News Archive

NEW 10th July 2004
Sport Relief Donation
Sport Relief was set up by Comic Relief and BBC SPORT to tackle poverty and disadvantage, both in the UK and internationally. Its debut in 2002 raised more than £14 million and in 2004 Sport Relief is aiming to do even better. The vision is to harness the power, passion and goodness of sport to help change the world. Seishin Judo joined thousands of other sports clubs and individuals across the country on July 10th by making a donation of £100 to the Sports Relief fund.

Sunday 13th June 2004
Sussex Gradings
Seishin judo players attended the Sussex County Gradings this weekend. This month, we put forward a smaller number of entries than usual as we have a number of players entering competitions, and it is vital that they remain in their selected grade categories. In today's contest everyone did their best and that is all anyone can ask for.Those who were not so succesful this time will have their day! Full details of results can be found on the results page.

Sunday 21st March 2004
Sussex Trials
Seishin junior and senior teams excelled this weekend with a thrilling debut at the Sussex Closed Trials in Worthing. Seishin were competing in this tournament for the very first time, and have certainly now claimed their place amongst the elite clubs in Sussex.

The junior squad ended the day with a haul of 13 medals, including golds from Dominic Young, James Draper and Gareth Rann. Five of the junior medallists were also competing at this level for the very first time, collecting four silvers and a bronze between them.

To cap a perfect day, the Seishin Junior team also came within one point of claiming the coveted Meeksan Trophy for the most successful junior team, finishing in second place. Head coach Bruce Scrivens commented, "This was our first Sussex County Trials since our formation in late September 2003 and the junior squad have exceeded our very best expectations. Those players who have chosen to join us were well represented here and what a result! They have worked very hard in preparing for this tournament, and through the guidance of the coaches and more experienced players, have been well rewarded for their efforts." Bruce added "We are a new club, and expect to improve further on these results. With many new players still to come through the ranks it all bodes very well for the future."

The Seishin senior squad also did not disappoint with a total of four medals including two golds. A special mention should go to both Robbie Braint and Ben Sanderson, both of whom have recently moved from the junior ranks straight into the under 90kg mens catagory. Both of these players acquitted themselves extremely well and were not phased by the event.

Sunday 29th February 2004
Sussex Gradings
Seishin junior and senior players enjoyed a very successful day at the Sussex gradings this weekend. In all, seven junior and five senior players were successful in improving their grade. Bruce Scrivens, head coach commented ...

"Seishin continues to improve with both junior and senior players achieving success. These are competitive gradings and advancement is never easy. It is important to remember that everyone at the club plays a part in the success of others"

Monday 16th February 2004
London International Judo Tournament
Seishin Judo had a very good medal return from the London International Judo Tournament held at the ExCel Centre in Docklands this weekend. This tournament is one of the premier events on the UK judo calendar and was attended by judoka from all over Europe. As a result competition was tough and everyone from Seishin Judo distinguished themselves well.

In all, ten Seishin players were fighting over the weekend :-

• Dominic Young - Group B3, boys aged 8 & 9 under 28kg

• Joe Bolland - Group B7, boys aged 8 & 9 under 40kg

• James Lasis - Group B8, boys aged 8 & 9 over 40kg

• James Draper - Group C2, boys aged 11 & 12 under 31kg (representing Sussex County)

• Oliver Young - Group D4, boys aged 12 & 13 under 40kg

• Jack Tottman - Group D9, boys aged 12 & 13 under 55kg

• Lindsay Haggart - Group D20, girls aged 12 & 13 under 55kg (representing Sussex County)

• Rob Braint - Group F5, men 16 to 18 under 81kg

• Paola Gallelli - Group F9, women 16 to 18 under 57kg

• Nicole Berry - Group H12, womens open under 78kg

Everybody fought extremely well in groups where there were no easy fights.

Dominic Young having moved up a weight category put in a very worthy performance by reaching the latter stages of a very large group. James Lasis narrowly missed out on bronze in his last fight, and was also responsible for the throw of the afternoon with a superb harai goshi.

Lindsay Haggart and James Draper, both selected to represent the Sussex County Team at this event did not let down their club, or county, by winning 3rd place bronze in their groups. James Draper achieving his bronze win in a very tough "golden score" final, testing the nerves of the club and county coaches by winning in the dying seconds with a seoinage throw.

Nicole Berry succeeding in winning a silver medal in the women's open category. A very commendable achievement underlined by a brief visit to casualty for a sore neck. Nicole thankfully suffered no lasting effects.

The gold medal victory from Joe Bolland came as no surprise to coaches Bruce Scrivens and Tim Draper. Joe has emerged this year as a real competition contender, and disposed of his opponents very efficiently, putting on a very strong demonstration of contest groundwork on the way.

Head coach Bruce Scrivens commented that to get four medals from ten entries was an exceptional performance in such a high level competition. He added that every single Seishin player put in very strong and determined performance and that the medal winners deserve special praise for their achievements.

To see the full results of the tournament, visit the tournament website over the next week where the full results will be posted.

Click here for the tournament page

Sunday 1st February 2004
Seishin Annual Award Night
Was a great success, attended by over 200 people. This was our first
and inaugural presentation evening.
The evening was attended by our sponsors BOC Ltd.
David Ansell (Shinichido Iaido) conducted the opening cleansing ceremony, and together with Bruce Scrivens gave an enthralling display of sword work
Full details and pictures to follow.

Click here for photos

Still Current
Kingsmill Bread Sports Equipment Promotion
Kingsmill bread are running a "Kingsmill Free Kits For Clubs" promotion. We are asking everyone to collect the tokens from this promotion. There are tokens on bread and rolls and we can exchange them for various sports goods. There will be collection envelops for the tokens at both the Park Centre and The Wallis Centre. See the Kingsmill Kit For Clubs website for more details. Contact Jo Draper if you have any queries.