Sunday 14th December 2008 and several juniors took to the mats at University of Wolverhampton Campus in Walsall for the Midland Area Commemorative Event, an event that honours and remembers those members of Midland Area Judo that are no longer with us.
Adam and James enjoyed their trip to Turkey for the World Junior Kurash Championships. The Tournament included players from Uzbekistan , Kazakstan , France , Germany , Japan , USA , New Zealand , Hungary , Greece and Turkey and numerous other nations. The standard of competition was as expected very high , Adam competed in the U-100 kgs and faced a South African player and despite a hard fought bout was beaten , unfortunately it was a knock out competition with no repecharge so Adam went out of the tournament but gave a good account of himself. James met a Kazakstan player in the U-73 kgs and was also beaten ,but again fighting hard against a player from the region where Kurash is a highly practised sport . Both players did the 3K’s and Great Britain proud with their efforts. They managed to absorb some of the culture on offer and Adam managed to absorb a great deal of the local cuisine , unfortunately James had to watch his weight so couldn’t join the fray until he finished his competition. Photos to follow soon
3K’s player Adam Dobbinson was awarded a bronze medal in the under 100kgs category at the British Championships held at ICE Sheffield on 12th October 2008 . He had four hard fights during the day but was successful in bringing back his first medal from a national junior tournament.
Senior results from the Heart of England. This was held on Sunday 7th September 2008 at the NIA, Birmingham. 3K’s had two entries in the mens seniors: Jack Webb and Adam Dobbinson.
Jack took silver in the mens under 66kgs category losing by a koka to Raphael Santos of Croydon.
Adam was fifth in the senior mens under 100kg group after going through the reperchage and losing by Ippon in the bronze medal contest to Mark Cocker of Urmton.
Full senior results are currently available for download from here
