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Commonwealth Medals for the Awiti-Alcaraz's

The Commonwealth Judo Games were held in Cardiff this year and Enfield Judo Club had two representatives, brother and sister Philip and Prisca Awiti-Alcaraz.

Tuesday 24th and first was Prisca in the cadet u70 kgs category and she breezed through all by the maximum score of ippon (10) to reach the final. In the final she met a very strong young Australian girl who beat our girl by a 5 point score of in Judo terms yuko. Never the less silver was an excellent result and we are all proud of her at the club. On the same day brother Philip although only 18 years old showed his class in the the Junior under u100kgs category by throwing all for the maximum score of ippon (10) to take the gold medal.

Wednesday 25th and Philip again represented Great Britain in the senior and the open weight categories. In the Senior group Philip unfortunately lost his second fight to a Canadian opponent but still fought his way back to take a well eared bronze medal. Bearing in mind that Philip is 18 years of age this was a tremendous achievement. Philip also represented England in the open class and again showed why he is presently being looked at and guided with the 2016 Olympics in mind. Now would that not be something!  

Philip and Prisca are very talented and both are the British Number 1s in their chosen sport. They have represented Great Britain on many occasions this past year with Prisca Earning 7th in both the junior Europeans in Malta and Youth Olympics which were held in Turkey.

Philip on the other has also had a brilliant year, he won the European Cup in Portugal, represented Great Britain in the Junior national Europeans in Belgium and the Word championships in South Africa. 

Both players are presently looking for sponsors to help the both achieve their sporting goals. Should there be anyone with an interest please be so kind as to contact Enfield Judo Club, George Hyslop and a meeting with our two talented players would be arranged.

The Enfield Judo Club are looking for sponsorship, the Club subsidise young people traveling abroad and without financial help our progress will surely slow down.  In the past year due to sponsorship from the Metropolitan Police and the Outback Steakhouse our progress has been tremendous.  We have approximately 70 members with young people from Russia, Africa, Mexico and certainly many from unfortunate families all of whom the Club subsidise.

Enfield Judo Club teach in local special needs and mainstream schools with our intentions being to find a young player for a future Olympics.

Anyone who would like to join our club, or has ideas that would help us to go forward financially, should contact George Hyslop on 01480 381714 - Mobile 07799770919 or contact us by e-mail, enfieldjudoclub@ntlworld.com

Regards

George Hyslop
Club Coach