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St. Albans Judo Club
St. Albans Judo Club2 weeks ago
Busy day at the National Training Centre in Walsall for Zac, Theo & Jaiden along with coaches Jad & Samuel.

Well done for your hard work & focus, and our thanks to all the coaches & players for such a fantastic session!
St. Albans Judo Club
St. Albans Judo Club1 month ago
Congratulations to our members who took part in the great training session run by Northern Home Counties Area at HWJC on Saturday.

Excellent effort & lots of hard work from Nok, Max, Emma, Tim, Grayson, Sebastian, Patrick, Jaidan, Lindsay, George, Henry, Etienne & Samuel. πŸ‘πŸ‘

(With apologies to those group two, your camera operator failed you 🀣)
St. Albans Judo Club
St. Albans Judo Club2 months ago
And just like that the Club's judo for 2025 comes to an end!

We finished off the year with a grading for our latest cohort of Adult beginners, who've all worked hard over the past 12 weeks, deservedly earning their 5th Kyu (Yellow Belt).
(With a couple more still to do in Jan who've already headed off for the holidays)

Welcome to the end of the beginning guys, and we look forward to you joining us at the wider club sessions in the new year πŸ‘πŸ‘
St. Albans Judo Club
St. Albans Judo Club2 months ago
πŸŽ‰Well now that was CHAOS! πŸŽ‰
An absolutely πŸŽ„brilliantπŸŽ„last night of the year for all our youngsters yesterday, with over 120 taking part across the 3 sessions. At our busiest point during the u13s session, we had 85 people on the mat - including a Dinosaur, and I don't mean me!

Huge, huge "thank yous" to everyone who supported the night both on and off the mat - herding cats has nothing on trying to organise 75+ extremely over excited kids! Admin, Coaches & Young Helpers - You Rock! πŸ‘

In particular I want to give a really big shoutout to 🌟Liz🌟 for all her hard work both in advance and during the evening, sorting out all the food, preparing all the sweet cones for the kids, and just generally keeping the kitchen flowing for everyone.πŸ‘

It was also great to a visit from a couple of our older teens who left us for Uni this year, hope to see you back again in the next Holidays πŸ™‚

Photos, from this other events this year, thanks to Valeria & Bill πŸ‘

One last session for Adults tonight, including the wrap up of this terms Beginners Course, then it's time for a relaxing couple of weeks before everything zooms back into motion in January.
St. Albans Judo Club
St. Albans Judo Club2 months ago
A huge 🌟Thank You🌟 to everyone who donated prizes for our Christmas Raffle.

In particular the top prize donations from:
Warner Bros Harry Potter Studio Tours (https://www.wbstudiotour.co.uk/)
Photographic Synergy (https://photographicsynergy.com/)
Gratitude Charity (https://gratitude.charity/)

Overall we raised Β£400 which will be split between our two chosen Charities
Cancer Research UK (https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/) & Youth Talk (https://youthtalk.org.uk/)

The winners have all been drawn, and prizes can be collected from the dojo during this evening's kids sessions, tomorrows adult session, or will be stored safely until January. πŸŽ‰
St. Albans Judo Club
St. Albans Judo Club2 months ago
Just a reminder for all members that our last sessions for the year are:

πŸŽ„KIDS - End of Term Fun & Games night - TONIGHT (Wednesday 17th)
Monkeys - 5:30-6pm / U13s 6-7:30pm / O13s thru U21s - 7:30pm-9pm
These sessions are open to Members from across the week.
(Times for this are quite fluid, so if arriving for 6pm is hard it's ok to arrive a bit later, and if you have to leave before 9pm that's also fine)

πŸŽ„And finally our ADULT Open Mat & Beginners Course - Tomorrow (Thursday 18th) 8-9:30pm

There are no classes on the 19th December & we are then closed through until Tuesday 6th January when all classes return as normal. πŸŽ‰

If you are a Club Member & haven't yet joined Our WhatsApp community, please grab the details next time you are in the dojo - its the best place to fine up to date notifications, and ask us questions about events & timings