Judo PEI’s 2018 Provincial Championships wil be taking place March 10th at the Miscouche Community Centre
Each of Our Provincial Clubs Rotate Hosting the Provincials – This years host is The Lennox Island – West Isle – Miscouche Judo Club
The Tournament Starts at 10:00am with Weigh In Prior to the event
Team PEI is bringing home 6 medals from the first Level A Tournaments of the New Season.
Results for athletes in U18 and in U21 and Senior from these two events combined with last Years National Results and other Level Tournaments since January 2016 will be used to determine ranking and placement for Judo Canada’s 2017 Elite Invitational Championships .
9 Competitors took to the mats on Nov 5 and 6th in Montreal to compete for PEI at the 2016 Quebec Open – bronze medals were won by Ellen Gillis (U16 -70kg), Mikey Perry (U14 – 38kg) and Lydia Enman (U14 -36kg)
The following weekend in Toronto 7 competitors competed at the Pan Am Games Centre in the Ontario Open on Day 1 of teh Competition Sebastian Nash picked up a Bronze in U18 -90kg. On day 2 Ellen Gillis picked up a silver medal in U16 -70kg and rounding out the day was George Madumba winning Gold in U16 +73kg.
Head Coach Robin Enman was mat side for all matches as he lead Team PEI to it’s highest medal count for these two events in the last few years. In the week between the 2 events 4 athletes (Nash, Gillis, Madumba, and Perry) stayed in Montreal to train at the National Training Centre.
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October 2, 2016
JUDO PEI SCORES PERMAMENT LOCK ON REGIONAL JUDO CHAMPIONSHIPS
Summerside and Credit Union Place will Once Again Play Host to Regional Judo Event
The 2017 Atlantic Open will be held at Credit Union Place from March 17th to 19th. The announcement was made Sunday morning by Judo PEI Treasurer and Tournament Chairperson Brian Nash, during a local sports talk show broadcast from Credit Union Place in Summerside.
New Name
The Atlantic Canadian Judo Championships has a new name – The Atlantic Open Judo Championships. The name change is meant to reflect the nature of the event as it has moved from being an event for just Atlantic Canadian Judokas
Great Event Only Getting Better
In 2016 the Atlantics were held in Summerside PEI for the first time. Competitors came from beyond the 4 Atlantic Provinces, including competitors who came from Brazil. This year we are hoping to continue the trend as we are officially opening up the Atlantic Open to a wider audience.
At a meeting of Atlantic Canadian representatives at this year’s Judo Canada AGM on September 24th it was decided each of the 3 Maritime Provinces would have their provincials and one “anchor” event each year that would be free from scheduling conflicts of the other provinces and that we be mutually promoted. At time it was decided that PEI would be the new permanent host of the Atlantics. New Brunswick Hosts the Fall Classic Every Year in October and Nova Scotia Hosts the N.U.M.A. Cup each spring.
What it Means to the City
According to a report prepared by the City of Summerside’s Sports Events Tourism the 2016 Atlantic Championships generated over ½ million dollars in economic activity for the island with almost $400,00 in the City of Summerside alone. With expected increase in participants it can only mean greater benefits for the City and its businesses in 2017.
Nash stated that the relationship Judo PEI has built with the city of Summerside and its residents over the past year is one of the reasons they pursued trying to make this a permanent event, “Last years theme was “Become Part of Something Big” which is still an underlying message as we grow this into the Biggest Judo Event in the Maritimes, but this years theme will be “PEI Loves Judo and Judo Loves PEI” as we once again invite residents to get involved and come watch this great event”
Opportunity for Local Residents and Businesses to Become Involved
Putting on an event of this size is always a challenge both logistically and financially and Judo PEI is looking for help once again, Nash said, “last year we had a great response from some area businesses when we were looking for support, this year we are hoping to retain those sponsors and grow it so it will be completely self-sustaining. And we had some wonderful volunteers come out who knew nothing of Judo before and they have come to appreciate this new to them sport that has a history of Big Results on the Island, we’ll be reaching out once again in the coming months to build on what we had last year.
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To learn more visit www.atlanticopen.org