A sizeable crowd were treated to a great day’s judo at the 2016 Pre-Cadet and Cadet British Championships at EIS in Sheffield on Saturday 3 December.
Today was the turn of the Pre-Cadet Girls and Cadet Boys with 294 judoka taking to the mat with their eyes set on gold.
The morning session saw the Cadet Boys wow the crowd with big scores and even bigger throws galore. Dragons Judo Academy’s Daniell Rabbitt (-55kg) was particularly impressive with his uchi-mata proving too much for a number of his opponents. He also showed his ability to win in newaza with two wins by armlock and another via hold down.
There were also double golds for South Brent, Joshua Shipp (-42kg) and Adam Vosper (-46kg), and Hibari Kan, Oliver Park (-60kg) and Aaron Miller (-81kg), with all four judoka showing some really good judo, to the delight of their travelling support.
The Pre-Cadet Girls took the tatami in the afternoon and there was no drop in the excitement. There was almost double gold for the Southgate family from Black Dog with Niamh topping the podium at -36kg. However sister Eden lost out to Jasmine Teal of Bishop’s Stortford in the -40kg final.
There was a third gold of the day for South Brent with Cordelia Gregory seeing off the challenge of Elle Mvibudulu (Westcroft) in the -63kg final.
Full Results can be found >>>> here
Sunday will be the turn of the Pre-Cadet Boys and Cadet Girls to go for gold with competition starting from 9.30am. You can keep up to date with the results, behind the scenes and competition footage at the British Judo Live Blog
Medallists
Pre-Cadet Girls
| Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| -32kg | Katie Wright, Craven Judo Academy | Emma Nunn, Bishop’s Stortford | Amy Bundy, Toshi Kazuku | |
| -36kg | Niamh Southgate, Black Dog | Summer Shaw, Camberley | ||
| -40kg | Jasmine Teal, Bishop’s Stortford | Eden Southgate, Black Dog | Mae Bostock, Gateshead | Michaela Sweeten, Sportif |
| -44kg | Ellie Morris, SKK | Lauren Fox, Kendal | Jasmin Edwards, Devizes | Beth Griffiths, Goole |
| -48kg | Isobel Kitchen, Judo Excellence | Julie Wisniewska, SKK | Katherine Burke, Kin Ryu | Isobel McKay, Devizes |
| -52kg | Terri Gough, Bradley Stoke | Emma Wilkes, Pro Judo | Muuren Kennedy, Sportif | Katelyn Cox, Clyde |
| -57kg | Ailish Matthee, Budo Club Oud Geleen | Roxanne Proctor, Westcroft | Lucy Slape, Camberley | Jade Rogers, SJC/Alba |
| -63kg | Cordelia Gregory, South Brent | Elle Mvibudulu, Westcroft | Charlotte Kendall, @DestinationJudo | Phoenix Govey-Gray, Camberley |
| +63kg | Christi-Rose Pretorius, Zodiac | Lena James, Stratford | Seren Lovatt, Go Judo |
Cadet Boys
| Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| -42kg | Joshua Shipp, South Brent | Ryan Forrest, Jidel 93 | Luke Fields, Core Judo Academy | Haydn Williams, Rush Judo |
| -46kg | Adam Vosper, South Brent | Jamie Mansfield, Witley/Osaka | Harvey Burns, Furness | James Reseigh, Vale |
| -50kg | Artur Patemian, Pro Judo | Callum Bennett, Pontarddulais | William Booth, Wymondham | Charlie Young, Ryecroft |
| -55kg | Daniel Rabbitt, Dragons Judo Academy | Ben Townsend, Newbury | Mark Wild, Kingsley School | Kieran Masters, Osaka |
| -60kg | Oliver Park, Hibari Kan | James Johnson, Yoshin Ryu | Kaito Wilson, Tonbridge | |
| -66kg | Archie Platt, Osaka | Christopher Love, Clyde | Ryan Turnbull, Destination Judo | Sam Ashton, Bradley Stoke |
| -73kg | Arseniy Khovanskiy, Moberly | Jamie Spencer-Pickup, Long Eaton | Maksims Volkovs, Metro | Lachlan Moorheard, Penistone |
| -81kg | Aaron Miller, Hibari Kan | Connor Leonard, Osaka | Lewis Widdicombe, South Brent | Arkadiusz Kaniewski, Plymouth |
| -90kg | Louis Saez, Clyde | Leonard Stannard, Kangei | Thomas Lish, Rush Judo | Jamie Holmes, TNJC |
| +90kg | Matthew Boyce, Melbourn | Beau Farrance, Tonbridge | Lewis Liney, Osaka |
