Duo good as gold for St Albans

BRADLEY Howell and Victoria Cleevely fought hard to win gold as the St Albans Judo Club made their mark at the British Kata Championships. St Albans sent a larger squad than last year to the junior and senior events held at High Wycombe Judo Club.

BRADLEY Howell and Victoria Cleevely fought hard to win gold as the St Albans Judo Club made their mark at the British Kata Championships.

St Albans sent a larger squad than last year to the junior and senior events held at High Wycombe Judo Club.

Bradley and Victoria claimed victories in the Under 12s Nage-No-Kata and Katame-No-Kata while Elena Howell took silver with her partner James Davis in the Under 12s Katame-No-Kata.

Tomi Borzák and Megan Taylor took bronze in the Under 16s Nage-No-Kata while Megan along with Sophie Day achieved a silver in the Under 16s Ju-No-kata, an excellent performance as they only started training in this kata earlier this year.

In the senior championships Darren Rolph and Ricky Cleevely managed silver in Kime-No-Kata while Zoli Borzák and Bob Cleevely achieved a respectable fourth place, just missing out on a medal in Katame-No-Kata. This spurred them on to claim the silver medal in Ju-No-Kata.

The medal tally of two gold, four silver and one bronze paid testament to the hard work and dedication that the squad puts in, especially the juniors.

Ricky Cleevely, who has been training hard to get back to contest fitness after 18 months out of contest fighting, also entered the Kyu Grades Cup and won three contests with Ippon throws (maximum score straight win) to secure bronze.