The weekend saw the final major competition on the judo calendar for 2019, the British Championships for -21’s and for seniors.
Representing East Yorkshire Judo Academy was Sean Tooby, Holly Bentham and Tommy Jackson. For Sean and Holly, Saturday wasn’t to be their day with both players fighting well but not able to progress past the first round of 3 fights.
Holly Bentham has capped off what has been an impressive 2017 by winning bronze at the British Judo National Championships.
Bentham, a student at Longcroft School, latest medal means she has also secured a place in the Great Britain squad.
Beverley’s Holly Bentham has returned home following winning a Gold Medal for Team England at the Youth Commonwealth Games.
Judo ace, Bentham, took part in the game that were held in the Bahamas beating off competition to clinch gold and climb to the top of the UK rankings.
Longcroft Sixth Form pupil, Holly Bentham, has been selected to be part of Team England competing at this year’s Youth Commonwealth Games.
The games are being held in Nassau, The Bahamas, commencing on the 18 July and concluding 5 days later on the 23 July and cover a multitude of sports including athletics, swimming, rugby 7s, tennis, beach volleyball along with Holly’s chosen sport of judo.
The East Yorkshire Judo Academy took four players to this year’s British Championships in Sheffield.
First to compete was Logan Campbell who performed superbly in winning three contests in his first venture into the Cadet category before finally bowing out.
Walsall was the venue for this year’s Heart of England Judo Championships which saw Beverley’s Holly Bentham continue with her marvellous 2016 form.
Local judokas Holly Bentham 15 and Sean Tooby 13 were in action at the weekend in the Northern Home Counties Open held in Hornchurch, Essex.
London 2012 Olympic gymnastics bronze medallist ,three time world champion and Dancing on Ice star, Beth Tweddle, was the honoured guest at the Schools Sports Awards
2015 has to date proved to be a successful year for local sportswoman, Holly Bentham, aged 14.
A quintet of East Yorkshire Judo Academy players journeyed south to the Heart of England Judo national ranking Championships, held in the Midlands Area.
Following her recent silver medal at the London Open ranking event, East Yorkshire Judo Academy player, Holly Bentham, made her debut in a senior competition at Goole Leisure Centre last weekend.
St Helens in the North West of England was the venue for the third out of a total of six ranking events of the 2013/14 season, last weekend. The East Yorkshire Judo Academy sent a strong selection of seven players to contest for honours.
A second-ranking competition of the season provided the opportunity for members of the East Yorkshire Judo academy to pit their skills against the country’s best competitors.
A packed to the rafters, 2,000 strong crowd were in attendance at the English Institute of Sport, Sheffield which was the setting for the British Judo Pre Cadet and Cadet National Championship
A trip to Nottingham paid dividends for Holly Bentham as the Beverley judo player added the East Midlands Open title to her 2013 achievements.
East Yorkshire Judo Academy continued to make it’s mark in competitions nationwide when three of their players made the journey to Coventry to contest an Under 16 years Open event.
Three of the East Yorkshire Judo Academy’s leading junior fighters, Tanith Spencer (14) Ottavio Razzino (14) and Holly Bentham (12) travelled to Holland to compete in the Venray International Tournament.
The Beverley based, East Yorkshire Judo Academy, have been celebrating further success after two of its members were selected to join the England Squad.