RENOWNED JUDO CLUB SET TO THROW PARTYEMMA JUDD
TOWNHILL REPORTER
09:00 - 29 September 2007
A Swansea sporting institution is celebrating its half-century this year.
Townhill's Samurai Judo Club is the oldest in Wales, and among the oldest in Britain. It has been a breeding ground for Olympic and European championship judo players.
Townhill's Samurai Judo Club is the oldest in Wales, and among the oldest in Britain. It has been a breeding ground for Olympic and European championship judo players.
The club's boss, Alan Petherbridge, says he has not planned any special celebrations as yet, but is hoping to mark the anniversary in some way.The club has an impressive list of former students.
The list also includes 16 British internationals, who have represented the country in such events as the World Championships, the Olympic Games, the European Championships and various international tournaments worldwide.
The Samurai is an internationally renowned club, having hosted events with world champions.
But in 2003 it looked as though the club would never reach its 50th birthday, when its former home, Swansea Leisure Centre, was shut down when it was discovered £14 million worth of repairs was needed.
But now the club has found a new home at Townhill's Gwent Boxing and Sporting Club, in Dyfed Avenue.
Mr Petherbridge said: "Our new home is actually better than the leisure centre because we have a space of our own and we don't have to keep putting the mats away after every session."
And he paid tribute to Swansea Council and Gwent Boxing and Sporting Club for the way in which they rallied to the cause after the closure of the leisure centre.
"When the leisure centre closed, we had just been awarded the title of centre of excellence by the British Judo Association - the only one in Wales."
But Terry Grey, from the boxing club, and Councillor Robert Francis-Davies have been brilliant, along with other council officers." FONTE: South Wales Evening Post - Swansea, Wales, UK
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