Ruston Marconi Judo Club

All set for today's AJA East Midlands Area Open Championships. Good luck to everyone competing.

We are excited to announce that our Annual Club Championships are taking place on Sunday 19th July, and we would love to see as many of our members as possible taking part in what is always one of the highlights of our club calendar.

🥋 Event Details
📅 Date: Sunday 19th July
📍 Venue: The Priory City of Lincoln Academy, Skellingthorpe Road, Lincoln
🕘 Arrival: From 9:00am
🏆 Contests Begin: 9:30am
🧺 Picnic & Games: Approximately 1:00pm on the school field

The Club Championships are open to all of our members, regardless of experience, and we encourage everyone to get involved. The day is a fantastic opportunity for our judoka to showcase their skills, gain competition experience, and most importantly, enjoy themselves in a friendly and supportive environment.

Entry is completely FREE, and every participant will receive a medal.
During the day we will also be presenting our prestigious Annual Club Awards.

Family and friends are warmly invited to come along and support our judoka. The encouragement from the crowd helps make the day special and creates the fantastic atmosphere that our club is known for.

🎟️ Annual Club Raffle
As part of the day, we will once again be holding our Annual Club Raffle to help raise valuable funds for the club.
At tonight's training session (Thursday 2nd July), each club member will receive 10 raffle tickets to sell to family and friends. Tickets are £2 each.

We would be incredibly grateful for your support with selling as many tickets as possible. Every ticket sold helps us continue to invest in equipment, events, and opportunities for our members.
If you would like to donate a prize for the raffle, please bring it along to one of the Thursday night sessions leading up to the event.

Thank you for your continued support of the club. We hope you will join us on Sunday 19th July for what promises to be another fantastic day of judo, fun, and celebration.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Congratulations to our club members who attended today’s East Midland Area Junior Grading at Acorn Judo Club

Full results as follows:

Willow - Yellow +2 orange tabs
Freddie - Yellow +2 orange tabs
Hettie - Yellow +2 orange tabs
Oliver - Yellow +2 orange tabs

Rohan - Orange +1 green tab
Harley - Orange + 1 green tab
Aleksii - Orange +1 green tab

Oliver N - Orange +2 green tabs

Jonathan - Full Green
Reggie - Full Green

Micah - Green + 2 blue tabs

Well done everyone.

Good luck to our Junior Club Members who are about to get started at this afternoons Area Grading at Acorn Judo Club . You know your stuff, show them what you can do.

We are pleased remind all our Club Members that the Ruston Marconi Judo Club Annual Club Championships will be taking place on Sunday 19th July. This is always a fantastic event and an opportunity for our members to showcase the skills and progress they have made throughout the year.

As part of the Championships, we will be holding a raffle fundraiser to help raise money towards the purchase of new judo mats for the club. Our goal is to raise £1,000 towards this important investment.
On Thursday 25th June, each club member will be given 10 raffle tickets, we would be grateful if they could sell these to friends, family, neighbours, and colleagues wherever possible. Each raffle ticket will be sold for £2. Your support will make a significant difference in helping us reach our fundraising target.

We would also like to thank our new Club Child Welfare Officer, Sarah Kirk, who has already secured many prize donations from generous local businesses.

To help make the raffle an even greater success, we are asking club members and their families, if they are able, to donate small prizes that can be combined into raffle hampers. Suitable donations might include:
Boxes of chocolates or sweets
Bottles of wine
Beauty or toiletry products
Gift sets
Other small raffle prizes

If you would like to donate, please bring any items along to the club over the next 2 or 3 training sessions, if possible, we would like to have collected any donations by Thursday 9th July.
Thank you for your continued support of Ruston Marconi Judo Club. We look forward to seeing everyone at the Club Championships and appreciate any assistance you can provide with the raffle fundraiser.

We would like to remind everyone that the upcoming East Midlands Area Championships, hosted by Ruston Marconi Judo Club, are now just a few weeks away.

We're so excited to be hosting the East Midland Area's Flagship event, the first time we have ever been asked to, and we're hoping as many Club Members as possible will support the event and help make it one to remember.

This event is a fantastic opportunity for our young Judoka to gain valuable competition experience, test their skills against players from other clubs, and enjoy a great day of judo in a friendly and supportive environment.

Whether your child is entering their first competition or is already an experienced competitor, we would strongly encourage them to take part.

🥋 East Midlands Area Championships
📅 Date: Sunday 5th July 2026
📍 Venue: Ruston Marconi Judo Club, The Priory, City of Lincoln Academy, Skellingthorpe Road, Lincoln, LN6 0EP
⚖ Weigh-in: Juniors up to 40kg at 9:30am / All other categories at 11am
💰 Entry Fee: £12 (if junior entering the low grade event also wishes to enter the open grade competition then the fee is £12 for the 1st event and £6 for the 2nd event).
⏱ Closing Date: All entries must be received by Saturday 27th June 2026.

If your child would like to enter, please speak to one of the coaching team as soon as possible. Entries close well before the event, so we encourage families not to leave it until the last minute.

We look forward to seeing as many of our members as possible representing the club on the day.

Congratulations to our May Player of the Month Award winners.

We would like to remind everyone that the upcoming East Midlands Area Junior Gradings are now just a few weeks away:

🥋 East Midlands Area Junior Grading - Yellow Belts and Above
📅 Date: Sunday 28th June 2026
📍 Venue: Acorn Judo Club, Digby War Memorial Hall, North Street, Digby, Lincolnshire, LN4 3LY
⌚ Time: 12:00 midday
💵 Entry Fee: £7.50

This Grading event is for all Junior Club Members currently graded Yellow Belt or above. If your Child wishes to attend, the Coaching Team needs to know as soon as possible (no later than this Thursday 4th June). Please reply to this email to confirm their attendance. We will then help them prepare over the next 4 weeks to ensure they are ready for the grading.

This is an ideal local Grading event for our Junior Club members and should be considered by all.

Thank you

Over the last 6 weeks, all three of our groups have been working on attack transitions.

Attacking using an Ashi-Waza technique, that is successfully defended but allows Tori to take advantage of Uke's lost balance to attack with a much bigger throw. Once on the ground, Uki has taken a defensive position, Tori then continues the transition with a turnover into Osaekomi.

Our groups have all learnt some new turnovers that will hopefully help in the upcoming competitions and grading events.

We're excited to be hosting this years AJA East Midland Area Open Championships on Sunday 5th July.

Emails have been sent out to all Club Members outlining all the details, please get in touch if you have any questions and would like to enter.

Thank you