Mix 96 Local Heroes

On June 19th our club coach Mark Scott attended the Mix 96 Local Heroes awards held at Halton House near Wendover.  Mark was nominated for the  Sports Person of the Year award by one of our junior players, Ella.

Having been shortlisted, Mark with his date for the evening Ella (chaperoned by her mum Annabel) were invited to a very posh awards ceremony!

I’m sure the whole of the Renrukan will join us in congratulating Mark on his runner up award.  As Mark said this week, he is absolutely thrilled to be nominated by Ella.

Mark was also delighted to be nominated for the Inspirational Teacher Award by another of our talented junior judokas, Ted.

These nominations and the runner up award are thoroughly deserved and are a reflection of how highly the people Mark coaches regard him.

As these photos show, Mark had to swap a Black Belt for a Black Tie!

(click on any of these photos to enlarge)

Well done Mark!

NHC Mini Mon – Sat 6th June

Another great day of competition for the Renrukan.
We took 5 players to the High Wycombe Judo Centre for this competition – open for players graded up to and including 6th Mon.

Two of our players, Josh and Conor, were out at a large competition for the first time at over 8 years old.
Very proud with all players for making the effort to compete in tough surroundings; always a great learning curve.

All fought to their best with Josh gaining a BRONZE medal.

Lee fought and gained GOLD, winning all of his 4 fights in fantastic style and with a standard of judo etiquette that I have never seen in my judo lifetime.  Only once have I witnessed such quality and that was at a world masters in Ireland by a Brazilian player. He took 2 golds. But that player was a world master! Lee is 11 years old and took high praises from the referees and many of the top ranking officials. ‘Where did that all come from?’ was one the comments from the ref.  I smiled and said, ‘I’ll pass that on’.

JOSH PATEL      U24 Kg  (BRONZE)
LEE INGRAM    U34 Kg  (GOLD)
KIERAN HALL     U34 Kg
OSCAR WHEELER   U38 Kg
CONOR BATESON   U42 Kg

You guys made me proud again. Lee, that was an awesome display of the complete sport of JUDO.

See you all at training.

thanks
MARK  ( coach )

Renrukan Club Championship & Kano Randori 2009

Date: Saturday 25th July
Location:Quarrendon and Meadowcroft Community Centre
Time: 9:30am

Please let Mark know if you are able to offer any help such as the raffle, food drinks or setting up.

Richard – 1st Kyu Grading

Well done to Richard for gaining his 1st Kyu  (Senior Brown Belt).

What a great effort of determination, study and combat to achieve this high grade.
Many congratulations from myself, Lewis and the other players that have admired your achievement.
A very proud moment for Richard I’m sure.  Now he can relax and start aiming for his black belt!
Great to have players of Richard’s honesty and focus to achieve at the Renrukan.

Mark (coach)

NHC Red Belt Rumble – Sun 24th May

The Renrukan took 6 players to high wycombe for a red belt competition.  Five of these players had not been to a competition at this level before, so it was great to have new players giving their best.
Some of the weight groups had some strong opposition, but they kept at it .

PLAYERS TAKING PART
( ALL PLAYERS RECEIVED A PARTICIPANTS CERTIFICATE)

BOYS

RHYS PAINTON -25KG
KIERON BURKE  -25KG
TED BOWERMAN -29KG   (BRONZE)
KIERAN HALL      -33KG
ZAK FENSOME    -42KG

GIRLS

ELLA ASHWELL   -24KG   (SILVER )

Well done to Ella and Ted , who for the first time out into big time judo  really fought hard, as did all our players, and on the day were rewarded with a SILVER and a BRONZE medal.

Again well done to everybody and another good day out for the Renrukan.

Good stuff guys

Mark ( coach )

61 Club – Junior & Youth Open – Sat 10th May

We had two players entered for this event – Daniel & Thomas Taylor.

Against tough opposition and national players, both players fought very well.

Thomas was not in the medals this time.

Daniel in his weight group made the rostrum, achieving a BRONZE MEDAL.
WELL DONE TO BOTH OF YOU and welcome to the big league.

keep up training hard

well done
mark (coach)

Micklefield 8 & Under Training Randori

Well, what a day!  The Renrukan took 8 players to Micklefield for the 8 & under training randori event.

And what a day it turned out to be, taking 3 GOLD, 2 SILVER  3 BRONZE.  On top of all that, we took the spirit of judo award and style of judo award.

As a coach of the Renrukan it makes me rather proud to be in the company of my players that achieve these results.

More rewarding is that 2 of the players were attending their very first competition and their first steps outside the club dojo. Both took GOLD medals. (Ella and Edward)

All 8 players took medals from bronze to gold, from fighting.  There were no participation medals, all on performance, many players did not receive. From a very large turn out from around the county.

RESULTS

Isaac Taylor      (BRONZE)
Alec Jarvis       (BRONZE)
Charlie McIntosh  (BRONZE)

Josh Patel        (SILVER)
Daniel Bartlett   (SILVER)

Edward Biggs      (GOLD)
Patrick Bolton    (GOLD)
Ella Ashwell      (GOLD)

SPIRIT OF JUDO    Josh Patel
STYLE OF JUDO     Daniel Bartlett

Again well done to all.  A fantastic performance.  You guys made me very proud indeed.
Many thanks to parents etc for all the support and Josh’s dad for keeping me in liquid.
Keep it all up.

I’m over the moon with you rabble.

Mark (coach)

Gradings – March 2009

KANO/3RD ICHI TO 1ST MON
ISAAC TAYLOR

NOVICE TO 1ST MON.
KIRSTY BATSON
KIERON BURKE
ELLA ASHWELL
TED BOWERMAN

1ST MON TO 2ND MON
LIAM WATKINS

2ND MON TO 3RD MON
JONATHAN AMECHE
LEAH PIERCY
KIERAN HALL

5TH MON TO 6TH MON
LEIGH INGRAM
RYAN PATEL

6TH MON TO 7TH MON (ORANGE BELT)
KIRSTY ROONEY
THEA CHANDLER

SENIORS
6TH KYU TO 5TH KYU
LIAM KIMBLE

KEEP IT UP AND REMEMBER ALL AND IT DOESNT GET ANY EASIER.

MARK (COACH)

Micklefield 8 & Under Training Day

This event will be held by our good friends at Micklefield Judo Club on Saturday 25th April.  It will consists of a training session coached by Ian Rose (5 time Paralympian) followed by a competition style randori.  Anyone aged 8 or under, who have held a license for 6 months or more but who haven’t won a medal at a red belt rumble, is eligible to take part.  We had a fantastic turn out last time with great performances all round so let’s get behind the Renrukan again.

January grading results

Well done to all who graded a big step for some in your judo career.

NOVICE TO 1ST MON.  (RED BELT 1 YELLOW TAB)

RHYS PAINTON
RHIANNA HUMPHREY
SEAN FLANAGON
CONOR BATESON
CALLUM HIGGS-EBURNE
ARCHIE HURST
HANNAH MINETT
HARVEY PALMER
PATRICK BOLTON

1ST  TO 2ND MON      (RED BELT 2 RED TABS)

JONATHON AMECHE
DANIEL BARTLETT
LEAH PIERCY
LAUREN GIL
REECE CROFT

3RD TO 4TH MON    (YELLOW BELT 1 RED TAB)

HARRY DENTON

4TH TO 5TH MON     (YELLOW BELT 2 RED TABS)

RYAN PATEL
OSCAR WHEELER
TOM ALEXANDER

6TH TO 7TH MON     (ORANGE BELT 1 RED TAB)

DANIEL TAYLOR
THOMAS TAYLOR

SENIORS

LIAM KIMBLE  ( NOVICE TO 6TH KYU)
RICHARD O`KEEFFE   (3RD TO 2ND KYU)    BLUE BELT

Congratulations to all.
You now know that grading with the new system, you have to study and remember all your theory, your techniques and japanese translations.

Keep it up guys and girls
Mark (coach)