News Letter - February 2009
Welcome to the
May 2009 Kobushi Judo Club News Letter. 
It has been a busy start to 2009 which I think all of you will agree has also been a great deal of fun and has allowed all of our members to learn new skills and show how much they have developed. Below are details regarding recent and future events along with details regarding forthcoming events, notices and policy issues.
Dates for your Diary
Below are some dates for
some of the Club and Avon Area events that are due to take place between now and
the Autumn 2009. There may be number of additional events that
will be arranged to take place during this time period, and we will provide you with
more details regarding these and other events in future News Letter and via our Club
Website as they are confirmed.
Club Competition - Friday 6th March 2009 - Club Members Only (details below)
1st Annual Kobushi Judo Club Course - Friday 27th - Sunday 29th March 2009 (details below)
Club Closure for Easter - The club will be closed on Friday 10th April 2009
Avon Area Grading - Saturday 25th April 2009 (details below)
If you wish to take part in any of these events or have any questions please direct them to one of the club instructors.
We will bring you more details in future News Letters and via the Club Website.
Club Competition
We
will be holding a Club Competition solely for members of this club. This
Competition will take place during our usual club training session on
Friday 6th March 2009.
This Competition is only open to members of this club.
There will be trophies for the winners and runner-ups of each section and medals for members that takes part.
1st Annual Kobushi Judo Club Course
We
are holding a Judo Course between Friday 27th - Sunday 29th March
2009. We are fortunate enough to have Sensei Alf Hopkins
attending as the chief instructor for this course. A number of the
instructors have been fortunate enough to have attended courses
instructed by Sensei Alf Hopkins and will vouch for how fortunate we are
to have him instructing.
Sensei Alf Hopkins will be with us for our normal training session on the Friday Evening. We will then be holding the course on Saturday which is for club members only, and then an open training session on Sunday which is open to club members and other Judoka from across the area. We will need to have numbers in advance so that we know how many places we have available for non club members. The cost for the Course will be £3.50 on Friday night (normal fees). There will be no charge for club members wishing to attend on Saturday and Sunday.
We will provide you with more details regarding this event shortly.
Avon Area Grading
The next Avon Area Grading
is due to take place on Saturday 25th April 2009. The Venue
for this grading is Frenchay Judo Club. We will provide those
wishing to attend this grading with more details nearer the date.
Please Note: There have been a number of changes made to the Avon Area Grading Syllabus which have now come in to effect for those Primaries and Juniors who wish to grade. More information will be given to you regarding these changes during club training sessions. A copy of the current Avon Area Grading Syllabus is also available on the Grading Page of our Website www.kobushijudo.co.uk/Gradings.htm.
Should you have any questions or concerns regarding the next Avon Area Grading, please feel free to discuss them with either Adam or Adrian.
We will bring you more details as we know them.
New Website and News Letters
As many of you may know,
we completely updated our website in the middle of 2008. Our
website which is regularly updated has now been re-launch -
www.kobushijudo.co.uk.
We will continue to provide copies of future News Letters to our members, but we had hope to reduce costs to the club and save paper by asking that if you have internet access that you send an email to us at newsletter@kobushijudo.co.uk, so that we can email you when future News Letters are posted on the website. We have made this request in previous News Letters, but have so far have only had a limited requests to this email address for the online version.
Membership Details
We need
to ensure that our records are up to date, so will again be asking all
members to complete a new form. Any member who has not returned a
completed membership form by the end of March 2009 will not be
allowed on the mat until they have done so.
Click on PDF logo to
download a copy.
New Members
We are
still in a position
to be able to take on new members. If you have any friends or family
members who would like to give Judo a try, please feel free to invite
them along.Licence Renewals Reminder
In response to recent
changes in policy by our governing body, we will now be renewing all
licences prior to their expiring. We will advise members / parents of
any impending renewals, but will automatically be renewing licences so
as to ensure that they do not lapse. If you do not want a licence
renewed please inform us in advance.
Club Merchandise
We are
intending to again place an order various pieces of clothing (T Shirts,
Polo Shirt and Fleece Jackets) with the Club logo on them. If you
are interested in ordering any items or have other ideas about other
club merchandise you would like us to sell please let us know. We
will bring you more details in the next few weeks.
Should you have any questions about the content of this News Letter, any of the events mentioned, or have suggestions for its improvement, please do not hesitate to contact either:
Adam
via
adam@kobushijudo.co.uk or on
07814 000093
or
Adrian via adrian@kobushijudo.co.uk or on 07970 155 644.
Whilst every care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information on this website, Kobushi Judo Club and its officials can accept no responsibility for errors or omissions. Please report any errors, omissions of difficulties to u2us@kobushijudo.co.uk.