UK to host European Judo Championships

Published on Tue Nov 23 15:43:44 GMT 2010

Britain is to host the European Judo Championships for visually-impaired athletes for the first time in West Sussex, it has been announced.

The 2011 International Blind Sports Association (IBSA) European Judo Championships will take place at the K2 centre in Crawley, West Sussex, from June 15-19, making it a key event for homegrown talent in the run-up to London 2012.

Esther Nicholls, event consultant for UK Sport, said: "The IBSA European Judo Championships will provide an invaluable opportunity for British players to experience international competition on home soil just before the 2012 Paralympic Games.

"The event also provides us with the opportunity to hone the skills of key officials and to train volunteers, which is vital for building capacity within the sport to host events in the future."

The British team won four medals last year to record its best results score at the Europeans.

British Judo events manager Emma Taylor said: "We have never run such a prestigious visually-impaired event before and we are excited to be involved and showcase the top visually-impaired judoka ahead of 2012."

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Judo: Aiming for London 2012

Judo: Aiming for London 2012
Published Date: 02 April 2009

AS a young woman Alex Farrington from Heysham had a fair amount of success as a judo competitor, winning medals as part of the North West Judo Squad.
A serious car accident halted her progress. She then suffered severe degeneration of her sight.

All this did not put her off and Alex is now making a comeback and has been selected as part of the squad training for the Judo Team to take part in the 2012 Paralympic Games.

In her first competition of the year Alex took part in the Samurai Open Championships at Kidderminster against fully sighted opponents. Judo is one of a very few sports in which visually-impaired competitors can compete on an equal footing against fully-sighted opponents.

Alex fared well against competitors much younger than herself but she left it late in the day to secure her bronze medal. In the last contest she had to win by Ippon (judo's equivalent to a knockout in boxing). The end of the fight was rapidly approaching when she produced a sacrifice throw to land for the victory.

Alex is currently training at the Kendal Dojo one of the North of England's premier judo clubs and regularly travels to Dartford to train with the National Paralympic Squad.

Last Updated: 02 April 2009 10:45 AM
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