Club News
Paul Tiley – 7th Dan !
Paul Tiley was formally presented with his 7th Dan at Patchway Judo Club on Thursday 12 March, by Neil Adams MBE, 9th Dan, marking a significant milestone in Paul’s long and distinguished judo career. Over 100 players, past and present, who have been coached or…
Future Club Coaches
After renewing their first aid certificates in November, our next generation of coaches attended Safeguarding course today in preparation of their coaching courses. Very proud of our next generation of coaches!
What a month for Sam!
On the back of winning his first European championship fight, Sam is now ranked 146 in the World! This week he completed his 1st kyu brown belt… next stop black belt! Sam has also completed safeguarding training ready for his coaching course in the Spring!
Club’s First female 3rd Dan! Congratulations Sasha
We are so proud of Sasha achieving her 3rd Dan. She is an inspiration as a player and a coach. Her journey to black belt was recently documented by British Judo From Scoliosis Surgery to 2nd Dan – Sasha Foxon’s Judo Journey – British Judo Association
End of year party and awards!
Our traditional end of year party was well attended. Awards for Minis, Junior, youth and Senior Players! We acknowledged all of our junior coaches, who do a fantastic job week in week out, really are the clubs future; all those aged over 16 booked on first level…
2nd Dan at 17!
Happy Birthday and congratulations to Balaz who was awarded his 1st Dan the day before his 16th birthday, by his 17th Birthday has achieved his 2nd Dan! After 1st Dan minimum amount of time to be awarded 2nd Dan is 1 year and minimum age is 17! Balaz volunteers on…
End of Year Party & Awards 2024
Amazing numbers at our end of year party and awards with players, siblings, parents, grandparents all coming along. Choosing our award winners this year was incredibly hard, we added an extra category as our youth section (14-17) has grown so much, so much hard work…
British Judo Awards Volunteer of the Year 2024
British Judo volunteer of the year 2024 was our own Club Chair, Zoe Locke! Zoe joins the Patchway hall of fame of volunteer award winners, along with the whole club winning club of the year 2024 (and 2012). The clubs volunteer ethos is passed through out the club,…
Masterclass with Olympian Lele Nairne
Great to be able to host a second Master class with 2024 Olympian Lele Nairne. Lele put players through their paces, with skills and drills. Giving players aged 7 to 69 a chance to do randori (free practice) with her. Lele is an inspiration to all players, many of…
Not just for boys!
40% of our players are female! Three of our eight coaches are female! Four of our seven junior coaches are female! Five of our seven officials / referees are female!