JUDO: Success for Coleraine judo clubs
All four entries from the Coleraine Club won medals with a tally of two Gold, a Silver and a Bronze.
Gold medallists were Amy Woodall and Olivier Jeanine and the silver medallist was Olaith Smith. The bronze was won by Ellie Johnston-Rankin.
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Hide AdThe team was accompanied by coaches Mark Woodall, Richard Briggs and Russell Brown while Club Secretary Peter Cuckoo was officiating.
From the University Club postgraduate student Joseph McKinney won the senior middle Kyu (Orang/green belt) competition by well executed ippons (10 point wins).
Other judo news from the weekend was the outstanding performance of the Club's judo protégé Caitlin Henry who travelled to Dublin with coach Rebecca Cuckoo and her mother to compete at the Irish School's Championships, where Caitlin cleaned up with a gold medal in the under 44kg category.
This was the fifth major title win this year for Caitlin who is still only 12 years old!