Northern Home Counties Championships

Sunday see 4 Ford players take part in the NHC Championships. Great performances from the players. It was a good oppertunity to try and put in to place some of the technical changes we have been doing in the club, it will take time but I'm sure the benefits will come when they become second nature.
Duncan Ward, -46kg, put in a great performance, the young 12 year old was in a pool of 4 but 1 withdrew leaving 2 14 year squad players in the pool. Duncan gave both a very good fight and it was only his lack of competitive experience that he got caught on the ground, something we can work on, considering the age difference, a great performance.

Richard Jackson -50kg, also had a good day, 3 strong wins see him see him in to the final. the fight was well fought but trying to engage movement and technique that had been worked on put Richard a little of key and just lost a very close fought contest to take silver.

Matthew Kavanagh, -60kg, had a good performance too, going up in to a new weight group See Matt winning through his group with very good command, implimenting moves we had been working on, a bit hesitent at times but this was due to getting his head around new stratages.. Matt won through to the final and face the current National Champion, It was an entertaining fight were Matt was caught early for a yuko score. Keeping the pressure up through the fight Matt got close, but not close enough, which gave Matthew the silver, a good performance.

Tom Williams, +81kg, had 2 other players in his both good players. His first fight was an 18 year old 105kg player, very strong but Tom handled him very well picking up a few minor scores with diferent techniques. A nice ippon came from Tom when his opponent put his weight in to an O Soto Gari, with great hands, Tom took control replaced his left foot and countered with an O Soto Gaeshi for a big ippon..
His second fight was a 90kg squad player again Tom dominated from the start producing a couple of minor scores before scoring wazari with sumi gaeshi and then another a few seconds later.. Good performance to take gold.

Well Done all...

Bill...