AREA NEWSLETTER September & October 2008 (PDF format)
Judo within the Area is beginning to gather momentum after the quiet time of the summer break. The Mens, Boys, Ladies/Girls, and WCS Squads have all had sessions.
The Northern Area Committee offers its condolences to the family of Steve Giles who lost their Grandson Theo after a long illness. The Area intend to make a donation to the Intensive Care Unit of the RVI and anyone wishing to make a similar donation can either donate direct to the RVI or contact Mike Bradshaw (Area Treasurer).
The recent intensive Level One Coaching Course held at the
Tyne Youth & Community Centre prepared 15 keen and
enthusiastic “potential” Coaches. for assessment. They were all
assessed two weeks after the course and all were successful in
becoming accredited UKCC Level One Coaches.
Congratulations to all concerned – the hard work was worth it
after all.
Interested in the next one?
Contact chloeogorman@britishjudo.org.uk
Congratulations to John Simpson who ran a successful Kata course at Lampton Street on 12th October with 6 judoka taking the first step into the discipline of Kata. John is planning more Kata sessions in 2009.
Ronnie Scott suggested to the Area committee at its last meeting that he felt the Area should support its young players by sponsoring 5 boys and 5 girls to attend the Winter Training Camp held at Kendal Judo Club each year. The committeeoverwhelmingly supported the idea and will review possible candidates via Area and Club Coaches. It is essential that the youth potential is recognised, supported and rewarded by the Area where possible.
Chloe Cowan organised a Strength and Conditioning Workshop at The Tyne Community Centre which was well attended by Coaches and players from across the Area. A fee of £10.00 was charged for what was a superb presentation by Nick Grantham a World Class Instructor. See website for resources left by Nick Grantham.
The Area will be participating in 3x refereeing Courses over the coming months. The first two will be held at Lambton Fellowship Judo Club, and Carlisle Judo Club; both will have a £5 administration charge. The final course will be held at Goole with Alan Medley a former IJF referee who will pass on his extensive knowledge free of charge. See the Events page on the Area website or email referee@bjanorthern.org.uk
The next Dan grading to be held in our Area will be at Newburn Leisure Centre on Dec 6th. Contact examiner@bjanorthern.org.uk
The BJA have announced that there will be an Instructors
Course held within our Area over the weekend of the 6th/ 7th
Dec. Colin McIver will run the course supported by ATD Eddie
Ferrie and RTO Chloe Cowan over the two days for a fee of
£80.00. The course will be able to award the Instructors Award
see details on the BJA website
http://www.britishjudo.org.uk/technical/instructor.php
Contacts
RTO Chloe Cowan chloeogorman@britishjudo.org.uk
ATD Eddie Ferrie ATD@bjanorthern.org.uk
Redcar Judo Club won the Club Volunteer Award at the BJA Annual Awards ceremony in Birmingham. Alan Cawthorne has worked over the past two decades to promote his own club. The award is justly deserved. In particular the Area congratulate one of Alan’s students Stephen Tilley who also won the Young Volunteer of the Year Award. See Matside magazine.
The issue of payment of the Northern Area Levy has caused a
number of problems over the past year. Who should pay the
Levy and how much should be paid has left clubs and
competition organisers often confused. In order to clarify and
simplify the situation Wayne Broderick suggested to the
committee that a standard and “ fixed “ fee of 50p should be
payable for every competitor who enters a competition. There
will be no opt out for clubs who claim they have not made a
profit and organisers are asked to ensure this money is built into
their budget. The committee agreed to implement this procedure
from 1st Nov 08. This fee of 50p is to support the Area in
progressing the training supplied by volunteers and providing
expertise and support.
As part of the Bronze Award accreditation process the next
stage will be the Equity in coaching course. This will be held at
the Cramlington Sports Club ( located in the grounds of
Cramlington High School ) on 4th November 08 between 6.30
and 9.30 pm..
Chloe Cowan intends to send all clubs a copy of all courses
( specific to the bronze award ) running throughout the North
East. This should enable attendance at local and accessible
courses for our Clubs. Please note that many of these courses are
generic and not specific to Judo, they may be run by other
sporting lead bodies eg Football Association etc
