NLJA

News Around The Province:

Budokan Camp

This year for the first time, 2 members of the NLJA attended the Budokan Camp in Ontario. This was an international camp which involved both the Canadian and American Junior National teams. The camp was instructed by all Canadian champions, world and olympic medal winners. The 2 judoka that attended this camp were Nadya Bell (Brown Belt) and Josh Caul (Brown Belt) both from the St. John's School of Judo and coached by Tom Gallant 4th Dan.  Josh went on to compete at the Ontario International Invitational Tournament and received coaching by Jim Walker 5th Dan (coach of 8 Canadian Champions).  As well, Josh trained with Stephen Sheffeld (former Olympic Bronze Medalist)and his wife Archa (Commonwealth Champion), one week before the tournament.  

Tom Gallant Up For Award

From the Telegram, Saturday, September 16, 1998      St. John's judo coach Tom Gallant is among 24 coaches short-listed for this year's 3M Coaching Canada Awards.        A Male and female winner, along with runners-up, will receive $1,000 and $500 respectively at the Investors Group National Coaches Seminar in Ottawa on Oct. 30th.      Gallant has been coaching for 32 years, teaching both recreational and competitive judo to students from age six to 60.      He has coached at the club level, has been a provincial coach and has represented his province as head coach at the Canada Games.      His athletes have won five national medals, over 50 medals at Atlantic competitions, and numerous provincial and regional honours.      Gallant is a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador Hall of Fame, and has been nominated for the provincial Sports Hall of Fame.

Best Of Luck, Tom !

MUN Invitational / Canada Games Qualifier:

The 1st Canada Winter Games qualifying tournament of two scheduled, was held on Sunday November 1st, in conjunction with the MUN Invitational tournament in the main gym of the Physical Education Building in St. John's. Representative teams from all clubs across the province participated. A special thanks to George Beckett from the host MUN Judo club for his first try as a tournament director. A splendid job!  Results of this tournament are posted here. The second qualifier is slated for December 5th in conjunction with the fall Provincial tournament to be held at the West Coast Training Centre in Stephenville and hosted by the Indian Head Judo Club. The technical package for the Provincials can be downloaded here.

From the Telegram: November 2, 1998

Judo in St. Pierre

Marco Chiaramonte and Gerry Young from Memorial University Judo Club had the opportunity of  participating in a high-level clinic hosted by the Butokuden Dojo in St. Pierre.  The clinic was given by the Conseiller Technique from Federation Francaise de Judo,  Mr. Laurent Peronne who is a high-profile sensei from Bordeaux, France. The trip was the result of an invitation by Mr. Guy Lelorieux of the Butokuden to the University Club who has also had the opportunity of participating in several similar events in recent years.  Marco and Gerry assured us that they both worked very hard during their stay.  It was evident that they enjoyed their judo sessions a la francaise as they were quite anxious to show their newly learned skills..  

Upcoming City Wide Judo Tournament

There will be a City Wide Judo Tournament hosted by Memorial University Judo Club held at the University on November 28th. The tournament package can be downloaded at the following URL:

http://webhost.avint.net/munjudo/nov2898.rtf

Recent Black Belt Gradings

Congratulations to Gerard Humber from the Tung Yen Judo Club in Corner Brook who was recently promoted to Nidan and Virginia Caul from St. John's School of Judo who was recently promoted to Shodan.

Additional Black Belt Gradings

Congratulations to Mr. Tony Simmonds from MUN Judo Club and Mr. Ernie Reimer from St. John's School of Judo who were both promoted to Shodan on December 18th.

Canada Winter Games Team Chosen

The final cut of Athletes who were selected as members of the Newfoundland and Labrador Team for the 1999 Winter Ganes has been made.  The team members are as follows:  Congratulations to all

From Judo Canada's Yudansha Journal / December 1998

2000 Commonwealth Judo Championships
Aden White is the man behind this initiative.  He will be working full time for Judo Nfld./Lab over the next 2 years.  What a bonus for our sport!  We wish him great success in this tremendous initiative.

Canada Winter Games Judo Team / Province of Newfoundland and Labrador / 1999

TEAM PHOTO
Back Row: Michael Kay (coaching staff), J.J. Coffey, Greg Young, Robert Fleet,
Danny Murphy, Roy Byrne, Joshua Caul
Front Row: Danny Young, Nadya Bell, Laura White, Shelly White, Travers Montague,
Felicity O'Brien (coaching staff)
Missing From Photo: Maurice Sheppard (coaching staff), Krista O'Brien,
Christopher Lucus

Change in Canada Winter Games Team Roster

Due to an unfortunate accident, Joshua Caul (-64kg category) of  St. John's School of Judo has a broken arm and will not be able to compete in the upcoming Winter Games. His berth on the team has been filled by Jonathan Kearley of Sankyo Judo Club who won the position in a fight-off on February 6th.in St. John's.

Krista O'Brien medal winner at Canada Winter Games Krista O'Brien of Sankyo Judo Club became the first female from Newfoundland and Labrador to win a medal at a Canada Winter Games. Krista received a minor concussion in her last match but rebounded well. Congratulations Krista. Greg Young from the CornerBrook Judo club also came very close by winning 3 of his 4 fights in the week-long regular competition and just narrowly missing the medal rounds by a controversial selection process.

It is with sadness we report the sudden death on Monday, May 24th of  Mrs. Donna White, wife of
President Aden White and mother of  Laura, Shelly and Tracy.  Our heartfelt sympathies go out to the family. 

Recent Photos

There are additional photos of our Canada Winter Games Team posted to the photos section.

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