

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Reiter (Austria) in action in his contest againstRey (France).

Angelo Parisi (Francel attacks Novikov (USSR)Pholos: David Finch.

been waiting for and theywere not to be disappointed.Parisi dominated the contestfrom the start attackingstrongly with seoi-otoshi andosotogari. Just when every·one expected the contest togo to time Parisi crashedNovikov to the mat withseoi-otoshi for ippon. Parisithen defeated Ozsvar (Hun­gary) for a place in the final.Van de Walle (Belgium) em­erged the winner of Group Bdefeating Kocman (Czechos·lovakia) and Jehle (Swiss).

FINALThroughout the seven minutefinal Parisi was unable toattack the lighter Van deWalle who kept up a con·tinuous barrage of attacks.

John Holliday attacks Pogorelov (USSR) inthe Super lightweight DN-ision.

Van de Walle (Belgium) scores onParisi (France) during the Open Final.

OPEN CATEGORYNovikov (USSR) (1976 Ol­ympic Heavyweight Champ­ion) was a surprise entryfor this category and, alongwith Parisi (France), wasobvious favourite. Britain'sMark Chittenden was un­fortunate to draw Novikovin his pool and it was only amatter of time before he wascaught in an osaekomi andforced to SUbmit. Mark seemstoo small for this categoryand he had little chanceagainst the other fighters inhis pool Jehle (Swiss) andBecceeeee (Italy).Novikov easily won his poolscoring maximum points.Pufahl lEast Germany) had agood win against Parisi tothe surprise of everyone.Parisi had however no troublein beating the others in thepool to qualify_In the first fight in Group Aof the knockout the favouritesParisi and Novikov met. Thiswas the contest everyone had

DAY 4:SUPER LIGHTWEIGHTSUnder 60 kilosRey (France) current WorldChampion and Mariani (Italy)last year's Champion, wereexpected to dominate thesuper lightweight categorywith the Soviet Pogorelov1977 Super LightweightChampion. All three wontheir preliminary pools, Pog­orelov the only one havingany difficulty, struggling todefeat Fagerlund (Finlandl.current British Open Champ­ion and John Holliday (GB).Holliday, although losing tothe Soviet player, fought ex­tremely hard and was slightlyahead until he was knockeddown for koka in the dyingseconds of the contest. In hisfight against Fagertund, bothplayers were evenly matchedand here again Holliday wasahead before being knockeddown for koka. Althoughthose were disappointing reosuits, Holliday gave a verycreditable performance.Mariani defeated Jupka (WestGermany). Amt (East Ger­many) and Szabo (Romania)all on decisions to winGroup A of the knockout.World Champion Rey lostsurprisingly to Reiter (Aust·rial in the semi·finals ofGroup B after defeating De laTorre (Spain). In the final,although Reiter tried hard topenetrate the defence of theItalian, it was Mariani whowas awarded the decision add·ing another European Cham·pionship to an already im­pressive series of wins.Reiter, who won a BronzeMedal last year, is one of theAustrian Team who has im·proved tremendously underthe guidance of George Kerr,now Austrian Team Trainer.This performance gave Austriatheir second Silver Medal ofthe Championships - theirbest overall performance todate.Mariani has been tipped bymany fOf the Olympic GoldMedal and his performancecan only support this.

RESULTS:1 - Mariani (Italy)2 - Reiter (Austria)3 - Arnt (East Germany)3 - Rey (France)

TOP TECHNIQUETEXT AND PHOTOS: COLIN MciVER 5th DAN

Alexander Yatskevitch (USSR), twice European Champion,is the subject of my article this issue. The technique I will bediscussing is the annlock juji·gatame at which Yatskevitchis without doubt the leading exponent. No matter what thesituation he seems to be able to apply it with 'machine-like'certainty.At every major competition more and more contests arebeing won with this very powerful annlock and the seriouscompetitor must make a complete study of the techniquesinvolved in applying it. Althou\tl it can be applied frommany positions, perhaps the most common opportunity iswhen your opponent is in a defensive position. lying proneor on his hands and knees.At the European Championships in Vienna, where thephotographic sequence was taken, Yatskevitch won fourcontests, with this annlock. The photographs were takenin his contest against Vuissa of Switzerland.Frame 1: A situation arises on the mat - Yatskevitch on top.Frames 2-3: Yatskevitch rucks his left leg inside Vuissa'sand attacks his left arm.Frame 4: Having secured the arm, Yatskevitch brings hisright leg under Vuissa's head.frames 5-8: Yatskevitch tries unsuccessfully to apply thearmlock in this 'face down' position.Frames 9-13: Changing his approach Yatskevitch catchesVuissa's left leg with his left hand and pulls him over hisbody.Frame 14: Yatskevitch applies the arm lock again, this time'face up' and Vuissa submits.

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JudoInterviewsTONYMacCONNEllRecently promoted to 6th Dan, Tony Macconnell has beena leading member of the British Judo Association for over20 years. He has competed at the highest levels and wascaptain of the British team for many matches. He has trav·elled extensively and has lived abroad for several years, allas a result of his love of judo.Shortly after the 1972 Olympics he accepted a coaching jobin Sweden where he soon made his mark and was appointedSwedish Team Manager. His work with the Swedish teambrought them from the bottom of the World ratings to astage where they have players placing in Eu ropean Champ­ionships.In 1976 he was appointed Joint British Team Manageralong with Dave Starbrook MBE. He is well known for hisability to motivate players and his sense of humour. Recently,the National level players have been training on a full-timebasis for several months thanks to the efforts of Tony andDave."Judo" interviewed Tony at his Kendal home immediatelyafter the British Open Championships in April.

Question. Who do you think will be the gold medalists inthe Moscow Olympics?Answer. Under 60 kilos: The Japanese or Mariani Italy. Idon't think Rey (France) (current World Champion) canwin it as I think he was a bit lucky in Paris with the 'home'crowd behind him.Under 65 kilos. Again the Japanese or Soluduchin (SovietUnion) (current World Champion).Under 71 kilos: Anyone's guess. Adams (GB), if he fights inthis category, Gamba (Italy). or maybe the Japanese. Acouple of years ago I would have said Kruger (East Germany)but I think he is now past his best.Under 78 kilos: Fujii (Japan) if he is in but he didn't lookso sharp in the World Championships. I think he is beatableby someone like Adams. On his day Heinke (East Germany)is also capable of winning.Under 86 kilos: Yastkevitch (Soviet Union). I don't think Ihave seen anyone capable of beating him, only Ultsch (EastGermany).Under 95 kilos: Rouge (France), Lorenz (East Germany)Khoubulouri (Soviet Union). I think it will be between thosethree.Over 95 kilos. Yamashita (Japan). The only European witha chance against him is Parisi (France) who is capable ofthrowing him.OPEN: Endo (Japan). I think the light heavyweight playerslike Rouge (France), Radburn (GB), Lorenz (East Germany)are the greatest threat to the Japanese in this category. Onhis day Lorenz is easily capable of beating the best Japaneseas he proved in the Kana Cup.We have just returned from the British Open. How do youthink the British players performed?Very well, although they seemed a little bit jaded to startoff. We had the Dutch Open a couple of weeks before andthey need a rest at the moment but we have to put our bestplayers in the British Open - I think they have done well

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with five gold medals. The opposition was quite strong andit was unfortunate that some of the stronger Europeanswere eliminated on what I thought were dubious decisionsby the referee. I don't think Rothlisberger (Swiss) shouldhave been disqualified in his contest and Bill Ward waslUcky to beat Gibert (France) - he should have been pen·alised for passivity.What did you think of the general standard of the com­petitors?It varies, in some categories they are stronger than others.Several players who usually attend were missing - Van deWalle (Belgium), Nulman (Holland) and of course the wholeWest German team who won't come because we don't letthem bring a referee.Do you think we will everbe able to attract the East Germansand the Russians to compete in the British Open?There is a problem with their currency, which is not validhere and we would have to pay their accommodation andgive their team some spending money.Surely with the type of sponsorship that we had fromAlka·Seltzer this would be possible?I think the Association feels that if they did this for somecountries then they would have to do it for all.00 you think that the entry to the Open will have to belimited?No. It just has to be held over two days. I'm not in favour ofrestricting the entry as it is the only chance that the averageBJA member gets to fight foreign competitors.Now that the Olympic Squad are training at Crystal Palaceon a full time basis, have you seen any substantial improve­ment?Most definitely the heavyweights; Bowles and. Neenan havealso become more confident. It does not suit all the playershowever - I don't think it suits the under 60 kilo players.What is the problem with the under 60 kilo players?I think that they are too young - they are still boys but theyhave to compete against men. The best lightweights areplayers like George Glass and Danny Da Costa who havebeen able to keep their weight well into their late twentieswhen they are much stronger. Unfortunately we have verytalented youngsters but no men.How will you select the under 60 kilos player for Moscow?We have five or six players of the same calibre ~ it may benecessary to have trials. It depends on the Senior Europeanswhich is our last competition.What's the relationship with Brian Jacks and the OlympicSquad? There are rumours that he may fight in the OlympicGames.He won't. On two separate occasions he has informed us thathe was finishing and we are no longer considering him.What is the outline of the Training Programme the OlympicSquad is using at Crystal Palace?

9 - lOam Weight Training or Running10 - 10.30am Uchi·komi10.30 - 11.00am Newaza11.00 ~ 12 noon Circuit Training8.00 - 9.30pm Judo

The first hour is free, the boys work on their own weight orrunning programmes. The uchi-komi is a controlled sessionas is the newala session. We finish with a very simple, easycircuit just to build up the team spirit by doing somethingtogether.I am very pleased with the results of the newaza session,many of the boys are scoring well in competition on themat. Afternoons are free, to rest or do whatever they wish.In the evenings the sessions are given over to randori.You have been responsible for the introduction of skippingroutines and uchikomi with rubber strands. Having watchedthe boys using the rubber strands I can't see the relation tothe throwing situation. What is your thinking behind theskipping routines and the uchikomi?Firstly the skipping. I think it makes the players lighter ontheir feet and faster as well as being a good physical exercise.It has also helped the players who have difficulty controllingtheir ~ight_ The uchi-komi with rubbers is to develop afull turn of the body, a fast entry and to develop a goodpulling action. It also helps players start throwing on theother side (as they do the uchi-komi left and right!. Adams,especially, has developed throws to the left because of thistype of uchikomi.I can't say that I have noticed any of the others developingtechniques on their weaker side.I think that is because they don't work hard enough. Adamsreally works hard on this aspect of his judo. The others liketo do it but don't apply it in training on the mat; they usethe same techniques all the time.What are your plans after Moscow?Obviously Dave and I have thoughts on this and we havebeen discussing many differing ideas. Personally I would liketo change the Squad system. I have a few ideas but I havestill to think a lot more about them before making up mymind. Several of the boys will be retiring the rest will begoing on - I think we have a strong future. Maybe theCentre of Excellence idea could be improved upon and wecould utilise this.You don't think the Centre of Excellence idea is workingat the moment?I believe that Roy Inman's Centre of Excellence is quitesuccessful. This idea is not new of course, clubs like theRenshuden, the Budokwai and more recently the Tokaiare, in my opinion, Centres of Excellence. These are SUCC1!SS­

ful mainly because they have the right coaches - coacheswho have the respect of the players. In the North Westwhere they have opened a Centre of Excellence where therewere no strong clubs existing and they have not employeda coach who has the respect of the top players; this Centrecan never be successful. There is a need to co-ordinate thethinking and approach to these Centres of Excellence whichshould all be under the control of the British Judo Associ­ation. If we are talking about the production of Internationalplayers then I believe this to be the beSt approach.

You have been highly critical of some of the practices thatare currendy happening in the junior ranks; you claim thereare too many competitions and that Juniors compete toooften - can you explain your views on this?There are far too many competitions for players underfifteen years of age. In countries like France for examplejuniors rarely compete before the age of fifteen - eV1!n thegrading scheme does not include competition in the earlystages. If ~ want to have the world's best schoolboYs(which we probably already have) then we can leaV1! thingsas they are. If, however, we want success at the top Inter·national level then things will have to be changed. Someof the youngsters have injuries (at fifteen) which I have atforty - after twenty years in judolDon't you think that judo is just becoming more the young

person's sport, developing along similar lines as gymnasticsand swimming?Yes I agree but I don't think it should be encouraged todevelop in this way. I am convinced that there is a danger oflong-term injtJries caused by placing too much stress onyoungsters as they are growing. There is also a problemwith facilities. Most mat areas are too hard for juniors topractise on, especially in Sports Centres where the floorsare used for all sports and are rock-hard. This is not a prob·lem in Japan where all the mats are laid on sprung floors.It is becoming a young person's sport because it is beingforced that way; all the competitions are organised for youngpeople. I think this should be discouraged and during aplayer's years in the juniors the highest percentage of timeshould be spent learning techniques and preparing theirbodies - building strength and suppleness - in readinessfor competition in their teens and adulthood.What are your vkws on training in Japan?I have deliberately been critical of the Japanese because ofthe 'inbuilt' respect that most of the British players have forthem. As long as ~ have this attitude towards the Japanese~ will never be able to beat them. Usually the hardestfighter in top class competition is the Japanese, and becauseof the attitude that some of our players now have and, mostof the other European players are developing, we are capableof beating them. We have to take away the 'built-in' respectif we are to have a chance of beating them consistently. Theattitudes of the Japanese are so different, their style ofcoaching demands rigid discipline, which is not acceptablehere, so it can be hard for the British player who goes totrain in Japan. If you have plenty of money and only gofor a short period la month) then the training can be verybeneficial. I would like to take the youth team there nextyear for a month as I feel that they could benefit a lottechnically.The sessions in Japan are too long; even our best playershave a hard time after the first hour. They get worn down byfresh players and this places them under stress which is notnecessary.If you go into most of the clubs in Britain you will find anaverage of 8-10 senior players on the mat. i'Wlat do youthink can be done to improve this situation?The main problem with senior judo is junior judo and judoin schools. Judo in the school situation is tragic. The situ·ation in Schools is not generally conducive to the correctintroduction to judo, the standard of instruction is low andthe facilities are generally well below average. In my opinion,young people who sample judo in school never take up thesport again later in life.Most of the juniors who continue in the senior ranks arethose who have been successful in their last year in thejuniors. Even for these few it is very difficult to make thetransition from the juniors to seniors, mainly because theycan no longer be successful in competition.Coaching of the juniors in most clubs is also very poormainly because they have no system. Coaching is erratic andun-systematic. most often the coaching of the juniors isleft to the most inexperienced coach.

Surely the Coach Award Scheme provides coaches oMth asystem?Club InstllJctors can't understand it. It is too academic andV1!ry often obscure and for most 'would-be' coaches it meansentirely changing their approach and this makes them feelinadequate. It is not that the instructors are not capable,it is just that they have no guideline along which to work.At the other end of the scate Arthur Mapp is training thejuniors at the Tokai like they were the Olympic Squad,and that's no good either.

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JuniorCornerA SERIES OF ARTICLES FOR THE JUNIOR PLAYERBy RICHARD KENNEY D.P.E. and COLIN MciVERIn our article this issue we will betaking a look at three armlocksand how they can be applied invarious situations. Yoko-shiho­gatame was discussed in the lastissue and we will use a simplevariation of the hold as a startingpoint for the first armlock.

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hands grasp the opponent's armjust slightly above his elbow andby keeping your head close toyour shoulder you can helpprevent your opponent's wristfrom slipping off. (photo 9).

Ude-garami can also be appliedwith your opponent's hand inthe opposite direction (photo 41.Notice how his wrist is pushedaway from his shoulder to ob­tain a submission.Photographs 5-6 show how Ude­garami can be applied using thelegs from Kesa-gatame. a favouritehold of many players. Youropponent's wrist is tucked underyour knee. and to make the lockeffective you must pull your legback towards you.

Ude~atame

Photographs 7 and 8 show aplayer being again held in YokO'­shihO'-gatame scoring with Ude­gatame as a counter. By pushingyour opponent's head away withyour left leg, you extend him sothat you can apply the lock tohis left arm. Note how your

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Ude-garamiUde-garami can sometimes be adifficult armlock to score withunless it is applied correctly. Inphoto 1 the player is holding hisopponent in Kuzure·YokO'-shiho­gatame. As your opponent strug­gles to free himself it is sometimespossible to catch him with Ude­garami by gripping his wristwith your left hand, passing yourright hand under your opponent'sarm and gripping your ownwrist (photo 2). It is very import·ant to keep your opponent'shand firmly on the mat and awayfrom his shoulder to make thelock effective (photo 3).

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Ude·gatame can also be done froma standing position as an attackagainst 'stiff arms' (photos 10-13)Remember to control this tech·nique and not fall to the matwhilst performing the lock.

Waki-gatameThis is a good technique to usewhen you are in the newazasituation shown in photo 14.Take hold of your opponent'sleft arm with your right hand andsit through to your right. Bycontinuing to sit through youroppon.ent is forced onto hisfront with you in a very strongposition to score with Waki-

gatame (photos 15-161­Remember when practicing thesearm locks to take your time untilyou are familiar with them.Always control the armlock inorder that your opponent has timeto submit.In the next issue we will look atthree throwing techniques - Uchi­mata, Kouchi-gari and Tai-otoshi.

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1. Novikov (USSR) attacks Ozvar (Hungarylgui.2. Rey (France) scores with an excellent uc:hi..3. Holliday (GB) attacks Pogorelov luSSRln....4. Reissman (East Germany) scores ippon wit5. Bowles (GB) attacks Babanov (USSR) wi*6. Tchoulouyan (France) attacks with ippon_7. Donnolly (GBI holds Sanchis (France).8. Bowles (GB) tries to free his leg durintlsituation.9-11. Parisi (France) performs the throw 01ionship against Novikov (USSR).

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B.J.A. NATIONALDAN GRADE REGISTER

Appendix 3/80 - Promotions 1/3/80 to 31/3/80 Hughes. D.A. Etaua KWlIi SJF 19/4180Mitchell, A.T. Glen NIJF 2913180

MEN TO ht DAN CLUB AREA DATEBUlter, D. Bracknell NHC 15/1/80 MEN TO 3rd DAN

DlNies, E.J. UKLF School of PT Anny 30/1/SO Davies, G. Aberllman YMCA WJA 12/2/80

Dillingham, T.e. Vauxhall NHC 513/80 MEN TO 4th DANEdwards, A.J. Henley's WM' 23/3/80 Net!nan, R. Renshudel'l S 20/4/80001'1011 D.R. Honne Garrison Am", 3011180

MEN TO 5th DANIrvine, D. Fintry SJF 28/2/80Bakllf·Brown, C. Olympic S 9/4/80Jepson, G. Bletchley NHC 1/3/78

Jones. T.B.M. Coleford West 23/2/80 Leigh, M. Kin Ryu S 14/4/80

Maynard. R. Camden L 12/3(80 WOMEN TOMurphy, R.G. Plymouth West 1/3180 htDANPang, a.C.w. HenlltV'. West 2513180 Hector, H.M. Georgian Y&H 13/4/80Peachey, J. Crittall NHC 24/1/80 Newton, A.H. Croydon S 30/3/80Puonka, J.J. Kettering Premier M 30/3180 Siddle, H. Leeds A.I. Y&H 6/4180Rea, G. Kingston Y&H 9/3/80Roberts, 8.0. Kuru Kvoshi Ken M 21/5/79 Appendix 5180 - Promotions 1/5180 to 3115/80Roge.... M.P. Wells W~' 23/3180Rosen. A.T. C~br8n WJA 2/3180 MEN TO 1st DAN CLU8 AREA DATEStubbl, F.A.J. E.H. Sports Y&H 1913/80 8oni.R. Edinbur-, SJF 24/4180W.llis, S.R. Bath WM' 23/3/80 Brtldley. R.G. Rvec:roh M 25/5/80Wnllle, R C. Futham S 27/1180 Egan, R.C. Fairholme S 30/3180Wrav, P.W. [)artington N 213180 Falconer. K. AberdMf'l SJF 415180MEN TO 2nd DAN Findlav, D.J. Glasgow Univ. BUJA 4/5180Edwards. R.D. Ushiro Judokwloi WJA 30/3/80 Galluuo, F. L 7/5180Houri!, A.W. 'oh~ NW 2913/80 Hinson, G. Crowtree N 20/5180Jaebon, LR. MaUumaehi S 27/1/79 Hay, H. Pelerhead (Yukan) SJF 4/5180'TMmson,W. Pelemead SJF 28/2/80 Her.derson, T. Bellahouslon SJF 1/5180Tilston, l. KMO W~' 23/3/80 Howells, J. WJA 2415180

MEN TO 3rd DAN Huxley, W. Chorleywood NHC 27{418O

Ponl, J.F.R. Camberlev JS S 113f80 Inglis, R. Edinbur-' SJF 24/4180McCann, K. Brooke Park NIJF 24/5/80

MEN TO 4th DAN MacGregor, G. Glasgow Univ. BUJA 4/5180Wrighlweb/), D. Furness NW 2913/80 McMillan, S. Tora Scolia SJF 5/5180

MEN TO 6th DAN Pickering, K. BishoP Auckland YMCA N 11/5/80

Macconnell, J.A. 5/1/80 Pike, R.D. Tokei L 2/5/80Savage, C.W. Belfast YMCA NIJF 24/5/SO

WOMEN TO ht DAN Selvev, M.G.J. S 18/5/80Finegan, L.A. Haslingden NW 9/3/80 Sinfield, R. Harlow NHC 6/5/80Trigg, A.K Rvecro lt M 9/3/80 Tackie, A. Highbury L 2714/8()

Tait, W. 81ackburn SJF 24/4/80ThofT\ll$, E. L.J.S. L 27/4180

Appendix 4180 - Promotions 1/4/80 to 30/4/80 Tvson, B.R. Workington N 11/5180Walt, A.M. James Watt SJF 1/5180

MEN TO ht DAN CLU8 AREA DATE Webb, B.D. Harlow/US NHC 18/5180Ablard. J. Boston M 14/4180 Webb,J. L.J.S. L 18/5180Barnett, G.T. Cotton's Park NHC 30/3180Berry. R. Walkden NW 13/4180 MEN TO 2nd DANBradshaw, M. DunSion N 2/4/79 Gouge, D.G.A. Eilling Youth NHe 29/4180Clpstick, O. Seishin NW 13/4180 Jones, W.J. N_Tredegar WJA 27{418OCh.rles, G.M. Temple Bar S 30/3/80 MacKenzie, R.L HlYerinQ Schools NHC 27/4/80Dale, G. - NHC 30/3/80 MeCNade, G. Hastings: E 27/4/80Forbes. C. _ok SJF 5/10{79 Reews, W.L Ruistip NHC 27/4180Hlrris. B.D. Cutdaff NIJF 29/3/80 Reynolds, M.J. Guihtford S 5/5180HoIl, K. - RN 10/4/80 Webb, C.A. Bexley Judokwai L 27/4/80Hughes. E.F. Hugh-Franeis School S 30/4/80 Williams, W.S. Buley Judokwai S 4/5180Jones, A.E. Windtester S 30/3/80 Wrighl, J. F.Jrhoime NHC 2714180McDonald, F. Edinburrj1 SJF 5/10/79Marland, P. Kita·nishi·Kwan NW 7{4/80 MEN TO 3rd DANMichael. D. Highbury Grove L 19/3180 Kenney, R. Meadowbank SJF 5/5180Newman, D.G. U.S. L 30/3180Pea...on, M.A. Hudder$fietd Y&H 28/4180 MEN TO 6th DANRevnolds. 1.5. Pretoria L 30/3180 8arnes, J.G. Budokwai BUJA 1/4/80Sullivan. J. - L 30/3/80Sutcliffe, T. Roc;hdale NW 13/4/80 WOMEN TO 1st OANTill8v, C. Keidokwai NW 13/4180 Heaven, E. Underwood WJA 24/5/80MEN TO 2nd DAN Seymour. J. Guildford S 1815/80Clarke. O.J. N~th BerwiCk SJF 21/4180 Smail.S. Etassa Kwai SJF 24/4180Oauneev, A. GKN Sankev M 16/4180 Tilheridge, J.A. London Oratory S 12/12/79Howland, R.S. Samurai NW 2/4180 Wright, J.A. Sanshirokwai WJA 3/5180

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1980 NATIONAL TEAMCHAMPIONSHIPS FOR WOMEN

HORWICH - 7 JUNE 1980REPORT: COLIN MciVER PHOTOS: COURTESY KAY METZLER

This year's National Team Championships, hostedby the North West. attracted a record number ofparticipating teams, including, for the first time, ateam from the Army. The competition was foughtin the Horwich Leisure Centre and the teams wereadequately accommodated in the Bolton CrestMotel.Last year's winners, Yorkshire and Humberside,were again expected to do well as were the South,Midlands and the North West. Further oppositionwas likely to come from London, Scotland and theNorthern Home Counties.There were several very closely fought matchesduring the preliminary pools but all the favouredteams managed to qualify. Northern Ireland, alwaysthe underdog, gave a particularly good show of theirability, beating Scotland, Wales and Midlands Bto win pool 2.In group A of the Knockout the South defeatedLondon and, after a very exciting match, NorthernIreland, to reach the final. In group B the NorthWest defeated Scotland, in a closely fought match,and Yorkshire and Humberside.

FINALPressure was on the North West to do well in frontof the home crowd_ They started very slowlyhowever losing two of the first three matches.Ford (South) had no trouble defeated Wantlingscoring a waza-ari with ippon seoi-nage and ipponfrom a shime-waza. The contest between Tantrum

Smail (Scotland) attacks Hughes (North West).

(South) and Oxford (North West) was a closelyfought affair which ended in a no-score draw.Cohen (South) outclassed Mather (North West)scoring ippon with kami-shiho-gatame in undertwo minutes.Finegan (North West) started her contest againstCoghill (South) with some very exciting matwork.It was not until well into the contest that shemanaged to score with ko-uchigari. Coghill re­taliated with several strong uchi-mata attacks butcould not gain a score.It was Hughes who brought the North West backinto contention scoring twice within the firstseconds of her contest with Cossar. Cossar hadno answer to the more skilful Hughes and waseventually forced to submit to a neatly executedjuji-gatame. Fowley put the North West ahead bydefeating Chamberlain (South) after a very hecticcontest.Wood (South) was no match for Bridge (NorthWest) current European Champion who had notrouble winning the contest and clinching thematch for the North West.RESULTS:1 - North West; 2 - South; 3 - Northern Ireland;3 - Yorkshire and Humberside.

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CHAMPIONSHIPS25 APRIL - CRYSTAL PALACE

REPORT: COLIN MciVER AND PETER CAMPBELL

For the third suex:essive year the BritishOpen Championships for men has beena major attraction for the judo spec­tator. long before the doors of theCrystal Palace SPOrts Centre wereopened a long queue of anxious spec­tators had formed outside the mainentrance - despite notice that ticketswere likely to be sold out in advance.After a long wait many managed toget in - many others left disappointedlPlayers from thirteen countries partici.pated and the general standard of thecompetitors was high. Many countriesnow use the British Open Champion­ships as a qualifying event for theOlympic Games and World Champ­ionships and for many players thisevent would be their last opportunityto qualify for the Moscow Olympics.It was also an interesting event as faras the British players were concerned.Although there are no qualifyingstandards required by the BritishOlympic Association, it was obviousthat the British Olympic Team Man­agers, Dave Starbrook MBE and TonyMacconnell, would be looking carefullyat the results and performances ofseveral players to finalise their thoughtson selection of the Olympic Team.The organisation of the event wasquietly efficient - well up to thestandard we have come to expect fromthe Competitions Sub-Committee.There seems to be a good case tochange the competition into a two.<fayevent; either that or to reduce thenumber of competitors. No one wantsto watch judo for twelve hours regard­less of the quality or the standard oforganisation_ The time has now comewhen more thought has to be given tothe spectator and presentation of theevent. Reduce the number of mats tothree and make sure that all contestsin a partiOJlar category are all foug,ton the same mat would be a good start.Now that we have the audience let'stry to keep itl

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SUPER LIGHTWEIGHTSUnder 60 kilosPrelims.It was anyone's guess who would winthis category. Olympic Squad membersGavin Bell and John Holliday facedstrong opposition from Stephen Chad­wick, Jeremy Marcroft, John Swatmanand (a rather surprising entrant) DannyDa Costa - along with Fagerlund(Finlandl. Mendola (Belgium) and Burk­hard (Swiss). Competition was fiercewith both Bell and Holliday beingeliminated earlv in the knockout. Inthe semi-finals Fagerlund defeated Burk­hard and Swatman defeated Da Costaby a waza-ari.

FinalSeconds from the start of the contestFagerlund anacked with tomoe·nagewhich scored a koka. UnfortunatelySwatman landed heavily on his shoulderand required medical attention. Immedi­atelv the contest re~tarted Swatmanscored yuko with Uchi-mata. Theshoulder injury, however, then provedto be so severe that Swatman had towithdraw_ One can only speculate onwhat the result would have been - itcertainly would have been an excitingcontest. It was unfortunate indeed forSwatman who had been fighting so wellthis year with good performances inthe Young Men's Trials and the NationalTeam Championships.

1 - R Fagerlund (Fin)2 - J Swatman (GB)3 - M Burkhard (Swiss)3 - J Mendonca (Portl

LIGHTWEIGHTSUnder 65 kilosPrelimsThree times British Open ChampionRay Neenan was the obvious favouriteto win this category. His main oppos.ition was likely to come from KerrithBrown (Midlands), Van De Brand

(Holland) and last year's winner Wolf­gang Biedron (Sweden). In the pre­liminary pools Eddie Mullen (Army)scored a rather dubious victory overNeenan who was penalised twice forleaving the contest area. This was per­haps the 'shot in the arm' Neenanneeded; after this he seemed to settledown and fought his way to the finalbeating both Brown and Biedron. Onthe other side of the pool Laisson(Sweden) reached the final defeatingPaoline (Belgium) and R Mercia (GB).

FinalImmediately after the start of the con­test both players moved into a comerof the mat where Larsson anacked withUchimata scoring yuko (I personallythought it was at least a waza-aril.Again this seemed to settle Neenan whogradually took control of the contestscoring koka with kosotogari and at2 mins 55 secs secured yoko·shiko­gatame for ippon. Despite a couple ofshaky moments this was a convincingwin for Neenan proving that he is avery consistent fighter and I wouldimagine this performance would guar­antee him an Olympic place.

Results:1 - R Neenan (GB)2 - C Larsson (Sweden)3 - K Brown (GB)3 - R Mercia (GB)

LIGHT MIDDLEWEIGHTUnder 71 kilosPrelimsWith Neil Adams fighting in the Middle­weights, British interest in this categorywas mainly focussed on Chris Bowles,who had only just returned to fightingat this weight after a spell in the Middle­weights. Tambour (Belgium). Melnic(Israel) and landart (France) wereamong a few of the foreign competi­tors who were favoured to do well.

Fagerfund (Finland) scores koka on John Swatman in theopening seconds of the Under 60 kg final

Ray Neenan displays his newaza skills during the pre-Iims.of the Under 60 kgs category.

John Swatman scores yuko on Fagulund(Finland) shortly before being forced toretire with an injured shoulder.

Ray Neenan four times British OpenChampion.(Photos: David Finch)

Chris Bowles in action during the earlyrounds of the Under 71 kgs category.

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Draghl (France). I thought he was not assharp as he could be and certainlylooked a little light for this category.The other side of the pool was muchtougher and it was Bill Ward whoemerged the eventual winner defeatingboth Gibert (France) and Whyte (GB)on what, I thought, were doubtfuldecisions. In his fight against Giberthe should have been penalised forpassivity without question and thekeikoku awarded to Whyte did notseem justified.

FinalIt was Adams all the way, attacking well

MIDDLEWEIGHTS throughout the contest and scoringUnder 78 kilos koka with kouchigari inthe first minute.Prelims Ward was given a shido and a chui forThere was no doubt that Neil Adams passivity and it was obvious that he waswas favourite for the middleweight not trying to win. In the finals thetitle. There were, however, some very passivity rule does not seem to bestrong fighters in this category including enforced as severely as in the prelims.Gibert (France), Draghi (France). Sin ',Wtrd should NWl been disqualifiedWard (GB) and Denslgn Whyte (GB{<\iW,ihol.l't'I'doubt for this display of def­Adams had the easier draw and had 1'!6~ 1),~l;l$tV1l,jcido.trouble reaching the final with goexf "" "wins against McManus (Ireland) and

with tai-otoshi.An excellent final with both playersplaying excellent judo. If Bowles canretain this form over the next fewevents he has a good chance of selectionfor the Olympic Games. If Ron Anguscontinues to improve he will be a forceto be reckoned with In the very nearfuture.

Results:1 - C Bowles (GB)2 - R Angus (GB)3 - B Tambour (Belgium)3 - Y Metnic (Israel)

Nearer home Alonzo Henderson (Ire­land) and Bruce Newcombe (GB)were likely to be strong opposition.It was quite a surprise in fact to see RonAngus (GB) emerge from his side ofpool to reach the fina1. I have watchedAngus on a couple of occasions in therecent past and was not overly im­pressed. On his way to the final how­ever, he defeated both Melnic andGarnazion (Belgium) displaying somenice judo. On his way to the finalBowles defeated some strong oppos­ition Including Kirk Isichei (GBI.Daniell (France) and Tambour (Bel­gium).

FinalAngus started the contest well puttingin a series of very strong attacks whichhad Bowles in some difficulty. It wasnot until after the half way mark thatBowles came into the contest scoringkoka with tai·otoshi and a minute lateryuko with the same technique. It wasBowles' contest from then on, almostscoring with san-kaku·jime and withjust a few seconds left another koka

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Neil Adams attempts Uchimata againstBill Ward in the Under 71 kgs Final.

Clarke (GBI. Errol Carnegie (GB)and Gwyn Davies (GB) fought it out.with Davies emerging the clear winner.Davies has improved considerably overthe past few months since he has beentraining with the Olympic Squad.

FinalBoth playen started strong. Radburnscored yuko with ipposeoi·nagebefore scoring waza·ari with a doubleleg grab. Towards the end of the con­test Davies started to come back withseme very aggressive attacks but wasunable to score. In the dying secondsRadburn started to fade against themuch heavier opposition but stiltmanaged to score another yuko withippon seoi-nage.This was a very exciting and enter·taining final with both fighten tryingvery hard. I believe that Davies coulddevelop into a very good heavyweightonce he gains more oonfidence inhimself. Radburn, whether fightingunder or over 95 kilos, is a world classplayer. He will have to decide whichevent he is going to compete in becausehe could certainly do with being a lotheavier if he is going to continue inthis division.

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Results:1 - P Radburn (GB)2 - G Davies (GB)3 - M Clarke (GB)3 - U Ekberg (Sweden)

Neil Adams attacks Draghi (France) with juji-gatame.

Neil Adams throws Dave McMal'MJs(I reland) with Uchimata.

quite a surprisingly strong player whohad won all of his previous fightswith ippon and I think Chittendenunderestimated him.After beating Bob Debelius in the firstround of the knockout Donnolly easilysucceeded in reaching the final.

FinalThe Swiss player was in first with acouple of careless Uchimata attacks,Donnolly immediately responded withtwo strong ogoshi attacks, scoringyuko and koka respectively. Follow­ing up the second attack with somenewaza he secured kesagatame forippon. After the performance of Krah­enbul during the day Donnolly dealtwith him very easily. which was alittle surprising.

Results:1 - P Donnelly (GB)2 - G Krahenbut (Swiss)3 - R Debetious (GB)3 - M Chittenden (GB)

SUPER HEAVYWEIGHTSOver 95 kilosPrelimslooking confident, after his recent winin the Dutch Open, and extremely fitafter two months training in Japan,Paul Radburn had little trouble inreaching the final of this categorydefeating, among othen, Tonkin (GB)and Ekberg (Sweden) with ippon. Onthe other side of the knockout Martin

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTSUnder 86 kilosPrelims1979 Senior European Champion Roth­lisberger (Swiss) was the favourite forthis category. especially as Peter Don­nolly had decided to compete in theHe.1vyweights. In his second fight in theknockout against Joe Donald (GBIRothlisberger was disqualified for anillegal uchimata attack. Donald subse­quently lost to Jarno (France) who thenlost to Stuart Travis (GB).Bertil Strom (Swedenl won a welldeserved place in the final winning theother side of the knockout beatingKorpiola (Finland) and Pany (Belgium).

FinalTravis is a very static player who doesnot commit himself to attack andhe was no match here for Strom.Strom attacked throughout the con·test scoring koka with Ippon seoi­nage. I thou!flt Travis was not as fitas he could have been and he did notstart to attack until the last twentyseconds of the contest.This well deserved win for Strom, whohas been training very hard over thepreceding months, will qualify him forthe Olympic Games.

Results:1 - B Strom (Sweden)2 - S Travis (GB)3 - P Jarno (France)3 - F Pany (Belgium)

It would have been more interestingif Gibert had reached the final especi­ally as he has beaten Adams twicebefore - in the British and DutchOpens. Despite his lack of 'sharpness'during the day, this was a good win forAdams giving him another British OpenTitle.

Results:1 - N Adams (GB)2 - B Ward (GB)3 - L Draghi (France)3 - 0 Whyte (GBI

HEAVYWEIGHTS Under 95 kilosPrelims

Last year's finalists Paul Radburn(who was fighting in the Super Heavy­weights) and Robert Van de Walle(Belgium) were both missing fTom thiscategory leaving Peter Donnolly (GBI.moved up from the Light Heavyweightclass, as favourite along with MarkChittenden (GB) and Bob Debelius(GBI. Chittenden started well, beating,among others, Frederiksen (Iceland)and McCall (GB). In the semi-finalhe met Krahenbul (Swiss) and wasthrown for ippon. Krahenbul was

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INTERNATIONAL YOUNG WOMEN'STOURNAMENT

FROM TEAM REPORT by MARION WOOOARO

Under 56 Kilos Category:The two British players in this weight were li2a Forbes andTheresa Griffin, however, only Forbes was able to securea medal, losing in the final to Schreiber of Germany,

Under 60 Kilos Category:Neither Margaret Jones or Moira Hawkins were able toget into the medals position.

Under 65 Kilos Category:Joyce Malley was defeated in the knock-out however, team­mate Ann Weston went on to take a bron2e medal afterlosing to Simon of Austria, the eventual Gold Medalist.

Over 65 Kilos Category:Once again the two British girls, Joanne Kennedy andMary Hanvey, although, fighting well, were unable to takeany medals.

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These Championships were held in Saarlouis, West Germanywith over two hundred competitors from Sweden, Swit2er·land, Holland, France, Austria, Great Britain and Germany.The British Team, consisting of two players per category,was accompanied by Christine Gallie as Team Manager.

Under 44 Kilos Category:Sandy Fry of Great Britain defeated Enrich of West Germanyin the final. The other British entry, Rebecca Mellars, took abronze after losing to Enrich and Fry in the earlier rounds.

Under 48 Kilos Category:Kim Elliott lost to Friedrich of West Germany in the final,and Sarah Ripsher, after losing to the eventual bronzemedalist, was unable to secure a place in the medals.

Under 52 Kilos Category:Both of the British entries, Debbie Harrington and JoyceGordon, fought well in this category. They were drawntogether in the earty rounds, with Harrington going on todefeat Kantojarvi (Sweden) in the final, and Gordon takingthe bron2e.

burgh: 3 - Geo Woods. Sallv­fermot Ireland; 3 DensigoWhyte, Wol"arhamptOn.

OPEN1 Densign Whytll. Wol"er.hampton; 2 _ Oougl... McGregorEdinburgh; 3 - Robert Kubath;3 _ Anthonv Aead, Killingworth

YOUTH Under 65 kilos1 Kerr;th 8rown, Wol"er­hampton: 2 _ Pe\<lr F"rgu.on.Centar; 3 - Danel Youog, ToraScotia; 3 Robert KUbath,ArmvYOUTH Under 78 kilos1 Ricardo Boni, Edinburgh;2 _ Dougla. McGregor, Edin·

EDINBURGH OPEN YOUTHTOURNAMENTWOMEN Under 56 kllO$1 _ Olana Bell Crawcrook: 2 ­Su.an Kiog, KNK; 3 _ HeatherSiddle, Leeds; 3 TherllSaFoster, Yo.hinWOMEN Under61 kHos1 _ KaV Greenhalgh, KNK; 2 ­L.A. Finnegan, BaCup: 3Susan He<blIrt. SaoshirOkwai; 3 ~

Sharon Egan. Leed•.WOMEN Open1 - Kay Greenhalgh, KNK, 2 ­Suunne Holmes. Bollon Ie Sands:3 - Diane Young, Crawc.ook;3 - Susan Klog. KNK.ESPOI R Under 54 kilos1 _ Jim McCormick, Ir"ine; 2Colin Jeffers, Irvine; 3 - Da"ldLamb Waterloo; 3 Ga"inMurison, Powis.ESPOIR Under 65 kllos1 Kerrlth Brown, Wol"er­hampton, 2 - Michael UptrotKendal; 3 _ J ... Sim, Pow;s; 3R Longmulr, Peislev Samurai.ESPOI R Under 75 kilot1 - Michael Reynolds, Swansea;2 - Manin McSorlev. Hamillon;3 _ Wm McCann. E KlIbrlde;3 - RObin Flndlav, Kilmarnock.

BELLSHILLUNDER 21 OPENCHAMPIONSHIPS 1980Under 60 kilos1 _ P. Ferguson, Center: 2 -J. Adam.. Celllar: 3 S. Me·Millan, Tora·Scotia; 3 D.Young, Tora-Scotla.Under 65 kilos1 _ C. Forbes, M"adowbank;2 - R. IngUs, Edinburgh; 3I. Armstrong. BeliahouSlon; 3 -J. Burn•. Kanokwal.Under 71 kilos1 - M. McSorley. Hamilton; 2P. Tracev, 8ell.hill; 3 - J. McNeil,Shom; 3 _ J. Tweedle. Bellshill.Under 78 kilos1 ~ S. Laird, EaS! Kilbride; 2 ­T. Heodarson, Bellah""slon. 3 ­R. 80nl. Edinburgh; 3 - B.Welkar, Meadowbank.Under 86 kilos1 _ D. Paterson. Bellahouston;2 - A. 8rowo, Kilmarnock: 3 ­I. Grant, Hamilton: 3 ~ A.Morri.on, E... I Kilbride.

NORTHERN IRELANDWEIGHT CATEGORVCHAMPIONSHIPSMayfield a.lfas1FEMALE Undllr48 kilO$, _ S. Finnegan, Budokan2 - B. Ward, YamakwaiFEMALE Under 56 kill»1 _ G. Hughes, YMCA2 - C. Fox, Yamakwal.FEMALE Open1 - A. Mallev. Renbukan2 - K. Grav, YMCAMALE Under 55 kllO$1 - C. Bond, Kanokwai2 _ K. F"rri., Yamakwal.MALE U"der 60 kilos1 _ W. Lvons. C.H.J.C.2 _ Jim Higgins. Yamakwa;'MALE Under 71 kllO$1 - A. Thomas2 _ G. McMahon, Uni"ersityMALE Under 65 kilos1 - C. Sa"age, YMCA2 - B. K"bathMALE Under 78 kllO$1 M. Cooper, Brooke Park2 E. Gwvnme. KlrklinonMALE Under 86 kilos1 _ T. Walt, Brooke Park2 _ C. Hamilton, YMCAOPEN1 _ A. Thomas2 _ C. Hamillon, YMCA

THE NORTHERN AREA OPENJUDO CHAMPIONSHIPS,April 1980

WOMEN (Under 14 veers)UNDER 48 KILOS1 _ Keren Briggs (Kingston).2 - Clair. $heech (Sen-i), 3 ­Sandy Fry (Gr;msby); 3 _ JaniceTullyUNDER 52 KILOS;I _ Bernadette Alltoft (Grimsby);2 - Susan King (KNK/JC); 3Andree TrllHl IRy.croh); 3 ­Oebra Worren (1.8&d$).UNDER 56 KILOS1 _ Chrissie S.en"." {Grlm'byl;2 - Dianne Belle (Crewc,ook);3 _ Dia"e Young (Crawe,oak);3 - Ruth Cowell (Preston JCI.UNDER 61 KI LOS1 _ Janel Thorpe (Seish,"); 2 ­Julie era.. (Burton JC); 3Kay G,eenhaugh IKNK); 3Karen Inwood (Tubes JC).WOMENS OPEN1 _ Janet Thorpe (S.'shl"); 2 ­Dianne Belle (Crawe.oak); 3 ­Chdstine Brennen (Grlmsbyl; 3 ­Beverlev Gayton {Yorkl.

SENIOR MEN (Over 16 vea .... )hi KYU & ABOVEUNDER 60 KILOS1 _ Dermol Heslop (York); '2 ­Peler Middlaton (Rydale); 3 ­Swart McMillan (Tora Scolia); 3­Darrell Young (Tora Scotial.UNDER 65 KILOS1 -Sle"e Sawlhorpe; 2 - RicherdWhitely (Kendall; 3 ~ RichardK"nney (M"adowbank);3 -Furiode Denar;o (Budokwai).UNDER 71 KILOS1 _ PaUl Ajala (Kodokwai); 2Tom Cullen (Hamlltonl; 3 ­Ru....11 Bradley; 3 - AnthonyThomas (Medal Away I-UNDER 78 KILOS1 _ E Walker (Sollhull); 2 - JohnKane (Hamillon); 3 TerryAlltoft (Grimsby); 3 DonCapsllck (Sel.hln).UNDER 86 KILOS1 _ Dougla. 80rthwick (Meadow­bank); 2 - Stuart Tra"l. (ArmV);3 _ Ron Knlgh1 (Sollhull); 3 ­Paul Owen (Stocktonl.OVER 86 KILOS1 _ Ian Robin.on (SIOCktOn);2 _ Nick Kokatavlo (KNK); 3­Edward Ferri" (KodokwaO; 3 ­RoV Harris IShrewsburv).

SENIOR MEN (O""r 16 y""rs)UP TO AND INCLUDING 2 KYUUNDER60 KILOS1 - Frad Bradle" (Grim.b,,);2 _ Oa"e Andrews (Kingston); 3_De"ld Lamb (Waterloo JC); 3 ­Llan Brady (KNK).UNDER 65 KILOS1 - Mlck Sheeky (Con.en); 2William Sta"ners (Haxham); 3Brian Pouche, (Oonca.ter); 3Tim Matli.on (Ryedale).UNDER 71 KILOS1 _ Ton" McKaan (Waterloo JC);2 - Stephen Murray (Crawcrook);3 - Robert Gtyn (Stockton); 3 ­Pater Talford (Crawcrookl.UNDER 78 KILOS, _ Eric Joyce (ArmV); 2 ­Malcolm WalSon (Kodokwall; 3­Brendan Abbott (Waterloo JC);3 - Anthony Pessario (Craw·crook).OVER 7B KILOS1 - Gary Palmer (Shrewsbury);2 _ Jo.eph Brav.on (Lightfood:3 John Powder (Seishin)

COMPETITIONRESULTS1 - GOLD; 2 ~ SILVER; 3 _BRONZE

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It now seems likely that Alonzo Henderson from the DublinJudo Club will now be the only Irish player to qualify forthe Moscow Olympics. Alonzo, who is twenty·four, finishedin fifth place in the 1979 World Championship held in Paris.Having fought for Ireland twenty-nine times he is a veryexperienced competitor. His favourite techniques are udli·mata and tai-otoshi.Alonzo now lives and trains in London and says that hisambition is to 'improve his contest judo'. He remembersno special contest that he has fou!1lt 'I enjoy winning - thebetter the opponent the more I enjoy it'.

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In conclusion we would like to thank Mick for coming toNorthern Ireland and indeed look forward to his return.(Report based on information supplied by Jack CarabineDevelopment Officer Northern Ireland Judo Federatioo.

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6USHMILLS SCHOOL OF SPORTThe Bushmills School of Sport held at New Ulster Universitynear Coleraine Co. Antrim included a referees Course onbehalf of the Northern Ireland Judo Federation. This was athree day residential course. There were 15 candidates andthe course tutor was Mick leigh, European Judo UnionReferee from the Southern area. This was a most enjoyableand successful course.The practical examination had to be held in MaysfieldCentre in Belfast.The results auger well for Northern Ireland Judo with sevennew British Judo Association Referees and one NorthernIreland Referee. Three Referees were there to revalidate,with four candidates doing the theory only. Results areas follows:

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Henderson throws Babanov (USSR) with seoi-otoshi in the1980 European Championships in Vienna.

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