The International Judo Federation are initiating a special programme that will accellerate the training of referees for high performance level. This advanced program will allow the participants to go through the different levels of refereeing in order to obtain the licenses at a more accelerated pace.

British Judo President George Kerr has been requested to nominate one (1) top player who has an Olympic, World, Continental or IJF Grand Slam or Grand Prix medal to join the programme.

Any player with these credentials that is interested in being considered for the programme should submit their CV to Colin McIver, Sport Director at colin.mciver@britishjudo.org.uk.

The closing date for submissions is Friday 15^th July 2016.