Walderslade Judo Club

It was fantastic to be back on the mats on Friday, seeing all the happy faces and seeing everyone having fun and working hard once again.

Our two weekly award winners simply got on and did each and every exercise and training routine with enthusiasm and 100% effort, well done to both of them 😁👍💪

A club tee shirt was also spotted hiking in Romania recently, with this one being worn by Nick. Happy hiking Nick, the views look amazing 👍😁

It looks like the last of our summer club tee shirt photos is now in. This one was spotted in Cyprus.

We hope you have all had a brilliant summer and we look forward to seeing you all at the club when we reopen again as from this Friday 😁👍

Ethan Watkin stepped onto the tatami in Switzerland today and gave it 100%

Judo is tough at this level and in a group of 11 that first win is all important. Ethan faced Spain’s Sanz Pastrana in the opening round and was attacking well, however he got caught with a well timed footsweep for wazari and was unable to pull that back in time. Sanz Pastrana went on to take the bronze.

No medal this time but well done to Ethan for stepping out onto the tatami at such a huge event, learning and improving one day at a time 👍

Go Ethan 💪🤞

Good luck to Ethan Watkin who steps onto the tatami in Switzerland tomorrow at -60kgs in an historic first.

In what is a truly historic day for adaptive judo tomorrow, 25 GB adaptive judoka will take to the tatami at the Ecole Mont-Olivet Adapted Grand Slam Lausanne 2026 🇬🇧

The event marks a landmark moment for the sport as the first IJF World Tour event to host adaptive athletes, giving them the opportunity to compete alongside some of judo's biggest names on one of the sport's biggest stages 🤩

Good luck to Ethan and to the whole team! 🤞

Find out more ➡️ https://www.britishjudo.org.uk/25-gb-adaptive-judoka-to-compete-at-historic-lausanne-adapted-grand-slam/

The adventures of our club members and their tee shirts continue with this one even taking time to look for the Loch Ness Monster 😮 We hope they both make it back safe and sound and in time for judo next week 😬😆

This particular club tee shirt will also have clocked up about 1,704 miles on its summer road trip 😮💪

Looking forward to seeing you all again as from 4 September 👍

As the summer starts to draw to a close our club members in their tee shirts were also spotted being kind to the animals at Banham Zoo in Norfolk 😊