Sam Petgrave        

Jamal Petgrave        

Peter Vincent      

Emma Jeffries      

Gunben Mertdag      

Sean Martell      

Joey Fowler      

Ayben Mertdag       

David Saran      

Harry Thomas       

Jamal Petgrave        

Lauren Hawkins        

Peter Vincent      

Oliie Buitrago      

A word from Andy;
"The commonwealth judo championships was a fantastic international event, I am very proud of our players, they all represented England with pride and determination, they were a credit to themselves their families and the club. congratulations to them all. "

Peter Vincent       

Jamal Petgrave         

Tim-Phillip Ebel      

Lauren Hawkins      

Peter Vincent       

Jamal Petgrave         

Tim-Phillip Ebel      

Lauren Hawkins      

Peter Vincent

Jamal Petgrave

Lauren Hawkins

Tim-Phillip Ebel

Oliie Buitrago

Leanne Henlon

Emma Jeffries  

Ellie Johncey

Jake Mulley

Alex Cummings

Joey Fowler

Sean Martell

Ayben Mertdag

Jordan Mulley

Aaran Gilfillian        

Ellie Johncey        

Ayben Mertdag        

Jake Mulley        

Gunben Mertdag        

Luke Mulley        

Oliie Buitrago        

Lauren Hawkins        

Emma Jeffries      

Leanne Henlon      

Elise Jeffries       

Emily Matthews       

Jordan Mulley       

Stuart Ford       

Jana Jae wilson      

Tim-Phillip Ebel      

Alexander Brothers      

Zac Martin      

Luke Matthews       

Katie Langford       

Benedict Williams       

Jamal Petgrave         

Christian Milotte      

Sam Petgrave      

Francis De Lima       

Sean Martell       

Peter Vincent (UK)

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Matty Sexton        

Jordan Mulley      

Jake Mulley      

Elise Jeffries       

Alex Cummings       

Sean Martell      

Ellie Johncey      

Emma Jeffries       

Lauren Hawkins       

Jamal Petgrave       

Ayben Mertdag       

Lauren Hawkins       

Christian Milotte      

Tim-Phillip Ebel      

Emma Jeffries       

Ellie Johncey      

Oliver Buitrago      

Ayben Mertdag      

Joey Fowler      

Jordan Mulley      

Jake Mulley      

Lauren Hawkins       

Joey Fowler      

Oliver Buitrago      

Ayben Mertdag      

Tim-Phillip Ebel      

Sean Martell      

Elise Jeffries

Gunben Mertdag      

Luke Mulley      

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Ayben Mertdag      

Joey Fowler      

Jordan Mulley      

Jake Mulley      

David Saran      

Oliver Buitrago      

Sean Martell      

Peter Vincent (UK)

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Check out this video link for the Judo:

Boys 8 + 9 years

Boys 10 + 11 Years

Girls 8 + 9  Years

Girls 8 + 11  Years

Peter Vincent
Youth Dan Grade and Under Heavyweight   

Peter Vincent
Senior Dan Grade and Under Light Heavyweight    

Jamal Petgrave    

Tim-Philipp Ebel    

Ayben Mertdag        

Emily Jeffries        

Jack Beckwith   

Competed

Competed

Stuart Ford

Competed -  (retired injured)

Cavan Gornell

Competed  - (retired injured)

Rainer Reports

'Westcroft Judo Club players won in total five medals – two Gold, one Silver and two Bronze - at the Kent International Championships. This is a large, top-level competition, and it is regularly attended by players from Belgium, the Netherlands, France and other European countries.

Gold medals were won by Jamal Petgrave and Tim-Philipp Ebel. Both Westcroft Judoka dominated their categories with convincing wins throughout.

Jamal entered the Blue & Brown Belt boys under 73Kg weight category, and won three of his four fights by Ippon, and the final by Yuko. He won this competition with one year to spare on the maximum age, so he will be able to compete next year again in the same age category, which makes this achievement even more remarkable.

Tim-Philipp entered the Blue & Brown Belt boys under 60Kg weight category and had four contests, winning three by Ippon. The final was decided in style by Ippon with a beautiful Te Guruma, scored within 30 seconds of 'Hajime'. A series of pictures, taken from the video recording can be seen on the website.

Lauren Hawkins lost her first fight against a huge Dutch girl that must have been one-and-a-half times her size. Lauren did well to pick herself up, and winning her second contest. Again she went on the tatami to face a much heavier girl, but she was able to use her better fitness and agility to win by Ippon to take the Silver medal.

Ayben Mertdag competed well to take the Bronze in the Blue & Brown Belt girls under 57Kg.

Emma Jeffries entered the Orange & Green Belt girls in the over 70Kg weight category and did well to win the second Bronze for Westcroft.

Joey Fowler showed his prowess to come 5th in the largest field of the Blue & Brown Belt boys, the under 55 Kg weight category, just losing out on a medal. However, as for Jamal, he is looking forward to compete in the same age group in this competition once again next year.

Sean Martell took part in the Blue & Brown belt boys competition, weighing in under 60Kg. He showed good Judo and came seventh in this large and highly competitive field. Further Westcroft JC competitors were Jack Beckwith, Stuart Ford and Cavan Gornell. Stuart and Cavan both went out with injuries and we all hope they will get better soon.

This was a fantastic result for the club and shows the hard work that has been put into the preparation for the Kent International Championships over the last months.'


Thanks to our mat side reporter Rainer Ebel


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Emily Mathews     

Rainer Reports

Emily Mathews and Janina Ebel were representing Westcroft JC at this competition.

Emily won both of her two contests in dominant style by Ippon. She took the Gold medal, her first at an open competition. Congratulations!

Janina had three contests, all against girls a year older than her. She lost the first contest, but came back winning the next two contests in style throwing her opponents with Ippon, winning Silver.

Well done, girls, and hopefully this stimulates more lively attendance by Westcroft competitors at the next Red Belt Rumble.

This, however, was Emily's and Janina's last Red Belt Rumble, and they are on now to conquer the Judo world of the higher grades!

Thanks to our mat side reporter Rainer Ebel

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Emma Jeffries   

Eillie Johncey  

Emily Ford 

Katie Langford       

Carys Williams     

Jessica Bridgeford       

Edgars Polovinkins   

Aaron Gillfillian   

Jordan Mulley  

Oliver Buitrago      

Stuart Ford     

Luke Matthews

Competed

Jordan Gillfilian

Competed

Darren Baker 

Competed

Cavan Gornell

Competed

Lauren Hawkins    

5th

Competed

the Venray international event was held on the 18th June in Holland, this is one of the largest annual judo events in Europe and usually has around 2000 competitors.

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Sam Petgrave   

Competed

Competed

Competed

Competed

Competed

Peter Vincent  under 90kg    

Under 11             

Johnny Proctor               

Janina Ebel               

Under 13             

Under 15             

Under 17             

Under 20             

Janina Ebel    

Competed

Rainer Reports

Three competitors from Westcroft JC took part in this well-attended Red Belt Rumble.

Roxy Proctor, still in her first year of competing at open competitions, weighed in at -28Kg and did very well against more experienced and older competitors. She had four contests of which she won two and lost two. No medal this time, but seeing how well she performs at this stage already, it is clear that the medals will come very soon.

Emily Mathews started in the -26 Kg weight category. She had two contests and showed her usual fiery and committed style. She won one fight and lost the other, taking the Silver medal.

Janina Ebel competed in the -30Kg category and had a very good day. She won her pool with three straight wins, and then won the semi-final as well as the final taking the Gold. In total five fights, three of which won in style by Ippon. This was also her first Gold medal at an 'Open' competition - well done, Janina!

Overall, well done girls, holding the Westcroft flag high at a very competitive tournament.

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Jack Beckwith   

Westcroft had two members who competed for Surrey Boys. Alex Cummings fought at U66kg and Joey Fowler at U60kg.

• First up were Kent, who were favoured with lots of England squad members but Surrey fought well and beat them 6-5.
• Next came a comfortable win over Sussex, 7-3.
• Finally, the title decider against the hosts, Hampshire, who were also unbeaten and heavily laden with GBRs on backs and England roses on chests. It was so incredibly tight that it all came down to the last fight, which Surrey lost.
• So the result went 6-5 to Hampshire and Surrey had to settle for silver. And a very nice looking silver medal it is too.
• The Surrey girls came 3rd,
• The women 4th
• The men 2nd (also losing by a single fight, though in their case it was their first round loss that cost them).

Paul Cummings

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Joey Fowler   

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Boys 8 + 9 years

Boys 10 + 11 Years

Girls 8 + 9  Years

Tim-Phillip Ebel

5th Place

5th Place

5th Place

5th Place

Peter Vincent
(Espoirs Heavyweight )      

Peter Vincent      

Peter Vincent      

Christian Milotte      

• Janina Ebel took part in the girls U12, under 32kg, in a field of five competitors were she was the visibly the slightest and youngest. Fought bravely in her typical attacking style and won three fights (two of which by Ippon) and lost one, to win Silver.

• Emily Mathews took part in the girls under 28kg, U12. A solid performance in her usual continuously attacking style winning two fights out of three (both of which with Ippon), getting her a well-deserved Bronze.

• Jonny Proctor took part in the boys U12, under 34kg in a large field winning three fights and loosing one, winning the Bronze medal fight, scoring Ippon within 10 seconds with a beautiful O-Soto-Gari.

• Roxanne ‘Roxy’ Proctor took part in the same girls under 28kg category as Emily, U12. On only her second open competition, Roxy showed great spirit and proceeded to the Bronze medal fight. Attacked all the time, whilst her opponent did not attack once over the whole duration of the fight. Very unfortunate to loose with a disputable Yuko.

Tim-Philipp Ebel supported the competitors with excellent mat-side coaching, which was appreciated by all and the results are speaking for themselves. All in all an excellent performance of the Westcroft JC team, with all competitors showing great Judo skill and attacking styles. Well done to Roxy, Emily, Janina and Jonny, and a thank you to Tim-Philipp.’

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Jamal Petgrave

Jamal Petgrave

Peter Vincent