January, 2007

Well youngsters enjoy having a go every now and again. Of course, we do not let them wear the mawashi!!!

However its good fun every now and again and the girls usually beat the boys!!!!! There are some tough girls out there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

March 2004

 

Mark-Anthony has started training again after a long rest. The rest of the Juniors will be back in full swing when we get our new premises decorated (another six weeks).

February, 2004

Charlie O'Shea will feature in a national magazine for young ladies.

December, 2003

Connor O'Shea featured in a Parisian magazine and on the BBC web site.

September, 2003

Chantal featured in the national newspaper The Daily Telegraph. A very nice piece.

 

 

 

February 2003

We welcome Darran and Craig Hewitt to to the fold. They are from a weightlifting background and Darran is the current British Schoolboy Champion.

Connor O'Shea, British Under 15 Sumo Champ, will soon be featured on the BBC Newsround website. The Newsround team have done a film on some young Japanese champions that will be shown around the last week in February, so keep your eyes peeled.

Here's the new lads.......

Congratulations to Connor O'Shea (April 2002) for winning the British Schools Weightlifting Championships with a lift of 75 kg at 13 years of age! Strong Chris Freebury Jnr. placed second in his category...a fantastic achievement.

The youngsters are encouraged to do a variety of sports including some weightlifting (with the concentration on technique). A little judo is practised and some WWF style wrestling....the old and the new!!!! Lee Carter(5th Dan) has been showing them some neat judo moves.

Chris Freebury, Connor and Charlie O'Shea, and Sammy Morgan all placed second in the national schools weightlifting championships for their respective weight categories.(March 2001).

Richard Morgan took a well deserved third place and Richard Jones placed fourth as did Liam Cronin.

All the youngsters are a bit too young to participate in the Euro or World Junior Sumo Championships.....you cannot have a 13 year old fighting a nineteen year old....we feel it is too dangerous.

The powers at be will eventually recognise the need for international competition for under 15 year olds..hopefully.

Following the KING OF THE MOUNTAIN competition the following grades have been awarded

Chris Freebury Jnr. aged 11, Green Belt

Richard Morgan ,11, Green Belt

Sammy Morgan, 14, Green Belt

Conner O'Shea, 12, Green Belt

Chas O'Shea, 14, Green Belt

Jo Mullen, 7, Green Belt

Conner, 7, Green Belt

Tom Mullen, 12, Green Belt

Richard,13, Green Belt

Bran, 12, Green Belt.

Chris Freebury won the Appleby's Gym Annual Strongman Junior event, Tom Mullen was second and Richard Morgan 3rd.

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