British Judo 2011/12 Annual Report

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annual report • 2011/2012

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Contents

Company Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .02

Chairman’s Annual Review 2011/12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .03

Chief Executive’s Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .04

Financial Results 2011 - 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .05

Membership Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .08

High Performance Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .09

Development Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Technical Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Events Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Communications Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Commercial Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Commission Reports

British Schools Judo Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Inclusion Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Judo for Self-Defence Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Masters Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

National Kata Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

National Refereeing Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

National Technical Officials Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Promotions Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Affiliates

British Universities Judo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Police Sport UK Judo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Army Judo Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Royal Air Force Judo Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Royal Navy Judo Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Home Country Reports

JudoScotland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Northern Ireland Judo Federation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Welsh Judo Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Area Reports

Eastern Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

London Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Midland Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

North West Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Northern Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Northern Home Counties Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Southern Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Western Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Yorkshire and Humberside Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Appendices

Appendix 1 Club Membership Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Appendix 2 Mon Grade 1st to 9th Statistics Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Mon Grade 10th to 18th Statistics Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Kyu Grade Statistic Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Appendix 3 BJA Membership Statistics 2011/12 and 2010/11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54


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Company information

Chief Executive: Scott McCarthy

Business Address: Suite B, Technology Centre, Epinal Way, Loughborough . LE11 3GE

Tel: 01509 631 670

Fax: 01509 631 680

Email: bja@britishjudo .org .uk

Web: www .britishjudo .org .uk

Directors: Densign White, Chair

Brian Davies, Vice-Chair

Dave Clark

Eddie Awford

Mac Abbotts

Reuben Davison

Rowena Birch

Roy Inman

Ronnie Saez, Chair, JudoScotland

Keven Williams, Chair, Welsh Judo Association

Robbie Irwin, Chair, Northern Ireland Judo Federation

Malcolm Collins, British Schools Representative

Secretary: Scott McCarthy

Company Number: 1393958

Registered Office: West Walk Building, 110 Regent Road, Leicester . LE1 7LT

Auditors: Haysmacintyre Fairfax House, 15 Fulwood Place, LONDON . WC1V 6AY

President: Dr George Kerr, CBE

Vice-Presidents: Arthur B Tomkinson Colin Draycott Richard Barraclough Mick Leigh

Council Members: David Allen Chair, Western Area

Peter Blewett Chair, London Area

Marina Dain Chair, Midlands Area

Nick Fletcher Technical Director, Northern Home Counties

Denise Oates Chair, Eastern Area

Alan Rickard Southern Area Representative

Ronnie Scott Chair, Northern Area

Simon Smith North West Area Representative

Alan Stanbra Secretary, Yorkshire/Humberside Area

Bill Berry, MBE JudoScotland Representative

Darren Dean Technical Director, Welsh Judo Association

Robin Newett Honorary Treasurer, Northern Ireland Judo Federation

Malcolm Collins British Schools Representative

Matthew Clempner Police Sport UK

Samantha Smithson RAF Judo

John Thacker, Royal Navy Judo

Tony Sweeney Universities Judo


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High Performance

This reporting period for high performance started positively with two bronze medals in the Senior European Championships held in Istanbul, Turkey on 21/25 April 2011 . The successful medallists were Colin Oates -66kg and Sophie Cox -52kg . Other successes throughout the year were in the European Cadet Championships in Malta (June 2011), with a European gold medal winning performance from Jemima Yeats Brown -63kg and a silver medal for Max Stewart -73kg in the Junior European Championships in Lommel, Belgium on 15/19 September 2011) .

Unfortunately the results from our senior team athletes were too frequently inconsistent and the lack of any medal result in the Senior World Championships in Paris was the clearest indication that we were not on track to achieve our medal target for the London Olympic Games .

Although the timing was not ideal, the decision was taken to part company with the Performance Director, head coach and lead women’s coach . Daniel Lascau was appointed as Interim Performance Director to take the team through the Olympics and to give our athletes that cutting edge that they have been lacking for some time and to give us the best chance to win that elusive Olympic Judo medal for Team GB .

Domestic Matters

The focus of the British Judo Association staff and volunteers should always be to enhance the quality of the goods and services that we provide to our membership . Unfortunately, for the early part of this reporting year, we were distracted from that mission with employee complaints and disciplinary actions resulting in the departure from the organisation of some Head Office staff . The process of rebuilding the staff numbers and moral has begun and valuable lessons have been learned to ensure that this kind of risk to our business is minimised going forward . Two key appointments were made at Head Office, Andrew Scoular in a new post as Chief Operating Officer and Sally Hurman Executive Assistant to the CEO and Chair .

UKSport and Sport England are actively encouraging all sports to improve their governance . The BJA had certain areas at Board level that needed to improve quickly . These include fewer Board meetings, Board member appraisals, non-executive or independent Board appointments who by definition are non-Judo people that bring skills not already in the boardroom . The composition of our Board will change over time and we must also have smaller boards with one-quarter independents by 2014 and one-quarter female members by 2017 . We have already begun to make these changes and further change will follow subject to AGM approval of the necessary constitutional changes to our Memorandum and Articles .

GB World Cup

The GB World Cup in October 2011 was moved this year to the Liverpool Echo Arena . The venue was spectacular, located in the Dock Area and serviced by great hotels and restaurants . The event was well attended by the international community with 170 athletes from 33 countries . Sky TV broadcast the competition and the BJA had presold 1000 tickets . The star performance from a British team perspective was the gold medal won by Ashley McKenzie -60kg .

Volunteers Awards

The Volunteer Awards Dinner broke the previous year’s record with in excess of 300 people in attendance and more than 30 Awards at the impressive St Georges Great Hall in central Liverpool . Congratulations to all of those who received awards and we look forward to meeting some of you again at the 2012 event . Since there will be no GB World Cup in 2012 due to the Olympic Games in London obviously taking priority, we have decided to move the 2012 Awards Dinner to the same weekend as the AGM .

Olympic Test Event

The Olympic Test Event ran well in December 2011 at the ExCel’s Exhibition Centre . A small number of nations sent their athletes and the International Judo Federation Executive, including President, Marius Vizer, were in town to see for themselves firsthand how far along the planning and preparation for the Judo competition had progressed . They seemed to be very impressed, there were a couple of technical matters that needed to be improved, but that is what test events are for . I would like to personally convey my thanks and gratitude to our wonderful team of volunteers and the LOCOG team led by Lisa Allen tasked with making this the most successful Judo competition ever .

International Affairs

Internationally it has been an extremely busy time in my role as Head Sports Director for the EJU . Part of my responsibilities were to attend many events throughout the year including Olympic training camps, European Championships, Olympic qualification World Cups, referee and coaching seminars and Directing Committee meetings .

After ten years in the EJU I have had many wonderful experiences and had the good fortune to work with the most amazing and professional people . But all good things must come to an end and I have decided to resign from my post in November and not to run for another four year term .

Financial Stability and Growth

The financial results for the Association year end are disappointing when compared to the previous year . This year’s deficit is mostly attributable a very costly child protection case . However we are back on track to make another surplus in the next financial year which we need to do to build back our reserves and cash flow .

The Association continues to do well with membership numbers increasing and grading revenues improving . Going forward, the Association needs to be more innovative in the ways we generate income so that we can be more independent of the Sports Councils .

This is my last Chair report to you the members as you will be voting for a new chair this year . Holding this position for the past eleven years has been a great honour and privilege, and I want to take this opportunity to thank you all for the tremendous support that you have given to me and I hope that the next Chair will enjoy the same level of support .

Yours in Judo

Densign WhiteChairman

Chairman’s Annual ReviewApril 2011 to March 2012


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Chief Executive’s Statement

I am delighted to introduce the 2011/2012 Annual Report and I hope you will find this to be an interesting and informative read . This was again a successful 12 months for British Judo but we did have a number of challenging issues, as you would expect in a growing governing body of sport .

Our key objectives are growth and medals (at milestone events) and I am pleased to report that we delivered growth across the board and (shortly into the current year) two Olympic medals! The reason why I can mention the medals is that we did spend much of the reporting year preparing for the event – both the athletes and also all other elements to support the event like volunteers, ticketing and logistics . Ultimately it was a life changing event of great achievement and I hope that you all enjoyed the moments as I did .

We tackled a number of high level governance issues during the year and adopted the Sport and Recreation Alliance Code of Good Practice in a Sporting Body . This prompted a complete review of our operations and as a result we agreed to some significant changes to the Board structure . These will all be put forward to the 2012 AGM .

During the year we spent a significant amount of time delivering three major plans: the BJA Strategic Plan 2012-2020, the Sport England submission, and the UK Sport Performance Business Case . Our future and funding depends on the strength of these plans and we spent a fair few months on the strategic plan, involving numerous stakeholders throughout the process . The high level objectives of growth and medals are consistent throughout the plan and this is a strong statement of our intent . Simple but effective . Copies will be on the website and hard copies will be available at the AGM .

We continue to do the business as usual very well and our Membership and Events Teams have once again delivered at a very high level .

The Communications Team worked hard to deliver a new and improved website which will be shortly complemented by a new CRM system which will provide us with the opportunity to individually address the needs of our customers with specific offerings and solutions . We are very excited about the possibilities .

The BJA continues to work hard to ensure that our Home Country bodies are aligned with GB operations and we made great strides during the year on this front .

In summary, it was a challenging but successful year and I hope you will enjoy reading about the specific achievements in the individual report sections that follow .

There is much work to do, and I look forward to the continuing challenge .

Scott MccarthyChief Executive


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Financial Results 2011-2012

The Financial results for the year ended 31 March 2012 show a deficit of £121,507 which is not unexpected but disappointing nonetheless . The recent history of building up the reserves of the association to ensure financial stability has proven to be essential following a number of exceptional costs that have been met this year .

The level of funding of the Association beyond the current four year funding cycle and beyond by Sport England and UK Sport remains unclear, as does how the planned merger of these bodies will impact upon the BJA . As reported previously the total commitment made at the beginning of this cycle in April 2010 was £10 .2M from Sport England and £8 .95M from UK Sport for Olympic and Paralympic Judo . The figure from UK Sport had already been reduced slightly and during this year we agreed to de-commit £353,000 from the Sport England funding based upon previous year under spend and failing to hit our participation targets across the four year period . We continue to work hard with all stakeholders to justify the investment, illustrate economic value in Judo as well as showing productive specific results and to demonstrate strong and robust Financial procedures and policies to ensure the investment is worthwhile and that the BJA follows the highest standards in corporate governance .

A summary of the results in the Statutory Accounts is shown below:

2011-12 2010-11

£’000 £’000

Gross Income

BJA 6,089 6,157

British Judo Competition and Events 755 584

Total Income 6,844 6,741

Surplus/(Deficit) on Ordinary Activities

BJA -120 39

British Judo Competition and Events -2 29

Total Net Surplus -122 68

The consolidated results above as stated last year include an adjustment to our audited accounts to reflect the overall position correctly .

During the year we successfully hosted the Visually Impaired IBSA 2011 European Championships in Crawley and this is the main reason for the increase in income within the Events Company . This event was only made possible due to UK Sport Major Event Funding . Whilst we continue to host successful Judo events, the finances continue to be difficult and challenging and the BJA continues to underwrite most National and International events . The BJA will be bidding to host the European Judo Championships in 2015 again with support from UK Sport, without their support it would not be possible .

The deficit in the UK Sport funded Olympic and Paralympic programmes was circa £90,000 and it has been agreed this will be met from the subsequent year .

The intervention funding from Sport England specifically funds activity in the English Areas as outlined in our 2009-13 Strategic Plan . This includes the provision of Regional Technical and Development Officers, Coaching, Volunteer Support (Including Officials and Referees) Specific Targeted activity in London, Increased and Improved Club Marketing, Enjoy Judo Coaches and England Excel .

Total licence fees fell slightly from £746,999 to £737,225 and following the continued success of the Technical Grading Syllabus grading income rose by 9% an increase in financial terms of £16,077 from £177,643 to £193,720 . The base price of gradings was increased towards the end of this year, to allow greater rebates to be passed back to the areas . In light of this and their reserves below this should enable the areas to support the BJA objectives locally .

The objective for the coming year will be to make a surplus and hopefully to capitalise financially on London 2012 to ensure the BJA continues to be financially secure in the future .

Finally, in what will be my last Annual Report, I would like to thank all the staff and volunteers who have made my role easier over the last three years and Mr RJ Conroy and Mr M Waterhouse for their donations to the BJA this year as well as everyone who donates to the British Judo Trust . If you would like to commit to a regular monthly donation to the Trust please contact us .


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Financial Results 2011-2012 continued

Home Country Accounts

A table displaying a summary of the Home Country accounts for the year ended 31 December 2011 (Scotland and Northern Ireland) and the year ended 31 March 2011 (Wales) is shown below:

JuDO SCOTlANDNORTHERN IRElAND JuDO FEDERATION

WElSH JuDO ASSOCIATION

2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010

£ £ £ £ £ £

Profit And loss Account

Income 727,676 710,242 122,176 78,396 240,607 237,155

Expenditure 722,260 621,697 107,882 70,769 234,678 257,644

Surplus/Deficit 5,416 88,545 14,294 7,627 5,929 -20,489

Balance Sheet

Fixed Assets 12,959 5,111 3,684 4,204 390 159

Net Current Assets 241,193 243,625 89,886 74,891 15 .556 9,858

Reserves 254,152 248,736 93,570* 79,095 15,946 10,017

*The increase in reserves is greater than the surplus due to £181 capital being introduced . The Welsh Judo Association accounts for the year ended 31 March 2012 were not available at the date this report was produced .


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Financial Results 2011-2012 continued

Area Accounts

As can be seen in the table below the English Areas in total created a surplus of £22,669 compared to a deficit last year of £15,138 from net licence rebates received in the year of £109,842 an increase of £7,429 . In addition to this Areas also received grading rebates totalling £42,358 down from £39,720 in the prior year .

In accordance with the Articles of Association, Areas are formally recognised by the Board of Directors of the British Judo Association as geographical representatives and members of the Association and as such their reported financial position is disclosed in this report . The Areas financial year runs to 31 December 2011 excepting Southern Area, which ends 31 March 2012 and the Eastern Area, which ends 28 February 2012 . Below is a summary of the Areas’ income and expenditure accounts for the year and balance sheets at 31 December 2011 . (31 March 2012 Southern Area, 28 February 2012 Eastern Area) . The prior year results for the Eastern Area cover the 14 month period ended 28 February 2011 .

Rebates paid out in 2011/12 to the Areas were as follows:

£

As reported by English Areas above 101,842

Grading Rebates Adjustment (net)

Area Contributions to Commonwealth Tournament

-8000

Accounted by BJA during 11-12, paid by areas in 2012-13

Northern Area did not contribute

Remaining areas paid £1000 each

Total Charged to Income and Expenditure Account

93,842

Income and Expenditure Accounts to 31 December 2011

RevenueExpenditure

Surplus/(Deficit)Rebates Other

Area £ £ £ £

Western 9,739 18,742 -27,219 1,262

Southern 23,959 19,830 -35,458 8,331

Eastern 6,426 10,795 -21,293 -4,072

NHC as per their accounts 18,258 15,616 -28,083 3,623

-Reclassified as Grading Rebate -2,168

Midland as per their accounts 16,500 7,317 -21,394 -392


London as per their accounts 8,441 23,391 -25,016 9,812

-Reclassified as Grading Rebate 2,996

North West as per their accounts 8,414 30,664 -39,105 423

-Reclassified from other 450

Yorkshire & Humberside as per their accounts

6,988 9,659 -13,634 1,774


Northern as per their accounts 6,854 4,228 -8,214 1,908

-Reclassified as Grading Rebate -960

31-Dec-11 101,842 140,243 -219,416 22,669

31-Dec-10 95,127 125,643 -235,908 -15,138

Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2011 or as otherwise stated

Assets Reserves as at 31

December 2010

Cash Others Reserves

£ £ £ £ £

Area

Western 12,676 5,038 360 17,354 16,092

Southern (31 March 2012) 52,278 - 296 51,981 43,650 31-Mar-11

Eastern (28 February 2012) 9,052 - 714 8,338 12,410 28-Feb-11

NHC 35,216 - 2,032 33,184 29,561

Midland 77,033 8,025 6,013 79,045 79,437

London 16,422 111 360 16,173 6,361

North West 30,528 16,716 2,480 44,764 44,341

Yorkshire & Humberside 24,432 36 5,790 18,678 16,902 Restated

Northern 17,323 - - 17,323 15,416

274,960 30,630 18,045 286,840

31 December 2010 259,811 34,276 -29,916 264,171

The area accounts have not been subjected to audit by haysmacintyre .

Dave StrainFinancial Controller


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Membership Report

The Membership Department continues to be incredibly busy . Disappointingly, the number of individual licences being processed has fallen slightly by 526 to 30,699, however, the number of clubs rose by 5% to 908 from 868 . Club memberships may slip next year with the introduction of a more formal policy on satellite clubs . Clubs are warned that merging registrations has a knock-on effect limiting funding opportunities and reducing levels of free mat insurance .

Development initiatives continue to vary the membership offer, for example Adult Beginners Classes and Student Vouchers which adds complexity to the membership role .

Membership Team

Sadly, we lost Stefan Newbury to the role of Competition Development Officer and after five years Kylie Brown left to spend more time with her young family . Deborah Booth, Member Services Manager left the BJA for pastures new in December 2011 . Harriet Barham was promoted to Membership Team Leader and the Team was augmented with the appointment of Jacqui Thorpe and Matt Watkiss . Harriet continues to manage the club process, and Alex Rainforth leads on grading with support from Jacqui and Matt . In addition to her membership duties Sarah Gilbert has made an excellent job of bringing Dan Grade administration in house and I would like to thank Jim Somerville not only for making this transition so easy but also his hard work in the role of National Dan Grade Registrar for almost 20 years .

We continue to evaluate the offer to our members, promoting our Training Diaries and Team Card, all members now have a Team Card that replaced the ‘pink slip’ licence and we also rebranded the Record Book .

The Board agreed a number of changes to the licence terms in the year and licence holders are reminded they must renew their licence before it expires to avoid loss of continuous membership and to avoid any penalties at renewal .

David StrainFinancial Controller

*Memberships processed is different to the number of licence holders due to four months and two year memberships .

Total memberships processed 2008 to 2011

Mon Gradings Total +/-% Male +/-% Female +/-%

2006 - 2007 19,839 - 14,527 - 5312 -

2007 - 2008 20,449 3% 15,219 5% 5230 -2%

2008 - 2009 21,974 7% 16,335 7% 5639 7%

2009 - 2010 25,683 14% 19,510 16% 6,173 9%

2010 - 2011 26,909 5% 20,469 5% 6,440 4%

2011 - 2012 27,301 1% 20,849 2% 6,452 <1%

Kyu Gradings Total +/-% Male +/-% Female +/-%

2006 - 2007 1,845 - 1,568 - 277 -

2007 - 2008 2,020 9% 1,695 7% 325 15%

2008 - 2009 2,437 17% 1,999 15% 438 26%

2009 - 2010 2,921 17% 2,470 19% 451 3%

2010 - 2011 3,220 8% 2,679 8% 541 17%

2011 - 2012 3,558 10% 2,948 10% 610 13%

Total Kyu & Mon Total +/-% Male +/-% Female +/-%

2006 - 2007 21,684 - 16,095 - 5,589 -

2007 - 2008 22,469 3% 16,914 5% 5,555 -1%

2008 - 2009 24,411 8% 18,334 8% 6,077 9%

2009 - 2010 28,604 15% 21,980 17% 6,624 8%

2010 - 2011 30,129 5% 23,148 5% 6,981 5%

2011 - 2012 30,859 2% 23,797 3% 7,062 1%

Total grades processed (by scheme) -Apr 2008 to Mar 2012


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High Performance Report

Appointment of a new Performance Director:

On 3 October 2011 Daniel Lascau commenced in his role as BJA Performance Director . During the National training camp in Kendal that followed the GB World Cup, he presented his pathway, “10 Months to London”, to the Performance Directorate, National coaches and National team . The presentation was also made to the BJA Board of Directors and UK Sport .

Periodisation of Performance:

The periodisation for the 2012 Olympic Games was formulated in November 2011 and followed a programme based on Asian/European preparation and final preparation in consideration of the 14 Host Nation places . This was planned for the European Championships and using the experience, the same preparation was planned for the Olympic Games .

Senior National Squad:

The criteria for the Senior National Squad was re-evaluated . In order to identify the Olympic squad and to manage limited financial resources, a level of Top 100 on IJF World Ranking List (WRL) was required . In addition, the Squad was split in to athletes competing at World Cup level and athletes competing at Grand Prix/Grand Slam level . In January 2012 at the British Closed, the Olympic Squad was presented .

Paralympic Squad:

The Paralympic Performance Programme whilst being relatively small in player numbers continues to win medals at all milestone events . The integration of the Visually Impaired players in to the full BJPI Programme (two podium players, two development players) and the Judo Scotland Programme in Ratho (one podium player), has a significant impact on the player development, whilst maintaining the specific elements of VI Judo . The Paralympic Performance Coach continues to work closely with each member of the Paralympic Team to develop their technical and tactical prowess alongside bespoke strength and conditioning programmes and sports science, sports medicine support . The success of this approach is evidenced by the medals won at major events, the rapid development of the newer players to the programme and the performance environment, behaviours and winning culture instilled in the team .

At the start of 2011, Dave Sanders’ position of ‘Paralympic Programme Manager’ was changed to ‘Performance Programme Manager’, to maximise the resources across both Olympic and Paralympic programmes (whilst continuing to lead the Paralympic Programme) .

The BJA hosted two very successful events in 2011, the International VI training camp (BJPI, Dartford) and the VI European Championships (K2, Crawley) . Both events were considered the benchmark for future VI camps and major events . The VI Programme has identified six new VI development players over the last 12 months and each player is now supported within the BJA Performance System .

Key Performance Indicators:

In order to evaluate performance, different key performance indicators were requested from the athletes, after consulting UKS representatives . Weekly training documentation containing the number of hours spent for randori, technique training, strength and conditioning, other Judo relevant activities have been sent to the Performance Directorate . In addition to the training hours, the athletes report their weight twice per week and the number of ippon throws achieved in nage-komi each week .

Performance Analysis:

In co-operation with Nigel Donohue, the Performance Directorate offers to National athletes video records, analysis, comments and suggestions for improving their competition performance; personal and club coaches were involved in this process . For the Olympic Squad athletes and their coaches, Daniel Lascau and Nigel Donohue offered 1-2-1 analysis and feedback . Karen Roberts, BJA Performance Operations Manager provided essential support between the England Talent Development and High Performance .

Discipline Standards:

In order to fulfil the Performance programme, new discipline standards have been introduced and applied for all members of the National Squad, without exceptions . These standards have been extended to Juniors taking part in Senior events and all other BJA Performance Programmes .

Open National Squad Training:

Starting February 2011, Open National Squad Training was reintroduced . The format of these monthly Squad Training were using the weekend, from 7 .00 pm on Friday to 4 .00 pm on Sunday . During this weekend the aim was to complete a volume of 50 randori (x five minutes) . In terms of quality, the athletes target was to achieve one score per minute . The Squad training was open to all, with the top four Seniors and Junior Champions invited by the BJA . At a number of these sessions there was also attendance from a number of quality foreign athletes (at their own individual expense) .

Co-Operation with Home Countries:

In November 2011 the new Performance Director began a close co-operation with the Home Countries, visiting Scotland, providing a Judo seminar in Northern Ireland and beginning contact with the responsible person for Performance in Wales . Daniel Lascau, together with Karen Roberts, attended several England Talent Development squads, several England staff meetings and programme reviews, as well as personal coach workshops led by Performance Impact .

Training Centres:

The Performance Director is based in Dartford, where he familiarised himself with all programmes offered at the BJPI . After several constructive meetings with support staff, the preparation for London 2012 had been successfully concluded . In addition, similar meetings were held with the Performance staff responsible at other existing training centres (Ratho in Scotland, Bath and Camberley) and other established training environments with aspirations to becoming a BJA Training Centre (Walsall) . The driving force behind these centres are the highly motivated and dedicated coaches, Kate Howey, Darren Warner (BJPI), Billy Cusack, David Somerville (Ratho), Luke Preston (Camberley), and Jurgen Klinger (Bath) . I would like to make a special mention to the valuable technical assistance given by Go Tsunoda and Yuko Nakano .


2006 - 2007 19,839 - 14,527 - 5312 -

2007 - 2008 20,449 3% 15,219 5% 5230 -2%

2008 - 2009 21,974 7% 16,335 7% 5639 7%

2009 - 2010 25,683 14% 19,510 16% 6,173 9%

2010 - 2011 26,909 5% 20,469 5% 6,440 4%

2011 - 2012 27,301 1% 20,849 2% 6,452 <1%


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England ExCell:

Together with Matt Divall, England ExCell Co-ordinator, the new Performance Pathway was smoothly transferred to various England ExCell’s: Tonbridge, Redbridge, Walsall, Warrington and Comberton (England Squad Area Session) . The England ExCell programme is now fully integrated into the Performance Development, with the vision to use the ExCell as a valuable platform for providing the JudoPlus Blocks .

JudoPlus Blocks:

At a series of meetings and seminars held across the country and to different stakeholders, Daniel Lascau presented his JudoPlus Blocks . In a period of four years, every three months one JudoPlus Block will be delivered (four blocks per year) . The total of 16 blocks contains four blocks dedicated to grips, movement, posture and ashi-waza . The next four blocks focuses on te-waza, koshi-waza and sutemi-waza . After that, the following four blocks concentrate on developing ne-waza (osaekomi-waza, shime-waza and kansetsu-waza), including transition into ne-waza and standard groundwork situations . Finally, the remaining four blocks deal with different training forms (uchi-komi, nage-komi and randori), Judo specific strength and conditioning, Judo specific scientific support, refereeing and coaching, and Performance lifestyle .

Clubs:

In order to fully appreciate the British Judo tradition, experience, performance and results of the past, the Performance Director visited and met relevant Judoka from many of the leading clubs including the Budokwai, Pinewood, High Wycombe and Croydon Judo Club .

Universities:

Olympic Judo demands scientific support . Therefore the Performance Directorate reinforced the essential co-operation needed between the universities in Bath, Walsall and Anglia-Ruskin in Cambridge . Following productive discussions, projects have commenced (Anglia-Ruskin) and plans for future co-operation are now underway (Walsall) .

Seminars for High Performance Coaches:

To improve the skills of our High Performance coaches, the Performance Directorate organised performance specific seminars where former National Coaches with considerable knowledge and recorded results were invited to share their experiences .

Performance Development for Cadets and Juniors:

The AASE programme has been re evaluated and from three existing providers, a concept for a nationwide delivery programme is currently in development . The Performance Directorate continues to support the TASS scheme, adding new values to this development of young athletes .

Key Partners:

The Performance Directorate has worked extensively with all key partners and would like to take this opportunity to thank them all for their continued support . Our key partners include UK Sport, the British Olympic Association, British Paralympic Association, Home Country Sports Councils, Home Country Sports Institutes, Sports Aid Foundation, Advanced Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence, Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme, and Maximuscle .

English Institute of Sport (EIS) and Scottish Institute of Sport (SIS):

EIS has made a considerable contribution to increase the performance of our elite athletes, via the medical, psychological and Life Style support, delivered through highly competent staff . SIS established a successful co-operation in terms of blood tests, to measure lactate and other physiological measures . These tests were carried out during preparation and competition events .

Anti-doping:

Through several well-presented meetings, the Anti-Doping staff clarified and informed the athletes and coaches of the new regulations and the ADAMs on line athlete whereabouts system . All athletes and staff are 100% committed and prepared for all expected and un-expected anti-doping controls .

Nutrition:

Due to the specificity of weight control in Judo, a thorough review of the nutrition and hydration of athletes has been completed . The review concluded that a successful programme would require improvement in several areas . In addition a lactic buffering programme has been completed at BJPI, in order to add value to high performance results .

Into Sport:

Taking over an existing project, the Performance staff set about creating a common database for training records and competition documentation from Cadets to Seniors .

Performance Impact:

Daniel Lascau took the opportunity to meet and evaluate the expertise of Performance Impact in terms of Personal Coach workshops, England staff development workshops and individual 1-2-1 sessions . It is recommended that this concept be extended to include not only Performance Development (Cadets and Juniors) but also High Performance (Seniors) .

Judospace:

On the request of UKSport, the Performance Directorate asked Judospace for their expertise to track results from the current top eight of IJF WRL in relation to their performance/attendance at previous Olympic, World and Continental Championships at Senior and Junior Level . Judospace started in co-operation with Anglia-Ruskin University . a project to provide the results pathway and development of World Class athletes from Junior to the Senior Level from other nations compared to British athletes .


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Competition Results in the period 1st April 2011 – 31st March 2012

Senior World Championships (Paris, FRA): Colin Oates 5th, Karina Bryant 7th

Senior European Championships (Istanbul, TUR): Colin Oates Bronze, Sophie Cox Bronze

Master (Almaty, KAZ): Euan Burton Bronze, Karina Bryant 5th

Grand Slam 2011: (JPN) Karina Bryant 5th

Grand Slam 2012: (FRA) Colin Oates 5th, Sarah Adlington 5th, Karina Bryant 5th

Grand Prix 2011: (NED) Sophie Cox Bronze, Karina Bryant Bronze (CHN) Karina Bryant Bronze, Euan Burton 5th, Sarah Adlington 5th

Grand Prix 2012: (GER) Karina Bryant 5th, Sarah Adlington 5th

U23 European Championships (Tyumen, RUS): No top 8 placing

Junior World Championships (Cape Town, RSA): Hayley Willis Bronze, Ben Fletcher Bronze, Jemima Yeats-Brown 5th, Max Stewart 5th

Junior European Championships (Lommel, BEL): Max Stewart Silver

Cadet World Championships (Kiev, UKR): Jemima Yeats-Brown Bronze, Hayley Willis 5th, Jodie Myers 7th

EYOF (Trabzon, TUR): Samuel Hall Silver, Hayley Willis Bronze, Jemima Yeats-Brown 5th, Jodie Myers 5th, Prisca Awiti 7th

Cadet European Championships (Cottonera, MLT): Jemima Yeats-Brown Gold, Lucy Renshall Silver, Hayley Willis Bronze, Prisca Awiti 7th

Paralympic Events

Paralympic World Games (Antalya, TUR): Ben Quilter Gold, Lesley Reid Silver

Paralympic European Championships (Crawley, GBR): Ben Quilter Gold, Samuel Ingram Gold

During the period covered by the report, many other athletes have performed with distinction at every level of competition from cadet through to senior . It is not possible to name them all but we recognise and congratulate them on their achievements .

Cohesiveness: Daniel Lascau set as a priority for the Performance Directorate the task of unifying all areas and aspects that are likely to make an essential contribution, or provide invaluable input, toward achieving our medal goal at the Home Games .

Daniel lascauPerformance Director


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Development and Judo England Commission Report

This delivery year has seen successes across a lot of our programmes that have been developed through the 2009-13 funding cycle, as well as success for the England team at the Commonwealth Judo Championships hosted in Wales .

The Judo England Commission met three times during this period as well as feeding into the work of developing the Judo strategy 2012-2020 through a strategic consultation day and draft paper feedback . The Commission was supportive throughout the year in the direction of the work the Regional Officers were taking as well as support in the development of Area specific development plans . January 2012 saw the hosting of the Commonwealth Judo Championships in Wales and through the financial support of the English Areas and BJA a full complement team in Junior, Cadet and Senior competitions was entered . There were good performances throughout the team with England dominating the Championships:

Cadet 13 gold, 10 silver, 5 bronze (U70kg category not won by England)

Junior8 gold, 4 silver, 7 bronze

Senior 7 gold, 5 silver, 7 bronze (this included the two gold medals won in the Male and Female Open categories)

Total 28 gold, 19 silver and 19 bronze .

Special mention should be made of Philip Awiti-Alcaraz who won gold in the U100kg Junior, Bronze in U100kg Senior and gold in the Open Men’s category .

Through the work of the RDO’s we have seen great success in the increase of membership, grant aid direct to our clubs and growth within our initiatives through new members and successful retention of last year’s new members through these programmes .

Through successful applications and development planning over £80,000 was received directly to support our clubs in the delivery of Sport England’s Sportivate programme which is part of their Places, People, Play strategy . This programme is targeted to 14-25 year olds to access six-week courses in a range of sports . The programme is aimed at those who are not currently choosing to take part in sport in their own time, or are doing so for a very limited amount of time, and will support them to continue playing sport in their community after the six weeks is up . During the six weeks a participant may work towards an event or personal challenge . Sportivate is fully inclusive and targets participants across this group, including young people who have a disability, males and females and people from BME groups .

Other localised funding opportunities were successful in the support for coaching bursaries, minor capital developments and club development . Through the Lottery Small Grants Programme, designed to help more young people (aged 14+) and adults take and keep a sporting habit for life, just under £100,000 was secured for our clubs .

Clubmark

This year 22 new clubs were successful in achieving the Clubmark award, ten clubs successfully revalidated their Clubmark award and 28 new Schools 2Dojo links were created . The following clubs progressed onto achieving further Accreditation levels:

• Vale Judo club, Gold Award

• Harlow Judo club Gold Award

• Melbourne Judo club, Silver Award

• Newburn Judo club, Silver Award

All five Gold clubs (Clacton, Pinewood, Medway Park, Vale and Harlow) were nominated to be involved in an exciting new programme, Club Leaders Support . These clubs were selected in recognition of their achievements with the Clubmark programme and role they play in supporting the development of Judo in their Area . Club Leaders Support is part of the Olympic Legacy programme, Places People Play, and provides free training and support to those doing the day-to-day running of community sport, helping create a robust, economically sustainable and enterprising club network . It is hoped that all clubs will find the roll out of this programme in 2012/13 a huge benefit to their club .

We have currently 148 Bronze level clubs that are now kite marked as providing high quality, child friendly and safe coaching opportunities for young people in the community . This has resulted in a steady growth in membership at u16 level and the raised profile of new clubs locally .

Clubmark and Schools 2Dojo programmes have this year been through a review to look at the impact and growth being made by clubs who hold the award . The review will continue through the early part of 2012/13 taking in to account developments nationally through Sport England and KKP, who manage Clubmark, and their recommendations to the development of the scheme, support provision to clubs and benefits and values of having Clubmark .

Premier league 4 Sport update

We are now in the third year of the Premier League 4 Sport programme . At the beginning of the programme we worked alongside all of the 09/10 season Premier League Clubs and are now working with 15 of the current clubs .

The programme started in September 2009 (term 1) and since then and up to the end of December 2011 (term 7) Judo has ‘engaged’ 4190 participants through the programme . In addition to this we have retained 62 .5% and sustained 29 .4% of the participants . Retention is classed as a participant attending more than 5 sessions in 1 term and sustain is a participant attending more than 10 sessions over 2 terms . During the first term of this programme year (term 7) the programme has already hit 60% of its annual target .

The first two years saw large numbers of junior memberships being taken out through allocated funding, this year has proved more difficult as funding has been reduced which left a shortfall for licences plus the target age group for the programme was changed at the beginning of September, 2011, to 14+ years . So far this year we have had 139 licences taken up . Whilst this is a much smaller number than previous years, this year is the first year where the majority of participants are being asked to meet the cost of the membership themselves . The focus is to encourage the participants to gain promotion, enter competitions, become young officials, depending on which avenue they would like follow .

Many of the clubs which have been established from the beginning of the programme have become in their own right either a bona fide BJA club or a hub club where the retention is kept .

The PL4S programme has made a big impact to the exposure, opportunities and retention of young people in our sport . Whilst we are not gaining the number of memberships we did through the first two years of the programme we are continuing to receive some great publicity opportunities through the programme such as Sky Sports News and many local news programmes . Judo is continuously highlighted in match day programmes as well as on ‘Match of The day’ references .


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A proportion of this year’s funding has been allocated to workforce development with some clubs choosing to use this to run the TOCS programme . Newcastle United and Newburn Judo club were one of these clubs; they recently ran a course and had 14 young people completed the course .

The following also had been achieved:

• 5 disabled young people attending a coach/official qualification

• 120 young officials qualified

• 23 adults qualifying in coach / official roles.

university programme in 2011-2012

The 2011-2012 year has been an excellent year for Higher Education Judo . This year has seen the largest growth so far in the sector as a result of the Student Voucher Scheme with nearly 500 new players joining their university club through the programme . This programme has also led to the establishment of 16 new university Judo clubs and as a result growing capacity for the sport in the country .

The Regional Development Officers have also been working hard throughout the year to ensure greater links have been made with university staff and to promote the sport within universities to ensure the clubs continue to thrive .

The 2011-2012 year saw the introduction of a new £5 off programme which was aimed at the students that went through the Student Voucher Scheme in 2010-2011 . The offer gave these students £5 off their renewal membership to provide an incentive to carry on taking part in the sport . The scheme has been a real success with 22% of the 2010/11 Voucher scheme participants renewing their memberships and continuing to compete and grade with their university .

The competition infrastructure has also grown and developed over the last year with the continuation of competitions at Warwick University, Sheffield University and the London Universities Open . This year saw an addition to the calendar with Manchester running a successful tournament for the North-West . BUCS Championships was also well attended and what was pleasing to see at all the competitions was the wide variety of players on show . All the competitions excluding BUCS saw new 6th Kyu players competing, alongside the established Kyu grade and Dan grade players . As a result of the successful competitions, the BJA is now coordinating a University Competition Calendar with five established ‘National’ competitions . It will also work with universities that wish to stage ’Regional’ competitions to help them work with their fellow local universities .

london Intervention

The London development programme has continued to make great strides in the growth of Judo in the London area and capitalising over the year in the build up to the London Olympics and setting up legacy opportunities as well . Membership in this period has shown a significant increase of 12% pan London . Furthermore, the biggest increase in participation is seen in the target area of teenage/young adult years (13-25) .

Opportunities to secure grant aid to support our clubs and development programmes was very successful with over £94,000 of direct grants (not including coaching bursaries) from a combination of sources, including Sportivate, Mayors Fund, Balfour Beatty, Borough grants and Skills Active .

Additional support for coaching bursaries was secured and contributed to nearly 100 new coaches qualifying:

• 2 UKCC level 1 courses, with 23 Assistant Coaches

• 2 UKCC level 2 courses with 43 new Coaches

• 2 Instructors courses leading to 33 Instructors

Directly resulting from the newly qualified coaches we have eight new community clubs and five university clubs .

The development of strong partnerships has contributed significantly to the continued success of the London programme with excellent relationships with Sport England, Pro Active and Local Authority development staff as well as working with various agencies to support our aims . Results of these partnerships include:

• Creation of Pro-active/borough bi-annual reports. To inform our partners of our work if not integrated into the work areas already .

• Street Games

• Fighting Chance

• London Youth Games – over 70% of Local authorities entering a Judo team

The 2011-12 academic year welcomed five newly registered BJA university Judo clubs, each ready to support the BJA with developing the HE offer within each club respectively, as well as contributing to the overall development of university Judo across London .

Partnership agreements were arranged with our FE and HE partners, for the long-term growth and sustainability of the respective programmes . The following links were forged and yielded both in-kind and ‘cash’ support, by way of funding coaching fees and mat fees:

• University of East London - Newham College, New-Vic College, BSix College, Havering 6th Form College and Redbridge College;

• Brunel University – Stanmore College, Uxbridge College and College of North West London;

• University of West London – Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham College;

• Roehampton University – South Thames College

Further Education Judo prospered throughout the course of the 2011-12 academic year, with a growing number of FE colleges and sixth forms recognising the wider benefits of the sport, in contrast to more traditional sports and how a provision for Judo could easily be aligned with existing Curriculum and Enrichment programmes .

Throughout the course of the 2011-12 academic year, we have qualified four UKCC Level 1 and 2 Coaches and five BJA Instructors, all of whom are students and are directly involved with the delivery of Judo across both our FE and HE programmes . The London Senior Universities and Colleges Open Championships attracted 188 competitors in November 2011 and continue to grow at a rate of 40% year on year .


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Beginner Courses

The Beginners Course programme was designed and introduced in the latter part of this reporting period . The Beginners Courses are a national campaign encouraging people of all ages to take part in a specifically designed ten week course . Through marketing nationally and locally and with the support of the host clubs delivering a fun, enjoyable and inspiring sessions provides those attendees a great introduction to Judo . The early success of these courses has seen over 50% of those attending continue on at the club come the end of the course . This programme is set to increase in numbers through more clubs getting involved as well as build on the opportunities that will arise through the Olympic and Paralympics exposure .

Judofit was designed during this reporting period with the aim to expand our reach to other participation markets that have not or would not be taking the sport up in its traditional form . The programme was designed specifically with the target audience being that of studio based fitness class participants . To ensure that the final product would be welcomed and seen as a benefit to the health and leisure club operators as well as the instructors themselves the programme went through Skills Active endorsement to achieve educational standards required by REPs (Register of Exercise Professionals) This was achieved in October 2011 and the instructors course carries eight CPD points . The instructors for Judofit require industry recognised qualifications and that being Exercise to Music Level 2 .

JudoFit is a studio based exercise class performed to music, which has been developed using the core training principles of our sport . It mirrors the dynamics of the sport and requires a high level of physical strength and conditioning in order to be successful and offset fatigue . JudoFit encapsulates the free flowing movements patterns of the sport, with the routines and class programs designed to reflect the training techniques used throughout the sport from beginner to Olympic player . These programs have been specifically adapted, where necessary, to provide a new, high energy fitness class which aims to tone and strengthen the entire body, whilst being both fun and exciting .

Targeted towards both female and male participants who are used to physical exercise and a training environment, adults with a medium fitness level can easily be introduced to the techniques and routines . The strength and fitness demands of Judo have been taken into account and combined with the fitness goals of the wider exercise class audience during the development of the product . This has lead to the concept of a full-body, multi-directional exercise class designed to be different from anything else on the market in the industry .

Leisure management partners that we have started to work with are Freedom Leisure, SLM, Fusion Leisure and Active Nation . The aim going forward is to work in partnership with more Leisure and Health Club management companies as well as start to target the self employed personal trainer and group class instructors .

Partnerships

One of our main partners in supporting our development work around the country and who provide much support to our clubs, volunteers and coaches is County Sport Partnerships . Working closely with Sport England we looked to develop these partnerships further to gain the maximum support and opportunities for Judo as we can . From this we now have in place across all 49 partnerships a CSP Core Judo Specification Agreement with each one specific to the Judo needs to that geographical area . Early result from these agreements is success with Sportivate bids, support with promotion of our Beginners Course programme and localised Volunteer support and where feasible coach education CPD being developed .

During the 2011 – 12 period the British Judo Association, through its partnership working with Special Olympics GB, entered in to a Memorandum of Understanding; we were the first National Governing Body to do so and this will allow a stronger working partnership going forward in the development of Judo for people with special needs .

Other partnerships over the year have been formed to assist with our development aims and targets and one significant partnership which is developing on goingly is that with Fighting Chance . This programme seeks to significantly increase Judo participation in young people, to educate, motivate and inspire young people to greater levels of success in all aspects of their young life’s and reduce anti social behaviour and the fear of anti social behaviour in the community .

Each Fighting Chance project brings together the community Judo club with project funding and referral partners; SNT Police, local authority, social housing providers, for example, who identify and refer a total of 80 disadvantaged young people in to each course who:

• Engage in low level anti social behaviour

• Have low self confidence related to bullying or victim of crime

• Has been or is endanger of exclusion from education

• Shows a keen interest in attending the course

Early delivery of this programme has seen great successes with 110 young people engaging in the programme of which 64 continued post their ten week introduction to the sport .

Mark BeecherDevelopment Director

Brian DaviesChair, England Judo Commission


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Technical Report

British Judo is conscious of the importance of developing people within the sport especially the coaches, technical officials and volunteers who contribute to the technical development of the playing participants . The main aim of the Technical Team is to provide the best possible technical services for all and raise technical standards by improving the technical awareness and competence of everyone involved in the sport .

It is widely accepted that the outcomes associated with increased participation through recruitment, retention, club expansion and elite performance depend on technical leadership . The quality of technical programmes and the education and training of coaches and technical officials is considered to be vital to enable us to excel in these areas .

Judo is a highly technical sport requiring a broad range of techniques and skills . To a large degree, progress within the sport depends on the technical knowledge and technical standard of the participant . The technical capacity of the organisation will be reflected in standards of performance and we need to ensure that our technical programmes are sophisticated to provide a progressive pathway taking the players from beginner through to elite performance .

Implementation and delivery of BJA Technical Programmes with special emphasis of on the programmes and initiatives detailed in the BJA 2009 – 2013 Strategic Plan defines the priority work areas for the technical team . Technical staff priorities are as follows:

BJA Members: Delivering technical programmes to raise technical standards and improve personal proficiency and technical competence of individual members .

BJA Clubs: Working with targeted clubs to improve the quality and quantity of their coaching workforce and to increase their participation in the grading schemes and technical programmes .

BJA Areas: Working with the respective BJA Areas where appropriate to organise and deliver programmes and activities where they contribute to the attainment of the BJA’s Strategic Plan targets .

Education & Training: Deliver the education and training programmes and activities as required to increase the number and standard of qualified coaches, technical officials and volunteers .

Strategic Interventions: Deliver programmes/initiatives and activities as required to achieve Intervention targets .

BJA Commissions: Work with the volunteer workforce as required contributing to the delivery and implementation of projects and programmes developed by the BJA Commissions .

Technical Gradings: Participation in the technical grading schemes introduced a few years ago continues to increase . It is particularly pleasing to see the increase in the number of Kyu grades which indicates an increase in senior Judo participation . There is clear evidence that the grading schemes have had a significant impact on retention of members, contributing significantly to the increasing membership . There is no doubt about the success of the schemes . The Home Country Judo organisations have now all adopted the technical grading schemes and for the first time in many years, the same grading schemes are being delivered across the UK .


2006 - 2007 19,839 - 14,527 - 5312 -

2007 - 2008 20,449 3% 15,219 5% 5230 -2%

2008 - 2009 21,974 7% 16,335 7% 5639 7%

2009 - 2010 25,683 14% 19,510 16% 6,173 9%

2010 - 2011 26,909 5% 20,469 5% 6,440 4%

2011 - 2012 27,301 1% 20,849 2% 6,452 1%

Kyu Gradings Total +/-% Male +/-% Female +/-%

2006 - 2007 1,845 - 1,568 - 277 -

2007 - 2008 2,020 9% 1,695 7% 325 15%

2008 - 2009 2,437 17% 1,999 15% 438 26%

2009 - 2010 2,921 17% 2,470 19% 451 3%

2010 - 2011 3,220 8% 2,679 8% 541 17%

2011 - 2012 3,558 10% 2,948 10% 610 13%

Total Kyu & Mon Total +/-% Male +/-% Female +/-%

2006 - 2007 21,684 - 16,095 - 5,589 -

2007 - 2008 22,469 3% 16,914 5% 5,555 -1%

2008 - 2009 24,411 8% 18,334 8% 6,077 9%

2009 - 2010 28,604 15% 21,980 17% 6,624 8%

2010 - 2011 30,129 5% 23,148 5% 6,981 5%

2011 - 2012 30,859 2% 23,797 3% 7,062 1%

The tables below illustrate the participation in gradings since 2006-07 . (See the BJA Promotions Commission Report for more details on gradings .)


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Technical Report continued

Coach Education and Development

In growing the sport and improving technical standards, the quantity and quality of coaches and technical officials is an area in which we continue to focus our attention . We continue to seek improvement in coaching at all levels paying particular attention to the coaching at club level to ensure the sustainability of the sport .

Coaching is a critical element and quality coaching is essential to the delivery of the best possible “Judo experience” and the delivery of technical programmes . It is the most effective means of retaining players and we intend to ensure that all our players have access to high quality coaching supported by the best coach education and development system .

The introduction of more standardised coach education programmes over the last few years has resulted in a vast improvement in the quality of the coach education delivered by British Judo and work continues on these programmes to ensure that coaches continue to gain knowledge and skills that they can put to practical use . Priority is being given to improving the infrastructure required to sustain coach education to allow continued development and implementation of the coaching framework . The continued development and implementation of the UKCC coach education programme is being prioritised with current emphasis on developing UKCC Level 3 .

Work is well underway in developing a more focussed, award level-specific programmes of coach education, development and revalidation events that will better recruit, retrain, recognise and value coaches . British Judo’s coach development workforce works together to deliver and assess quality coach awards to the standards set by 1st4sport the awarding body for coach education .

The table below shows the current number of valid Coaches and Instructors at 31 March 2012 .

Year 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 +/-

BJA Instructor

355 394 +39

BJA Level 1 124 151 119 -32

BJA Level 2 1066 1278 1224 -54

BJA Level 3 453 405 470 +65

Total 1643 2189 2207 +18

BJA Instructor Award:

The Instructor Award continues to be a popular entry point to the coach education pathway . Feedback from tutors, clubs and participants has been extremely positive . The course is seen as good value for money and provides an excellent opportunity to learn about the ‘how to’ coach, while at the same time ensuring a strong focus on Judo technical development . Although the numbers have tapered off in terms of course attendance, this is still a well-supported award . It is likely that original high numbers taking this award was due to the backlog of potential coaches resistant to the change to the UKCC .

BJA Instructor Award Courses

Course Venue and Area Date Male Female Total

Derry, Northern Ireland May 2011 9 2 11

London May 2011 8 1 9

Newbury, NHC May 2011 15 3 18

York Railway Institute, York August 2011 13 6 19

Clacton-on-Sea, East September 2011 14 2 16

High Wycombe, NHC September 2011 20 3 23

RAF September 2011 5 1 6

Rochdale, North West October 2011 12 4 16

Gateshead, North East October 2011 9 4 13

Gillingham, South East November 2011 10 0 10

London November 2011 13 4 17

Aldershot, South November 2011 7 0 7

Bexhill, South December 2011 8 7 15

Norwich, East February 2012 11 0 11

Llanelli, Wales February 2012 11 4 15

Gosport, South February 2012 10 2 12

Newburn, North East March 2012 10 0 10

York Railway Institute, York March 2012 21 3 24

Total 18 206 46 252

UKCC/BJA Level 1:

UKCC Level 1 course have not been well attended in the period covered by the report . Even where candidates have attended the course, they often fail to complete portfolio tasks and the additional coach licensing elements (CRB Check, Safeguarding and Protecting Children and First Aid) required for BJA Level 1 Award . The Instructor Award, introduced by British Judo to deal with a gap in coach education has without doubt affected course attendance . Additional barriers seem to include the cost, paper work, commitment needed to complete the course requirements and that once qualified coaches can only take part of a Judo session under the direct supervision of the lead coach and are currently unable to grade players . Steps are being taken to address some of these factors .

UKCC Level 1 Courses


Kingsley Hall, London April 2011 9 3 12

SKK Judo Club, North West March 2012 0 9 9

Newham, London March 2012 13 3 15

Total 3 22 15 36


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UKCC/BJA Level 2:

The UKCC/BJA Level 2 Judo Coach Award is the most important coach award in British Judo as many of these coaches run the local school and club sessions . Coaches at this level are able to open and operate a club, grade their players and coach matside . Funding is more readily available for this level of coach award and often secured locally with help from regionally based British Judo staff .

UKCC Level 2 Courses


High Wycombe, NHC May 2011 12 2 14

York Railway Institute, Y&H (W&G)

May 2011 10 6 16

Kingsley Hall, London June 2011 14 1 15

Londonderry, Northern Ireland June 2011 13 1 14

Bath, South West September 2011 9 4 13

Aldershot, South (W&G) October 2011 3 2 5

Tynemouth, North East (W&G) December 2011 13 4 17

Anglia Ruskin, East (W&G) December 2011 8 2 10

Newham, London (W&G) January 2012 9 4 13

Total 9 91 26 117

UKCC/BJA Level 3:

Following the pilot course in 2010/11, our Level 3 Award was considered not to be of the required standard and was not re-endorsed by 1st4sport . Despite this lack of endorsement the coaches who participated in the pilot course were given the opportunity to complete the award . It then took considerable effort by our team of assessors to assess the candidates before the completion deadline . All candidates successfully completed their assessments with 17 of the 19 candidates successfully completing their portfolios in order to fulfil award requirements - the remaining two candidates were given the opportunity to complete their portfolios at a later date .

From January 2012 through to the deadline date of April 2012 for submission of a new UKCC Level 3 Award, the coaching department worked tirelessly to develop and ensure a quality product was delivered to 1st4sport for endorsement . Endorsement of UKCC Level 3 Judo Coach Award is expected in July 2012 . It is envisaged that the first fully endorsed Level 3 course, catering for maximum of 24 coaches, will commence in September 2012 .

CPD/Revalidation:

All British coaches are expected to attend at least one CPD/Revalidation event each year . These courses must be technically relevant to Judo and be a minimum of four hours long . The technical team have worked well with coach education over the last year to ensure to high quality Judo specific courses and that the course resource materials and delivery is of a high standard . All courses delivered by British Judo’s Technical Team require the course organiser to ensure they provide the opportunity for all coaches in attendance to feedback . Feedback is collated and sent to a central location for monitoring and evaluation . If appropriate, resources and course content may be adjusted with respect to feedback .

National Coaching Commission/National Source Group:

The National Coaching Commission which incorporates the National Source Group meets quarterly to discuss coaching issues and develop/improve coaching programmes . Over the past few months the main focus of their work has been on developing a new coach education and revalidation programme . The new programme has had Board approval and we will begin to roll it out during 2012 .

Workforce Development/Partnerships:

Workforce development and CPD opportunities are provided for the coaching workforce development team allowing them to participate in providing feedback on coaching courses, course material, course attendees’ needs and course venues . It also provides a positive supportive environment to receive up to date sportscoachUK/1st4sport developments . These workshops are important to the on-going development of the coach education system .

British Judo’s coach education staff, continue to liaise and work directly with 1st4sport and sportscoachUK to develop, monitor and evaluate our coach education structures/courses and delivers . We are extremely grateful for the support that they provide to assist us in updating and improving our coach education programme .


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Technical Officials and Volunteer Development

Officiating:

The quality of our technical officials is vital in ensuring standards and we continue the development and implementation our current Technical Officials’ programmes, adapting the programmes to reflect the changing needs of our sport, while ensuring we meet our obligations with regards to equality . Our aim is to develop clear pathways, standardised programmes, provide high quality courses and ensure that equal access to the BJA’s Technical Officiating Programmes is available across the whole of the UK . During this reporting period the National Technical Official’s Commission agreed to create and implement a ‘National Events Calling Rota’ to ensure that all Technical Officials of an appropriate level had equal opportunities to volunteer at national events . The rota worked well in 2011/12 and has been carried forward into 2012/13 . All Officials of Contest Recorder level and above being given the opportunity to put themselves forward to work at next year’s events . This was done alongside a data capture exercise, designed to ensure that we have accurate information on all of our Technical Officials, over 100 individuals returned their data capture paperwork and a significant number of membership records were updated as a result of this .

After a successful pilot phase in 2010, TOCS was reviewed, enhanced and finalised . Two tutor training days were conducted; one for the London area, which is now self-sufficient, and one for BJA Development Officers who will be using TOCS to support their wider work programmes . The finished product was launched nationally in October 2011 with three deliveries taking place between October 2011 and March 2012 . The programme has proved to be a hit with learners, with its learner centred, hands-on approach resulting in high pass marks [Ø 85%] and TOCS who are able to put their skills into practice in the competition environment . Throughout 2011/12 young volunteers trained through the TOCS programme have been seen at a range of National events, including the National A Band Championships and British Schools Championships .

The Timekeeper programme has been reviewed and finalised, the finished product was approved by the National Technical Officials Commission in March 2012 and is now ready to be delivered Nationally, while a first draft on the Contest Recorder Tutor notes has been created and circulated for review .

Award level 31st March 2011 1st April 2012 Difference

TOCS 52 82 30

Timekeeper 116 178 62

Contest Recorder 40 63 23

Senior Recorder 36 42 6

Competition Controller 37 40 3

Total 281 405 124

Refereeing:

A proposal for changes to the Refereeing programmes was put forward to the National Refereeing Commission in March 2012 . Future meetings have been planned to discuss the proposal and look at how the Refereeing programme can be enhanced .

Award level 31 March 2011 1 April 2012 Difference

ROCS 140 148 8

Foundation/Area 74 81 7

BJA C 76 65 -11

BJA B/National/IJF 90 98 8

Total 380 392 12

London 2012 Young Games Maker Programme:

In 2010, Home Country Team Managers were asked to nominate players who have shown outstanding commitment and progression, with the potential to become future Olympians, to volunteer to become athlete escorts at the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games . 130 nominations were received in 2010 and in 2011, 68 Home Country squad players were selected to be a part of the programme . During this reporting year, 16 attended the Olympic Judo test event as Young Games Makers, while 58 of the original 68 selected are still on course to volunteer at either the Olympic or Paralympic Games .

Volunteer Recognition:

The BJA annual Volunteers Awards nomination process opened in April 2011 with 71 nominations being submitted . Of these 15 were selected to be honoured at the 2011 Awards Dinner . The Awards Dinner proved to be an enjoyable event with 277 Judoka and their guests in attendance .


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BJA Strategic Plan: Intervention # 6 – Widening the Market:

The BJA’s membership statistics clearly show that the BJA has a high turnover of participants . This has obvious effects on growth and the poor retention rate is seen as the major obstacle to increasing participation . The Widening the Market Intervention seeks to address this through the provision of a wide range of activities targeted at existing participants in all age groups but with additional emphasis on the important 14-19 and 20-29 age ranges .

Key Initiative 1 - Player Development and

Recreational Activities:

Too encourage continued adult participation in Judo, numerous workshop and activities have been organised and delivered by the Technical Team . These workshops are aimed at providing opportunities for members to develop their personal proficiency in aspects of the sport that they enjoy and wish to progress . The Master Classes, delivered by guest coaches and technical officers, have proved to be popular and generally draw a good attendance . The Kata and technical Dan grading workshops are more specialised and attract smaller numbers . They are however well received by those attending .

Key Initiative 2: “Shape Up” for Success in Judo:

As part of the “Shape Up” for Success programme we have recently introduced a ‘Judo Fitness Award’ for Coaches and Instructors . This award contains six modules which can either be done as part of the award or one off modules . The main aim of this award is to educate Instructors in various components required by the Judo players ie Strength and Conditioning; Flexibility; Speed, Quickness and Agility, Gymnastics for Judo; Agility for Judo; and JudoFit etc . The first pilot course of Judo Fitness Award 1 was delivered at St Albans’ Judo Club in March 2012 . Initial feedback has been that the course content and delivery is of a high standard .

Key Initiative 3: Youth Development:

British Judo is offering the following opportunities to encourage the continued participation and development of young people in the sport . The ‘Preparation for Performance’ sessions targeting youths graded 6th Mon and above, are being delivered in eight regions in England . Attendance between at sessions varies between 20 – 79 youth participants and 8 – 10 Coaches per session . The programme is supported by resource DVDs for the coaches and players who attend . The BJA Technical Officers continue to support ExCell sessions in their specific regions .

Competition Development:

British Judo has an established competition programme which provides competitive opportunities for all ages and standards; it is however an area that would benefit from considerable development . Since the introduction of technical gradings there has been a need to develop a complimentary competition pathway which will provide competitive opportunities at all levels but particularly at the lower levels .

More ‘developmental’ competitions and localised club and inter-club competitions, which replaces the competitive element removed from gradings and provides appropriate level of competitive opportunities for the younger and less experienced players, is an essential requirement . A well-structured pathway can assist in the development of Technical Officials and young volunteers through the provision of a training ground for entry level events where they can practice and gain experience without undue pressure .

To facilitate the development of a more structured completion pathway, a new position of Competition Development Officer (CDO) has been established within the Technical Directorate . The main role of the CDO is to implement the Association’s Competition Review findings . Other roles include the updating and publishing of guidelines for running tournaments; identifying the competition need in each area and increasing the number and quality of these competitions at a local level; the control and planning of the competition calendar; the creation, development and maintenance of a central database of competition results .

Tournament Handbook version 8 has been drafted and is out for consultation; a new competition framework and pathway is incorporated in the Tournament Handbook . Full results from every tournament are now being received at Head Office for future analysis . Cadet, Junior and Senior ranking systems redeveloped in conjunction with performance . Calendar planning schedule compiled and distributed to tournament organisers on a monthly basis .

Tournament licences Issued

2010-2011 2011-2012

Army 2 1

Eastern 14 13

London 7 5

Midlands 28 31

Northern 6 2

Northern Home Counties

24 25

Northern Ireland 7 8

North West 13 16

Police Sport UK 1 1

R .A .F . 1 1

Royal Navy 1 1

Scotland 17 24

Southern 28 26

Wales 7 12

Western 17 22

Yorkshire and Humberside

14 11

Area Total 187 119

National 13 10

Area/National Total 200 209


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Key Initiative 3: Women and Girls in Judo:

Work continues to promote and support women and girls’ participation in the sport through the organisation of a range of activities aimed specifically at the female participant . There was good attendance at this year’s Women and Girls Conference with over 40 in attendance . Support was provided to 30 female coaches to improve their coaching qualification, including financial support and through the provision of female only coach award course . Women and girls only national/club sessions have been organised and delivered with support from female role models; these have not been as successful as we would have liked as attendance has been poor for some sessions . Our Women and Girl’s Facebook is now live - this is currently used to post events, advertise good news stories, and provide a medium for women and girls in Judo to communicate .

Key Initiative 5: Inclusion (Disability Judo):

Over the last year we have organised and delivered courses for Coaches/Instructors working with visually impaired players and players with special needs across the English Areas according to the demand . We are currently looking at how we can enhance the scope of the training that we can offer coaches and work is currently going on to produce a disability Judo specific workshop which will help coaches deal with all types of disability . We continue to support the BJA Inclusion Commission through the provision of support for their activities, competition and squad programmes .

Key Initiative 6: Resources:

Resources to support the above programmes have been professionally produced . Filming took place between March 2011 and June 2011 and is now being packaged to support various technical initiatives . We are currently negotiating with various companies regarding the development of an on-line education and training platform for the delivery of technical content and resources . Work on developing the technical content will commence in 2012 and we aim to launch the platform early 2013 .

2011 Annual Technical Congress:

Due to a lack of applications for the 2011 Technical Congress, we had to cancel the event . Although disappointing, this was no great surprise as over the last few years the number of delegates attending has been reducing year-on-year and we are looking to use a different format for the Technical Congress and AGM in future . One possibility is to hold the Annual Volunteer Award Dinner following the AGM and hold a separate Technical Congress .

At short notice, a meeting of Area Representatives was convened to start the process of mapping out the general strategic direction that the Association would take over the next few years . Also at short noticed, Daniel Lascau, who had been recently appointed as BJA Performance Director in the lead up to the 2012 Olympic Games, gave a presentation on his plans for the preparation of the Olympic Team and his initial thoughts on the steps that had to be taken by the BJA to put in place a system that would allow British players to consistently excel at the highest competitive levels in the future .

British Judo - Strategic Plan 2012 -2020:

Towards the end of the period covered by this report, work began on the development of the British Judo’s Strategic Plan for the period 2012 -2020 . It is vital that the development and transmission of technical knowledge and skills and the education and training of those responsible for this essential feature be given a high priority over the period of the Strategic Plan . The main aim of the technical section of the report is “To raise technical standards of participants through the provision of quality technical programmes, appropriate grading schemes, structured competitive opportunities delivered by a technically competent, highly trained workforce .”

Acknowledgement and Appreciation:

The support that we receive from Sport England and our other partners allows us to deliver an extensive range of technical programmes and provide a wide variety of support and other services for our Coaches, Instructors, players and volunteers . This support is gratefully acknowledged and much appreciated . Everything we achieve within the technical area is the result of team work and I would like to acknowledge and sincerely thank and all those involved; the BJA Commissions, staff, Coaches, Instructors, volunteers and others who have made such valuable contribution .

Colin MciverTechnical Director


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Events Report

2011 London British Open: The 2011 London British Open took place at K2, Crawley, Sussex on 14/15 May 2011 . The event returned for its fifth year to the K2 venue . Relationships with the K2 venue grow and the event runs better and better as improvements are made from year to year . The London British Open was once again a European Judo Union Senior European Cup and is an important part of the European Judo Union’s structure of events . This level of event can be used to build experience and as a spring board to the next level of competition such as World Cups and Grand Prix events . The event this year saw 438 competitors from 25 different countries take part including Canada, Russia, Latvia, Ghana, Georgia and Slovenia . The event continues to be an established annual event and its reputation continues to grow .

2011 National Teams by Area:

The 2011 National Team Championships for Areas was held on Saturday, 9 July at EIS, Sheffield . The event had sections for junior and senior teams . In the junior men’s section there were nine teams and in the junior women’s section there were eight . In the senior sections there were ten men’s and six women’s teams respectively . The winning areas were, Junior Men: Midlands, Junior Women: London, Senior Men: Scotland and Senior Women: Midlands . The National Team Championships will continue to grow and strengthen over the coming years .

GB World Cup:

The GB World Cup took place on 1/2 October 2011 at the Echo Arena Liverpool . This year it was a Men’s event attracting a total 198 Judoka from 23 different countries . The British squad fielded a 24 strong team for the event . For the 2011 event, the Liverpool venue was a new location and provided a great setting . There is no GB World Cup in 2012 due to the London 2012 Olympic Games, however, the event is planned to return to the UK in 2013 .

British Championships:

The British Championships took place on 15/16 October 2011 at iceSheffield . The venue again continues to suit our large event and the relationships with the Sheffield team go from strength to strength . For the seventh successive year the event has successfully transformed an ice arena into a Judo competition area . The 2011 event was again an open entry as no Area Trials were used as the qualification method . The sections of the event included, Pre Cadet Boys and Girls, Cadet Boys and Girls and Junior Men and Women . A total of 705 competitors competed in three different age groups over two days of fantastic competition .

IBSA Judo European Championships:

The IBSA Judo European Championships were held at K2, Crawley between 18 – 20 November 2011 . British Judo won the right to host the event after bidding to IBSA Judo . The event was supported by UK Sport . The event also held sight classification tests on behalf of ISBA Judo in preparation for the 2012 London Paralympics . The event attracted 53 female and 87 male competitors from 20 countries including Great Britain, Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Ukraine and France . GB entered a six strong team and won two gold medals . The event was a great success and ISBA Judo were extremely pleased with the competition .

2012 Senior and Junior British Closed:

The Senior British Closed event is used to determine the Senior British squad for the forthcoming year . The top eight players from the BJA 2011 ranking list qualified to compete in the 2012 Senior British Closed . These individuals were contacted immediately after the last qualification event advising them that they have qualified a place at this event . Judoka could also apply for a wildcard place for the event by making an application via the Performance Directorate . The event was held on Sunday, 22 January 2012 at EIS, Sheffield and had 108 Judokas competing . The Junior event was also held at EIS, Sheffield on Saturday, 21 January 2012 and 197 Judoka took part . Similar to the Senior Closed, the Junior Closed gives Judoka the chance to compete for a place on the British Junior squad although this is was an open entry for anyone with British Nationality .

2012 British Schools Judo Championships:

The 2012 British Schools Championships event was held at iceSheffield on Saturday, 10 March 2012 . The event was once again fully subscribed with 450 competitors and due to this the entry process had to be closed prior to the closing deadline and a reserve list was put into place . The event was represented by 323 different schools from throughout the UK .

2012 English Junior and Senior Open:

The English Senior Open was organised by the BJA in 2011 and the Juniors’ section joined the event for 2012 also being organised by the BJA Events Team . The event took place on Sunday, 11 March at iceSheffield . The event was a points scoring National ranking event where entrants can pick up points for the 2013 British Squad Trials . The Junior section had 198 Judoka and the senior section had 181 players .

James SillsEvents Manager


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Communications Report

Overview

2011/12 was a challenging year with changes in staff leaving the department stretched at a key time in the build-up to London 2012 . Staff stepped up to cover the roles ensuring that the Association continued to provide an excellent communications service in the six-month period until the employment of a new Communications Manager . The team should be commended for their work in this period which included managing media coverage during the overhaul of the British Judo Performance Directorate .

General Media Relations

The department has ensured that regular communication has been taking place with key media throughout the year, including activity from our high-performance athletes through to clubs .

We have introduced a regular media opportunity as part of the Open National Squad Training (ONST) sessions which allows media to access the entire squad on a monthly basis, film their training and undertake interviews . This has been warmly received by National media and due to the fact the ONST sessions take place throughout the country, it has provided a unique opportunity for regional media to get involved .

We have continued with more generic PR activity has included dealing with day-to-day media enquiries, providing story ideas regarding BJA programmes and promoting success stories on an International, National, regional and local stage . This has included PR items such as an opportunistic piece with MUTV and Manchester United defender Chris Smalling .

The frequency and intensity of PR and media relations has increased in the build-up to London 2012 .

Marketing

The Communications department manages all BJA marketing, communications and brand management, implementing and executing the communications plan . Whilst a number of specific campaigns have been executed, little had previously existed to promote the wider portfolio of Judo offers . In January, we introduced the promotion of the ‘free first lesson’ available at BJA clubs, using it as a hook throughout promotional materials and channels . With the number of events increasing in the build-up to London 2012, we also introduced promotional materials which highlight the range of Judo offers available to people of all ages and abilities, along with some of the benefits .

We have also instigated a review of the BJA membership system and started the development of a new system to allow us to communicate with our members and potential members more effectively in the coming months and years .

Website

The BJA website is a vital tool for the Association with in excess of 60,000 visits per month in 2011/12 . The site is also ranking highly on Google acting as the main marketing touch point for those outside the Association . An initial review of the British Judo website was instigated in January with a view to making the site a more proactive tool for promoting the sport and our clubs as well as providing a service for our members .

Social Media

British Judo’s social media channels have gone from strength-to-strength rising to over 5,000 followers on Twitter and a similar number on Facebook at the end of the year . The quality of the content on both of these channels has been exceptional and has significantly boosted engagement with our audience .

Matside/Koka Kids

October 2011 saw big changes to the publication received by the membership with the introduction of Koka Kids magazine, distributed to all of our junior membership . Koka Kids creator, Nicola Fairbrother, also took over as Editor of Matside magazine . These changes have ensured that we’re sending quality, targeted publications to our membership .

Regional Club News

British Judo’s regional and club news service has continued to deliver results with stories about British Judo’s clubs being promoted through the association’s and regional channels .

London 2012

With London 2012 less than a year away, many enquiries are making their way to the media team . We have been working with partners to plan events, access and ways in which to manage the demand for our athletes and sport and maximise the promotional opportunities moving forwards .

Chris WisemanCommunications Manager


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Commercial Report

The last year has seen a number of changes to the Commercial Department of British Judo, starting with the resignation of Emma Davis-Carolan, Commercial and Merchandising Manager in the New Year . Danielle Willett filled Emma’s shoes for the next six months and has just recently moved to a new position in design .

Even with these changes there have been significant strides within the Department to try to make this more diverse and profitable . It has been important to develop a service that supports our clubs and coaches, as well as being efficient and cost effective, offering the best prices for our members as well as reinvesting any income generated back into the sport .

The JudoStore online shop has proved successful and orders have increased mainly due to the flexibility of payment using credit cards as well as prompt delivery of orders .

We are looking to establish a relationship with a major brand to supply our Judo suits and a new marketing and promotion to our clubs and coaches will shortly be rolled out and will hopefully be beneficial to the clubs and members alike .

As the sole suppliers of Aggrolex mats in the UK, we have managed to provide top quality mats at a reasonable cost to clubs and other institutions to ensure that we have high quality equipment around the country . We are currently in negotiation with an agency to help sell mats to schools and local authorities which will help in the sale of one of our best selling products . We have also reduced the amount of stock we hold so that we can order and ship directly without holding a large stock tying up BJA cash as well as paying for storage .

Our total sales for the year were £305,000 with a gross profit of £143,000 which is good but we could be better with a more focussed and proactive sales strategy .

Commercial Partnerships

We have currently been finalising the development of a full commercial strategy with a large agency who will identify potential commercial clients that British Judo may be able to approach for some funding/sponsorship for the organisation . This has been funded by a £28,000 grant from Sport England and will provide valuable information and support to the BJA .

In addition, following the success of the Olympic and Paralympic squads, we have seen a rise in interest in the sport and hope fully we can capitalise on this in the not too distant future .

We have also been very successful in gaining partnership support for some of our major events from Glasgow City Council and Event Scotland who will be supporting the BJA to deliver the World Cups and bid for the European championships in 2015 .

Advertising

This has been very challenging especially for Matside, and we continue to work hard to develop new advertisers . We have constructed a new rate card and have been more proactive in trying to gain more advertising sales . We have recently been in negotiations with an advertising agency which may help get additional advertising so Matside can be far more cost effective in the future . Matside itself is becoming very expensive due to postage and printing costs and we will be looking at new opportunities to improve the service and reduce the costs . Areas under discussion are that one or two copies per annum are an online version which would much more interactive and have video as well as having the ability to be larger and more community focussed .

British Judo Trust

Following the registration of this charity in 2007, the main emphasis has been to continually promote the Trust and focus the grant process on individuals from deprived backgrounds . This has been actioned through various news stories distributed via the website, magazine and e-newsletters . A great emphasis has also been placed on creating a calendar of fundraising events .

Various events, including those lead by the BJA and May Madness, saw five clubs raise over £5000 . May Madness was operated this year as one of the Trust’s fundraising opportunities, income levels were approximately £1500, a good level in the current economic climate .

Trustees meet on a regular basis and introduce new methods to raise the profile of the Trust and to also promote its aims and objectives . This has included regular inserts in the Matside magazine and regular direct mail campaigns, including rubber wristbands introduced as a small promotional item .

Andrew ScoularChief Operating Officer


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Commission ReportsBritish Schools Judo Commission

Malcolm Collins Chair

Ken Webber

Sue Collins

Bill Webb

Neil Eckersley

Andrew Wilesmith

Bob Challis

The British Schools Championship, which was held at Sheffield on Saturday, 26 March 2011, was a very successful event with another full capacity of 450 competitors . The standard of Judo was excellent with some very exciting techniques performed on the day . This is the second year that we have had a restriction on the grades of competitors . The entries for this particular championship has now escalated to such an extent that we seriously need to increase the number of mats to accommodate the amount of entries that were unable to participate due to the surge of competitors who were very quick applying for places in the early stages of the entry forms being released . It was a record entry with the applications being full within the first six weeks of the application appearing on the British Judo Association’s website .

I would like to congratulate the British Judo Association Competition Team, together with the competition controllers, referees, table officials, first aid, Board and Commission members, who helped with the medal ceremonies and not forgetting the Judo Coaches, who make this event possible, by supporting the British Schools National Championship . You all did your job superbly, for which I thank you .

The competition ran quite smoothly and not much out of the allocated time scale . There were only a few injuries, which goes to prove that the correct decision was made in placing the restriction for the minimum grade of orange belt .

It is the Commission’s intention to look further at improving and continuing to make the British Schools National Judo Championship, a pupil/student friendly event, with the emphasis being on safety, developing and retaining talented Judoka .

We will also be looking at grade; related to maturity of the educational key stages, for which we have already had a preliminary meeting with other British Judo Association’s Commissions that have the same concepts of how we should move forward with a collective strategy . This we believe will help to establish a more realistic balance between grade and maturity of players, plus will help the sport of Judo to link Judo into the education system .

Development:

Early in the year the British Schools Commission held a workshop day, in which we looked at possibilities of increasing the participation in Judo, at grassroots level . Projects we are working on and hope to implement over this coming next 12 months include:

• Teachers’ Judo Award

• Ranking system for junior competitors

• Safe and fair environment for Judo competitions

• Schools National Kata Competition

• Schools National Special Needs Competition

• Schools Inter-County Competition

• Pupils/Students involvement in Judo competitions, officiating and volunteering

The Commission is committed to working to increase the participation of Judo at grassroots level, however, it is also aware that there has to be a progressive system for those Judoka who are capable and wish to achieve their potential at a higher level of Judo . Therefore it is the Commission’s aim to provide a ‘fair and safe’ pathway for all young Judoka taking part in British Judo .

Commission Members:

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the loyal members of the British Schools Commission, namely Ken Webber, Sue Collins, Bill Webb, Neil Eckersley, Andrew Wilesmith and Bob Challis, for all the hard work, dedication and generous support they have given the commission over this last year . “You have done us proud” .

Malcolm Collins Chair, British Schools Commission


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Commission ReportsInclusion Commission

Dave Clark Chairman

Ron Cleere Refereeing

Ken Thorn Coaching and Competitions

Duncan Hewitson Coaching and Competitions

Ian Rose Visually Impaired

Jean Cleere Officials

Suzi Kirkpatrick Home Country Representative/Coaching

John Dearden Promotions

Jo Imry Coaching

The Commission continues to work diligently to ensure Judo is and remains an inclusive sport to all players irrespective of their ability, in line with the aspirations set out in the 2009 to 2013 Equality Action Plan .

Funding through the Sport England Intervention “Widening the Market” has continued to assist us in delivering coach education courses across the Home Countries . There is a need though to ensure wider participation at these events and I know that both Ian Rose and Ron Cleere are working with Area Development Officers to maximise the number of coaches attending future workshops .

Competitions:

The competition programme has again been busy at home as well as on the international scene . On 9 April 2011 the Special Needs Great Britain Junior Team of nine players and two coaching staff, travelled to Holland to take part in the Beverwijk G-Judo Championships . This competition is the largest in Europe for players with special needs, providing a competition pathway for those with cerebral palsy, Down’s syndrome, autism, Asperger’s, dyspraxia, as well as those with varying degrees of learning and behavioural problems . Categories for this event are made up according to age, weight and levels of skill . The competition hosted 366 competitors from 15 countries and 47 Judo clubs and our nine strong team of players did their coaches (Suzi Kirkpatrick and Simon Williams) proud by taking four gold, three silver and two bronze medals against some very stiff opposition . Head Coach Suzi said of the team “Simon and I were extremely proud of the attitude and determination of every one of the team, they displayed the true spirit of Judo throughout the day and secured some impressive results .

For some of the squad, it was their first time representing GB and competing abroad . Well done to everyone involved with the support and organisation of the trip, it was extremely successful and motivating for everyone involved, especially the players .

Later in the year the Senior Team managed by Ken Thorn attended the Verray Sen Shu International Tournament in Holland . This competition attracted strong teams from Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Finland and Holland, who use this as a ranking event . Again Great Britain players achieved some credible results taking gold and silver medals . The highlight of the tournament was a seven man team event held at the end of the individual competition . There were four teams in the event, two from Holland one from Great Britain and one comprising the best players from the other countries . Great Britain’s first match was against the Dutch “first team” a very strong and skilful team, but six and a half minutes later the Dutch were beaten 6-1 . The GB team then faced the remaining teams with the same result 6-1, 6-1 . GB’s impressive display of Judo enabled them to take first place . The GB team comprised of Alexander Ferrier, Cameron Black, John Kane, Christopher Murphy, David Woodland, Richard Cook and Andrew Smith .

With reference to my briefing of last year, I am very pleased to be able to report that the first British Open Event for players with Special Needs took place as scheduled on 27 August at Inverclyde National Sports Centre, Larges, situated on the beautiful west coast of Scotland . Attracting 90 players from the home countries and a large contingent of 19 players from Holland (four girls and 15 men) the competition was a resounding success . One of the highlights must be the players being marched into the event at the beginning of the day by a Highland Bagpiper . I would, on behalf of the Commission, like to express my thanks to all of the volunteers who helped make this event a resounding success and personally thank Judo Scotland, Suzi Kirkpatrick and Jean Cleere for their tremendous efforts .


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Commission ReportsInclusion Commission Continued

Special Awards:

Congratulations go to Richard Cooke from Scotland on receiving the SN Player of the Year Award .

On the 19 November 2011 at the Shenshu G-Judo Championships in Venray, Holland, Ron Cleere was made an Honorary (Dutch) National G-Judo Referee in recognition of his contribution to refereeing over many years and for his work over many years in attending events in Holland and mentoring new referees .

In March 2012, Stokenchurch Judo Club member, Sean McKellar, coached by Ron Cleere, travelled to Beverwijk in Holland to compete in the 14th Beverwijk G-Judo Championships . Sean, who has represented Great Britain on numerous occasions and who has attended many international events was rewarded for his efforts when, at this event, he was awarded the prestigious Jan Dunmeijer Judoka of the Year Award, an award that has been presented annually by the Dutch Judo Association . This award is presented by the Chair of the Special Needs Committee of the Dutch Judo Association who, with the Special Needs coaches, select a nominee . The criteria they use require that the Judoka must have been practicing the sport of Judo for ten years or more; has been a competition champion more than once, is meritorious for the Special Needs Judo and is a positive example for others . This is a significant achievement for Sean as it is the first year that the award has been presented to someone from outside of Holland . The award was presented to Sean by the Chair of the Inclusion Committee of the Dutch Judo Federation .

Promotions:

To ensure that senior players with a minimum grade of 1st Kyu, who compete for Great Britain, have the same opportunities as mainstream international players, we have worked with Roy Inman and David Horton-Jones (Promotions Commission) and Karen Roberts (High Performance) to ensure parity within the Dan Grading scheme . The system we have introduced means that senior players of 1st Kyu or above, can now benefit from their wins at “selected” international events so long as the players they have beaten, are the same grade or higher (minimum 1st Kyu) . Points gained will be accumulated and recorded to ensure timely progression through the competitive Dan Grading scheme .

We have also just started working with David Horton-Jones on the production of a grading syllabus in Braille . This syllabus will assist players with a visual impairment in their progression through the Grading scheme . We hope to have a first draft available early next year .

The Commission continues to work with the BJA’s Regional Technical and Development Officers and numerous partners, to ensure opportunities of participation, in there widest sense, continue to be made available . Working with British Schools Judo Commission, for example, we are looking to bring onto the competition calendar a SN British Championships for school children . This is an exciting endeavour, which will ensure school children across the home countries have an opportunity to represent not only themselves but their school at a major tournament .

Dave ClarkChairman, Inclusion Commission


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Commission ReportsJudo for Self-Defence Commission

Dave Clark Chairman

Eddie Awford Vice-Chairman

Andy Moss BJA Head of Corporate Training

Matt Clempner

Dave Edmonds

Jim McKenzie

Rob Murly

Ray Sheerin

Terry Watt

Self-defence within the British Judo Association has historically been based on the Go-shin-jutsu (self-defence techniques) Kata . The 21 techniques from this Kata were first publicised on behalf of the BJA by John Cornish back in 1984 . However 25 or so years, on self-defence in its much wider sense; personal safety, security and conflict management training, is now recognised as a complex area of service provision, requiring personal accreditation and regulation . Consequently as the market for conflict management becomes more controlled there is an opportunity for organisations that have quality training systems such as the BJA to expand .

To enable the Board of Directors to understand the potential of self-defence within both the British Judo Association and also the wider business environment as a commercial enterprise, a feasibility study was requested to be undertaken . The Terms of Reference for the study included, market opportunities, National accreditation framework, self-defence within schools, ongoing professional development and delivering industry qualifications . This study demonstrated to the Board that a BJA self-defence programme has significant potential to become a source of new revenue for the Association . Also that it aligns with the values and business objectives of the BJA and is of strategic significance and as such can assists in delivering Sport England interventions, attracting funds from within Sport England budgets .

In December 2010 the Board agreed to resurrect the Self-Defence Commission . Following an advertisement for expressions of interest, 30 applications were received and seven members of the Association were asked to join the Commission . These members include recognised experts in public health (Bob Murly), the Armed Services (Jim McKenzie) and self-defence, personal safety and control and restraint (Matt Clempner) .

The Commission had its inaugural meeting on 24 September 2011 when it agreed the primary categories of delivery: personal awareness, personal security, safety and self-defence . Each of these categories would eventually need to be underpinned by legal, statutory and certification standards . There would therefore need to be a dedicated officer within the BJA primarily responsible for scoping, designing and delivering this complex corporate programme . It was also recognise that the key objectives for this initiative must include a way to improve the profile of self-defence within the BJA and broaden the offer that self-defence has within the sport, to enable wider participation and to create additional income for the association . Apart from focusing on the commercial benefits of self-defence, the Commission has also been working on designing a self-defence syllabus for BJA members . Once it is finalised it will encompass original techniques covered by the Go-shin-jutsu (self-defence techniques), but also techniques covering control and restraint, enabling members to have a set of transferrable skills that can be used in the commercial market place, maximising their opportunities to deliver in the commercial market place .

Moving the Commission forward there is an emerging complex agenda but with the support of a dedicated “Corporate Training Manager” there is the potential to create a business enterprise that will provide a variety of work streams but also much need income for the association through the creation of a corporate training division .

I would like to thank the support provided to me by each member of the Commission, who has worked tirelessly over the last year on a wide and varied self-defence programme of work . It I clear that without the expertise each of them bring to the commission, it would not be possible to deliver the agenda . I would also like to thank the Home Country Chairmen for their support, each of whom has responded positively to the programme . The English Area Chairpersons have also supported the programme and offered support through Self-defence Area reps . Finally I would like to thank Sally Hurman for providing much needed administrative support .

Dave ClarkChairman, Self-Defence Commission


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Commission ReportsMasters Commission

Rowena Birch Chair

Terry Watt

Mandy Humphrey

Jim McQuade

Stan Cantrill

Barry James

Associates from the IJF Masters Commission:

Colin Draycott

Joyce Malley

Terry Watt

BJA staff support:

Chris Doherty

Masters Events – Home and Abroad

This year, the British Masters was held at Walsall . There was a large number of participants and it was a well run event . Many of the officials and competitors commented on how much they loved this event – good Judo and a great atmosphere of comradeship .

Many of our Masters players continue to travel abroad to enjoy international events, with much success . At the European Masters Championships in Austria, Tom Moyse brought home yet another gold medal . At the Grand Masters World Championships in Germany, Britain’s Masters players secured nine medals to finish sixth in the medal table out of forty-four countries . The women led the way as all eight Judoka in action returned with a medal, a tremendous feat against the top Masters in the world . Gold medals went to Dianne White, Dawn Netherwood, Sarah Hopkins and Kay Andrews . Joyce Malley, Sian Carr and Kate Chamberlain took silver . Bronze was claimed by Lydia Ritchie . For the men Terry Watt claimed a bronze medal while Ian Evans, Christopher Andrews and Stan Cantrill achieved respectable fifth place finishes . Robert Smith and Duncan Campbell took seventh .

Masters Player of the Year 2011

At the BJA Annual Awards Dinner in the Autumn, Tommy Moyse from South Shields was presented with Masters Player of the Year in recognition of his outstanding competitive record including 21 World medals, 11 of which were gold .

Masters training sessions

• The first GB Masters, two Dojo training session were held just before Christmas, attracting players from across the country . Guest coaches were World bronze medallist, Steve Gawthorpe, five times European medallist, Chloe Cowen and Commonwealth Champion and current National Coach for England, Jamie Johnson . Following the Judo, participants visited the second dojo (a local restaurant) . Further Masters two Dojo training sessions were planned on a quarterly basis .

• Regular, well established Masters training sessions continued to run throughout the year in Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland . A GB Masters Kendal camp has been planned for June 2012 .

Improving communication and media coverage

• Discussions have taken place with the BJA to ensure that Masters’ needs are considered and included as the new BJA website is developed .

• Discussions with the editor of Matside were held to increase the space allocated to articles of particular interest to Masters players . Post Olympics 2012, there is the possibility of a full page being allocated to Masters Judo in each edition . The Commission welcomes suggestions and contributions in this area .

Work to ensure the quality of Masters Events

• Agreement has been gained to include in the updated BJA Competition Handbook, guidance for organising a Masters event (‘Key Success Factors for Organising a Masters Event’) . These guidelines were put together a couple of years back following consultation both at home and internationally, but are yet to be fully utilised by event organisers . It is hoped that this action will help rectify this, and assist people wanting to run a quality Masters event .

• Masters’ concerns and viewpoints were represented prior to the Masters Commonwealth Championship (in relation to high entry fee, high cost of hotels, levy for not using official hotel and some organisational issues), in the form of a letter from the Commission and personal communication with the organisers . This action resulted in lower cost hotels being sourced and the levy reduced . Written guidelines for running a successful Masters event were also bought to the attention of the organisers, but on the whole these were not followed .

• Work with the IJF to establish Sport and Organisational Rules for Grand Masters has continued .

• Work with IJF and Judo organisations with the aim to ensure that the International Masters calendar is well co-ordinated has continued .

• Work with BJA staff to ensure the British Masters Calendar is well co-ordinated is ongoing .

Going forward

With over 6000 of our members (including Home Countries) in the Masters age bracket, this is a very important part of our membership . Many of these people play crucial multiple roles including coaching, officiating, refereeing, and have a depth of experience of great value to our Association . Our Masters sector also includes many lower grades, reasonably new to the sport, who do not necessarily compete . It is important we continue to carefully consider the needs of this part of our membership, provide opportunities for them to develop and enjoy Judo, and respect the value they add .

Rowena BirchMasters Commission Chair


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Commission ReportsNational Kata Commission

Commission Members:

Eddie Awford Chairman

Dennis Penfold Kata Judge Trainer

Tina Penfold Kata Judge Trainer

Bob Thomas JudoScotland Kata Advisor

Duncan Kinnear Kata Registrar

Once again this year I have to report that the interest, development and practice of Kata continues to grow throughout the IJF and EJU Federations which is clearly demonstrated by the increase in the number of competitors attending both World and European Kata Championships .

In the competitive arena during this past twelve months, we have seen our youngest National Kata Team members Helen and Kathryn Cartwright grow in stature as they participated in a number of prestigious Kata events . At the IJF World Kata Championships in Frankfurt, Germany held on 14/15 June 2011 together with fellow members of the National Kata Team Alex Reid and Paul Laverty (Nage no Kata) they met with fierce competition but nevertheless acquitted themselves very well coming 12/14 in their category . Then followed their attendance at the British Open Kata Championships which this year took place at Kendal Judo Centre and where the girls took the Gold Medal in Ju no Kata for the third year running . They then on October 26 and 27 participated in the EJU European Kata Championships held in Prague, Czech Republic and although facing stiff opposition they gave a creditable performance and came 8/12 in the Ju no Kata section .

Continuing to work hard at their performance they travelled to Italy to compete in an International Kata Grand Prix held in Giaveno on 29 January 2012 where they took fourth place missing out by just seven points among a formidable field of some 24 pairs . Their coach Tina Penfold commented that they have both worked extremely hard during the past year and are constantly improving and she is looking forward to them taking a medal at international level sometime in the near future .

An important part of our Federation attending World and European Kata events is that we also provide judges and we are fortunate and proud to have two IJF/EJU ‘A’ licence classification Kata judges in Dennis Penfold and Tina Penfold . The training of potential judges is a priority for the Kata Commission and I am pleased to report that we are making some progress in that respect given the stiff criteria required . Sean Nuttall from the BJA Northwest Area attended an EJU Kata Judges seminar and examination held in Brussels, Belgium 17/18 February 2012 where he qualified as a EJU Kata Judge in Nage no Kata . He is to be congratulated on his achievement as he is the first newly qualified European Judge in a good number of years .

This year the BJA National Kata Championships were hosted by the BJA Northwest Area and took place at Kendal Judo Centre on Sunday 18 September 2011 . The entries were down due to lateness in organising this event however we were made very welcome and treated to superb hospitality by the members of the Northwest Area Committee and Kendal Judo Centre . Unfortunately there were no continental entries either this year but the entries we did have put on a good show and the quality standard was maintained .

The BJA National Kata Commission continues to work hard in organising and providing instructional courses in various Kata’s and has made available 16 Kata courses during the past twelve months spread across the whole of the UK and at which 220 Judoka participated and received training . All of the courses are registered Coach Education Licensed events and the number of Judoka attending continues to increase with many of them being coaches . Therefore it is anticipated that by their attendance at these specialist courses coaches will become more familiar and competent to deliver Kata training .

The BJA National Kata Commission works hard to encourage, provide and endorse all Kata activities within the BJA and so to our dedicated workforce of Commission Members, Kata Coaches and Kata Examiners I offer my most heartfelt thanks .

Eddie AwfordChairman, BJA Nation Kata Commission


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Commission ReportsNational Technical Officials Commission

Commission ReportsNational Refereeing Commission

Reuben Davison Chair

Elaine Down NRC Secretary, Examination Co-ordinator

Alan Medley Coaching and Training, Minutes Secretary

lan lingham Senior and Junior Referees Co-ordinator

Neil lawcock International Referees Co-ordinator

I have been Chairman of the refereeing commission for almost 10 years and I think it is now time to stand down and hopefully let someone with new ideas take over the role . This will be my last report as Chairman, and I would like to take this opportunity to thank the members of the commission . It has been an honour and a privilege to have headed a Commission with such dedicated members who have all worked tirelessly for the development and improvement of refereeing in our Association . With their help my role as Chairman has been made much easier than I could have wished . I will sorely miss working with them and wish them all the very best for the future . I would also like to thank all referees, table officials and staff members for their loyal support during my time as Chairman .

Development:

In order to improve their skill levels, several trips into Europe have been organised, in liaison with Trevor Sitlinton, for the small development group of referees accompanied by a Senior Referee as Mentor . The performance of all of them is improving as a result and in particular Archi Shrimpton and Lisa Harrison show great promise . Lisa has already been accepted on the Continental Referees Training Programme with a view to preparing her for the Continental Examination .

July 2011 was one of the highlights of the year with Andy Tremlett achieving his Continental Refereeing Award in Turkey . Andy has been mentored through the Continental Training Programme which continues to produce a successful candidate each year .

One week later Keith Merrick passed his International examination in Madagascar . Keith has developed very quickly since his promotion to Continental level in 2004 and is now a First Class International referee . He has also been very supportive to the NRC and is always willing to pass on his expertise to other referees .

Our congratulations to them both .

We are also delighted that two of our most recently qualified Continental referees, David McSkimming and Helen Davies have adjusted to International Competition levels and are now consistently achieving ‘B’ Classification at EJU Competitions .

We are proud of Elaine Down who has established herself as a quality International referee over several years and is maintaining an ‘A’ Classification from the EJU . This is reflected in her selection for the Paris Grand Slam competition and for the EC Individuals and Teams competition in Russia in April 2012 .

Our major disappointment this year was the news that no BJA referee had been selected for the 2012 London Olympics . However, we are delighted that Dave Stanley has been selected to officiate at the Paralympics . Dave has made a big contribution over many years to refereeing Visually Impaired Judo Players and fully deserves this recognition of his abilities .

National ‘A’ Exams:

We received seven applicants for the 2011 National Referees Training programme and examination; six were successful and we offer congratulations to Mark Maslan, Trevor Collins, William Taggart, John Wightman, Mark Waterhouse and Steve Baker and on their promotion .

National Refereeing Seminar:

The 2011 National Seminar was held in Daventry in July and was well attended . Our Guest Presenter was EJU Commissioner Daniel Lascu and he was very well received by the delegates . Peter Crumpton and Keith Merrick gave a very competent practical presentation of technical issues and answered searching questions from the floor .

Commonwealth Games:

The Judo Commonwealth Games were organised by the Welsh Judo Association and took place in Cardiff in January this year in the unusual but dramatic setting of the Millennium Theatre stage . The majority of the referees were from the BJA and the Referees in Charge were Neil Lawcock (BJA National Referees Commission) and David Brown (IJF Commission Member) .

Reuben DavisonChair, National Refereeing Commission

Mac Abbotts Chair

Roy luff

Dawn Byrne

Elaine Parkinson

Marcia Mullens

I would like to thank all Commission members for the hard work they have done over the last 12 months to improve the standards of Technical Officials in the BJA . During the year they have held a number of meetings .

Working with the BJA Volunteers Development Manager at Head Office the Commission has been working on producing new examination papers for Timekeeper/Scorer (which has now been implemented) and Recorders paper (which should be implemented in the next three months) .

With the help of a sub-Committee the Commission has been working with Stefan Newbury to produce the long awaited Competitions Handbook . We have worked through the first draft and are now waiting for the revised draft copy to study .

Two members of the Commission went across to Northern Ireland at the request of Ricky Sloane, BJA Board member and Chair of Northern Ireland Judo Federation, to run training courses for Timekeeper/Scorers/Competition Recorder/Senior Recorder . This was a very successful weekend resulting in Northern Ireland having 14 new officials, eight Timekeeper/Scorers, two Competition Recorders and four Senior Recorders from which Andrea Bingham has been included onto the PCC programme .

The following BJA members achieved their Competition Controller Awards in the last year: Sharon Kerr, NHC and Andy Scott Western Area . Members on the PCC programme are Stefan Newbury, Midlands Area and Nicky Sexton, Southern Area .

Mac AbbottsChair, National Technical Officials Commission


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Commission ReportsPromotions Commission

Roy Inman, OBE, 8th Dan, Chair

Dave Horton-Jones National Director of Examiners

All Area Director of Examiners

All Affiliate Organisations

Jim Somerville National Dan Grade Registrar (to 1 .4 .12)

Sarah Gilbert National Dan Grade Administrator (from 1 .4 .11)

I would like to thank all Area Committees, Area Director of Examiners and members of the Commission for their continued and valued contribution to the BJA . They are a vital part of the grading strategy as they have the opportunity to formally pass on the opinions of their Area membership and also feedback to the Areas, grading plans and proposals . Staff in the BJA Head Office have also provided a fantastic service in registering all Mon and Kyu promotions, sending certificates and belts out to Judoka promptly . Dave Horton-Jones continues as the main point of contact on a day to day basis for technical advice on all grading matters and promotions and Sarah Gilbert is responsible for Dan grading administration . The BJA Technical Officers have contributed greatly, providing Judoka with technical assistance, advice and provision of courses in their Areas in order to improve technical knowledge and understanding all waza in the grading syllabuses . The Technical Officers now organise at least one technical Dan grading course in their area each year . I would also like to thank High Wycombe Judo Centre for providing facilities to hold the National Dan Gradings workshops and conferences throughout the year .

The year started with the successful relocation of all Dan grade administration into the BJA office . This task was carried out seamless mainly due to Jim Somerville’s previous work, his meticulous attention to detail and accurate record keeping, enabling Sarah Gilbert to immediately provide the service earlier carried out by Jim . Jim continued in a support role for the 12 months and now acts as advisor to the Commission . The Commission has produced a new Dan Grade Certificate that is suitable for portfolio purposes, but we are now producing a far superior certificate for display and presentations .

Annual Senior Examiners’ Conference:

A National Senior Examiners Conference’s took place at High Wycombe on 18 March 2012 . This was attended by 85 delegates; in order to disseminate the information throughout the UK, a regional conference will take place in the Southern Area and support has been to other Areas holding SE conferences, including the provision of a National power-point presentation to ensure standardisation of information . Coaches are invited to these conferences as they are now the major workforce in the grading scheme . The conference was opened by Commission Chair, Roy Inman started with BJA Chair, Densign White, conducting an extremely useful open forum on BJA activities . This year the conference continued with a mixture of mat-based presentations and workshops by Roy Inman and Dave Horton-Jones in order to continue the development of our workforce, establish that all delegates were fully understanding of previous changes and also to obtain feedback on future planned grading initiatives The revalidation of all SEs is now carried out every three years and all current examiners have received the new SE badge, record card, certificate and photo identification card . All SEs who continue to be active will revalidate in April 2014 . Those who are not revalidated will have their qualification set aside until they are able to ratify their activity by a recommendation from their Area Director of Examiners .

Mon and Kyu Gradings Scheme:

The gradings schemes have now become firmly established within the BJA . Participation is continuing to increase and they will continue in their current format for the foreseeable future . All clubs have now received a set of six colour posters displaying the required waza for promotion . In 2012 Judo Scotland adopted the BJA Mon and Kyu Grading schemes and in March Dave Horton-Jones led a course in Edinburgh to assist in the transition to the BJA scheme . Now, for the first time in BJA history, all Home Countries are following identical Grading pathways . It is vital that all coaches understand that promotions must only be one grade at a time, notwithstanding the limited fast track available, so as to encourage regular progression and recognition of greater knowledge at each stage . A breakdown of all Mon and Kyu promotions is provided elsewhere in the BJA Annual Report .

Competitive Dan Gradings:

The BJA continue to provide five National Dan gradings each year at High Wycombe, that are extremely well attended with over 80 Judoka each time . The main organiser and point of contact is NHC, Area Director of Examiners, Kim Tilley . Two of these gradings are specifically aimed at supporting Ladies and Youths grading opportunities and these are now also held annually in the Midlands and Yorkshire . Areas continue to hold competitive Dan gradings, sometimes in conjunction with other events such as Technical gradings, Kyu and Mon competitions and randori sessions, providing a complete day of Judo . A complete breakdown of promotions to and within the Dan grades is provided in the NDE report but overall there were 508 promotions in comparison with 497 in the previous year .

Technical Dan Gradings:

National Technical Dan grading preparation and examination weekends are now firmly established, the delivery of these weekend courses are held monthly in various locations throughout the UK .

High Grade Promotions:

There were six high grade promotions to 6th Dan; Congratulations to these six Judoka who have contributed greatly to British Judo and on achieving this outstanding standard . A presentation followed by a questions and answers session, was carried out by Dave Horton-Jones at the National SE conference on the pathway to the high grades and all grading documentation is on the BJA website .

The BJA grading scheme and infrastructure has been working well due to the hard work of staff and volunteer coaches . The schemes have contributed to raising the skills and technical knowledge of our membership . A full review of our grading schemes was started in 2012 with findings to be published in the next report .

I look forward to your continued support .

Roy Inman, OBE, 8th DanChair, Promotions Commission


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Commission ReportsPromotions Commission Continued

National Dan Gradings

A total of 155 (163) Dan Grade promotion forms from 74 (72) gradings was received in 2011 (last year’s figures are in the brackets) . Please note these figures show the members attending gradings, not necessarily being promoted .

Men 1Kyu 1Dan 2Dan 3Dan 4Dan Total

2007 935 279 137 50 21 1422

2008 939 167 71 24 10 1211

2009 881 218 55 12 2 1168

2010 819 215 87 32 10 1163

2011 867 173 80 38 18 1176

Women 1Kyu 1Dan 2Dan 3Dan 4Dan Total

2007 211 32 7 1 4 255

2008 223 22 4 0 0 249

2009 183 33 9 0 0 225

2010 173 40 20 3 0 236

2011 137 39 7 3 0 186

In 2011 there were 508 (497) promotions to and within the Dan Grades, 431 (418) men, 77 (79), women (last year’s figures in brackets) . The promotions in 2011 were made up as follows:

Men: 1Dan 2Dan 3Dan 4Dan 5Dan 6Dan 7Dan 8Dan

By points accumulation 101 51 18 8 4

By completion of line-up 111 10 3

Technical promotions 26 17 19 13 12

Competitive conversions 7 5 1 1

Technical conversions 5 6 1

Board 1 1 1 6 3

Women: 1Dan 2Dan 3Dan 4Dan 5Dan 6Dan 7Dan 8Dan

By points accumulation 34 9 2

By completion of line-up 17 2

Technical promotions 8 1 1

Competitive conversions 1

Technical conversions 1 1

Board

Many of the conversions of both sexes were of members of Associations approved by the IJF .

Congratulations are extended to all Judoka who were promoted in the last 12 months .

Dave Horton-Jones Sarah GilbertNational Director Of Examiners National Dan Grade Administrator


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Affiliatesuniversity Report

University Judo Development: The period 1 April 2011to 31 March 2012 has been a year of progress for Higher Education Judo . October recruitment drives have helped numbers and additional momentum has been gained with the formation of new clubs . With club organisers and BJA officials co ordinating some creative schemes at the start of each academic year, these efforts are showing momentum in the development of individual and club memberships . During the year this approach has also been successfully applied to Further Education groups giving encouragement to Judoka who may be going on to university .

This expansion in membership has, in turn, helped participation in student competitions . These have become viable at a regional level and also extended to the Autumn as well as the Spring Term . Some of these competitions followed the format of the BUCS (British Universities and Colleges Sport) Individual Judo Championships which was been held in Sheffield during March; others concentrate on team competitions . The BUCS National Judo Championships has a special appeal to the Sports organisation of a University as results here can attract “BUCS Points” .

Although for many in university Judo, with their National Championships completed in mid-March, a quieter period can follow; for medalists and the High Performance Judoka the season lasts longer . This applied particularly in 2011 with the challenge of a new event being organised in Sarajevo by EUSA (European Universities Sports Association) . Also, later in the summer for students on the High Performance programme, this year offered additional activity abroad with China hosting the World University Games .

British Students Medal at First European University Judo Championships: This fledgling event, was held from 23 to 26 June in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina . It featured national team players from across the continent, attracted 125 Judoka from 14 nations as they represented 42 Universities . Wales’ Fiona Jones, of Royal Holloway College, University of London, took an impressive silver medal in the -78kg category .

Fiona Jones (white gi) in action in the -78kg final .Compatriot Natalie Powell, a student at Cardiff University, claimed bronze in the -70kg category .

Natalie Powell (far right) on the medal rostrum


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Affiliatesuniversity Report Continued

Edinburgh University’s Artem Bakarov took fifth while Boris Kibrik of Middlesex University, Kane Chandler of Cambridge University and Shaun Mitchell of Bath all finished in a respectable seventh-place . Oxford University coach Chris Doherty and fellow British Judo Technical Officer Sandra Klinger led the British team . “I’m very pleased with the results, we went there not knowing what level of competition to expect and it was extremely high with a lot of international Judoka in action,” said Chris . “Our players gave it their all and put in some very strong performances . Well done to both our medalists and the rest of the team .” Portugal will host the next European University Judo Championships event in 2013 .

Students in High Performance Events: Throughout the year, university members have made a significant contribution in this level of competition, the summary being as follows:

Danny Williams (Anglia Ruskin University)Gold in 2011 Sarajevo European Cup, April

Megan Fletcher (University of Bath)Bronze in 2012 Sarajevo European Cup, March, Bronze in 2011 Sarajevo European Cup, April .

Gemma Gibbons (University of East London)Bronze in 2011 Jeju World Cup, December, Bronze in 2011 Apia World Cup, November

Kate Walker (University of Bath)Bronze in 2011 Boras European Cup, November

Sophie Cox (University of East London)Bronze in 2011 Amsterdam Grand Prix, November; Bronze in 2011 Malaga European Cup, November; Silver in 2011 Hamburg European Cup, July; Bronze in 2011 European Championships, April; Bronze in 2011 Sarajevo European Cup, April

Theo Spalding-McIntosh (Middlesex University)Bronze in 2011 Malaga European Cup, November

World university Games: The 26th Universiade (World University Games), was held from 12 23 August in Shenzhen, China . In the U73kg Jan Gosiewski achieved 7th .

World univesity Games Team:

Jan Gosiewski -73kg (University of Bath)

Theodore Spalding-McIntosh -90kg (Middlesex University)

Megan Fletcher -70kg (Bath Spa University)

Tom Reed -81kg (University of Bath)

Darren Warner - Head Coach

Tokyo universities Visit: In February 2012 there was a visit from the Tokyo Student Judo Federation led by Professor Ohyagi . The group consisted of 20+ players and four coaches . They had a full itinerary for the visit, including a strong randori at the Budokwai followed by a welcome reception sponsored by the Budokwai on their first day .

The group visited Oxford University for a training session led by Chris Doherty and this was followed by a tour of the University led by Tony Buley and a dinner at Balliol College, sponsored by Oxford Judo .

The following day they travelled to Cambridge and had a tour of Cambridge and lunch at the Cambridge University Centre sponsored by Anglia Ruskin University . Then there was a match between the Japanese visitors and a combined Cambridge University and Anglia Ruskin University team, with the visitors demonstrating their superiority with a runaway victory . The post-match randori was led by coaches Nick Palmer and Bob Challis . The match was held at Comberton Judo Club and the evening rounded off with a visit to a traditional English pub, the Blue Lion at Hardwick .

The final day of the flying visit included a tour of Windsor Castle, a visit to Eton College and lunch in the Master’s House before a fantastic welcome at Windsor Judo Club with a randori led by Roy Flower, Trevor Collins and John Rogers . The visit served to further cement the strong relationship with the Tokyo Student Judo Federation . The Japanese students’ tour continued with them travelling to Paris by Eurostar .

BuCS Judo Championships, 17-18 March: These were held in the Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield . Following the Dan and Kyu grade Individuals on the Saturday, the team results on the Sunday were as follows:

MEN’S:Gold - Anglia Ruskin Silver - Oxford Bronze - Heriot Watt & Edinburgh

WOMEN’S:Gold - Bath Silver - Northumbria Bronze - Oxford & Aberdeen

Tony SweeneyBritish Universities Judo Association


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AffiliatesPolice Sport uK Judo

AffiliatesArmy Judo Association

Surrey Police hosted the 2011 National Police Sport UK (PSUK) Championships at the University of Surrey Sports Complex, a magnificent venue with outstanding facilities . PSUK Judo offer competition to all level of Judoka employed within the British Police Service; as such 25 forces with 113 entries saw competition in categories from standard IJF, to Master, Veterans and Kyu grade events . A particular thank you to Andy Grand, Surrey Police, for leading on this, carrying out the role of Tournament Director and even finding time to win the PSUK -90kg Master category .

PSUK programme of coach education as licensed British Judo Association (BJA revalidation weekend courses continues and are very well attended by PSUK and non-PSUK BJA members . The reporting period saw two exceptional courses; the first held jointly with the Welsh Judo Association (WJA) using their superb Olympic dojo in Cardiff . Over 100 Dan grades attended, this number was added to by Kyu grades gaining valuable experience and knowledge from the high quality technical instruction on offer from the WJA National Coach Craig Ewers . Our second technical course held at Bristol, attracted an equally large attendance, all eager to benefit from our guest coaches Densign White, 7th Dan, European Judo Union Sports Director and World silver medallist accompanied by Kerrith Brown, 6th Dan, Olympic bronze medallist .

On the international scene, PSUK took a Great Britain Police team to Holland for a training camp and team match against the Dutch Police . The camp attracted top players from all over Holland including members of their full international squad . PSUK National Coaches Chris Hunt, 6th Dan and Andy Moss, 5th Dan, were asked to lead the coaching at the camp assisted by Dutch national coaching staff .

PSUK continues to run very successful National Dan Gradings, the last one in March grading up to 5th Dan .

New PSUK clubs have continued to open including Kent Police where the lead coach is Dr Andrew Moshinov, 6th Dan, an honorary PSUK National Coach .

Chris HuntPsuk Director Of Coaching And Examiners .

The Army Judo Association (AJA) has had another exciting and highly pleasing year . Our elite performance team continue to deliver impressive results while our grass roots participation is flourishing . The obvious highlight however, is having one of our soldiers, Trooper Emmanuel Nartey, qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games .

Emmanuel has produced many impressive performances over a very long qualifying period against world class opposition . He has been singularly driven by his desire to compete at the Olympics and his dedication and determination to succeed in his goal have been compelling . The qualification process is extremely difficult and involves regular setbacks which constantly test the mental robustness of the athletes . Trooper Nartey has been steadily improving year on year and has beaten many of the very best players within his weight category . His silver medal at the GB World Cup exemplified this . In a sport where upsets are frequent and contests decided by a fraction of a second, Trooper Nartey is used to the hard life and intensive training, and believes it is a good example to those in his regiment . Recently interviewed he commented: “My friends at the regiment couldn’t believe that I am an Olympian having seen me as a young trooper,” he said . “I think it gives them hope that if you dedicate yourself to something you may eventually achieve your dream” . We are all incredibly proud of Trooper Nartey, and are convinced that he has the talent, tenacity and, above all, the determination to win an Olympic medal .

2011-12 has been a successful year for our full-time elite level programme . The programme allows players of the right standard to be released from their units in order to train full-time . The Army has players at both Bath and Dartford and despite a tough economic climate that has seen a substantial redundancy programme initiated, full-time training continues to thrive .

Current operational tempo continues to be hugely challenging and deeply demanding for the Army and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future . Afghanistan remains the main effort for the armed forces and it naturally follows that while we are fixed in ground operations the significant burden will fall to land forces . Having said that, the Army is committed to getting the ‘balance’ right for servicemen and servicewomen and therefore sport and adventurous training retains a high priority . Commanding Officers not only appreciate this but also actively encourage demanding sporting activities . Army Judo is well placed to take advantage of this .

Grass roots Judo in the Army continues to develop and we are persistently encouraging new recruits to try the sport and this year’s Novice Championships had its largest attendance in over 5 years . Despite being busier than ever, Army Judo is flourishing and I would like to thank everyone who has contributed over the last year and I look forward to working with you in the future .

Major Simon ChildsArmy Judo Association


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AffiliatesRoyal Air Force Judo Association

AffiliatesRoyal Navy Judo Association

With a higher than ‘normal’ Operational turnaround, 2011 saw a quiet year for RAF Judo . With many personnel called forward for Operations related to the conflict in Libya, together with ongoing support to Operations in Afghanistan, attendance at Judo sessions was low . However, enthusiasm and commitment to the sport of Judo remained high as focus shifted towards the recruitment and development side of RAF Judo .

The annual Festival of Judo at RAF Cosford in September, welcomed a coaching clinic run by Steve Gawthorpe and Chris Doherty with a surprise visit from Craig Fallon . This was a welcome opportunity for the Dan Grades and coaches to develop their coaching skills further and also gave those that were new to the sport the opportunity to glean skills from those at the top of their game . The festival saw ten new beginners to the sport grade and compete for the first time and prepare them for the Inter-Services in December .

At the Inter-Services in December, the RAF had a depleted squad in terms of numbers . With Gunner Lewis Keeble injured whilst competing for Great Britain and Sergeant Fred Harris carrying a recurring ankle injury, the Dan Grade team had to settle for third place behind the Army and Royal Navy . The Kyu Grade/Development Squad Team went one better with a second place and the ladies pair of Sami Smithson and Becky Dunning had a walk over win .

Looking forward to 2012, Lewis Keeble very much remains in the selectors’ eyes for Team GB; his silver medal in the 2011 British Open and GB World Cup placing, seeing him creep up the rankings . Senior Aircraftswoman Becky Dunning returns from her deployment to the Falkland Islands and Sergeant Fred Harris, current GB Masters Champion, prepares for the World Masters Games in 2013 . The RAF is also planning (in conjunction with the BJA) several ABCs throughout the Service this year… watch this space!

Squadron leader Sami SmithsonChair, Raf Judo

During the past year, the Royal Navy Judo Association (RNJA) has gone from strength to strength . Our elite player, Chris Sherrington of the Royal Marines, has continued to perform at the very top of the National and International circuits . Chris won his first International gold medal at the Samoa stage of the World Cup which was a huge achievement and has paved the way for his representation of Team GB at the London 2012 Olympics . When I first went into Judo, the typical Marine thinking is I can do anything, I can win anything says Chris, who won five fights in a row to claim the number one spot on the podium . The RNJA, and indeed the Royal Navy, all look forward now to London 2012 where it is hoped Chris can put on a repeat performance . This high level of representation has been the culmination of all the training and dedication put in over the past 8 years by Chris both domestically and abroad .

Huge congratulations are in order for John Thacker, who, after over three years of representing the Royal Navy, has been awarded the high grade of 5th Dan (traditionally called the Godan) . This outstanding accomplishment not only represents an extremely high technical ability but is also a well deserved reward for all the hard work and effort, both off and on the mat, in the development and promotion of Judo within the Royal Navy and Combined Services . John, who has been the driving force behind the RNJA for quite a number of years, has also recently become a Senior Examiner within the BJA meaning he can now conduct Dan Gradings, furthering those who are at this developed stage of their Judo careers .

Within the last year, the RNJA has formed a partnership with one of the lead performance institutes at Bath University . Juergen Klinger, 8th Dan, has very kindly agreed to host RNJA squad training sessions bi-monthly at the purpose built dojo within the Team Bath Sports Training Village . This has helped our players develop their technical ability as well as giving them the opportunity to practice with some of the best Judoka in the country . Following on from recent squad training sessions there, the RNJA has seen a marked improvement in players competing and winning medals at domestic competitions and this is seen as the long term strategy for growth and development of Judoka within the Royal Navy .

The RNJA has seen a recent flurry of activity with the shuffling around of some committee members . Stephen Watson has recently taken the helm as the Secretary and the appointment of Commodore Mark Slawson as the President of the association has brought some much need guidance . The newly introduced bi-monthly Squad training sessions at Bath University (as mentioned earlier) have also gone a long way to the re-invigoration of Royal Navy Judo, as has the new website http://www .royalnavyJudo .onsport .com . This structure is important as it goes a long way to showing any potential newcomers or returning Judoka that an effective and efficient organisation is in place, which they will be able to draw support from throughout their Judo careers . Its imperative to remember that the RNJA is there for Judokas of all abilities, and whilst we may have players competing on the world stage we also have players that have only recently started Judo and/or have competed in their first competition this year . Similarly, we have those that have graded for the higher echelons of the Dan grades as well as those that have taken their first steps from White to Red belt . The RNJA holds the Royal Navy Judo Championships annually, as well as taking part in the Inter-Services Championships, the National Team championships and a whole host of other domestic and International events . This is indeed an achievement in itself, considering the high operational tempo of the ships and commando units spread around the world . The Association sends its warmest thanks and gratitude to all those who have made the last year possible, whether they have taken part, coached, officiated or helped in any way, and look forward to a historic 2012 .

Stephen WatsonSecretary, RNJA


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Home Country ReportsJudo in Scotland

As we move forward towards London 2012 and Glasgow 2014, our current strategic plan ’Izou:2014’ has highlighted four underlying principles on which JudoScotland wishes to deliver Judo within Scotland:

• Winning within the competitive arena;

• Growing the participation of the sport within Scotland ;

• Developing the potential of those participating within and across the sport and;

• Valuing those who commit and volunteer their time to further the sport of Olympic Judo .

Izou: 2014

Within this document we have recorded our aspirational targets through to the multi-sport events of London 2012 and the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014 . This document also highlights our corporate, business and performance aspirations and seeks to identify the roles and services that will be provided by ourselves and other relevant stakeholders and partners in its delivery . Although the implementation of this plan will be strategically led by JudoScotland, it will ultimately be delivered via a multi and inter-disciplinary partnership across Scotland . We continue to commend this plan to our members, partners, stakeholders, investors and supporters and cordially invite all those with an interest in Judo in Scotland to identify, engage and support the area(s) of this plan most pertinent to them .

This BJA annual report contribution is one of the milestone evaluations of that plan and it is against the four underpinning aspects of Izou:2014 that we frame this report .

JudoScotland Directors and Professional Staff

The following were Directors of the Company in 2011

Thomas Brown Graham Campbell Sarah Clark Jim Feenan

James McBeath Marc Preston Ronnie Saez Robert Sneddon

The Company also employed 14 members of staff (full-time and part-time) in 2011, with two members of staff leaving the Company in 2011 .

Headline Reporting for 2011

The following figures relate to data collected and compiled at 31 December each year, being the end of the trading year for JudoScotland .

The above headline reporting for the Company includes: an increase in subscribing membership in excess of 22% (against our previous operating year: 2010); an increase in excess of 51% of new grades being issued; an increase in turnover in excess of 2 .5%; an increase in Company reserves in excess of 2% .

Winning in 2011

The main performance highlight of the year was Euan Burton’s Bronze Medal at the 2011 International Judo Federation (IJF) Masters Tournament . However, JudoScotland’s National Training Centre (NTC) Judoka supported this result with six further World Cup medals: Sally Conway (Gold/Samoa); Chris Sherrington (Gold/ Samoa); Sarah Clark (Bronze/Portugal); James Miller (Bronze/Estonia); Matt Purssey (Bronze/Great Britain) and; Sarah Adlington (Bronze/Samoa) .

Domestically, NTC Judoka performed with distinction at the British Judo Championships including: Sarah Clark (Gold); Sally Conway (Gold); James Miller (Gold); Matt Purssey (Gold); Chris Sherrington (Silver); Kimberley Renicks (Silver); Samantha Clark (Silver); Connie Ramsay (Silver) and; Sarah Adlington (Silver) .

Further to the above medal-winners throughout 2011, six players from the JudoScotland Performance Programme were selected for the 2011 Senior World Championships . A further six players from JudoScotland’s Talent Development Programme were also selected for the 2011 European Youth Olympic Festival, including Aidan Moffat who achieved a fifth place . Aidan was further selected for the 2011 World Cadet Championships .

The above headline reporting for the Company includes: an increase in subscribing membership in excess of 22% (against our previous operating year: 2010); an increase in excess of 51% of new grades being issued; an increase in turnover in excess of 2.5%; an increase in Company reserves in excess of 2%. Winning in 2011 The main performance highlight of the year was Euan Burton’s Bronze Medal at the 2011 International Judo Federation (IJF) Masters Tournament. However, JudoScotland’s National Training Centre (NTC) Judoka supported this result with six further World Cup medals: Sally Conway (Gold/Samoa); Chris Sherrington (Gold/ Samoa); Sarah Clark (Bronze/Portugal); James Miller (Bronze/Estonia); Matt Purssey (Bronze/Great Britain) and; Sarah Adlington (Bronze/Samoa). Domestically, NTC Judoka performed with distinction at the British Judo Championships including: Sarah Clark (Gold); Sally Conway (Gold); James Miller (Gold); Matt Purssey (Gold); Chris Sherrington (Silver); Kimberley Renicks (Silver); Samantha Clark (Silver); Connie Ramsay (Silver) and; Sarah Adlington (Silver). Further to the above medal-winners throughout 2011, six players from the JudoScotland Performance Programme were selected for the 2011 Senior World Championships. A further six players from JudoScotland’s Talent Development Programme were also selected for the 2011 European Youth Olympic Festival, including Aidan Moffat who achieved a fifth place. Aidan was further selected for the 2011 World Cadet Championships. Growing in 2011 Membership statistics reflected a continued growth in membership of 22% against comparable previous year figures, including a welcomed increase in renewing members, reflecting a retention rate of 65% against our membership in 2010. Event participation increased in 2011, with all JudoScotland Grand Prix events reaching maximum capacity. After the successful delivery of the Scottish Open, Age Bands and Mini-Mon all reported increased event satisfaction and participation figures.

2009

Membership: 5223 Gradings: 5461 Turnover: £729,584 Reserves: £160,191

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Home Country ReportsJudo in Scotland Continued

Growing in 2011

Membership statistics reflected a continued growth in membership of 22% against comparable previous year figures, including a welcomed increase in renewing members, reflecting a retention rate of 65% against our membership in 2010 .

Event participation increased in 2011, with all JudoScotland Grand Prix events reaching maximum capacity . After the successful delivery of the Scottish Open, Age Bands and Mini-Mon all reported increased event satisfaction and participation figures .

Developing in 2011

*Legend: UKCC: United Kingdom Coaching Certificate; L1: Level 1; L2: Level 2; L3: Level 3.

Coach education statistics reflected a continued growth in qualified coaches of 11% and officials of 9% against comparable previous year figures, including a welcome increase in UKCC qualified coaches, 50% at UKCC Level 1 and 26% at UKCC Level 2 . JudoScotland also wish to recognise the achievements of its first five members that achieved their UKCC Level 3 award .

The JudoScotland coach education workforce also achieved the following Scottish qualifications during 2011: two individuals gaining their sportscotland Professional Development Award (Sports Coach Educator); three individuals gaining an SQA Assessor qualification and one individual gaining their SQA Internal Verifier qualification .

Valuing in 2011

For 2011, JudoScotland continued to freeze both its membership subscription levels and grading fees for a fifth consecutive year, representing no increase to members since 2007 . Our younger members under 12 years of age, also benefitted from an increase to four editions of ‘Koka Kids’ magazine (up from three editions in previous years) at no additional cost and also delivered directly to their home address . JudoScotland also welcomed a new Lead Child Protection Officer, Mr Colin Aitken, to assist us in this important aspect to pour work .

2009

Total Members: 5223 New Members: 2904 Renewing Members: 2799

2010

Toral Members: 6799 New Members: 4288 Renewing Members: 2511

2011

Total Members: 8358 New Members: 3927 Renewing Members: 4431

Developing in 2011

*Legend: UKCC: United Kingdom Coaching Certificate; L1: Level 1; L2: Level 2; L3: Level 3. Coach education statistics reflected a continued growth in qualified coaches of 11% and officials of 9% against comparable previous year figures, including a welcome increase in UKCC qualified coaches, 50% at UKCC Level 1 and 26% at UKCC Level 2. JudoScotland also wish to recognise the achievements of its first five members that achieved their UKCC Level 3 award. The JudoScotland coach education workforce also achieved the following Scottish qualifications during 2011: two individuals gaining their sportscotland Professional Development Award (Sports Coach Educator); three individuals gaining an SQA Assessor qualification and one individual gaining their SQA Internal Verifier qualification. Valuing in 2011 For 2011, JudoScotland continued to freeze both its membership subscription levels and grading fees for a fifth consecutive year, representing no increase to members since 2007. Our younger members under 12 years of age, also benefitted from an increase to four editions of ‘Koka Kids’ magazine (up from three editions in previous years) at no additional cost and also delivered directly to their home address. JudoScotland also welcomed a new Lead Child Protection Officer, Mr Colin Aitken, to assist us in this important aspect to pour work. Communicating in 2011

Our commitment to enhancing further our communication is reflected in a respective increase in our electronic communication statistics, including: an increase in JudoScotland website hits of 37%; an increase of 91% in file downloads from the JudoScotland website; an increase in Facebook ‘friends’ of 215% and an increase 417% of Twitter followers. Financial Summary 31 December 2011 The following is a summary of the finances of the JudoScotland Limited to 31 December 2011. The full annual accounts are available to download from our website at www.Judoscotland.com. JudoScotland Financial Summary for the Trading Year to 31 December 2011

2011 (£)

2010 (£)

2009

Officials: 89 Total Coaches: 315 UKCC L1: 60

2010

Officials: 133 Total Coaches: 341 UKCC L1: 64 UKCC L2: 61

2011

Officials: 146 Total Coaches: 381 UKCC L1: 96 UKCC L2: 77 UKCC L3: 5

2010

Website Hits: 105,356 File Downloads: 3,395,362 Facebook Friends: 1,720 Twitter Followers: 100

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Home Country ReportsJudo in Scotland Continued

Communicating in 2011

Our commitment to enhancing further our communication is reflected in a respective increase in our electronic communication statistics, including: an increase in JudoScotland website hits of 37%; an increase of 91% in file downloads from the JudoScotland website; an increase in Facebook ‘friends’ of 215% and an increase 417% of Twitter followers .

Financial Summary 31 December 2011

The following is a summary of the finances of the JudoScotland Limited to 31 December 2011 . The full annual accounts are available to download from our website at www .Judoscotland .com .

JudoScotland Financial Summary for the Trading Year to 31 December 2011

2011 2010

(£) (£)

Income 727,676 708,219

Cost of Sales (594,321) (538,812)

Gross Profit 133,355 169,407

Administrative Expenses (127,441) (81,509)

Operating Profit 5,914 87,898

Interest receivable and similar charges 2,603 2,023

8,517 89,921

Interest payable and similar charges (3,101) (951)

Profit on Ordinary Activities Before Taxation 5,416 88,970

Tax on profit on ordinary activities - (425)

Profit for the Financial Year 5,416 88,545

JudoScotland would like to take this opportunity of extending its sincerest thanks to all its stakeholders, supporters, suppliers and volunteers in 2011 . In particular, JudoScotland would like to express its gratitude to sportscotland and the sportscotland Institute of Sport for their invaluable support and assistance throughout 2011 .

We look forward to working with all our supporters as we begin the build-up to Glasgow 2014 .

Ronnie SaezChair, Judoscotland

Developing in 2011

*Legend: UKCC: United Kingdom Coaching Certificate; L1: Level 1; L2: Level 2; L3: Level 3. Coach education statistics reflected a continued growth in qualified coaches of 11% and officials of 9% against comparable previous year figures, including a welcome increase in UKCC qualified coaches, 50% at UKCC Level 1 and 26% at UKCC Level 2. JudoScotland also wish to recognise the achievements of its first five members that achieved their UKCC Level 3 award. The JudoScotland coach education workforce also achieved the following Scottish qualifications during 2011: two individuals gaining their sportscotland Professional Development Award (Sports Coach Educator); three individuals gaining an SQA Assessor qualification and one individual gaining their SQA Internal Verifier qualification. Valuing in 2011 For 2011, JudoScotland continued to freeze both its membership subscription levels and grading fees for a fifth consecutive year, representing no increase to members since 2007. Our younger members under 12 years of age, also benefitted from an increase to four editions of ‘Koka Kids’ magazine (up from three editions in previous years) at no additional cost and also delivered directly to their home address. JudoScotland also welcomed a new Lead Child Protection Officer, Mr Colin Aitken, to assist us in this important aspect to pour work. Communicating in 2011

Our commitment to enhancing further our communication is reflected in a respective increase in our electronic communication statistics, including: an increase in JudoScotland website hits of 37%; an increase of 91% in file downloads from the JudoScotland website; an increase in Facebook ‘friends’ of 215% and an increase 417% of Twitter followers. Financial Summary 31 December 2011 The following is a summary of the finances of the JudoScotland Limited to 31 December 2011. The full annual accounts are available to download from our website at www.Judoscotland.com. JudoScotland Financial Summary for the Trading Year to 31 December 2011

2011 (£)

2010 (£)

2009

Officials: 89 Total Coaches: 315 UKCC L1: 60

2010

Officials: 133 Total Coaches: 341 UKCC L1: 64 UKCC L2: 61

2011

Officials: 146 Total Coaches: 381 UKCC L1: 96 UKCC L2: 77 UKCC L3: 5

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Home Country ReportsNorthern Ireland Judo Federation

This has been a very turbulent year for the Northern Ireland Judo Federation . At the start of 2011 the NIJF were reeling from the impact of a very poor Sport NI governance audit . At the time our working relationships with Sport NI were at an all-time low and during the four year financial period the NIJF had its 2009-2013 funding award reduced from to £300K to £55K .

Throughout the financial year (2011/2012), the NIJF Executive Committee put a great deal of effort into addressing the shortcomings identified in the 2011 governance audit and to improve our working relationships with Sport NI . I am pleased to be able to report that the NIJF were re-audited early in 2012 and we have now been awarded a ‘Satisfactory’ level of assurance (with three ‘Substantial’ scores) . This is a significant improvement in just 12 months . In addition to this, there have been important improvements in our working relationships with Sport NI, the British Judo Association and the Irish Judo Association .

In the last 12 months, there have been many changes in the structure and membership of NIJF Executive Committee . Our longstanding Chairman, Robbie Irwin, stepped down in October 2011 after many years of loyal service to the NIJF and the British Judo Association . The 13 current members of the NIJF EC are:

Ricky Sloane Chair

Bill Taggart Vice-Chair and Conduct and Complaints Officer

Dr Richard Briggs President and Director of Examiners

Jonathan Cooke Vice-President

Wendy Cooke Secretary

Robin Newett Treasurer

Andrea Bingham North Eastern Regional Representative

Scott Mayne South Eastern Regional Representative and National Coach

Ron Magowan Western Regional Representative

Harry Gribben Belfast Regional Representative

Eamonn Rooney Southern Regional Representative

Sarah Beattie Safeguarding and Protecting Children Officer

Gavin Abel Head of Refereeing

The NIJF has significantly improved its communications with regular updates being sent directly to the membership via email information bulletins, a new Facebook page and a new website, which will be launched over the summer .

The NIJF Competition Commission has gone from strength to strength . There were a record number of entries for the NI Closed, the Inter-Varsities, the NI Open and the NI Schools competitions . It was widely acknowledged that the 2012 NI Open was the most successfully organised NI tournament to date with 476 competitors taking part in this spectacular two day event .

The new NIJF National coaching structure has really started to produce dividends . ‘Team NI’ have successfully participated in a number of International competitions throughout the reporting period . The Commonwealth Tournament in Cardiff in January 2012 provided an important focus for the year . ‘Team NI’ produced 19 medals at this hard fought event across the various categories . This built upon a number of other significant ‘Team NI’ successes at the Cavan Open, the London Open, the Sainsbury UK School Games, the Heart of England, the British National Age Band, the Irish Open, and the Midland Area Age Banded Championships . During this time one of our emerging Judo stars, Cameron Kelly, became GBR Champion in the Pre-Cadet U60kg category . The NIJF are also collectively delighted that ‘local girl’, Lisa Kearney, qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games .

In September 2011, Dave Horton-Jones, BJA National Director of Examiners, ran the first Technical Dan Grade course in Northern Ireland . This was a well-attended and very informative event .

In October 2011, Wendy Cooke, Kookateki Judo Club, received the British Judo Association’s Volunteer of the Year Award at the spectacular BJA Annual Awards ceremony in Liverpool . Around the same time, Kookateki Judo Club became the first sports club in Northern Ireland to achieve the prestigious Gold Clubmark Award .

Again in October 2011, Tom Pearson invited George Kerr, CBE, 10th Dan, to run a series of Master Classes at the Dog Leap Judo Club in Limavady . This was a very successful and well attended event which was organised and funded by Tom Pearson (without any external NIJF assistance) .

In November 2012, Derry hosted the very popular NI North-West Championships . Once again this was hailed as an outstandingly successful event with participation from across the whole island of Ireland .

In January 2012 the BJA Performance Director, Daniel Lascau, ran two very successful coaching revalidation courses in Northern Ireland, one in Derry and one in Belfast . Both events were very informative and well attended .

Throughout the year a lot of effort went into qualifying new coaches and upgrading our existing coaches to UKCC Level 2 . Over the 12 months the NIJF managed to qualify 14 UKCC Level 2 Coaches and 14 Level 1 Instructors . In addition, Scott Mayne qualified as a UKCC Level 3 coach, bringing the total number of UKCC Level 3 coaches in Northern Ireland to three . Another two coaches from our National Squad, Gavin Abel and Jonathan Cooke, have now also been selected to attend the next UKCC Level 3 course . Our sincere thanks go to Colin McIver, Joyce Heron, Jim Toland and Lisa Bradley who collectively made this all possible .

In March 2012, Roy Luff and Dawn Byrne (from the Competitions Commission) flew into Northern Ireland to run a unique and intensive Competition Officials course for the NIJF . This was an extremely demanding but very successful course, with eight new Timkeeper/Scorers, two new Competition Recorders and four new Senior Recorders becoming qualified . I am also delighted to be able to report that Andrea Bingham was selected to enter the Competition Controller programme .

The NIJF now have an IJF Referee amongst our ranks, Michael Power, who recently moved to Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland . After a lot of effort and hard work, I am also pleased to be able to report that Bill Taggart qualified as a National ‘A’ Referee .

In summary, this was a turbulent but successful year for the NIJF .

Ricky SloaneChair, Nijf


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Home Country ReportsWelsh Judo Association

Governance

The Association’s elections in January returned the Board to full strength and the aim now is to promote the commissions to run Judo programmes whilst the Board concentrate on Governance .

The main aim of the association moving forward must be to increase membership levels across Wales by increasing participation, retention, and engagement of all stakeholders of the WJA . In order to achieve this we must foster ways to maximise club support (sustainability, participation, coaching, performance etc) in order to increase the number and progression of Judo players and coaches in Wales, within both the Talent Development Environment (TDE) and Performance Development Programmes of the Association .

The challenge for our clubs, coaches, and players will be to utilize this framework to build a strong regional identity, with the support of the National staff team design and implement their own Regional Development Plan (RDP) . Strong regions are essential for the overall success of the Association and as in the past, must form the core elements of the business going forward, if we are to prosper as an independently viable Association .

Support from our funding partners is currently set against strong KPIs for both performance aims (Glasgow 2014), the evaluation of the success of our RDP and future funding of the WJA is not sustainable by either element independently of the other .

The development programme remains iterative in nature, based on the development of regional initiatives and outcomes which will be dependent upon the personnel and collective responsibility of each club, coach and player with each region; all will have an impact . A major example of how this can be seen in action is membership, as a licensed player is it fair that there are players in your club practicing without a license? As a coach is it professional that you risk the welfare of your licensed players training with unlicensed players? And as a club is it fair you put your coaches and players in an uninsured situation with unlicensed players . Preventing unlicensed players is a simple step to increasing membership, strengthening club integrity thus building stronger regions - players, coaches and clubs please help us achieve this – No License – No Judo .

The momentum towards Glasgow 2014 gives us an exciting environment to implement and achieve our aims and the recent Commonwealth Judo Tournament in Cardiff provided a great taster for our Players, Coaches and officials .

Staffing

In April 2012 our current Director of Performance, Dr Jeremy Moody, took on an enhanced role as Chief Operating Officer . Ahead of 2014, our funding partners have already highlighted that the Association will need to refocus on development grant aid post 2014 as Judo will not be in the Gold Coast Games in 2018 . The move towards realigning Jeremy into the role of COO was taken by the Board to increase his involvement in Development related issues and underpin our funding applications based on a “Sport for All” basis . As well as the addition of new coaching staff, the WJA has also been working closely with local partners, in particular Cardiff Metropolitan University, to build relationships by taking on staff via sporting bursaries . This has been successful in 2011-2012 with three such positions active and we are looking to expand this in 2012 . The WJA is hopeful to take on a further four MSc students who receive grant funding from the Welsh Assembly Government to work two to three days per week to support the development programme within WJA whilst studying for their Masters Degree This is supported by Cardiff Metropolitan University and agreed mentorship from Jeremy Moody . The positions are being created with the sole remit of supporting club and cluster programme development .

We have also underpinned the cluster development programme with paid development staff and coaches and are looking forward to this group moving into schools in a major way in 2012 .

Operations

The COO has taken on a major project to re-brand and develop a new website in 2011 which continues to progress and the WJA have received an initial set of four options for consideration for re-branding .

Links to the BJA and a combined usage of sections of their new website functionality continue to progress in using their developed CRM system and a direct feed to a new WJA website . The aim is to reduce WJA resource requirements and avoid repeatability of shared information . The COO and Chris Wiseman, the BJA’s Communications Manager, will continue on the project post- London 2012 .

The new WJA CRM database (Azolve) is fully functional and being used internally by the Office Manager . Azolve has been very supportive of the requirements of WJA in setting a system that will permit the sole business of WJA to be maintained within a single system . The development will continue over the next 12 weeks before access from other members of WJA staff .

Development

Appointment of a Development Co-ordinator, Julie Collings, to develop a Cluster Programme is well underway and outline the long-term direction of the project . The project has been well received and many of the ‘Clusters’ have held sessions already . Discussions continue with Sport Cardiff and Bridgend Leisure Departments on development grants (c25k each) linked to four year projects and sustainability .

An application to The Millennium Fund was not successful but received positive feedback on the size of the project and its projected outcomes .

The Office Manager and COO are working on finalising the WJA calendar for 2013 for a release in September 2012 . Requests for information have been sent to linked individuals for inclusions throughout the WJA network .

The Development Team is currently working on a number of initiatives to promote Judo in schools . They are currently piloting a project with a school in Newport which will develop into cover for INSET days and PPA cover within the curriculum . This project was received well and the aim is to prepare a progressive curriculum that can be used across Wales . A draft proposal for grant funding for £150K is underway looking at a pan-Wales project to develop Judo linked to WAG and SW sport, participation and recreation strategies .

Performance

The projected aim to have 20 players training out of the National Dojo on a full-time or substantial part-time basis by September 2012 is still on target with relocations from September 2012 to prepare for the 2014 Commonwealth Games . The next Executive meeting held between Wales, Scotland and England/BJA is provisionally set for October 2012 in Scotland .

The WJA continues to promote a high class performance set up and Natalie Powell and Brandon Dodge started the year as worth winners of British Closed Championships, although it is thought that neither will quite make it to London 2012 they remain strong prospects for Rio 2012 and the 2012 U23 representation . Jade Lewis and Conner Ireland are hopeful for BJA selection to the European Junior Championships .

Our office Manager, Emily Brown, will be presented her performance analysis research at the World Congress of Performance Analysis in Sport and her system is focusing on concept design of a real-time analysis of competitive Judo with instant coach temporal feedback at events . Emily hopes to work with the BJA to assist in the data collection of the new Judo TV project linked to software manufacturer Dartfish .

Keven WilliamsChair, Welsh Judo Association


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Area ReportsEastern Area Report

Area Reportslondon Area Report

This year has been very busy for the Eastern Area with players and officials travelling to various events around the country .

We have had success on the international competition front with Colin Oates winning a European bronze and a World 5th, hopefully qualifying his place for the Olympics and Lesley Reid winning a World Games silver . We also had success at the Commonwealth Championships with Lesley winning silver in the senior section and Gemma Moore taking silver in the junior section .

On the home front Colin became British Champion in January and Lesley took a bronze at the same event . Sadly Lesley has now retired due to new regulations regarding VI classifications but she is still coaching at Melbourne on a regular basis .

Congratulations to Mark Waterhouse on achieving his National A refereeing award .

We now have both senior and junior squad sessions running on a regular basis with the senior ladies squad taking a bronze medal at the National Team Championshihps last year .

We successfully hosted the Commonwealth Trials last year, as well as our first ranking event and our usual Area mini Mons and Area Closed . Congratulations to Black Dog, once again winning the Club Championship .

Our gradings are a continuing success thanks to John Dearden, we also host senior training sessions at the same time .

Denise OatesChair, Eastern Area

The London Area Committee has worked very hard alongside the paid BJA officials to deliver the London Area Development Plan which will be completed in 2013 . This sustained improvement has continued, I believe, through excellent partnership work with the volunteer committee members and the paid BJA employees . What have we delivered in the past year?

• The delivery of two UKCC level 1 courses qualifying 23 Assistant Coaches

• Two UKCC level 2 courses qualifying 43 new coaches

• Heavy investment in coaching which has led to increased retention and participation of our members . Darcel Yandzi led a particularly impressive and innovative technical workshop which was very well received and I highly recommend his approach to coaching and teaching

• The London Open International Championships held at the venue formerly known as the David Beckham Soccer School in the Docklands

• Two Instructors courses qualifying 33 instructors

• One Nage Kata course run by Ferdi Baronette

• One Katame No Kata run by Ferdi Baronette and Kim Tilley .

• Two further revalidation classes run by Ricky Haynes and Dave Dunsford

• Three safeguarding courses

• Investing in a hospitality box at the World Cup gave further opportunity to showcase our development plan and invite in London Area members and guests to share ideas

• Enabling 14 youngsters to participate at the prestigious Tonbridge International Training Camp in December

• Four first aid courses

• Two Judo-fit courses

• One strength and conditioning course

• One gymnastics for Judo course.

• One Technical Dan Grade courses

• One Master Class with Jurgen Klinger

• The Matsui Festival on the Southbank with Maki Tsukada organised by Glenn Spiers and Derek Smith

• The London University Championship held this year at Brunel University was well attended and supported

• Two London Youth Games feeder events and the London Youth Games at Crystal Palace

• Continued debate at the Area Chairmen’s Meeting and contribution to the National Strategic Plan 2012-20 Conference

The Seni organisers have agreed to support the London Open International to be held at the Olympic Venue, Excel . This year the event is planned for the 2 and 3 June and 550 BJA members will experience the thrill of competing in the Olympic venue . Your continued support is vital . Olympic fever is in full flight and many London Area members were involved in the smooth running of the Test Event in December . Ashley McKenzie and Winston Gordon are chasing Olympic selection and Hayley Willis stormed through at the National Trials to secure the number one slot . The Junior World Championships had London representation in the form of David Logan, Phillip Awiti, Jack Kelly and Hayley Willis secured a bronze medal .

Whilst our infrastructure has undoubtedly strengthened we need to develop more volunteers to ensure succession planning and to train more UKCC Tutors, improve access for VI Judoka and to further develop and co-ordinate the dates for the Dan Gradings . The Area Committee recently took the decision to hand back the website to the paid officials to ensure continued professional input and further development . The London Area has still not secured an Excel venue from the Governing Body which is desperately needed to support our extremely talented youth members .

Peter BlewettChairman, London Area


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Area ReportsMidland Area Report

2011 was the year that we as a Committee made the tough decision to relocate the prestigious Heart of England Tournament from the National Indoor Arena to the new location of the University of Wolverhampton, Walsall Campus . Not an easy decision to make, but made for the reason that the whole of the country now find itself in austerity measures, that the potential financial implications and ever increasing costs we would be forced to have had to pay to stage the event at the NIA . I am pleased to say that by reviewing and staging the event at Walsall the tournament was a huge success . As ever we will continue to fine tune the organisation and delivery of the event and we are already looking forward to this year’s event, which will be a six-matted event over two days . It will coincide with the conclusion of the Paralympics in September . We appreciate any constructive criticism and ideas that members are able to provide to assist with the delivery of this event .

The Area has continued to go from strength to strength and we have seen a maintenance of Judoka attending Gradings and in fact have been one of the only Areas that has been able to maintain the attendance at Area Gradings . A big thank you to Roger Houston for his continued efforts and in the organisation and presentation of all of our Grading’s .

We have continued to support the Excel programme, both financially and materially, providing top quality coaches and the regular weekly training sessions at Walsall Campus . The results that have been produced by the players are starting to pay dividends and show and reflect the hard work that everybody is contributing . This in conjunction with the opportunities that have been created for those players who are on the edge of the England squad structure, being able to travel and compete all over the world, gaining new and important experiences and being given the opportunity to engage in the many training camps that are being provided nationally . All members are invited to attend the sessions that take place on a Wednesday evening at Walsall Campus .

We continue to rely heavily on the support and attendance of our Volunteers, without whose assistance we would be unable to run the Gradings and competitions that we present . However, my one request would be to clubs to consider providing one new volunteer each, to support our events, which would assist both the Area in the smooth running of the event and the clubs by providing a link between the organisers and the players . This greatly assists with discipline and the professional presentation of the event . If every club provides one official, we would be able to share the current workload and ensure a slicker presentation . We have a hardcore of table officials and referees who attend our events from all over the country . We look forward to the nomination and qualification of any new official from the area to bolster that structure .

The hard work of Carol Leverton in organising Referees has ensured that we always have the correct number and appropriately qualified Referees at our events . In conjunction with Pat Hill, Area Secretary, who contacts the Table Officials, our events presentation and management has become a well oiled machine . Our events are planned well in advance, with anniversary dates, to allow members to plan and organise their training regime to fit with the National and International calendar . I would like to thank all our officials for their continued support and hard work .

The Committee continues to function with its regular meetings and members, however it does require a lot of commitment and passion, which all members provide in abundance . So it is very difficult when you see hardworking and dedicated individuals suffering with illness and the issues created by daily life affecting such dedicated people . Once again I would like to thank all of the Committee members for their dedication to duty and wish those members who have found themselves suffering from ill health a speedy recovery .

Any member who feels that they could support the area by becoming a member of the Committee would be extremely welcome . As a Committee, we will discuss and consider any issue raised and ensure that the membership receives the support and direction they deserve . If the Committee is unable to help, we will always signpost you in the right direction to resolve the issue . This year we are pleased to be able to say that we have been able to assist a large number of members and are here to promote Judo and ensure the longevity of the Midland Area .

Over the years, the Committee has developed a number of successful partnerships . Probably one of the strongest is the relationship we have forged with the management and staff at the University of Wolverhampton, Walsall Campus . We continue to communicate with them on a daily basis, through the organisation of our events calendar, but have also invested in equipment, housed at the Centre, to ensure the development and presentation of our events continues to be of the highest quality . The relationship that has developed means that we get the best use out of a world class facility in a central location . I would like to extend my personal thanks to the management and staff at Walsall for their assistance and look forward to our continued working relationship .

We have also benefited from the resources provided by Head Office, in the form of the Technical and Development Officers, who work tirelessly with the clubs, assisting in the daily development and delivery of technical skills . I would like to thank all Head Office staff, who have helped to develop and make our area as strong as it is today .

So, as we move into 2012 and the Olympics and Paralympics approaches, we all look forward to being part of one of the biggest sporting events the world has ever seen . Good luck to all our members who have secured the opportunity to be part of the spectacle that will potentially be the biggest ever event they will ever attend .

Marina DainMidland Area Chairman


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Area ReportsNorth West Area

During this period this Area has operated in its usual, effective way . The various sections have been led by hard working and able volunteers who have ensured that not only have competitions run smoothly but North West fighters have achieved across the age ranges, including senior divisions .

We now find ourselves with one female and four male Judoka in contention for Olympic places . At times during the year our Treasurer, with the support of the committee has managed to find funding in order to assist these people and others to attend various overseas events and training camps when there was no available National funding . This has happened in addition to finding money to assist certain clubs and key officials as necessary .

At the other end of the process where youngsters are learning and developing, we preferred the previous system for selecting boys and girls teams for the National Championships which ensured that youngsters trained under our appointed coaches on a regular basis and were chosen to represent the North West following the Area Championships . Within this system we could monitor their suitability for such a competitive event and go a long way towards ensuring their safety . We also feel that it is a good thing to encourage loyalty to the Area at this early point in their Judo experience .

The major changes in the Grading system have meant that our regular programme of Area Gradings no longer take place leaving fewer opportunities to meet club coaches, parents and others face to face . For this reason we decided to experiment by holding an Area Open Day at Kendal Judo Centre . The purpose was to give members the chance to speak to section leaders about coaching, refereeing, running competition etc and experience these activities in a practical way . On this occasion it was poorly attended but the preparation was somewhat rushed and we hope to continue with the initiative, publicise it better and encourage our ATO to become involved at all stages . We remain confident that it will be valuable addition to our programme .

Our ATO and ADO continue to assist with the development and operation of Judo within the Area and we have reached a situation where they are fully welcome to attend our committee meetings in order to ensure that we are all working towards the same objective . As Chairman I am now confident that all parties will co-operate and become fully effective in promoting our activity .

Judo at the top level is obviously very important, particularly with the London Olympics games rapidly drawing near . This sort of event is a shop window for our sport and can promote Judo more than anything if we are successful . The North West Area scores highly at this level but there is so much more to Judo than International level . It is important that we strive to increase membership, ensure that our service is good and we retain members . The BJA has identified pathways and has put the infrastructure in place so that individuals have the opportunity to fulfil their aspirations whether it be becoming a referee, achieving black belt status or aiming for the highest fighting level .

We look forward to increased standing at the top level and more of everything else . I would like to thank everybody who has assisted the North West Area during this period .

Richard BarracloughChairman


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Area ReportsNorthern Area

The Northern Area continues its progress under present Chairman, Ronnie Scott . Over the past twelve months the Northern Area Committee has invested heavily in developing its current crop of players . The Committee has made significant savings across the board thereby allowing these savings to be spent at the sharp end of Judo . Investment has also been made in the subsidy of courses, training events and competitions . Foremost in the mind of the Committee was to increase the number of Officials and Competitions that were being held . This is an area where the new Competitions Director, Beth Wood and BJA Technical Officer, Chloe Cowen, have worked tirelessly .

Chloe has worked alongside the Northern Area and in conjunction with the BJA interventions and framework allowing new Coaches and Instructors to begin working within the Area and provide continued growth and development opportunities . Chloe has completed four blocks of the Preparation for Performance for young and aspiring players . Other courses run by Chloe include Judo Fitness Awards, Speed Quickness and Agility, Gymnastics for Judo, Strength and Conditioning, and Judo flexibility . A Ladies and Girls Master class proved very successful when thirty players joined Sarah Clark on the mat at South Shields Judo Club . Another Master Class involved the visit of Rowena Birch and Danny Kingston for a Coach Revalidation event . Following a visit to the Special Needs British Open in Scotland Chloe is now working to introduce an inclusion course to be run in conjunction with English Disability Sport . Chloe has facilitated the entry of sixteen UKCC Level two Coaches and twenty four BJA instructors over the past year . Revalidation events have also been run by Chloe as well as working within the Excel programme .

Beth Wood joined the Area Committee in 2011 and immediately began to organise the Area Competition diary . Beth and her sister Jill West (Both of South Shields Judo Club) ran two Development Competitions in 2011 at their home Club . Both seniors and juniors were involved in these events allowing maximum development potential . Jill has been the driving force for the training and development of officials over the past year with an unprecedented number of officials trained during this period . There has been:

• Three Time Keeping Courses with 14 newly qualified time keepers

• Six Newly qualified recorders

• One New Senior Recorder

2012 saw another three One Star events hosted by South Shields Judo Club and an Olympic-based initiative competition hosted by Newburn Judo Club . There were also competitions held at Eston and the Southlands Centre . These competitions have allowed the newly qualified officials to hone their skills . For the first time in many years the Northern Area will host the “GREAT NORTH OPEN” a National ranking and points scoring event . This will take place at the Gateshead International Stadium on 6 October . Jill West will be the Competition Controller .

Squad Manager, Afshin Shahverdi, has reported another successful year with many medals being won on both the domestic and International scene . The men’s squad have travelled around the Country competing and training in many events and training sessions . Afshin believes the introduction of the Excel was the best way forward for developing the existing training programme within the Area . He would like to thank Coaches, Duncan Stewart, John Tierney, John Curry, Sharom Shahbazi and Chloe Cowen for their hard work and dedication supporting our aspiring talent . John Tierney is pleased with the way the senior squad is developing after the retirement of some of the “OLD WARHORSES” . His new senior squad has been subsidised by the Area to the following sessions:

• Brazilian National A Team randori session

• British Universities World Cup preparation randori session

• Welsh National Team randori session

• GB Squad Olympic preparation randori sessions

Afshin feels that the Area now has the right balance and attitude on which to build a brighter future and wishes to thank the many parents and volunteers without whose help he feels we could not succeed .

Alan Heron, Area Director of Referees, is pleased that the Area hosted many events with Officials travelling between South Shields, Eston, Newburn and the Southlands Centre . Alan also thanks the Northern Area Referees who have travelled outside the Area to offer support to the North West, Midlands, Yorkshire and Humberside and Scotland . He would also like to thank to John Devlin for organising the Referee Seminar . Alan is looking forward to the Area hosting the Northern Area Open (October of 2012) a competition that has been absent from the calendar for many years .

Regional Development Officer, Liz Burdis, reports an increase in members within the Area over the past year, 1428 members in April 2011 to 1776 members a year later . Liz reports that a total of over £25K has been invested in the Area by way of grants and funding from numerous sources . Kevin Patterson has impressed everyone he deals with in the delivery of Judo into schools and colleges throughout the Area with many repeat bookings taking place . Finally Liz would like to thank all who helped her during the appalling weather when the Olympic Torch travelled through the Region . Special thanks go to Battle Hill, South Shields, Crawcrook and Rainbow Judo Club’s .

Duncan Stewart of the Parks Judo Club has yet again proved his commitment to the Sport . Duncan is now co-ordinating the Excel programme within the Northern Area as well as producing top class fighters . Duncan has four players in the GB Elite Squad . Hannah Lewis, Rebecca Burnett, Natasha Fraser and Rebecca Coxon are all at the top of the Cadet and Junior rankings and are busy climbing through the Senior rankings . Duncan hopes to take his players to destinations such as Poland and France this year in order to continue their development .

Joe Laws of Newburn Judo Club has had another good year of competition with Darren May, Courtney Shoulder and Steph Rodden winning National Gold medals . Newburn also won numerous gold and silver at the British Schools Championship’s . Joe reports that during the past 12 month’s 49 of his players have won medals at BJA licensed events . Special mention goes to Nico Giulliani who won silver in the English Open and who continues to make excellent progress .

Finally the Area would like to make special mention about the success of senior player Adam Hall who has medalled in two European Cups and competed in a World Cup event .

Wayne BroderickNorthern Area Secretary


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Area ReportsNorthern Home Counties

Roy Inman Chair

Nick Fletcher Vice Chair/Director of Coaching and Council Member

Vicky Davis Treasurer/Secretary

Elaine Down Director of Refereeing

Kim Tilley Director of Examiners

Dave Clarke

Rod White

Dave Cooper

Once again it has been a busy year for the NHC and I would like to take this opportunity to thank the NHC Committee members for their support and dedication throughout the year . I also extend the Committee’s thanks to the Competitions Committee who run the Area events so successfully . Their dedication and expertise for our competition programme is much appreciated .

BJA Awards 2011:

A very special mention goes to Don Werner of Pinewood Judo Club who was awarded “Club Coach of the Year,” to Laurie Rush of Rush Judo who received the “Make a Difference Award,” and to Vicky Davis, who has served the Area for over 25 years, and who was honoured by the BJA by being selected at the Gold “Volunteer of the Year Award” .

NHC Competitions Committee

Sharon Cottis Chair

Jean Cleere

Ruth White

Events:

The Area ran their usual events, being the Senior Open, Mini Mon and Junior Open, Split Grade Championship, Red Belt Rumbles . Huge thanks go to the Competitions Committee, Table Officials, Referees and other volunteers and to the Club Coaches and Players for their continued support at the NHC events .

NHC Team Managers:

Thanks go to Joe and Nicole Nunn who have undertaken the roles of Area Team Managers .

Coaching:

Chris Doherty, BJA Technical Officer, has run an agreed programme of UKCC Level 2 courses, BJA Instructor Award courses, Master Classes and a variety of other revalidation and Coach education events . Roy Inman’s Technical Review of the Year continues to be a popular and highly informative coach education event .

Development:

Continued development has taken place in the higher education sector with positive effect and plans are afoot to develop more into further education . Additional clubs have become Clubmark accredited as well as assisting with the delivery of participation programmes such as Sportivate and Adult Beginner Courses . Significant support was received from Peter Beard and Andrew Wilesmith (RDOs) who wrote an Area funding application . The NHC has benefitted from a grant of £2,908 to assist with Coach and college development and EJU Level 3 Coach Education for NHC Team Managers .

Medical:

Thanks are extended to ABC Medical who attend all Area events held at High Wycombe Judo Centre and to the St John’s Ambulance who assisted at the 2012 Senior Open which was held in Essex .

Website:

We are currently in the process of upgrading and combining our website and once complete we will circulate the new web address . Current Area websites – www.nhcJudo.co.uk and www.nhcJudo-events.co.uk

BJA Staff:

The NHC continues to work effectively with BJA Technical Officers and Development Officers and on behalf of the Northern Home Counties I would like to thank them for their professionalism and continued support .

Roy Inman, OBE, 8th DanChair, Northern Home Counties


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Area ReportsSouthern Area

Mick leigh President

Barry James Chairman

Alan Rickard Vice Chairman

Tina Penfold Secretary

Richard Anderson Treasurer

David Stanley/Graham Turner Director/Examiner/Registrar

Martin Rivers Publicity Member

Dr Andrew Moshonov Area Technical Director

Jean lingham Competition Officials Co-ordinator

Marian Woodard/Martin Rivers Refereeing Co-ordinators

Each committee has a chair and members who are appointed by the elected members each year after the AGM in July . Each County, Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex and Kent, have committees with members responsible for similar features as the SA officials . Hence there is a wide range of persons giving their time and expertise to help all of the many County and Area activities run effectively .

The Treasurer has had a busy year, as usual and each County has shown a responsible stewardship of funds generated by Grading and competitions . Similarly the Area has the same sources plus the devolved license rebates . Sponsorship is very hard to find!

Several of the Area headings show greater activity of Committees and officers who incur costs, as do events, few making a profit but definitely providing a service to members in many ways . Individual members will not see the detail of work done by all these volunteers, but the officers try to make sure they are congratulated for their diligence and where possible we reimburse all relevant expenses .

The Area tries to support all the varied activities to some extent and has been able to be positive in dealing with requests from players and officials, sending SA people to events and courses, supporting the Channel Islands and so on .

Much effort by the Secretary and Treasurer has produced responses and accounts for the National BJA input . The job of Secretary is so vital and complex that few could respond accurately to all of the cross currents of significance . At least we have managed to take some of the load from her by our competitions improvements .

We have produced a revision document for our Constitution, but in view of changes proposed by the BJA we are postponing changes . Having recently updated our constitution to the BJA model this will not be difficult to complete . We think so much is going on to take the Volunteers’ time with meeting and events we are all having problems with our diaries .

Two new appointments to our team are now in post to help Area development and technical activities .

The Treasurer Richard Anderson monitors and efficiently deals with the many inputs and disbursements . He has been invited to be part of the National Audit Team and we share his pleasure at this honour .

Our Vice-Chairman is never stinting in his support (which I greatly appreciate) and his Chairmanship of the Finance Committee involve many core duties for the Area .

Mick Leigh, our President, continues to add his gravitas to many of the meetings, but, far less ephemeral, is the effect he has on Kata events . Now that his long time ambition to get Kata included in BJA syllabi has matured he is really enjoying the involvement .

Largely obscured from members view, but nevertheless an important input is the painstaking work from our Examinations Registrar, Graham Turner and our Director of Examiners Dave Stanley, made more difficult by the changes in functions of coaches .

The British Nationals were able to use our new mats . We have retained a reserve as explained at the AGM in case of reduced income after 2012 (or sooner) so that the Area can function fully . The teams and individuals from the Area have had their successes in Junior and Senior and Kata events, not to forget Masters, it is too difficult to list them all . Regrettably, our long standing Female Area Squad Manager, Ms Humphrey, has resigned after years of pressured work and Terry Malkinson replaced Alan Roberts as Male Squad Manager .

As England Squad Manager for the Commonwealth Tournament, I was glad to include several SA members who won their places in the qualifying tournament in November when I was ably assisted by Mandy Humphrey who accompanied us to Cardiff in January . 49 of the team won medals .

Our IJF Kata Officials, Dennis and Tina Penfold, helped in running the National Kata event with Mr Iura and our players competed in several significant events .

The Competitions Official, co-ordinated by Jean Lingham, had a useful meeting to allocate responsibilities for the year’s events . They have very crowded calendars and we continue to negotiate and support them in advancing their recognition and grades .

Barry JamesChair, Southern Area


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Area ReportsWestern Area Report

Hello to you all, I hope that your year has been as good as it can be . Here in the Western Area we have moved forward in all our endeavors: Our business plan is taking shape steadily, we are achieving targets set, in some instances more slowly than expected . However the motion is forward . The business team consisting of, Regional Development Officer, Steve Hammond, Technical Officer, Sandra Klinger, Phil Mayberry Chairman of Finance and myself, have had regular meetings to update and keep watch on our progress, we are quietly pleased with the current results .

The Area Coaches I mentioned in my last report, have really put on the style and become involved in ever increasing levels . Getting a credible up and working Squad was their first task; this they achieved very quickly, and have moved forward at a rapid pace . We, the Area, have entered all the events that our team deem appropriate and we have had some excellent results . This includes entering competitions in Europe . Our Technical Officer, Sandra Klinger, has become an integral part of our Area Coaching team and seeks the highest standards from us all .

Part of the Area Squad team is the Kata group . This is led by Steve Chappell, with his team they have travelled in the Area holding Kata seminars for the benefit of all . It has become very popular and as a result, Steve and his team are in considerable demand . The manner in which they bring the subject to life is excellent and members are genuinely interested in increasing their knowledge of this important part of our sport .

Our Excel centres are situated in the north of the Area and in the south and are well attended . The work put in by the Area Coaches who lead the sessions has helped to build the current success of the Area Squads .

The Hayler Trophy for Administration and Organisational Skills went this year to Phil Mayberry, our Chairman of Finance . The Award was made, as always at the AGM, and was a popular choice .

Of course this year has been difficult for all of us wherever we live . Here in the West we rely heavily on rural and holiday trade, distances are considerable when visiting other clubs . I know that with the economic impact, this has proved costly and sometimes impossible but, as ever, clubs are responding well and the membership has not leapt forward, increases have been small but steady . Thank you to all who recruit and retain our members, you are doing a fine job .

Our Masters players in the Area again this year have done very well indeed and are a fine example to all aspiring young Judoka . They seem to be ageless and win at the highest levels consistently . Thank you to all from your Area .

By the time this is printed we will have had the Olympics, the results will be there for all to see, let us hope that all the efforts have been rewarded and a good future beckons us all .

Dave AllenChairman, Western Area


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Area ReportsYorkshire And Humberside Area Report

This year has mainly been concentrated on two main points both at National and Area levels, the Olympics and the finances after the Olympics . We have attended all the meetings called by Head Office to discuss these points and to keep the Area Committees informed of the situation . These meetings have also been about the BJA Strategic Plan for the five years after the Olympics but all this will change if we do not gain a medal at the Olympics .

At the beginning of the year the Area was offered the chance to purchase 14 tickets for the Olympic Games by the BJA at a cost well over £1000 . We decided that we would purchase these tickets and formed a sub-committee to decide how we would distribute them . The Committee decided that we would advertise them through our website and in the Newsletter asking for nominations from our Area clubs . The Committee would then select the people to receive the tickets and present them to the winners at one of our events . In July the Committee approved an Award scheme to recognize the work done by the volunteers in all aspects of our Area . Again, we published the details of the Award scheme through our website and Newsletter expecting to receive a flood of applications, imagine our surprise when we had very little interest . These Awards were eventually presented to the winners at our Referees’ Seminar . The Committee was very concerned about the lack of interest in our various attempts to promote participation in the Areas’ events, apart from the competition side . The Committee felt that with the loss of the Coach Award scheme to the Area, we are losing contact with our Clubs, despite our efforts through the new website . This may be due to the aging population of our volunteers without the younger generation getting involved with the organizational side of our sport . With this in mind, we have published through our website a note to ask why? We await your comments .

This year, the events we ran in the main went well and provided a surplus, but again our efforts to recruit Table Officials fell on deaf ears making us have to cancel our Table Officials course through lack of interest . As I have stated in my previous reports, the situation is now critical for our Officials .

This year, special congratulations go to Elaine Parkinson of our Competition Committee who, not only has been selected to be an Official at the Olympic Games, but her dedication to Judo has finally been recognized by the BJA and she is to be presented with an Award by them at this year’s Annual Awards Dinner . She deserves, and gets, all our congratulations for flying the Yorkshire and Humberside flag wherever she goes . If there was an Olympic medal for dedication to sport, Elaine would get the gold .

When we talk about our success in the events, we must also thank Peter Simpson, along with Elaine, who ensures that our events are well planned .

Our finances continue to be solid, thanks to the efforts of our Treasurer, John Bunyan .

Our new website is up and running bringing us into the 21st Century, thanks to the efforts of Ben George and Helen Moody who are well versed in all the new communications systems and are constantly updating our site .

I cannot finish my report without thanking Eric Theaker, a stalwart of the Committee, who seems to pick up all the awkward jobs and deals with them in his stride .

This year we carried on our coaching programme with eight revalidation Sundays at Goole . We also used Goole for other coaching days to fit in with the programme . Again, we must thank Seth Birch and John Burkill for the excellent service that is provided for our members . We also provided a First Aid course and a Child Protection course for our coaches along with a Referees’ course attended by our coaches at which Alan Medley explained in simple terms the new Judo rules . This was a very successful event thanks must be given to Alan for his efforts . We also presented the new Volunteer Awards at this event .

This year also we have brought in a new type of medal for our events and we hope that it will improve our image with a new concept .

A new member of the Committee is Joe Johnson who is beginning to make an impact on the Committee with his commonsense approach to most problems .

To end my report, I thank our Chairman, Colin Cleavin, who still manages to keep us in line through even more difficult times .

Alan StanbraArea Secretary


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Appendix 1Club Membership Statistics

AREA 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005

LONDON 58 47 46 39 34 36 37

SOUTHERN 123 125 120 132 139 135 134

NORTHERN HOME COUNTIES 78 84 81 87 90 81 78

MIDLANDS 71 68 69 75 80 79 82

NORTHWEST 65 66 68 70 69 74 73

NORTHERN 57 41 40 35 33 32 34

YORKSHIRE & HUMBERSIDE 34 34 34 31 32 32 32

WESTERN 74 77 77 84 73 90 91

EASTERN 37 37 37 39 40 40 33

BUJA 42 30 22 23 17 19 20

ARMY 1 2 2 1 7 6 5

NAVY 0 0 0 2 2 5 4

RAF 2 2 2 4 8 4 5

NORTHERN IRELAND 66 59 57 38 38 37 36

SCOTLAND 137 136 134 136 138 125 109

WALES 58 60 59 68 66 75 75

POLICE SPORT UK 5 0 1 2 2 2 2

TOTAL 908 868 849 866 868 872 850


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Appendix 2Mon Grade 1st to 9th Statistics Report Report dated 1st April 2011 to 31st March 2012

1st Mon 2nd Mon 3rd Mon 4th Mon 5th Mon 6th Mon 7th Mon 8th Mon 9th Mon

Area Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female

London 724 176 500 94 375 82 267 53 159 43 156 47 80 27 62 13 55 8

Southern 1068 371 815 220 827 183 538 132 413 108 355 88 274 66 202 54 144 41


656 242 482 166 380 150 280 92 206 58 178 65 144 36 94 33 68 31

Midlands 543 210 392 135 331 112 281 74 198 43 153 48 132 42 111 37 87 33

Northwest 434 167 306 128 250 85 196 42 136 41 118 42 115 28 92 24 62 25

Northern 429 188 253 135 108 54 89 38 58 33 52 29 44 24 28 12 16 11

Yorkshire & Humberside

260 76 188 44 191 30 160 38 108 24 88 19 74 15 37 14 29 9

Western 448 152 258 79 213 65 176 54 144 32 109 30 84 31 54 21 59 19

Eastern 247 96 216 100 177 60 147 47 134 29 127 33 75 27 58 22 41 11

Northern Ireland (direct to BJA)

0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Wales (direct to BJA) 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0

Scotland (direct to BJA)

2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Army 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Royal Navy Judo Association

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

R.A.F 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

B.U.J.A 26 12 21 4 18 2 12 4 7 3 4 0 1 0 3 1 0 1

Police Athletic Association

3 1 2 0 2 0 3 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 3 1

BJA in Schools 21 3 14 4 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Enjoy Judo 99 30 81 28 61 24 32 30 26 13 22 6 14 7 13 3 4 2

NOT YET APPROVED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

MISCELLANEOUS 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

GRAND TOTAL 4963 1724 3531 1137 2945 850 2187 604 1595 427 1365 407 1040 303 759 234 568 192


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Appendix 2Mon Grade 10th to 18th Statistics Report Report dated 1st April 2011 to 31st March 2012

10th Mon 11th Mon 12th Mon 13th Mon 14th Mon 15th Mon 16th Mon 17th Mon 18th Mon

Area Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female

London 47 8 24 5 18 3 17 5 8 3 6 0 3 0 2 0 4 0

Southern 116 31 75 19 57 18 47 14 36 10 28 11 28 8 21 6 12 5


58 30 51 19 46 21 35 17 26 7 15 6 16 4 10 3 4 1

Midlands 50 19 38 11 27 5 17 5 18 7 20 5 23 7 8 2 6 1

Northwest 55 19 55 18 51 17 44 9 27 8 21 4 10 2 7 2 5 2

Northern 19 10 9 7 7 4 18 5 19 7 9 4 5 5 4 2 1 2

Yorkshire & Humberside

33 10 17 9 15 3 13 4 10 5 14 2 3 1 2 0 1 0

Western 47 13 45 13 29 15 21 8 17 8 15 5 14 3 9 4 2 3

Eastern 39 10 44 7 58 9 14 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 2

Northern Ireland (direct to BJA)

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Wales (direct to BJA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Scotland (direct to BJA)

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Army 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Royal Navy Judo Association

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

R.A.F 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

B.U.J.A 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Police Athletic Association

5 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0

BJA in Schools 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Enjoy Judo 7 1 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NOT YET APPROVED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

MISCELLANEOUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total by grade 477 152 362 108 312 96 231 68 166 56 130 38 106 31 65 21 35 16


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Appendix 2Kyu Grade Statistics Report Report dated 1st April 2011 to 31st March 2012

6th KYU 5th KYU 4th KYU 3rd KYU 2nd KYU 1st KYU

Area Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female

London 81 22 51 10 43 6 43 5 40 6 39 4

Southern 94 23 71 11 81 16 68 15 63 16 70 20

Northern Home Counties 93 15 68 12 66 14 48 6 50 5 40 15

Midlands 82 27 62 11 50 12 34 8 48 12 65 15

Northwest 45 4 39 4 37 1 36 4 35 4 34 10

Northern 45 18 39 9 21 4 22 0 25 2 19 7

Yorkshire & Humberside 73 15 46 8 23 7 20 9 20 1 27 1

Western 67 17 47 5 51 10 51 5 52 6 48 13

Eastern 44 12 38 13 30 15 26 7 19 3 32 7

Northern Ireland (direct to BJA) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

Wales (direct to BJA) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0

Scotland (direct to BJA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Army 16 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Royal Navy Judo Association 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

R.A.F 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

B.U.J.A 159 40 62 13 45 11 26 6 34 2 27 4

Police Athletic Association 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0

BJA in Schools 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Enjoy Judo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NOT YET APPROVED 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

MISCELLANEOUS 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total by grade 804 194 528 98 449 99 375 66 388 58 403 96


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Appendix 3BJA Membership Statistics 2011-2012 and 2010-2011

LONDON SOUTHERNNORTHERN

HOME COUNTIES

MIDLANDS NORTHWEST NORTHERN YORKSHIRE & HUMBERSIDE WESTERN EASTERN

NORTHERN IRELAND (

direct to BJA)

WALES (direct to BJA)

SCOTLAND (direct to BJA) ARMY NAVY RAF

BRITISH UNIVERSITY

JUDOSCHOOLS POLICE

SPORT UK ENJOY JUDO MISC-ELLANEOUS TOTALS

2011/ 2012

2010/ 2011

2011/ 2012

2010/ 2011

2011/ 2012

2010/ 2011

2011/ 2012

2010/ 2011

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2010/ 2011

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2010/ 2011

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2010/ 2011

2011/ 2012

2010/ 2011

2011/ 2012

2010/ 2011

2011/ 2012

2010/ 2011

2011/ 2012

2010/ 2011

2011/ 2012

2010/ 2011

2011/ 2012

2010/ 2011

2011/ 2012

2010/ 2011

2011/ 2012

2010/ 2011

2011/ 2012

2010/ 2011

2011/ 2012

2010/ 2011

2011/ 2012

2010/ 2011

2011/ 2012

2010/ 2011

2011/ 2012

2010/ 2011

2011/ 2012

2010/ 2011

Junior New Male 840 974 1426 1662 827 1094 681 757 507 533 509 299 318 403 508 571 328 330 2 2 3 2 3 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 37 48 14 5 3 3 23 9 7 5 6038 6703

Junior New Female 282 213 488 483 317 407 245 241 197 184 250 126 102 102 165 182 116 150 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 16 7 3 2 1 5 7 3 0 2201 2117

Junior Renewal Male 996 695 2158 1943 1262 1138 1048 1103 764 766 342 312 469 433 786 847 600 584 2 0 3 0 1 4 1 2 0 0 2 2 65 32 10 0 24 18 44 30 2 3 8579 7912

Junior Renewal Female 207 178 588 608 419 364 351 368 217 244 153 111 123 125 236 245 192 189 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 17 8 3 0 3 4 20 6 1 0 2530 2452

Senior New Male 305 177 214 225 166 178 134 158 86 94 74 60 62 99 98 119 64 81 1 1 3 8 2 2 27 13 5 0 5 6 458 177 0 0 8 7 0 0 1 0 1713 1405

Senior New Female 64 32 35 43 28 26 21 30 5 16 9 16 8 27 21 28 17 18 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 137 38 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 350 279

Senior Renewal Male 428 414 960 929 704 652 692 722 459 453 237 241 316 306 523 527 247 260 3 3 10 10 5 7 12 10 11 13 7 9 240 139 0 0 15 8 0 2 3 10 4872 4715

Senior Renewal Female 80 64 215 222 153 158 133 164 89 75 58 58 52 61 94 107 63 62 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 52 32 0 0 4 2 0 0 3 12 1002 1024

Kano New Male 12 8 23 51 64 46 12 3 4 9 2 2 15 11 21 14 8 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 162 155

Kano New Female 2 5 5 15 23 27 4 3 1 8 1 1 2 5 7 11 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 78

Kano Renewal Male 5 6 14 17 18 5 3 2 3 1 0 0 5 7 9 7 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 48

Kano Renewal Female 1 2 4 11 6 14 2 6 0 2 1 0 2 3 10 6 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 51

Recreational New Male 6 3 6 6 5 3 7 5 1 2 4 4 3 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 40 30

Recreational New Female 2 4 9 7 8 7 7 4 0 0 4 5 2 1 3 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 40 34

Recreational Renewal Male 11 6 34 29 18 19 20 20 11 10 7 6 12 10 16 17 6 5 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 141 126

Recreational Renewal Female 9 6 23 25 17 13 17 19 8 11 5 9 3 2 18 18 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 106 109

Schools Male 0 6 3 114 0 1 5 73 0 9 1 4 15 76 104 37 38 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 321 634 0 0 487 1067

Schools Female 0 3 1 56 0 0 0 24 0 2 0 4 6 33 31 9 13 29 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 102 243 0 0 153 421

G4S Junior New Male 1 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 13

G4S Junior New Female 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6

PL4S Junior New Male 32 1 9 8 2 53 8 36 67 259 11 99 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 129 467

PL4S Junior New Female 17 197 2 10 2 12 6 33 30 122 32 69 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 458

PL4S Junior Renewal Male 3 70 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 71

PL4S Junior Renewal Female 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2

PL4S Senior New Male 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4

PL4S Senior New Female 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3

PL4S Student/Youth New Male 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

PL4S Student/Youth New Female 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SUB TOTAL (1 YEAR) 3305 3075 6220 6467 4040 4218 3401 3777 2459 2803 1703 1427 1516 1732 2652 2753 1713 1819 14 10 23 28 16 21 43 30 17 13 17 23 1031 491 34 57 61 43 515 931 25 32 28805 29750

Intro/Pay as You Throw Senior New Male 21 18 11 14 19 13 32 13 13 2 6 6 22 5 29 8 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 1 1 1 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 172 101

Intro/Pay as You Throw Senior New Female 32 18 3 5 2 2 11 4 2 0 3 13 2 1 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 45

Intro/Pay as You Throw Senior Renewal Male 7 2 5 10 7 4 11 2 10 3 2 2 7 1 7 1 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 69 34

Intro/Pay as You Throw Senior Renewal Female 0 0 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 5 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 5

Intro/Pay as You Throw Junior New Male 105 83 89 109 96 83 99 209 26 21 37 44 28 5 100 54 36 53 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19 0 1 0 52 1 0 1 689 666

Intro/Pay as You Throw Junior New Female 45 18 29 28 35 43 44 71 15 10 32 31 12 5 31 13 25 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 22 2 0 1 293 257

Intro/Pay as You Throw Junior Renewal Male 11 4 37 20 10 7 46 17 3 2 21 4 6 0 15 6 32 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 87 0 0 0 278 68

Intro/Pay as You Throw Junior Renewal Female 5 4 8 8 5 4 24 9 1 1 11 0 2 0 11 1 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 105 29

Intro/Pay as You Throw Student/Youth New Male 29 67 8 6 1 3 7 30 2 2 5 1 51 0 1 3 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 117 125

Intro/Pay as You Throw Student/Youth New Female 3 29 1 2 0 1 4 6 0 1 1 0 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 40

Intro/Pay as You Throw Student/Youth Renewal Male 1 45 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 49


SUB TOTAL (3/4 MONTHS) 259 313 196 203 177 161 285 363 72 43 124 102 148 20 201 89 120 120 0 0 2 2 0 0 10 6 2 1 1 0 25 19 39 0 3 0 189 4 0 2 1853 1448

GRAND TOTAL 3564 3388 6416 6670 4217 4379 3686 4140 2531 2846 1827 1529 1664 1752 2853 2842 1833 1939 14 10 25 30 16 21 53 36 19 14 18 23 1056 510 73 57 64 43 704 935 25 34 30658 31198


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LONDON SOUTHERNNORTHERN

HOME COUNTIES

MIDLANDS NORTHWEST NORTHERN YORKSHIRE & HUMBERSIDE WESTERN EASTERN

NORTHERN IRELAND (

direct to BJA)

WALES (direct to BJA)

SCOTLAND (direct to BJA) ARMY NAVY RAF

BRITISH UNIVERSITY

JUDOSCHOOLS POLICE

SPORT UK ENJOY JUDO MISC-ELLANEOUS TOTALS

2011/ 2012

2010/ 2011

2011/ 2012

2010/ 2011

2011/ 2012

2010/ 2011

2011/ 2012

2010/ 2011

2011/ 2012

2010/ 2011

2011/ 2012

2010/ 2011

2011/ 2012

2010/ 2011

2011/ 2012

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2011/ 2012

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2011/ 2012

2010/ 2011

2011/ 2012

2010/ 2011

2011/ 2012

2010/ 2011

2011/ 2012

2010/ 2011

2011/ 2012

2010/ 2011

2011/ 2012

2010/ 2011

2011/ 2012

2010/ 2011

2011/ 2012

2010/ 2011

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2010/ 2011

2011/ 2012

2010/ 2011

2011/ 2012

2010/ 2011

Junior New Male 840 974 1426 1662 827 1094 681 757 507 533 509 299 318 403 508 571 328 330 2 2 3 2 3 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 37 48 14 5 3 3 23 9 7 5 6038 6703

Junior New Female 282 213 488 483 317 407 245 241 197 184 250 126 102 102 165 182 116 150 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 16 7 3 2 1 5 7 3 0 2201 2117

Junior Renewal Male 996 695 2158 1943 1262 1138 1048 1103 764 766 342 312 469 433 786 847 600 584 2 0 3 0 1 4 1 2 0 0 2 2 65 32 10 0 24 18 44 30 2 3 8579 7912

Junior Renewal Female 207 178 588 608 419 364 351 368 217 244 153 111 123 125 236 245 192 189 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 17 8 3 0 3 4 20 6 1 0 2530 2452

Senior New Male 305 177 214 225 166 178 134 158 86 94 74 60 62 99 98 119 64 81 1 1 3 8 2 2 27 13 5 0 5 6 458 177 0 0 8 7 0 0 1 0 1713 1405

Senior New Female 64 32 35 43 28 26 21 30 5 16 9 16 8 27 21 28 17 18 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 137 38 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 350 279

Senior Renewal Male 428 414 960 929 704 652 692 722 459 453 237 241 316 306 523 527 247 260 3 3 10 10 5 7 12 10 11 13 7 9 240 139 0 0 15 8 0 2 3 10 4872 4715

Senior Renewal Female 80 64 215 222 153 158 133 164 89 75 58 58 52 61 94 107 63 62 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 52 32 0 0 4 2 0 0 3 12 1002 1024

Kano New Male 12 8 23 51 64 46 12 3 4 9 2 2 15 11 21 14 8 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 162 155

Kano New Female 2 5 5 15 23 27 4 3 1 8 1 1 2 5 7 11 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 78

Kano Renewal Male 5 6 14 17 18 5 3 2 3 1 0 0 5 7 9 7 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 48

Kano Renewal Female 1 2 4 11 6 14 2 6 0 2 1 0 2 3 10 6 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 51

Recreational New Male 6 3 6 6 5 3 7 5 1 2 4 4 3 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 40 30

Recreational New Female 2 4 9 7 8 7 7 4 0 0 4 5 2 1 3 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 40 34

Recreational Renewal Male 11 6 34 29 18 19 20 20 11 10 7 6 12 10 16 17 6 5 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 141 126

Recreational Renewal Female 9 6 23 25 17 13 17 19 8 11 5 9 3 2 18 18 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 106 109

Schools Male 0 6 3 114 0 1 5 73 0 9 1 4 15 76 104 37 38 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 321 634 0 0 487 1067

Schools Female 0 3 1 56 0 0 0 24 0 2 0 4 6 33 31 9 13 29 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 102 243 0 0 153 421

G4S Junior New Male 1 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 13

G4S Junior New Female 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6

PL4S Junior New Male 32 1 9 8 2 53 8 36 67 259 11 99 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 129 467

PL4S Junior New Female 17 197 2 10 2 12 6 33 30 122 32 69 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 458

PL4S Junior Renewal Male 3 70 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 71

PL4S Junior Renewal Female 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2

PL4S Senior New Male 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4

PL4S Senior New Female 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3

PL4S Student/Youth New Male 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

PL4S Student/Youth New Female 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SUB TOTAL (1 YEAR) 3305 3075 6220 6467 4040 4218 3401 3777 2459 2803 1703 1427 1516 1732 2652 2753 1713 1819 14 10 23 28 16 21 43 30 17 13 17 23 1031 491 34 57 61 43 515 931 25 32 28805 29750

Intro/Pay as You Throw Senior New Male 21 18 11 14 19 13 32 13 13 2 6 6 22 5 29 8 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 1 1 1 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 172 101

Intro/Pay as You Throw Senior New Female 32 18 3 5 2 2 11 4 2 0 3 13 2 1 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 45

Intro/Pay as You Throw Senior Renewal Male 7 2 5 10 7 4 11 2 10 3 2 2 7 1 7 1 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 69 34

Intro/Pay as You Throw Senior Renewal Female 0 0 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 5 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 5

Intro/Pay as You Throw Junior New Male 105 83 89 109 96 83 99 209 26 21 37 44 28 5 100 54 36 53 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19 0 1 0 52 1 0 1 689 666

Intro/Pay as You Throw Junior New Female 45 18 29 28 35 43 44 71 15 10 32 31 12 5 31 13 25 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 22 2 0 1 293 257

Intro/Pay as You Throw Junior Renewal Male 11 4 37 20 10 7 46 17 3 2 21 4 6 0 15 6 32 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 87 0 0 0 278 68

Intro/Pay as You Throw Junior Renewal Female 5 4 8 8 5 4 24 9 1 1 11 0 2 0 11 1 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 105 29

Intro/Pay as You Throw Student/Youth New Male 29 67 8 6 1 3 7 30 2 2 5 1 51 0 1 3 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 117 125

Intro/Pay as You Throw Student/Youth New Female 3 29 1 2 0 1 4 6 0 1 1 0 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 40



SUB TOTAL (3/4 MONTHS) 259 313 196 203 177 161 285 363 72 43 124 102 148 20 201 89 120 120 0 0 2 2 0 0 10 6 2 1 1 0 25 19 39 0 3 0 189 4 0 2 1853 1448

GRAND TOTAL 3564 3388 6416 6670 4217 4379 3686 4140 2531 2846 1827 1529 1664 1752 2853 2842 1833 1939 14 10 25 30 16 21 53 36 19 14 18 23 1056 510 73 57 64 43 704 935 25 34 30658 31198

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