At the Southern Area Inter-County tournament on the 12th May 2024, George White, Graham White and Caleb Nichols represented the County of Hampshire along with competitors from the junior light weight, kyu grade and dan grade categories. George and Caleb’s category (junior heavy weight) won a bronze medal and Grahams category (Kyu grade) won a gold medal. Three other county’s competed at this tournament, these were Sussex, Surrey and Kent. The tournament was held in Gillingham, Kent.

Some of the weight classes were split via grades, for example dan grades who were in the same weight class as lower belts were placed in a separate class. It was a team effort meaning each player in their respective weight class would play someone of the same weight from the other counties, this meant that each representative had three matches unless there was an injury or other occurrence. Overall it was a fantastic experience attended by many high level competitors and I was amazed by the standard there, especially the level of respect the competitors there showed to each other even after being beaten.

Last Sunday we had 4 players entered into the Hampshire Championships, held in Aldershot.

Henry was first up, winning 2 of his 4 fights to win bronze in the u38kg. Next was big brother George , who went one better with a Silver medal in the u55kg.

Caleb put on a dominant display in the boys u66kg winning all his fights by ippon to claim his second county championship and Gold medal.

Finally, Graham White fought in the Men’s kyu grade u81kg. He produced 3 impressive wins before losing in the semi-final, to earn a well-deserved bronze in only his second ever competition.

On Saturday the 13th April 2024, Antony and Edward from the Winchester judo club both competed in the Holbrook easter competition. They both fought fantastically and both won bronze medals. Congratulations to Antony and Edward for their amazing performance at this competition.

On 23rd March 2024 George and Henry White, as well as their father Graham travelled via car to Bedminster in Bristol to compete in their annual judo championships. Henry won a gold medal and George won a silver medal. After three and two matches respectively. The reason for competing at this tournament was to practice for the Hampshires, which are in late April. The 3 hour road trip was full of anticipation for the next day as that was the 24th March the day they were competing, after the long car journey they arrived at a Premier inn, which was a pleasant and enjoyable experience, the venue that had been booked for the judo tournament was also very nice and well organised, which led to an amazing and unforgettable experience.

Above is an image of Henry getting a throw during his 1st match.

Above is an image of George getting a throw during his second match.